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A study finds that women and older food consumers are more likely to buy local.

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The volume of "green" advertising rises and falls in conjunction with key indicators of economic growth. That's the finding from a study of 30 years of environmental ads in National Geographic Magazine.

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For the second consecutive month, the Leading Index for Indiana remained unchanged at the level of 99.4. Simply put, it's much like the June report, but with more pessimism.

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The growing scandal over the manipulation by British banks of the London Interbank Offered Rate, or Libor, creates complex legal issues for U.S. financial regulation, according to an Indiana University Maurer School of Law expert.

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The gathering, sponsored by the University of Virginia Darden School of Business, ILEX Leadership Associates LLC and McGuire Woods LLP, convened leading CFOs from public and private companies based in the Washington, D.C., region.

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The budget for issuing and enforcing federal regulation is expected to decline in the 2013 fiscal year, finds a new report from Washington University in St. Louis and George Washington University.

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Times of economic recession may increase a woman’s desire to buy beauty products, according to a series of studies headed by Sarah E. Hill, assistant professor of social psychology at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas. Her research showed that women who were primed with news of the economic recession reported an increased interest in purchasing goods they believed could enhance physical attractiveness, including lipstick, perfume and designer jeans. The same subjects reported a decreased desire to purchase consumer goods that could not enhance attractiveness.

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Just over 100 retailers control the lion's share of the non-automotive Canadian retail market, finds a new report by Ryerson University in Canada.

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Civic leaders, arts organizations, donors and government officials can better plan new or expanded arts facilities by first focusing on the arts organizations’ missions and assessing demand for the projects, according to a new study that looks at a major building boom in the United States from 1994 to 2008.

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A study shows that, contrary to popular belief, there’s a positive association between higher neighborhood density and the value of single-family residential properties.

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Dean Lloyd Hamm is available to media representatives to the extent possible to discuss business and finance issues regarding higher education.

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Even as the job market has rebounded over the last two years, the employment prospects for young college graduates have continued to deteriorate, according to a new report by Dr. Paul E. Harrington and Dr. Neeta P. Fogg, labor economists in Drexel University’s Center for Labor Market and Policy. Rather, even during this period of net job creation, young college graduates saw their employment rates fall at the same time as their mal-employment rates increased.

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Inexperienced mutual-fund managers and those working for funds with limited resources tend to invest too heavily in companies from their home states without the benefit of actual knowledge of the companies. This practice translates to roughly $31 billion allocated to excessively risky portfolios each year, according to a study from the Indiana University Kelley School of Business that is the first to document and quantify this "familiarity bias" among professional investors.

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Salisbury University's Dr. Frank Shipper has spent years researching and consulting with employee-owned businesses. He is available to speak with media on management, leadership and team development in this growing field.

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A company’s share price and its CEO’s compensation can be influenced by third-party endorsements of the CEO, as well as the strategic options, called managerial discretion, that executives have at their disposal to manage the company, according to a study recently published in the Journal of Business Research.

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Air pollution, climate change, food additives, pesticides, cosmetic safety, and electronic product hazards all pose global consumer and environmental risks, but the regulatory controls to manage them vary by country and by region. In recent decades, Europe has taken the lead over the U.S. in comprehensively managing such risks, according to a new book by UC Berkeley Professor David Vogel. In "The Politics of Precaution: Regulating Health, Safety, and Environmental Risks in Europe and the United States" (Princeton University Press 2012), Vogel argues that there has been an overall shift towards greater regulation to manage risk in Europe than in the United States in the last five decades.

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American University’s EU and business experts Matthias Matthijs, Stephen Silvia, and Robert Sicina are available to discuss the current state of the Eurozone economy, risks associated with plans to rescue the EU economy, the impact of the three events coming up later this month, and the impact the euro crisis is having on the U.S.

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A University of Iowa international finance expert says the Greek and European economic plight shows limits of state sovereignty in an age of globalization as it drags the global economy down further.

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Boise State University professor discusses international business, trade.

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Charles K. Whitehead, professor at the Cornell University School of Law and a former Wall Street attorney, comments on the lawsuit leveled against Facebook, Morgan Stanley and other banks that underwrote Facebook’s initial public offering.

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More people who rent their homes are feeling the financial squeeze following the recession, with younger renters and people in the West feeling the most “cost burdened,” according to new research from the Carsey Institute at the University of New Hampshire.

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Ohio's jobless rate continues to fall. Dr. Melissa Miller, a political science professor at Bowling Green State University in Ohio, is available to discuss the political ramifications in this vital swing state.

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From its significance for global markets to its potential impact on our daily lives, two leading Cornell University researchers reflect on Facebook’s record-setting initial public offering this week. Both welcome media interviews.

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An increasing number of highly educated women are opting for families, according to a national study. The research clearly shows fertility rising for older, highly educated women since the 1990s.

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American Sociological Association (ASA) Executive Officer Sally T. Hillsman, PhD, criticized the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday for passing a bill last week that would cut funding to the U.S. Census Bureau and result in the elimination of several important Census Bureau programs.

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New Research from the Carsey Institute at the University of New Hampshire shows that access to state-level Earned Income Tax Credits (EITCs) results in healthier children.

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In a modern society struggling to loose the grip of a lengthy economic recession, is the American dream really attainable? It may still be possible, though much more difficult to achieve, say a renowned macroeconomist and one of America’s foremost experts on poverty, co-teachers of a course on the American Dream this semester at Washington University in St. Louis.

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A new study provides the best evidence to date that higher levels of income inequality in the United States actually lead to more deaths in the country over a period of years.

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If international lenders refuse to renegotiate substantial reductions in Greek public debt, chances are that whatever government emerges in Greece in the next few weeks will run out of cash by the end of June, says an economist at Washington University in St. Louis.

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Consumers pay as much as 31 percent more for insurance because companies have to comply with regulations from many states instead of a single regulator, according to research by a University of Iowa insurance and finance expert.

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Linda Barrington, labor economist and managing director of the Institute for Compensation Studies at Cornell’s ILR School, comments on today’s release of federal employment numbers for the month of April.

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Louis Hyman, expert in economic history and professor in Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations, discusses the ongoing debate about wealth inequality — and where the “one percent” tend to invest.

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The combination of an unusually warm March and sub-freezing temperatures in late April in the Northeast, has led to potentially devastating damage to apples, cherries, grapes and other of the region’s vital agricultural crops. Cornell University researchers and Extension specialists can comment on what this might mean for producers and consumers.

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Steven C. Kyle, an expert in macroeconomic policy and an associate professor of management at the Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management at Cornell, comments on the impact of European economic austerity on Germany’s export-driven economy.

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Innovation Coalition to meet for second annual Fly-In Day.

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A University of Virginia Darden School of Business competition that launches today will offer small businesses nationwide an in-depth look at how resilient companies are leading economic recovery in their communities.

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In a study with implications for businesspeople in a global economy, researchers at the University of Chicago have found that people make more rational decisions when they think through a problem in a non-native tongue. People are more likely to take favorable risks if they think in a foreign language, the new study showed.

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A dirty bomb attack centered on downtown Los Angeles’ financial district could severely impact the region’s economy to the tune of nearly $16 billion, fueled primarily by psychological effects that could persist for a decade.

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Long portrayed as stagnant in economic terms, the income growth of the U.S. middle class may be much greater than suggested by economists like Thomas Piketty and Emmanuel Saez, according to a new study at Cornell University, which finds median income of the U.S. middle class rose by as much as 37 percent from 1979-2007.

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USC Marshall study concludes that negative Web buzz can drive down stock prices.

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Steven C. Kyle, an expert in macroeconomic policy and an associate professor of management at the Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management at Cornell, comments on President Obama’s crackdown on oil speculators

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Sending jobs overseas may not be as damaging to the U.S. economy as commonly believed, according to a study by a University at Buffalo economist.

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President Barack Obama lately has been arguing for increased taxes on the rich through his proposed “Buffett Rule,” which would ensure that millionaires and billionaires pay a minimum effective tax rate of 30 percent on their income. Most Amerians, including supporters of presidential hopeful Mitt Romney, support such a move, finds and a new Washington University in St. Louis survey.

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American University tax experts available for tax commentary.

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Combat veterans are more risk-averse investors than their counterparts who have never been in battle, according to a new Cornell University study. As a result, combat veterans may struggle to build wealth through long-term investments.

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The Jump Start our Business Start-ups (JOBS) Act, an entrepreneurship bill signed into law April 5 by President Barack Obama, could help open an entirely new class of investor to a process they largely have been held out of, says an expert at Washington University in St. Louis.

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Market researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst say a new, younger “entitlement” generational cohort is emerging from the group known as the Millennials. The change is coming in response to cataclysmic events, especially the Great Recession, that have occurred since 2008.

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Linda Barrington, labor economist and managing director of the Institute for Compensation Studies at Cornell’s ILR School, comments on the impact of technology-boosted productivity and lagging demand on unemployment. Note to media: Barrington is based in mid-town Manhattan and will be available for interviews when federal unemployment statistics are released Friday, April 6.