Sarah Palin has a new book out, and the former Alaska governor's rise to fame has brought more notoriety to her native state than it's had since the United States bought it from Russia in 1867. But a new analysis by a University of Iowa economist suggests the $7.2 million investment hasn't been worth it for U.S taxpayers.
USC Marshall School of Business faculty experts are available to comment on current economic news, including extension of unemployment benefits and homebuyer tax credits as well as November economic indicators (such as retail, employment and housing numbers) as well as consumer confidence and the effects of government initiatives.
Indiana University economists presenting their annual forecast today (Nov. 5) are confident that 2010 is going to be better than this year. Unfortunately, 2009 was "really, really awful."
Holidays and tables full of delicious food usually go hand in hand, but for nearly half of the children in the United States, this is not guaranteed. “49 percent of all U.S. children will be in a household that uses food stamps at some point during their childhood,” says Mark R. Rank, Ph.D., poverty expert at Washington University in St. Louis. “Food stamp use is a clear sign of poverty and food insecurity, two of the most detrimental economic conditions affecting a child’s health.”
While the forecast for 2009 holiday retail sales is not as grim as a year ago, when seasonal activity fell by 3.8 percent from 2007, the Center for Education and Research in Retailing at Indiana University's Kelley School of Business still projects a 1 percent decline.
Results of new study of about 1,500 congregations, mostly Protestant, show almost 37 percent reported an increase in fundraising for the first half of 2009 over 2008; 34 percent reported receipts stayed the same; nearly 30 percent experienced a decrease.
You’ve lost your prescription insurance benefits because of unemployment; you don’t have the extra money you once did for the co-pay; you have an expensive medication that isn’t covered. Unfortunately, this is the current situation for many Americans. Carriann Richey, director of outreach and assistant professor of pharmacy practice for Butler University’s College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, says while affording medications in today’s economy may be more difficult than ever before, there are options out there that can help.
Angel investors pulled back in the first half of 2009, although the overall market experienced a slight increase in the number of investments, according to the Angel Market Analysis for the first and second quarters of 2009 released by the Center for Venture Research at the University of New Hampshire.
Thursday, October 29 marks the 80th anniversary of the 1929 stock market crash that launched the Great Depression and in turn prompted the New Deal. American University experts are available to comment about the economic, historic, political, social, cultural, and financial impacts of today versus what happened eight decades ago.
Sherry Jarrell, who teaches a graduate-level class on investments and portfolio management in the Wake Forest University Schools of Business, says some traders just naturally seek risk. The SEC shouldn't block them from trading "zombie" stocks, she says.
While economists are making confident predictions that the recession is over and the economy is rebounding, the reality on the streets of San Francisco is very different. The number of homeless, including families, continues to rise as more and more people lose their jobs, their health care coverage, and their homes. On October 28th Project Homeless Connect will be helping meet the needs of the homeless at the Bill Graham Auditorium at Civic Center, from 10am to 3pm. The event marks the fifth anniversary of Project Homeless Connect.
The 2009 Nobel Memorial prize in economics drew attention to a new approach to economics and criticism from traditionalists. "A lot of people were horrified that it was the first time a political scientist got the prize," says Douglass C. North in a video interview on the 2009 Nobel prize in economics.
80 years ago this month, the stock market crashed and ignited the Great Depression. The crashes of 1987 and 2008 also occurred in October. Is there a connection between crashes and the tenth month of the year? Curse, conspiracy or bewitched? Washington University in St. Louis economist Stephen Williamson proposes three theories on why the markets might tend to collapse in October. Warning: these theories are based on complex calculations involving ripening pumpkins, sunspots and scratching dogs.
A failure to introduce new products at the same rate as foreign manufacturers explains the dwindling market share of United States auto companies, according to a new Virginia Commonwealth University study to be published in the Journal of Business Research.
Financial accounting and corporate reporting have never been so challenging as in today’s business and regulatory environment. The annual conference on financial reporting, presented by the Center for Financial Reporting and Management at the University of California, Berkeley’s Haas School of Business, provides preparers and users of financial statements with a comprehensive examination of current trends and issues.
While news media across the country are documenting the changes in personal spending triggered by recent economic turmoil, researchers at the Florida State University College of Business are examining the effects of saving and spending philosophies established prior to the recession on work and home life.
A survey of American economists shows 72 percent agree or strongly agree with the statement, “A Wal-Mart store typically generates more benefits to society than costs.”
When the stock market and the housing market plummeted, many thought that decimated retirement accounts and lower home equity would force older workers to delay retirement. Instead, the economy may actually force many into retirement, say two Wellesley College economics professors.
Yes, it's true that there's a flu pandemic thanks to H1N1, but University of Iowa business professor and handshake expert Greg Stewart does not advise using that as a reason to avoid shaking hands during a job interview.
American consumers are worried: They want to know whether their economy is improving, worsening or unchanging. Ben Liebman, Ph.D., associate professor of economics at Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, says economists will look to holiday spending to gauge the economy’s health.
In 2008, the recession affected poverty rates for children under six years old unevenly, with rates in the rural Midwest rising significantly while rates in Northeastern central cities fell slightly. This analysis of data released by the U.S. Census Bureau today is presented in a new report from the Carsey Institute at the University of New Hampshire.
Canadian Institutes of Health Research experts discuss the impact of poverty on health (September 29).
The Great Depression had a silver lining: During that hard time, U.S. life expectancy actually increased by 6.2 years, according to a University of Michigan study published in the current issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
In an array of timely analyses, Urban Institute researchers offer perspectives and insights into the circumstances of nearly 40 million poor men, women, and children.
Only a handful of retailers control more than 20 per cent of the Canadian retail market, according to a recent report on leading Canadian retail corporations released by Ryerson University’s Centre for the Study of Commercial Activity (CSCA).
H1N1 influenza could slow growth in key industries and stall already-weak GDP growth in the third and fourth quarters of 2009, says a health economist in the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) School of Business.
Younger adults may be doing a better job saving for the future than many experts believe, according to a new study.
A steep decline in California housing prices is undermining the effectiveness of the state’s property tax system that was created through Proposition 13 three decades ago, according to a study by University of Southern California professor Dowell Myers.
Through a recent $2.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation, the Georgia Tech College of Computing will mitigate the stress of joblessness for unemployed information technology (IT) professionals over the next three years. Operation Reboot will transform an initial set of 30 IT workers in Georgia into high school computing teachers.
Older Americans have weathered the financial crisis relatively well, although many now expect to work longer than they did just a year ago, according to a University of Michigan study released on Capitol Hill today (Sept. 16).
Consumer spending will lag rather than lead the recovery from the current recession, according to University of Michigan economist Richard Curtin.
Economist and national banking expert Tim Yeager, associate professor of finance at the University of Arkansas and former economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, is available to comment on Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke’s statement today that the recession has “very likely” ended.
Driving global economic recovery through innovation is drawing international attention as the Association of University Research Parks (AURP) brings the world’s innovation leaders together in Vancouver, B.C., Canada, for AURP’s most comprehensive conference ever.
Cash for Clunkers may have run out of money, but certainly not gas.
If you want to know how much debt a corporation is willing to take on, take a look at the CEO’s personal finances. A new study finds that corporations with higher levels of debt tend to have CEOs who also owe more on their own homes.
A finance professor looks at the unemployment problem and suggests how to tackle it.
The health reform debate to date has been characterized by confusion and misinformation. "The conclusion that most of the uninsured either are voluntarily uninsured or do not need assistance is erroneous," says Timothy McBride, Ph.D., health economist at Washington University in St. Louis. The Census Bureau will announce the official health insurance estimates on Thursday, Sept. 10. According to McBride, the number of uninsured may top 50 million.
The official poverty rate has never fallen below its 1973 level, but a University of Michigan researcher says this could change after the economy recovers from this recession if anti-poverty policies put in place by this year's stimulus package are made permanent.
Baby Boomer expert, Emeritus Education Prof. Nancy Schlossberg (University of Maryland), looks at what couples can do when retirement or job loss causes family tension.
U.S. farmers will see their prices slashed by an average 2.48 percent in an industry that pumps roughly $40 billion into the U.S. economy each year.
Finance professor and senior citizen Dr. Robert Pritchard looks at health care reform.
Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science nutritionists Lynn Janas, PhD, and Hope Bilyk, MS, RD say that a few small changes in the way we shop, cook and eat will help us stay healthier and spend less.
Persistent job insecurity poses a major threat to worker health, according to a new study published in the September issue of the peer-reviewed journal Social Science and Medicine.
According to findings in the American Medical Group Association’s 2009 Medical Group Compensation and Financial Survey, most specialties saw very modest increases in compensation in 2008, but many provider organizations continue to operate at a significant loss.
One MTSU political science professor says investing in a green economy will create jobs and a healthier environment, according to his research.
An Iowa State professor of personal finance and consumer economics would like to see fewer college students experience financial distress. She offers them some no-nonsense tips to help them manage their money better.
The Rosenberg Center Franchise 50 Index recovered most of its losses in 2009 as it climbed 11.1 percent by the end of the second quarter 2009 with widespread gains in 40 of 50 components, some in excess of 100 percent.
The nation’s home foreclosure epidemic may be taking its toll on Americans’ health as well as their wallets. Nearly half of people studied while undergoing foreclosure reported depressive symptoms, and 37 percent met screening criteria for major depression, according to new University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine research published online this week in the American Journal of Public Health.
Study finds CFO bonus positively linked to finesse in meeting earnings forecasts.
APICS The Association for Operations Management and the University of North Carolina Wilmington released the second quarterly Operations Management Employment Outlook today. Survey data reported in July 2009 indicate that 47 percent of respondents with hiring responsibility anticipate hiring staff. Quality and resource planning are indicated as top hiring areas.
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