News tagged with economic bubble
Japanese architectural trends reflect unique realities, scholar says
Mar 09, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- When Japan was hit with a major economic downturn in the 1990s, it affected architectural and construction practices in Japan. Those seeking lessons applicable to related industry practices ...
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Mathematical model improves reactor efficiency
Jun 12, 2007 |
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During his PhD project at Eindhoven University of Technology, Dutch researcher Vinit Chilekar developed a mathematical model for the design of a so-called slurry bubble column. That is a reactor for large-scale chemical processes, ...
Are We in the Peak of an Oil Bubble?
Jul 07, 2008 |
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Since 2003, worldwide oil prices have quadrupled. According to a new study, the price of oil is rising at a faster-than-exponential rate, and cannot be sustained. In other words, we’re in the midst of an oil ...
'Emotional inflation' leads to stock market meltdown
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 29, 2008 |
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Investors get carried away with excitement and wishful ‘phantasies’ as the stock market soars, suppressing negative emotions which would otherwise warn them of the high risk of what they are doing, according to a new study ...
Electron self-injection into an evolving plasma bubble
Nov 02, 2009 |
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Particle accelerators are among the largest and most expensive scientific instruments. Thirty years ago, theorists John Dawson and Toshiki Tajima proposed an idea for making them thousands of times smaller: ...
New theory on fairness in economics targets CEO pay
Nov 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Chief executives in 35 of the top Fortune 500 companies were overpaid by about 129 times their "ideal salaries" in 2008, according to a new type of theoretical analysis proposed by a Purdue University researcher ...
Ban on betting would boost ailing economy, gambling critic says
Sep 23, 2008 |
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Congress should resurrect the nationwide gambling ban that existed through most of the 20th century to help soothe a fragile U.S. economy shaken by the worst credit and financial crisis in decades, a University of Illinois ...
Cosmetic surgery procedures to exceed 55 million in 2015, ASPS study predicts
Jun 24, 2008 |
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[B]Expertise of board certified plastic surgeons critical to achieve beauty goals[/B] More than 55 million cosmetic surgery procedures will be performed in 2015, predicts a recent study in Plastic and Reconstructive Surger ...
Subprime lending not main trigger of real estate bubble
Jul 30, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Critics often point to subprime mortgage lending – the funding of home loans to borrowers with less-than-perfect credit – as the culprit in the unsustainable boom in U.S. home prices that eventually derailed ...
Business software market likely to stay flat this year
Mar 30, 2009 |
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Research firm Gartner Inc. said Monday the market for software sold to businesses is likely to grow only 0.3 percent this year compared to 2008, a downward revision from the firm's previous forecast of 6.6 percent growth.
Start of Recession in New York State Signaled by UB Researchers
Nov 11, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Although no official determination has been made about whether New York State or the U.S. is in the midst of a recession, researchers from the University at Buffalo's Center of Human Capital believe New York ...
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