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(PhysOrg.com) -- Anjan Thakor, finance professor at the Olin Business School, Washington University in St. Louis, will present a new theory on the causes of the financial crisis to a meeting of the New York Federal Reserve Bank on Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009. http://www.physorg.com/news179430234.html Other Sciences Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:44:43 EST news179430234 One in four Australian adults has taken an action that puts their health at risk as a result of the global financial crisis (GFC), according to a new MBF Healthwatch poll. http://www.physorg.com/news177593346.html Medicine & Health Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:00:02 EST news177593346 Firms with heavy long-term debt that came due amid the nation's recent credit crisis slashed investment more than three times as much as companies whose paybacks ducked the meltdown, a new University of Illinois study found. http://www.physorg.com/news177006702.html Other Sciences Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:32:48 EST news177006702 (PhysOrg.com) -- Mobile phone subscriptions in Africa have defied the world economic crisis by growing faster than in any other region of the world since 2003, according to a United Nations report published yesterday. http://www.physorg.com/news175519235.html Technology Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:22:37 EST news175519235 Researchers at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory released a new study on the installed costs of solar photovoltaic (PV) power systems in the U.S., showing that the average cost of these systems declined by more than 30 percent from 1998 to 2008. Within the last year of this period, costs fell by more than 4 percent. http://www.physorg.com/news175353308.html Technology Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:00:01 EST news175353308 (AP) -- World-leading mobile phone maker Nokia Corp. on Thursday reported a loss of euro559 million ($832 million) in the third quarter, taking hits from a 20 percent drop in sales and a one-time charge for the fallen value of its network equipment unit. http://www.physorg.com/news174814805.html Technology Thu, 15 Oct 2009 08:40:36 EST news174814805 Infosys Technologies, India's second-biggest software firm, posted Friday a surprise 7.5 percent quarterly jump in net profit as an improving global economy eased price-cutting pressure. http://www.physorg.com/news174284270.html Technology Fri, 09 Oct 2009 05:18:23 EST news174284270 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 (PhysOrg.com) -- Older Americans have weathered the financial crisis relatively well, although many now expect to work longer than they did just a year ago, according to a University of Michigan study released on Capitol Hill today (Sept. 16) http://www.physorg.com/news172329581.html Other Sciences Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:20:04 EST news172329581 As the economy continues to unravel, a series of papers published today assess the effects of the crisis on children's health, education, and rights in East Asia and the Pacific. Crisis for Children, a special issue of the journal Global Social Policy, asserts investments can be made that will not only advance children's rights and break the cycle of poverty, but also safeguard countries' future economic growth and human development. http://www.physorg.com/news171694883.html Other Sciences Wed, 09 Sep 2009 06:22:13 EST news171694883 (PhysOrg.com) -- The current financial crisis may reduce economic freedom as governments are likely increase intervention in a bid to protect their own economies - according to a study in Pacific Focus published by Wiley-Blackwell. http://www.physorg.com/news168264012.html Other Sciences Fri, 31 Jul 2009 13:20:02 EST news168264012 (PhysOrg.com) -- With many employees on the threshold of retirement now forced to re-think their plans in the wake of the global financial crisis, new research confirms that money is clearly a key priority for most people. However, it`s not the only inducement when it comes to deciding when to retire. http://www.physorg.com/news167580932.html Other Sciences Thu, 23 Jul 2009 16:00:01 EST news167580932 Crisis-hit airlines said Tuesday that a plan to cap the growth of the industry's emissions by 2020 was ambitious and costly but agreed on the urgency of fighting climate change. http://www.physorg.com/news163757721.html Space & Earth Tue, 09 Jun 2009 09:15:41 EST news163757721 (AP) -- China said Friday it will strictly monitor the government's economic stimulus package for projects that cause pollution, addressing worries that officials would ignore the environment in an effort to maintain China's high economic growth rates. http://www.physorg.com/news163396026.html Space & Earth Fri, 05 Jun 2009 04:47:33 EST news163396026 (AP) -- A global summit of business leaders urged governments to order steep and mandatory cuts in greenhouse gases Tuesday, favoring a cap-and-trade system instead of a tax to set a market price for carbon waste. http://www.physorg.com/news162548865.html Space & Earth Tue, 26 May 2009 09:28:06 EST news162548865 (AP) -- Climate-change heavyweights U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon and Nobel prize winner Al Gore urged more than 500 business leaders on Sunday to lend their corporate muscle to reaching a global deal on reducing greenhouse gases. http://www.physorg.com/news162396831.html Space & Earth Sun, 24 May 2009 15:14:11 EST news162396831 In today's financial crisis, networking know-how is a necessity for finding jobs and business opportunities. But a series of new studies by Dr. Yuval Kalish of the Leon Recanati Graduate School of Business Administration at Tel Aviv University suggests that, in some cases, networking can do more harm than good. http://www.physorg.com/news161530177.html Other Sciences Thu, 14 May 2009 14:29:59 EST news161530177 I've never sold anything on eBay, but I've often thought about it when I see how much money I have in my checking account. And when times are this bad, I know I'm not alone. But what if I want something a little steadier? Or what if I don't want to sell my old junk? http://www.physorg.com/news158334190.html Technology Tue, 07 Apr 2009 14:44:13 EST news158334190 There is no question that the recent economic crisis has wreaked havoc on companies and on families across the country. Now, a recent study of 300 married, working couples conducted by Wayne Hochwarter, the Jim Moran Professor of Management at Florida State University's College of Business, is revealing just how deeply the crunch is being felt. http://www.physorg.com/news156075470.html Other Sciences Thu, 12 Mar 2009 11:18:16 EST news156075470 (PhysOrg.com) -- Another crippling financial crisis looms unless the U.S. government thaws credit markets that are starting to freeze up amid a lingering and deepening recession, a University of Illinois economist warns. http://www.physorg.com/news151941552.html Other Sciences Fri, 23 Jan 2009 13:59:44 EST news151941552 People who lose a job or who are in the midst a financial crisis often are reluctant to talk about their struggles and may isolate themselves from friends and family. http://www.physorg.com/news151941398.html Other Sciences Fri, 23 Jan 2009 13:57:25 EST news151941398 Solar-industry executives paint a bright future for their industry, one where photovoltaic panels adorn roofs of homes and businesses and huge power plants capture the sun's rays to generate electricity. But the industry currently finds itself under cloudy skies and buffeted by threatening winds. http://www.physorg.com/news151834908.html Technology Thu, 22 Jan 2009 08:22:14 EST news151834908 The worldwide financial crisis puts a new emphasis on infrastructure spending, seen by many governments as a way to head off economic downturn, and as a way of holding on to achievements made in the developing world. Recent research by the Economic and Social Research Council finds that Project Finance (PF), one of the most commonly used methods of funding major infrastructure projects in the developing world, can pose potential risks in the communities in which it is deployed. In a study that has focused on the role of this financing technique in the developing world, the results point to potential damage to the environment, health and safety, and human rights concerns that can arise from the pressures that the funding strategy creates. http://www.physorg.com/news149660497.html Other Sciences Sun, 28 Dec 2008 04:21:37 EST news149660497 Stricter regulation of the financial services sector is likely to result from the latest upheaval in national and global markets. It is being demanded by politicians of all parties while the Financial Services Authority, which polices the sector in the UK, has announced that it is recruiting additional staff as part of a more stringent regulatory approach. http://www.physorg.com/news145859638.html Other Sciences Fri, 14 Nov 2008 04:33:58 EST news145859638