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Delving into the murky metrics of financial risk

Delving into the murky metrics of financial risk

Other Sciences / Other

created Feb 25, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The way J. Michael Collins sees it, United States consumers aren’t necessarily less informed about financial risk than consumers from other industrialized nations. What Americans do have, ...





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Financial aid rules influence household portfolio decisions

Financial aid rules influence household portfolio decisions

Other Sciences / Other

created Oct 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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 ...


Dell planning acquisition: WSJ

Technology / Business

created Jun 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

US computer giant Dell is planning to acquire a"significant-sized company" in the next few months, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.


Older workers spend less on necessities and health care

Older workers spend less on necessities and health care

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

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

More older Americans are choosing to continue to work or are returning to the labor force. The number of workers age 65 and older is predicted to increase by more than 80 percent by 2016. In an ongoing study, ...


Official-looking e-mails claiming to be from IRS are fraudulent

Technology / Internet

created Feb 15, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Schemers claiming to be Uncle Sam are filling e-mail boxes in Contra Costa County, Calif., and across the country with messages asking for people's personal information.


HP offers 2010 outlook in line with estimates

Technology / Business

created Sep 24, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Hewlett-Packard Co. said Thursday that its revenue and profit in its next fiscal year should be in line with what analysts were expecting.


Household financial contributions by adult live-in children are influenced by family structure

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Aug 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Single parents are more likely than parents in nuclear families to receive financial help from their grown, live-in children, according to research to be presented at the 104th annual meeting of the American Sociological ...


Student open-source software brings personal finance to the iPhone (Video)

Technology / Software

created Feb 03, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

In these difficult economic times, everyone is seeking a better way to manage their personal finances. And at a time when even the newly elected president can't be separated from his wireless device, two undergraduates from ...


Easy come easy go: Research shows shift in attitudes towards borrowing

Other Sciences / Other

created Dec 05, 2007 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 0

New research by the Personal Finance Research Centre at the University of Bristol provides firm evidence of a major shift in attitudes towards borrowing in recent years.


Intuit buying Mint.com for 170 mln dlrs

Intuit buying Mint.com for 170 mln dlrs

Technology / Business

created Sep 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Financial software company Intuit Inc. announced on Monday that it has agreed to purchase personal finance website Mint.com for 170 million dollars in cash.


Poor money saving linked to general impulsiveness

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Sep 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Financial imprudence is linked to other impulsive behaviour such as overeating, smoking and infidelity, according to a new study led by UCL researchers, published in the journal Personality and Individual Differences.



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