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| BIZ | Study Predicts Crop-production Costs Will Jump Dramatically in 2009
Soaring energy prices will yield sharp increases for corn and soybean production next year, cutting into farmers’ profits and stretching already high food costs, according to a new University of Illinois study. | 23-Jul-2008
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| BIZ | Security Flaws in Online Banking Sites Found to be Widespread
More than 75 percent of the bank Web sites surveyed in a University of Michigan study had at least one design flaw that could make customers vulnerable to cyber thieves after their money or even their identity. | 23-Jul-2008
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| BIZ | European Drug Companies Taking Top 4 Ranking Positions by 2012 Finds EvaluatePharma’s World Preview Report
Comprehensive Industry Report Provides Critical Insights Through 2012. (Embargo expired on 22-Jul-2008 at 06:00 ET.) | 22-Jul-2008
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| BIZ | Civil Engineering Salaries Inch Higher in 2008
According to a new survey that outlines compensation ranges and trends in the engineering industry, the median income for civil engineers is $78,000 a year, which represents an increase from $77,000 in 2007. The median income for all fields of engineering combined is $85,000, a 7.6 percent increase from 2007. | 17-Jul-2008
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| BIZ | The Naked Truth" Examining Prevailing Practices in Short Sales and the Resultant Voter Disenfranchisement
The Securities and Exchange Commission this week issued an emergency order to enhance investor protections against "naked" short selling in the securities of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and primary dealers at commercial and investment banks. This article surveys some of the exisiting literature on short-selling and naked short selling and the pervasiveness of the practice and its impact.
Journal of Trading, Sum-2008 | 17-Jul-2008
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| Study Shows Consumers May be Swayed by Distraction
Consumers talking on cell phones or dealing with a crying child in the store may make more impulsive purchases. A Central Michigan University study has found that consumers are more susceptible to making impulsive purchases for one brand over another if they are distracted while shopping.
Journal of Consumer Research, Jun-2008 | 16-Jul-2008
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| BIZ | Depressed Housing Market Demands Change in Lead Generation Techniques
A down housing market calls on real estate agents to change their tactics, according to Dr. Chris Pullig, Director of the Keller Center for Residential Real Estate Sales & Marketing at Baylor University’s Hankamer School of Business. His recent study of lead conversion rates revealed that varying market conditions call for different approaches to lead generation.
Keller Center Research Report | 16-Jul-2008
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| Bluffing Could be Common in Prediction Markets
A new mathematical model by researchers at the University of Michigan suggests that bluffing in prediction markets is a profitable strategy more often than previously thought.
July 11 at the ACM Conference on Electronic Commerce in Chicago. | 14-Jul-2008
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| BIZ | Mergers and Acquisitions Lead to Long-Term Management Turmoil
Mergers and acquisitions destroy leadership continuity in target companies’ top management teams for at least a decade following a deal, according to a Virginia Commonwealth University study published in the July/August issue of the Journal of Business Strategy.
Journal of Business Strategy, Jul/Aug-2008 | 14-Jul-2008
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| Study Finds More MBAS Take the Mommy Track
A surprising number of highly-educated MBAs are dropping out of the labor force. Haas Professor Catherine Wolfram found MBAs are more likely than MDs and JDs to be stay-at-home mothers. Wolfram studied surveys taken of nearly 1,000 Harvard undergraduate alumni and found 15 years after graduation, business school graduates are more likely than doctors and lawyers to leave the workforce. | 14-Jul-2008
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