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Probing Question: How do Ponzi Schemes work?

Other Sciences / Economics

created Jul 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Imagine the shock, the horror, and the sheer panic that would come with learning that the financial plan you’d sunk your life savings into was a sham, the financial experts you trusted were crooks, and all your money was ...





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Uncertain climate regulations -- why corporations still invest

Other Sciences / Other

created Sep 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Firms and corporations frequently need to take investment decisions without knowing if future regulation will support or threaten their investment. This is especially true in energy intensive industries that face high uncertainty ...


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Yahoo! buys 10-percent stake in Gmarket

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created Jun 07, 2006 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Yahoo! will acquire a 10-percent stake in South Korea's Gmarket, an e-commerce provider.


Study: Only select group of property fund managers outperform market

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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.


High construction cost for cycads

High construction cost for cycads

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jul 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Self-sustaining organisms like plants possess the ability to synthesize their own food using inorganic materials. Plants use water and carbon dioxide to begin this process in their green tissues. The leaf ...


Banks and bailouts: Playing politics?

Other Sciences / Economics

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Banks with strong political connections were more likely to receive bailout money from the government—and more of it—in the past year than those with weaker ties, say University of Michigan researchers.


Federal nanotech risk research plan still comes up short

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Feb 19, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

An improved but still flawed government-wide plan for nanotechnology risk research is the result of a broken system. Federally-funded studies essential to managing possible risks from this cutting-edge technology should ...


Nanotech safety high on Congress' priority list

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Jan 16, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The House Science and Technology Committee today introduced legislation that highlights the growing attention on Capitol Hill to the need to strengthen federal efforts to learn more about the potential environmental, health ...


Lessons for Obama in study of Bush efforts to 'frame' Iraq war

Other Sciences / Other

created Sep 17, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Wartime leaders have long sought to sway public opinion by "framing" bad news from the frontlines. They present inconvenient facts in an altered format in order to generate support for their policies. A new study from North ...


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France aims for two million electric cars by 2020: minister

Technology / Energy

created Oct 01, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

France plans to invest 1.5 billion euros (2.2 billion dollars) on infrastructure for the two million electric and hybrid cars it wants on its roads by 2020, the ecology minister said Thursday.


Just like penguins and other primates, people trade sex for resources

Just like penguins and other primates, people trade sex for resources

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created Apr 10, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (26) | comments 9

Female penguins mate with males who bring them pebbles to build egg nests. Hummingbirds mate to gain access to the most productive flowers guarded by larger males.



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