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MSN
How corporate megamergers are crushing US workers and consumers
This undermining of competition has severely negative effects for consumers and workers. Large outsourcing firms can dominate the H-1B visa program, preventing startups from a crack at skilled workers and driving well-paying jobs overseas. Prices rise when monopolies go unchecked, as groundbreaking research by Northeastern University’s John Kwoka has shown. This also affects quality of […]
Northeastern to turn city park into athletics complex
Northeastern University will spend $26 million to transform a rundown city-owned park into a state-of-the-art intramural athletics complex that the school will share with the public and youth sports leagues. The William E. Carter Playground, near the Southwest Corridor along Columbus Avenue, is currently a popular spot where Northeastern students and nearby residents toss frisbees, […]
Are working dads having it all?
Do working fathers have things all figured out? Employed dads who spend more time caring for their children feel greater job satisfaction and less work-life conflict, according to a new paper on parent involvement and work. Dads appear more serene than mothers, who feel more friction between work and home life when they devote more time […]
Governor Deval Patrick’s hits and misses
Say what you will about Patrick’s lack of oversight when it comes to state agencies and the current budget deficit, but on the Massachusetts economy, he can leave Beacon Hill with his head held high. On his watch, the number of jobs increased by 4.1 percent in Massachusetts, compared with 1.7 percent nationally, according to […]
Boston Magazine
Students are tackling the problem of elderly falls
When elderly people fall, their default reaction is often to call an ambulance for help. Two Northeastern University undergraduates believe it doesn’t have to be that way. “If elderly people don’t know that they are able to get up on their own, they just assume, ‘I’ve fallen, I have to call 9-1-1, I have to […]
Aid to the rescue
In a paper published in 2011 Markus Brückner, then of the University of Adelaide, estimates the impact of aid on 47 countries between 1960 and 2000. Donors tend to give less to faster-growing countries, he says, which can produce a negative correlation between growth and aid. By looking at periods when severe weather and dramatic […]
Boston area foreclosures fell in February to their lowest level in five years
Foreclosure activity in Greater Boston fell in February to their lowest levels in more than five years amid a strengthening real estate market, according to newly released data from CoreLogic, the California-based property information tracker. The portion of Boston area homeowners who were in some stage of foreclosure was 1.25 percent in February, a decrease […]
Feeling grateful makes you a better saver and investor, study shows
How were you feeling the day you had to turn in the form telling your benefits department what percent of your salary you wanted to set aside for your 401K? Or the time you were deciding to rack up $5,000 in credit card debt so you and your spouse could take a two-week cycling vacation […]
Northeastern student’s motivation-focused startup became profitable in 2 weeks
Lars King’s startup focuses on collecting the best online videos to inspire people to be more motivated — a quality he never really lacked himself, at least not when it came to making money. King, a sophomore at Northeastern University, started his entrepreneurial career at age 12 selling herbs from his parents’ garden to neighbors. […]
Boston.com
Study finds racial disparities in RI traffic stops
A new report on police traffic stops in Rhode Island says minorities are more likely than whites to be pulled over in a majority of communities, but less likely to get a ticket. Researchers at Northeastern University reviewed nearly 154,000 traffic stops made by 39 police agencies last year from Jan. 1 to Sept. 30. […]
Helping Debt-Laden College Graduates
Total U.S. student loans outstanding hit $1.03 trillion as of Sept. 30, according to the most recent data from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. At last count, the loans were rising by $400 million a day. About 37 million Americans are carrying student loans now, affecting one household in six, according to research […]
Teen dating abuse is common and complex, studies say
The new survey results are in the line with some other findings, says Carlos Cuevas, a researcher from Northeastern University-Boston, who is presenting new data on dating violence among Latino youth at the conference. But he says the details behind the gender findings in various studies are important. When girls are the aggressors, he says, […]