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Flawed deposit insurance programs need reform, banking expert says
Jan 05, 2009 |
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Government insurance programs that safeguard bank deposits should be reformed to ease taxpayers' undue stake in propping up the nation's banking system, according to research by a University of Illinois finance professor.
Bogus e-mails from FDIC link computer users to viruses, says computer forensics expert
Oct 27, 2009 |
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Cyber criminals are using fake messages claiming to be from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to deliver a virus capable of stealing unsuspecting victims' bank passwords and other sensitive ...
Doing More with Your Cell Phone
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Aug 10, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- As technology shrinks, and as it becomes possible to unplug and still conduct all of your business from a hand-held device, we demand more convenience. And there are two entities leading the ...
Online game gets real-world banking license
Mar 18, 2009 |
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(AP) -- With banks around the world foundering, the idea of moving your bank account to another planet might have some appeal.
Financial incentives appear effective for short-term weight loss
Dec 09, 2008 |
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A preliminary study suggests that economic incentives appear to be effective for achieving short-term weight loss, according to a report in the December 10 issue of JAMA.
Extinct rodent species discovered
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jul 28, 2009 |
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An international team of scientists has discovered an extinct rodent species, based on fossil tooth remains found in Alborache, Valencia. Eomyops noeliae, from the Eomyidae family, represents the oldest fi ...
Effective global regulation
Nov 17, 2008 |
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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, ...
NJIT business prof says first-quarter bank profits will soon prove ephemeral
May 27, 2009 |
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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 ...
When Being a Cuckold Makes Evolutionary Sense
Oct 09, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Evolutionary biology theory predicts that males usually won't invest a lot of time raising offspring when there is a good chance they are not the fathers. Yale University researchers have ...
Study Shows Bank Risk-Assessment Tool Not Responding Adequately to Market Fluctuations
May 26, 2009 |
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(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. ...
Fabrics that fight germs, find explosives go to market
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Sep 22, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Two Cornell researchers have launched iFyber LLC, which markets fabrics with embedded nanoparticles to detect explosives and dangerous chemicals or to serve as antibacterials for hospitals.
New Advance in Revolutionary 'Bullet Fingerprinting' Technique
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Jul 12, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- 'Bullet fingerprinting' technology developed at the University of Leicester in collaboration with Northamptonshire Police is now being advanced in new ways.
Research gives glimpse of tectonic history on Puget Sound-region fault zones
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 19, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- New research on the Kitsap Peninsula, at the west edge of Washington state's Puget Sound, finds evidence that land was raised at least 6 feet by ancient earthquakes.
Mortgage crisis: Blame the bank?
Aug 27, 2008 |
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(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 ...
Research team finds link between zinc and macular degeneration
Aug 27, 2007 |
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A team of scientists, including three researchers at George Mason University, found that the mineral zinc could play a role in the development of macular degeneration. In studying eye tissue samples, the researches found ...
