(University of Missouri-Columbia) In a new study, a University of Missouri researcher found flaws in the FAFSA's method for assessing net worth that can create inequalities in the distribution of financial aid.
(University of Southern California) Government financial support that has bolstered this country's commercial news business since its colonial days is in sharp decline and is likely to fall further, according to a report released today by the University of Southern California's Center on Communication Leadership & Policy. Because these cutbacks are occurring at the height of the digital revolution, they will have an especially powerful impact on a weakened news industry.
The financial services industry is facing major regulatory changes following the global sub-prime credit crisis and ensuing recovery plans. These changes will have a major impact on outsourcers that deal with consumer financial information or in back-office support for financial investment transactions that are deemed unfair, deceptive or abusive. The adoption of a new Consumer Financial Pr
Financial Aid is a partnership. For students and parents to afford collegiate education, this partnership must be in full force.
Today I will talk about the Government contribution and what that may look like.
During recent financial crises Congress has had to act without reliable information, said SFI Professor Doyne Farmer at the 2010 Techonomy conference. A better approach is needed, he says.
NIH has been touting their new and improved reporting rules which are intended to keep their grantee PIs on the straight and narrow. A news bit in Nature has the highlights. The proposed rules state that a "significant financial interest" exists when the combined value of an investigator's equity holdings in, and payments from, a publicly traded company exceed US$5,000 in any given year. Under current rules, the reporting threshold is $10,000.
With federal budget deficits soaring, policy makers and other advocates are eyeing the huge sums that could be raised by taxing financial transactions on Wall Street.
The U.S. Senate's approval of financial overhaul legislation could lead to sweeping reforms for the financial industry, but it also leaves lobbyists and regulators tasked with fleshing out the details.
The global financial crisis prompted Congress to press for stronger U.S. financial regulations. But experts debate what level of government involvement will help the economy long term.
It is generally well appreciated that the pharmaceutical industry has entered a period of revenue underperformance. However, the severity of this underperformance, even when measured against diminished expectations, might not be as well understood.To investigate this, we used consensus sell-side forecasts, our proprietary databases,
New ways to take your friends and family to the cleanersTHE most famous board game of them all, “Monopoly”, was launched during the Depression. This crisis may not produce anything quite as successful, but it has also spawned a crop of new financial games.
Outlet: Republican - Online, TheBy The Republican Editorials
January 15, 2010, 5:09AM
In accepting the job as Springfield’s first chief administrative and financial officer this week, Hartford’s former chief operating officer Lee C. Erdmann said his long career in municipal fi
Most students and parents enter the financial aid process with fear and trembling. They don’t know where to start. They don’t know what questions to ask. They don’t know the terminology. They feel that paying for college will be impossible. There are really 4 parts to the Financial Aid Partnership:
Outlet: Republican - Online, TheMayor Domenic J. Sarno says choosing a candidate to fill Springfield's new position of chief administrative and financial officer is "one of the most important hiring decisions in the city's history." No understatement there. For Springfield to avoid
What are conflicts of interest?
A conflict of interest arises when financial or personal considerations have the potential to compromise or bias professional objectivity. These conflicts are a special concern in biomedical research because they have the potential to influence the outcome of study results or clinical trials. In some cases, such conflicts may result in experimental data that favors a particular commercial product; in others, they may shape unnecessary or dangerous risks for trial participants.
Conflicts of interest, commonly referred to in research literature as COI, may take different forms, including both financial interests and opportunities for professional advancement, which are known as “intangible COI.” However, financial conflicts of interest are simultaneously the most pervasive and easily remedied through policy, since intangible COI are difficult to identify.