With the negotiations over a new NFL collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between billionaire owners and millionaire players going nowhere and the current agreement due to expire March 4, will the dispute be resolved by the [...]
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UNH research recommends new regulatory structure to mitigate financial risk in China
DURHAM, N.H. — New research from the University of New Hampshire suggests that China should establish a unified supervisory agency, similar to what is used in Singapore, to oversee its complex financial sector.
The new research by Honggeng Zhou,…
CEOs rewarded for wrong kind of growth, Rotman paper finds
Toronto — Growth is good, right?
Not always.
But compensation committees still tend to reward CEOs when their companies grow due to investments — even though that has been found to hurt long-term shareholder value — rather than only rew…
Wellness programs provide high returns, research reveals
Employee wellness programs have often been viewed as a nice extra, not a strategic imperative. But the data demonstrate otherwise, according to a team of researchers led by Leonard L. Berry of Texas A&M University, Ann M. Mirabito of Baylor Universi…
Biopharma leaders to reveal successful strategies for China, India at the PharmAsia Summit
San Francisco, Calif., 13 October, 2010 – Elsevier Business Intelligence, publisher of PharmAsia News, IN VIVO and “The Pink Sheet,” today announced the agenda for Windhover’s 2nd PharmAsia Summit (Oct. 25-26). This year’s Summit will bring top biop…
Researcher finds top reasons for Facebook unfriending
DENVER (October 5, 2010) – With over 500 million users worldwide, Facebook has become a global phenomenon, a vast cyber neighborhood where friends meet to share photos, news and gossip.
But when those relationships sour, another phenomenon often o…