Posts Tagged ‘finances’
Society & Culture - May 22, 2009 13:50 - 1 Comment
Researchers map ‘viral’ bank run in India
A Google Earth image shows the location of the bank (star) in India’s Gujarat state and the location of customers who withdrew funds. (Credit: Manju Puri, via Google Earth)
Health & Medicine - May 20, 2009 13:38 - 2 Comments
Letting your brain off the financial hook
Research led by Emory’s Gregory Berns suggests the brain relinquishes responsibility when a trusted authority provides expertise.
Society & Culture - May 12, 2009 16:31 - 0 Comments
Best policy may be bankruptcy—not bailout
PENN STATE (US)—The U.S. economy would be better served by letting failing firms file for bankruptcy rather than by bailing them out under presumptive federal policies that deem them to be “too big to fail,” according to new research from Penn State’s Smeal College of Business. (more…)
Society & Culture - Apr 18, 2009 9:36 - 3 Comments
Fixating on finances can feed your funk
PRINCETON (US)—A study of the mental state of the modern American woman has found a powerful link between concerns over financial security and satisfaction with one’s life. (more…)
Society & Culture - Mar 18, 2009 9:52 - 0 Comments
‘Trader mindset’ dampens emotional reaction to loss
NYU/CALTECH (US)—For most stock traders, loss is just part of the job—especially in today’s bear market. However, results of a new study suggest that, unlike amateur traders, professionals seem to develop an emotional numbness to losing money.
Society & Culture - Mar 6, 2009 18:31 - 1 Comment
Fork in the road leads to microfinance debate
NYU (US)—With roughly 40 to 80 percent of people in developing economies lacking access to formal banking services, microfinance has emerged to fill the lending gap. Reliable financial services, such as those provided by the microfinance model, could improve the lives of hundreds of millions, perhaps billions, of low-income people.
