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Study: Mortgage Losses On Owner-Occupied Homes Lower Than Assumed
Oct 01, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Homeowners who are struggling with mortgages for their own residences are a relatively small part of the overall mortgage crisis, according to results of a new nationwide study of consumer balance sheets.
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SKorea's Hyosung group bids for Hynix: report
Sep 22, 2009 |
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A minor business conglomerate in South Korea looks set to buy a major stake in the world's second biggest memory chip maker after becoming the only firm to submit a bid, a report said Tuesday.
Study finds that rich retirees are the main losers from inflation
Dec 19, 2006 |
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How would distribution of wealth change if the United States were to enter a period of inflation? A study from the December issue of the Journal of Political Economy finds that even mild inflation can lead to substantial redist ...
Financial aid rules influence household portfolio decisions
Oct 01, 2009 |
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The U.S. House of Representatives recently passed the Student Aid Financial Responsibility Act to address problems with the current financial aid system. The act calls for several changes to simplify the Federal ...
Net energy -- a useless, misleading and dangerous metric, says expert
Aug 09, 2007 |
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As oil becomes scarce, the world needs new transportation fuels. As new fuel options develop we need means of assessing which are most effective at replacing petroleum. So far many scientists have used a measure called ‘net ...
Keep big fish in their small ponds -- or in the ocean, says research
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Nov 27, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the University of Toronto analysed Canadian fisheries data to determine the effect of the "keep the large ones" policy that is typical of fisheries. What they found is that the effect of this ...
Smoking Hurts Wealth As Well As Health, Study Suggests
Feb 03, 2005 |
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A new study suggests that typical non-smokers’ net worth is roughly 50 percent higher than that of light smokers and about twice the level of that of heavy smokers. And that wealth gap grows by about $410, or 4 percent, each ...
Germany's Infineon needs state guarantees: report
Apr 19, 2009 |
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German chip maker Infineon is in negotiations with the government over state guarantees worth several hundred million euros (dollars), the Welt am Sonntag paper reported Sunday.
Even in a safety net health system, colorectal cancer screening disparities remain
Sep 08, 2009 |
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Colorectal cancer screening rates are much lower among those in a safety net health system compared to the national average, and the number one predictor of screening is a combination of regular visits and insurance access.
Sun CEO's pay package cut by a third in '09
Oct 29, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The value of Sun Microsystems Inc. CEO Jonathan Schwartz's latest pay package dropped 37 percent from last year as the company lost more than $2 billion and was in such dire financial shape that it ...
Health alert issued over stolen beef
Dec 29, 2007 |
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A public health alert was issued Thursday after 14,800 pounds of ground beef that may be contaminated with E.coli was reported stolen in Texas.
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