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Link between over-indebtedness and obesity identified

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 4

Scientists at the University of Mainz have discovered a close correlation between over-indebtedness and obesity. According to the report published in the journal BMC Public Health, over-indebted Germans are more likely to be ...


Artificial Intelligence to tackle rogue traders

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Apr 09, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

As the Credit Crunch continues to affect the worldwide markets the need for efficient methods to combat financial fraud has become more important than ever. Now researchers at the University of Sunderland are working on ...


Slash in corporate investment creating long-term problems

Other Sciences / Other

created Feb 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A deep and lingering credit crisis is throttling investment in moneymaking projects that could help jump-start a U.S. economy mired in its worst downturn in decades, a new survey of corporate executives shows.


Credit crunch hits cash-strapped homeowners

Other Sciences / Other

created Dec 11, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Homeowners have drawn on their biggest asset, the roof over their heads, not to fund 'champagne moments' but to get through hard times; that's the finding of a preliminary study by Durham University.


Credit crunch threatens new medicines

Medicine & Health / Other

created Oct 27, 2008 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

The global financial crisis could seriously delay the discovery and production of many new life-saving medicines, warns a major international conference today (Monday).