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Fooled by your 'friends'

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Aug 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Do not get too friendly with your investment adviser. It lowers your guard and increases your risk of being deceived, warn BI researchers Harald Biong and Kenneth H. Wathne.


Paperless proof, the e-government magic act

Technology / Computer Sciences

created May 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A French-developed security platform which turns email into the electronic equivalent of registered mail could help deal with the bureaucratic paper mountains throughout Europe.





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Gaps exist for adopting conflicts of interest policies among medical schools

Medicine & Health / Other

created Feb 12, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A minority of U.S. medical schools surveyed have adopted policies on conflicts of interest regarding financial interests held by the institutions, while at least two-thirds have policies applying to financial interests of ...


U. of I. education expert: Community colleges undervalued, underfunded

U. of I. education expert: Community colleges undervalued, underfunded

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jul 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Popular culture may have an uncharitable attitude toward community colleges, but a University of Illinois expert in education says they are an underfunded community asset and an invaluable resource for first-generation ...


Flags with the logo of chip maker Infineon fluttering at the Munich fairgrounds

Semiconductor giant Infineon upgrades outlook

Technology / Semiconductors

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

German semi-conductor maker Infineon on Thursday upgraded its turnover and profits forecast over the next 12 months because of higher demand from the auto industry and cost cuts.


Study: Growth in research comes at a steep price

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jan 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A study released this month confirms and quantifies what many medical school deans and financial administrators have long understood: Basic science research can be an expensive luxury. The study, which was conducted by the ...


Financial instruments could be spiked with unfindable risks

Financial instruments could be spiked with unfindable risks

Other Sciences / Economics

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (15) | comments 33

(PhysOrg.com) -- In a result that may have implications for financial regulation, researchers from computer science and economics have revealed potentially impenetrable problems with the pricing of financial ...


In Brief: Vodafone to sell Verizon Wireless stake?

Technology / Business

created May 15, 2006 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Verizon Communications is reportedly prepared to pay $48 billion to buy out Vodafone's share of Verizon Wireless.


Strategic management theory offers fresh take on the economic crisis

Other Sciences / Economics

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

The recent financial crisis and resulting global economic downturn has been the most defining global economic event since the Great Depression. Now research which appears in the November issue of Strategic Organization, publis ...


Both distress and fatigue impact resident physician errors, study finds

Medicine & Health / Other

created Sep 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Mayo Clinic researchers report that distress and fatigue among medical residents are independent contributors to self-perceived medical errors. The findings appear today in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) ...


IBM Research Unveils 'Security-on-a-Stick' to Protect Consumers and Banks From Sophisticated Hacker Attacks

'Security-on-a-Stick' to protect consumers and banks from the most sophisticated hacker attacks

Technology / Hi Tech

created Oct 29, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (11) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Resembling a memory stick with an integrated display, a prototype USB device developed at IBM's Zurich Research Lab brings a new level of security to online banking for consumers. Pilot devices ...


Government delays new ban on Internet gambling

Technology / Internet

created Nov 27, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(AP) -- The Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve are giving U.S. financial institutions an additional six months to comply with regulations designed to ban Internet gambling.



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