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Economic Incentives Increase Blood Donation without Negative ConsequencesEconomic incentives such as gift cards, T-shirts, and time off from work motivate people to increase their donations of blood without endangering the blood supply. |
Embargo expired: 5/23/2013 2:00 PM EDT
Released: 5/20/2013 3:00 PM EDT
Johns Hopkins |
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Research Finds Weekends Are the Best Time to Buy Airline TicketsResearchers in the Department of Economics at Texas A&M University studied a historical archive of airline ticket purchases and found the best deals are on the weekend. |
Released: 5/22/2013 3:30 PM EDT
Texas A&M University |
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U.Va. Demographers’ New Measure Finds Poverty Rate in Northern Virginia HighResearchers at the University of Virginia’s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service today unveiled a new poverty measure designed to more accurately reflect the economic distress among residents of the commonwealth. |
Released: 5/22/2013 8:00 AM EDT
University of Virginia |
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Small-Firm Managers Better at Arranging Corporate Marriages
A new study from the University of Iowa suggests that managers of small firms better protect their shareholders’ stock value by fending off potential acquisitions by larger firms with overpriced stock. |
Released: 5/21/2013 1:00 PM EDT
University of Iowa |
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Each Chicago-Area Manufacturing Job Adds 2.2 More: Report
Each new manufacturing job in the seven-county Chicago region creates another 2.2 jobs in the region on average, according to a new report from the University of Illinois at Chicago. Averages range from 7.3 additional jobs for each new oil refinery worker to 0.5 additional jobs for each new textile worker. |
Released: 5/21/2013 11:05 AM EDT
University of Illinois at Chicago |
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Federal Subsidies Critical to Low-Income Families Facing Rising Child Care CostsLow-income families have been hit hard by the rising cost of child care in America, and federal child care subsidies are one of the most important ways to mitigate rising child care costs that, for some households, now represent more than a third of their annual income, according to new research from the Carsey Institute at the University of New Hampshire. |
Released: 5/21/2013 7:00 AM EDT
University of New Hampshire |
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Babson Research Finds Middle-Market Mergers & Acquisitions Holding Steady In 2013The middle-market for Mergers & Acquisitions has significantly improved in the past two years according to The Babson College Middle-Market/Small Business Mergers & Acquisitions Survey conducted by the business school’s MBA students in the first quarter of 2013. |
Released: 5/15/2013 9:55 AM EDT
Babson College |
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Facebook IPO: One Year Later - Experts Available
On Saturday, May 18, Facebook will mark its first year as a publicly traded company. Experts from the DeGroote School of Business at McMaster University are available to discuss the anniversary of the landmark IPO. |
Released: 5/13/2013 1:45 PM EDT
Expert Available McMaster University |
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Study: CEOs Who Are Good Matches for Firms Have Higher Initial CompensationA recent study from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln provides evidence that CEOs who turn out to be successful are the ones who are offered higher compensation packages from their boards at the outset. |
Released: 5/13/2013 10:00 AM EDT
University of Nebraska-Lincoln |
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Solar Panels as Inexpensive as Paint?
Researchers are helping develop a new generation of photovoltaic cells that produce more power and cost less to manufacture than what’s available today. |
Released: 5/13/2013 9:05 AM EDT
University at Buffalo |