http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. (PhysOrg.com) -- Banks with strong political connections were more likely to receive bailout money from the government -and more of it -in the past year than those with weaker ties, say University of Michigan researchers. http://www.physorg.com/news180641012.html Other Sciences Mon, 21 Dec 2009 18:40:02 EST news180641012 Recent bank failures point to the continuing need for vigilance by regulators and investors. Now, a report in the International Journal of Operational Research, discusses the possibility of an early-warning system that spots the outliers before they fail. http://www.physorg.com/news174139947.html Other Sciences Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:00:07 EST news174139947 Financial crises place significant strain on banks, causing them to behave more opportunistically than clients are accustomed to. Business clients should count on this, according to Uppsala University business economist Kristina Furusten, who has studied the topic of contractual relationships between banks and corporate clients during the 1990s financial crisis in Sweden. http://www.physorg.com/news172771353.html Other Sciences Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:30:03 EST news172771353 Most of us think cyber crooks cast their phishing lines mostly to try to hook everyday consumers. But some businesses across the country have seen hundreds of thousands of dollars vanish from their bank accounts after cyber attacks. http://www.physorg.com/news170963594.html Technology Mon, 31 Aug 2009 18:54:13 EST news170963594 (AP) -- "So tired today," Annemarie Dooling tweeted early Tuesday. "really really tired. ugh." http://www.physorg.com/news166809703.html Technology Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:20:01 EST news166809703 NJIT finance professor Michael Ehrlich predicts that the strong profits reported by banks in the first quarter will soon be followed by more losses. Ehrlich, a market failure expert, notes that the unexpectedly strong profits reported in the first quarter by many large banks were the result of significant accounting manipulation. For some of the banks, these earnings were a crucial addition to their net equity positions at a time when government "stress tests" were evaluating their future viability. With more losses, serious pressure could mount on the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, which, of course, insures bank deposits. http://www.physorg.com/news162664357.html Other Sciences Wed, 27 May 2009 17:33:20 EST news162664357 (PhysOrg.com) -- A new study from North Carolina State University indicates that regulators need to do more to ensure that banks are adequately computing their Value-at-Risk (VaR) to reflect fluctuations in financial markets. The study finds that the tests used by regulators do not detect when VaRs inaccurately account for significant swings in the market, which is significant because VaRs are key risk-assessment tools financial institutions use to determine the amount of capital they need to keep on hand to cover potential losses. http://www.physorg.com/news162572745.html Other Sciences Tue, 26 May 2009 16:06:32 EST news162572745 Government ownership of banks - something unthinkable until very recently for the 'Anglo-Saxon' model of capitalism -- became a reality early in 2008. This was a policy response to an unprecedented global financial crisis, aimed at preventing financial meltdown. It succeeded in doing so, according to Professor Panicos Demetriades, an Economist funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) at the Department of Economics of the University of Leicester. http://www.physorg.com/news146140769.html Other Sciences Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:39:29 EST news146140769 While an international seed bank in a Norwegian island has been gathering news about its agricultural collection, a group of U.S. scientists has just published an article outlining a different kind of seed bank, one that proposes the gathering of wild species - - at intervals in the future - - effectively capturing evolution in action. http://www.physorg.com/news143295768.html Biology Wed, 15 Oct 2008 13:22:48 EST news143295768 (PhysOrg.com) -- Banks have played a big role in the mortgage crisis, not only because they issued loans to suspect borrowers, but because many originated and sold bad loans to other lenders, says a University of Michigan business professor. http://www.physorg.com/news139066252.html Other Sciences Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:30:52 EST news139066252 (PhysOrg.com) -- More than 75 percent of the bank Web sites surveyed in a University of Michigan study had at least one design flaw that could make customers vulnerable to cyber thieves after their money or even their identity. http://www.physorg.com/news136023039.html Technology Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:10:39 EST news136023039 (PhysOrg.com) -- More than 75 percent of the bank Web sites surveyed in a University of Michigan study had at least one design flaw that could make customers vulnerable to cyber thieves after their money or even their identity. http://www.physorg.com/news135959959.html Technology Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:39:19 EST news135959959