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Research: Is fair value really fair?

As the United States continues its struggle to emerge from the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, a practice known as fair-value accounting has been taking heat. Critics—mostly banking associations—say ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Jan 31, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Railroad hyperbole echoes all the way down to the dot-com frenzy

There are critics and readers who say American historian Richard White should not have made fun of rich people in his new book, Railroaded: The Transcontinentals and the Making of Modern America.

Other Sciences / Other

created Jan 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

UF survey: Florida real estate market slips once again

Florida real estate experts and investors were pessimistic for a second consecutive quarter, despite encouraging signs in the rise of occupancy rates and prices in the rental apartment market, a new University of Florida ...

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created Dec 02, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Impatient people have lower credit scores: study

Is there a psychological reason why people default on their mortgages? A new study, which will be published in an upcoming issue of Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, finds that p ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 30, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New effort to reduce drug shortages a small step

(AP) -- Unprecedented drug shortages are threatening the lives of cancer patients and other seriously ill people, and the Obama administration's plan to tackle them is but a small step toward solving a complex ...

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Nov 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

3 Questions: Ricardo Caballero on the search for safe investments

What caused the financial crisis of 2008? MIT economist Ricardo Caballero has posited that a key structural factor was a massive global imbalance between the demand for safe investments, especially bonds, ...

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created Oct 25, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Emerging public health crisis linked to mortgage default and foreclosure

Researchers warn of a looming health crisis in the wake of rising mortgage delinquencies and home foreclosures. The study, released today in the American Journal of Public Health, is the first long-term survey of the impact ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Chinese-Americans don't overborrow, study finds

Bad mortgage loans and rampant consumer debt were two of the primary causes for the recent economic recession in the U.S. Despite a national trend of debt problems, a University of Missouri researcher has found one American ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Oct 17, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Budget deficit, weak spending, politics making it hard to get economy going

A Kansas State University economist says the government is running out of options when it comes to stimulating the weak economy and holding off a second double-dip recession since the 2007-2009 financial crisis.

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Aug 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3

Bogus ratings of mortgage-related securities show conflicts of interest by credit rating agencies

Obvious conflicts of interest and poor performance are among the reasons why a Kansas State University economist says the way the leading credit rating agencies are funded should be changed.

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created Aug 16, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 6


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