Research
Tech Start-Ups Show Little Imagination On Board Gender Diversity
At Pinterest, the online bulletin board service that is valued near $3.8 billion, some 70 percent of the users are female. But the company's board of directors is 100 percent male. Male-heavy boards ...
Sea-Level Rise Too Fast to Reverse Climate Change, Study Says
By the time climate change reduces crop yields or frequently floods New York City subways, it will be too late to avert damage without better forecasting tools, a panel of scientists said in a report ...
Study Reveals Cause of 2011 Tsunami; Other Areas at Risk
The devastating tsunami that struck Japan's Tohoku region in March 2011 was touched off by a submarine earthquake far more massive than anything geologists had expected in that zone. A team of ...
Investor Demand for Political Risk Insurance Remains High
Investors' demand for insurance against political risk is on track to match last year's record as instability persists in the Middle East and disputes in Latin America erode confidence, the World ...
Left and Right Are Both Wrong About Regulation: Bloomberg View
In 1981, President Ronald Reagan instructed federal agencies that they could issue regulations only after demonstrating that their benefits justified their costs. With modest changes, Reagan's ...
Employers Screening Social Media Accounts May Alienate Job Candidates
Research from North Carolina State University shows companies that screen the social media accounts of job applicants alienate potential employees – making it harder for them to attract top job ...
Wildfire Risk Seen as High or Extreme at 4.5 Million U.S. Homes
More than 4.5 million U.S. homes are at high or extreme risk from wildfires, led by properties in California, according to Verisk Analytics Inc., the supplier of actuarial data to insurers and banks. ...
Scientists Develop Breakthrough Computer Forecasting Models for Wildfires
Scientists have developed a new computer modeling technique that offers the promise, for the first time, of producing continually updated daylong predictions of wildfire growth throughout the ...