News tagged with economic concerns


The price of pain and the value of suffering

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Apr 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

During these trying financial times, the cost of healthcare and how much we are willing to pay for it is at the top of our economic concerns. The financial value of pain has a wide ranging influence, affecting drug prices ...





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Fear of crime or anxiety about a rapidly changing society?

Other Sciences / Other

created May 19, 2008 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Do we really fear crime or are we just anxious about neighbourhood breakdown and the speed of change in society?


New CReAM research on the factors that shape individual attitudes towards migration policy

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A new research paper from CReAM (Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration at UCL) investigates the factors which determine individual attitudes towards migration policy.


National survey finds information tech and business alignment a struggle for American companies

Other Sciences / Other

created Sep 22, 2008 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The Society for Information Management (SIM) has released an important part of its annual survey results, reporting that IT executives continue to identify lack of IT and business alignment as the top concern for companies. ...


Government Involvement in the Economy Increases Ethnic Rebellion

Other Sciences / Other

created Sep 23, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study in the journal International Studies Quarterly reveals that ethnic violence is actually much less likely in countries where the free market predominates than it is in countries where the government ...


Government involvement in the economy increases ethnic rebellion

Other Sciences / Economics

created Sep 25, 2008 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 0

A new study in the journal International Studies Quarterly reveals that ethnic violence is actually much less likely in countries where the free market predominates than it is in countries where the government plays an ext ...


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Japan's Panasonic wins control of ailing Sanyo

Technology / Business

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Panasonic Corp. announced Thursday it had secured a controlling stake in smaller rival Sanyo Electric Co. in a 4.6-billion-dollar takeover that revamps Japan's troubled electronics industry.


New plan to reduce planes' CO2 emissions

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 31, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (29) | comments 4

(AP) -- Aviation groups in Europe announced a plan Tuesday to change the way commercial planes land in order to reduce their global-warming emissions of carbon dioxide.


Study reveals rural, unmarried women at higher risk for depression

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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

Mayo Clinic research suggests unmarried women living in rural areas have lower self-rated health status than their married counterparts. This lower health status often includes greater instances of self-assessed feelings ...


Report finds smoke-free Legislation doesn’t hurt bars or restaurants; gaming industry impact unclear

Other Sciences / Economics

created May 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Smoking bans have not negatively affected revenues of restaurants and bars, but the impact is less clear at gambling institutions, a new University of Michigan report indicates.


Microsoft is raising cloud computing concerns

Microsoft raises cloud computing concerns

Technology / Software

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 1.4 / 5 (9) | comments 0

Packaged software powerhouse Microsoft on Thursday released a paper outlining privacy concerns businesses should consider prior to leaping into the computing "cloud."



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