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) -- 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 (PhysOrg.com) -- New study examines impact of segregation on the prevalence of high-cost loans in U.S. metro areas. Subprime loans disproportionately located in segregated areas. http://www.physorg.com/news176739381.html Other Sciences Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:30:03 EST news176739381 Troubled German semiconductor maker Infineon has asked the government for around 500 million euros (690 million dollars) in loan guarantees, a press report said on Thursday. http://www.physorg.com/news162708828.html Technology Thu, 28 May 2009 05:54:07 EST news162708828 Japan's top mobile telephone operator NTT DoCoMo said Wednesday it aimed to launch a new service enabling cash transfers simply by entering the recipient's cellphone number. http://www.physorg.com/news162627621.html Technology Wed, 27 May 2009 07:20:51 EST news162627621 New research suggests that a person's appearance may play a role in whether they are deemed trustworthy by financial lenders. The study is summarized in a working paper by Jefferson Duarte at Rice University's Jones Graduate School of Management and Stephan Siegel and Lance Young, both of the University of Washington. http://www.physorg.com/news156096035.html Other Sciences Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:01:25 EST news156096035 (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 (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 International Monetary Fund (IMF) loans were associated with a 16.6% rise in death rates from tuberculosis (TB) in the former Soviet Union and Central and Eastern European countries between 1992 and 2002, finds a study in this week's PLoS Medicine. http://www.physorg.com/news135917494.html Medicine & Health Tue, 22 Jul 2008 03:51:34 EST news135917494