Business and Finance

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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…

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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…

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KfW IPEX-Bank Finances Eco-Friendly Plant Exports to Brazil

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…

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KfW IPEX-Bank Funds Eco-Friendly Terminal Tech in Long Beach

KfW IPEX-Bank is financing the equipment manufactured by Düsseldorf-based Terex Port Solutions (TPS), including 72 environment-friendly battery-powered…

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Join Forces to Cut Electricity Bills: Power in Numbers

Consumers can save money on their electricity bills and negotiate better deals by joining forces with similar groups of customers to switch energy suppliers…

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Investor Risk Tolerance Driven by Fear of Money Loss, MU Study

Now, Michael Guillemette, an assistant professor of personal financial planning in the University of Missouri College of Human Environmental Sciences, along…

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KfW Launches Green Bonds for Sustainable Funding in 2014

KfW is launching a new product in the capital market for its funding activities in the second half of 2014: As one of the world's largest providers of…

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Key Factors That Intensified the 2008 Financial Crisis

Widespread finger–pointing in the fallout from the 2008–2009 financial crisis is only exacerbated by the continuing legal battles between the big banks and…

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Shale Development Boosts Local Government Revenues

Oil and gas development from shale fields has generally helped the public finances of local communities, providing new revenues and resources that usually –…

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BCG and HHL Report: Strategies for Diversified Companies

By combining better capital management and a strategic approach to portfolio streamlining, diversified companies can actively address the “conglomerate…

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Is your R&D department equipped for the future?

What steps must research and development (R&D) departments take today to set themselves up to deal with the challenges of tomorrow? In a collaborative project…

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Investment Delays in European High North Amid Financial Crisis

Some investment projects in the European High North are postponed and some are totally turned down.The energy sector is facing new challenges and changes. The…

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Transforming Manufacturing for Industry 4.0: The Networked Factory

How can companies evolve their manufacturing activities in the direction of a smart, networked factory in line with Industry 4.0? In the MetamoFAB project,…

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Inducing Climate-Smart Supply Networks: Key Insights and Impacts

So far, however, the effects on global production and consumption webs are missing from most assessments. This is a serious deficit, argues Anders Levermann…

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Not so ‘evil’: Finance study makes case for hedging

None other than Warren Buffet has attacked derivatives as “time bombs – both for the parties that deal in them and the economic system.”But now, for the first…

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New Patent Mapping System Reveals Innovation Pathways

To help answer those questions, researchers, policy-makers and R&D directors study patent maps, which provide a visual representation of where universities,…

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