Business and Finance
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For farmers, what’s left of the proceeds from harvesting what they have produced through sheer physical effort is barely enough for them to feed themselves and…
Research: Tax benefits for housing not as outsized as previously thought
The existing system of tax benefits for housing caused the typical house to be 4 percent too large in 2007, creating a national economic waste of $7 billion…
Surprising number of older adults weathered the 'Great Recession' without financial strain
Researcher Lindsay R. Wilkinson, an assistant professor of sociology in Baylor University's College of Arts & Sciences, drew on 5,205 respondents from the…
Stock prices of companies that use the same underwriter tend to move together
“We tested the hypothesis that investment banking networks affect stock prices and trading behavior,” said James Weston, a professor of finance at Rice’s Jones…
Exports to Brazil: KfW IPEX-Bank finances European plant engineering
KfW IPEX-Bank is using a loan worth EUR 51m to finance the export of special equipment to South America for the environmentally friendly production of particle…
KfW IPEX-Bank financing leading-edge environment-friendly German-made technology for terminal operation in Long Beach California
KfW IPEX-Bank is financing the equipment manufactured by Düsseldorf-based Terex Port Solutions (TPS), including 72 environment-friendly battery-powered…