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Reducing CEOs' option-based compensation decreases risky investments

Other Sciences / Other

created Oct 22, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

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

Technology / Business

created Dec 28, 2007 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

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

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created May 29, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

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

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Feb 11, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 1

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

Technology / Business

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(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

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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 ...


Not all risk is created equal

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Aug 28, 2007 | popularity 4 / 5 (11) | comments 0

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. ...


Study: Mortgage Losses On Owner-Occupied Homes Lower Than Assumed

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created Oct 01, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (8) | comments 1

(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.


Adolescents' gambling a part of a cluster of problem behaviors

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

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

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 ...


Risky driving puts P-platers at high danger of crash

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

Australia's largest study of young drivers has shown that risky driving habits are putting young drivers at a significantly increased risk of crashing, irrespective of their perceptions about road safety. The study surveyed ...


VC investments plunge 51 pct to $3.7 billion in 2Q

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created Jul 21, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Venture capitalists cut their U.S. investments in half during the spring, the second-consecutive quarter to mark a more than 50 percent decline, leaving the money flowing to startups at the slowest trickle in 12 ...



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