Data & Research
Tips For Getting More Twitter Followers
Looking at a half-million tweets over 15 months, a first-of-its-kind study from Georgia Tech has revealed a set of reliable predictors for building a Twitter following. The research was performed by ...
Column: Twilight for the Middle Class in America?
It's evening in America. That is the worrying news from the latest Heartland Monitor Poll, conducted quarterly and sponsored by the insurer Allstate and National Journal. The researchers made a ...
Seniors Driving With Their Dogs Get In More Auto Accidents: University Study
Senior drivers who always take a pet in the car are at increased risk for being involved in a motor vehicle collision, said University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) researchers. In a study published ...
Many Bosses ‘Cook the Books’ to Meet Tough Goals: Fraud Survey
Hard-pressed company bosses across much of the world are under so much pressure to deliver on growth that many have resorted to cooking the books, Ernst & Young says in its latest fraud survey ...
How Imports Support U.S. Jobs Including Insurance
A new report credits imports with supporting 16 million U.S. jobs in a bid by business groups to improve the image of the ugly brother of trade. While politicians from President Barack Obama on down ...
Patent Claims Cause Firms to Drop Business Lines: Study
Patent demands are taking a big toll on technology companies, with results that range from forcing companies to tweak their products to exiting their business altogether, according to a study from ...
Lessons of Reinhart-Rogoff: Lawrence Summers
The economics commentariat and no small part of the political debate in recent weeks has been consumed with the controversy surrounding the work of my Harvard colleagues (and friends) Carmen Reinhart ...
Text-Mining Analysis Links Drug-Impaired Driving To Higher Injury Rates
"On medication" may not be one of the check boxes on carrier claims forms, but by hunting for such a description in adjuster notes, auto insurers can improve their results, a consultant reports. ...