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Delving into the murky metrics of financial risk

(PhysOrg.com) -- The way J. Michael Collins sees it, United States consumers aren’t necessarily less informed about financial risk than consumers from other industrialized nations. What Americans do have, ...

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created Feb 25, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0




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Web startups analyze investment choices

Silicon Valley, birthplace of personal finance and investment heavyweights like Intuit, Financial Engines and Mint, is percolating with new startups that help people manage their money and portfolios online.

Technology / Business

created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Behind the scenes at hip and hard-charging YouTube, Google

Clearly, this isn't the typical American workplace. Just inside the sleek glass doors of YouTube's corporate headquarters is a rock climbing wall - "for Googlers only." Straight ahead, five guys in T-shirts and jeans cluster ...

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created Sep 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers find early savings accounts help low-income kids reach college

Anyone who has saved for a college education, whether for a child or for themselves, can attest it's not easy to put money away. A team of researchers from the University of Kansas and colleagues have shown that when savings ...

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created Sep 19, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

How too many options can impair the ability to make skillful choices

A study by Columbia Business School Professor Sheena Iyengar, S. T. Lee Professor of Business, Management, and Emir Kamenica, Associate Professor of Economics, University of Chicago Booth School of Business, found the more ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Jun 30, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Ready or not, first baby boomers enter retirement age

The first baby boomers will turn 65 in 2011, but is this generation truly ready to leave the workforce?

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created Jan 13, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Economics professor describes a brain in conflict with itself

We resolve to exercise more, but end up in front of the TV at the end of the day instead of at the gym. We promise to clean up our diet and then overindulge at the office holiday party. We pledge to put money ...

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created Dec 08, 2010 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (9) | comments 1

New small business law could have big effect on retirement accounts

A new law aimed at helping stimulate small business job growth through tax deductions could have major consequences for anyone with a retirement savings account at work, a University of Illinois expert on taxation and elder ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Oct 14, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

When a little knowledge really is dangerous

As the global financial meltdown has revealed, there is no shortage of people who fail to understand their own investments. Perhaps better financial literacy among the public would help many people avoid such ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Jul 07, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

23-year-old wins $1M playing baseball video game

(AP) -- Shh, don't tell your kids. Wade McGilberry just won a million dollars playing a video game.

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created May 05, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Quantity may determine quality when choosing romantic partners

The context in which humans meet potential mates has a hidden influence on who they decide to pursue. In particular, when people have a large number of potential dating partners to select among, they respond by paying attention ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Apr 15, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast


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