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Reducing CEOs' option-based compensation decreases risky investments
Oct 22, 2008 |
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Since the recent bailout on Wall Street, the public has started to heavily scrutinize firms' large executive pay packages. This week, John White, director of the Securities and Exchange Commission's Division of Corporation ...
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Fortune 1000 IT investments are riskier than capital investments, says management insights
Dec 28, 2007 |
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A study of Fortune 1000 companies shows that investments in information technology carry higher risk than other capital investments, according to the Management Insights feature in the current issue of Management Science, the fl ...
Green firms rewarded by financial markets
May 29, 2008 |
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When a company improves its environmental performance, it is common to think that the accompanying economic improvements are based on the company's more efficient use of resources. However,
Financial risk taking: Blame it on the genes
Feb 11, 2009 |
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Financial institutions continue to teeter on the brink of ruin. Banks are still devouring bailout money without loosening credit enough to make a difference in a recession that is sweeping the globe. And everyone keeps asking, ...
Venture-capital investments down 33 pct in 3Q
Oct 20, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Venture capitalists' investments in U.S. startups rose in the third quarter when compared with the first two quarters of the year, suggesting increased confidence in the economy. When compared with the year-ago period, ...
Uncertain climate regulations -- why corporations still invest
Sep 21, 2009 |
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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 ...
Not all risk is created equal
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 28, 2007 |
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A camper who chases a grizzly but won't risk unprotected sex. A sky diver afraid to stand up to the boss. New research shows that not all risk is created equal and people show a mixture of both risky and non-risky behaviors. ...
Adolescents' gambling a part of a cluster of problem behaviors
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 23, 2009 |
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Ten percent of young adolescent boys -- or one in 10 -- exhibit a symptom of conduct disorder as well as a symptom of risky or problem gambling, according to new research findings from the University at Buffalo's Research ...
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.
High construction cost for cycads
Jul 23, 2009 |
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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 ...
Adolescents' gambling a part of a cluster of problem behaviors
Oct 16, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Ten percent of young adolescent boys -- or one in 10 -- exhibit a symptom of conduct disorder as well as a symptom of risky or problem gambling, according to new research findings from the University at Buffalo's ...
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