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Gender biases in leadership selection during competitions within and between groups

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Oct 30, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

What makes a great leader? Traits that we look for typically include a sense of power, great negotiating skills and lots of charisma. However, a recent study suggests that it is not just an outgoing personality and great ...





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Cancer fund promotes breastfeeding benefit

Medicine & Health / Health

created Apr 29, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Three-quarters of British women are unaware that breastfeeding can protect against cancer, a survey by the World Cancer Research Fund indicated.


Study: Only select group of property fund managers outperform market

Other Sciences / Other

created May 13, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Only a small group of elite property fund managers are able to consistently lead their funds to gains greater than the market, according to new research co-authored by a professor at Penn State's Smeal College of Business.


Medical aid group raises alarm about AIDS funding

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- The global recession and pressure to divert funds to other health crises are hurting the fight against AIDS, a medical group warned Thursday, with one health worker saying he feared a return to the days when the ...


Andreessen fund's 1st investment has familiar ring

Technology / Business

created Aug 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- A new fund managed by Web browser pioneer Marc Andreessen and his longtime confidant Ben Horowitz is treading familiar ground with its first investment - a high-tech startup already tied to the two partners.


Health reform proposals could help 13 million uninsured young adults gain coverage

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Comprehensive health reform proposals now before Congress could help the more than 13 million uninsured young adults ages 19-29 gain coverage, and such reforms would also help ensure that those who now have coverage would ...


Air travelers offered way to ease guilt

Other Sciences / Other

created Mar 02, 2007 | popularity 2 / 5 (4) | comments 0

A Virginia non-profit group is one of a number of groups benefiting from travelers who feel guilty about environmental damage caused by jetliners.


Medicare Part D saves money, survey says

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created Jul 15, 2006 | popularity 1.1 / 5 (9) | comments 0

The Medicare Part D prescription-drug plan helps beneficiaries save money but needs to be simplified, a healthcare industry survey finds.


Extra payments to Medicare Advantage plans to total $11.4 billion in 2009

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Private Medicare Advantage (MA) plans will be paid $11.4 billion more in 2009 than what the same beneficiaries would have cost in the traditional Medicare fee-for-service program, according to a new report released today ...


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Last chance to save the saola from extinction?

Biology / Ecology

created Sep 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Conservation biologists based in four countries gathered for an emergency meeting in Vientiane, Lao PDR, August 19, to address the peril of extinction facing one the world's most enigmatic mammals, the Saola.


Current Infineon shareholders would get a preferential price on the new shares

German chipmaker Infineon unveils major capital increase

Technology / Business

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

Computer chip maker Infineon said on Friday it would make a big capital increase guaranteed by the US investment fund Apollo, giving the troubled German company a breath of fresh air.



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