Sep. 7, 2016 Local school board elections increasingly are becoming a national political battleground, as millions of dollars in campaign cash pours in from out-of-state donors in the name of education reform, ...
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Sep. 6, 2016 Satisfy your customers and win in the stock market, says a new study by a team of researchers who found positive stock returns on customer satisfaction far out-distance competitive market measures ...
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Sep. 1, 2016 A diverse panel of academic and industrial thinkers has looked ahead to 2030 to forecast how advances in artificial intelligence might affect life in a typical North American city, and to spur ...
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Aug. 30, 2016 There is a big difference in cash flow problems faced by men and women in the UK, a new economic study has found. They found single women face more severe constraints to their incomings and ...
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Aug. 25, 2016 Researchers have discussed the different ideological viewpoints of liberals and conservatives in Europe with respect to accepting refugees, highlighting why -- even though the continent is not ...
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Aug. 23, 2016 Behavioral economists argue that the best way to address the problems caused by health plan complexity is to simplify and standardize the plans, a new report ...
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Aug. 22, 2016 When top-level managers find governance mechanisms too coercive, they're more likely to commit fraud, according to a new paper by strategic management ...
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Aug. 22, 2016 A new study suggests that people who participate in regular religious acts send a clear signal to others that they're ready and willing to contribute to their communities. A researcher spent two ...
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Aug. 22, 2016 Ramen noodles are supplanting the once popular cigarettes as a form of currency among state prisoners, but not in response to bans on tobacco products within prison systems, finds a new ...
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Aug. 22, 2016 A new study finds that an unpredictable work week is the norm for growing numbers of low-wage workers -- nearly 40 percent of whom worked variable hours for at least one four-month period after the ...
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Aug. 22, 2016 Recent dynamics of global environmentalism, ranging from indigenous people's rights to the reliance on non-governmental organizations, have been marked by a resurgence in environmental movements ...
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Aug. 22, 2016 Even though most consumer advocate groups were likely opposed to Medicaid reform, advocates tended to frame the problem of reform in terms of symptoms, such as accountability, transparency and ...
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Aug. 21, 2016 To everything there is a season -- even divorce, sociologists ...
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Aug. 17, 2016 If a city plants trees near a residential area, most homeowners value the likely subsequent increase in their property values, a new study shows. And they’re willing to pay an average of $7 more ...
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Aug. 17, 2016 Ecologists have tested a new method to detect and decrease wildlife poaching, using data to better predict where illegal activities occur in protected ...
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Aug. 16, 2016 2016 is the final year for the soil fumigant to be used in California crop fields. A new article examines the impact of the methyl bromide phaseout on strawberries, California's third most ...
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Aug. 16, 2016 When hurricanes like Katrina in 2005 or Sandy in 2012 impact on highly populated regions they bring about tremendous damages. More than 50 percent of all weather-related economic losses on the globe ...
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Aug. 16, 2016 If you want to predict which political party someone will support, take note of the person's height. The taller a person is, the more likely he or she is to support conservative political ...
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Aug. 12, 2016 Acute diarrhea entails annual health care costs of EUR 29 to EUR 45 million in Switzerland. Thereof, around a quarter is due to infections of the diarrhea-causing pathogen Campylobacter, say ...
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Aug. 12, 2016 CEOs and corporate lobbyists often spend plenty of time decrying how potential government regulations will affect their bottom line, but a new study finds that the US Clean Water Act, when ...
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