Alan Clayton-Matthews, a Northeastern University economics professor, said the state is benefitting from stronger national and world economies. The International Monetary Fund recently said it expected the global economy to grow faster than earlier forecasts, noting improving consumer confidence in Europe and a roaring stock market in the United States. Last month, the biggest job […]

Today marks the first day of the sixth annual Global Game Jam, in which thousands of developers from over fifty countries are expected to participate in a 48-hour design challenge over the coming weekend. At 5 PM in each time zone, Global Game Jam participants will be given a theme for this year’s challenge. Past years’ […]

Daniel A. Austin, Northeastern University School of Law  “What are bankruptcy exemptions, and how do they work.  People tend to ‘know’ that debtors can usually file personal bankruptcy and keep their property, but most debtors have no idea how this happens before they meet with their attorney.” “Most important: do not try to cope with […]

A high-profile activist investor’s latest use of the megaphone is to call for an iconic tech firm to split up. Carl Icahn wants eBay to spin off PayPal, separating the online auction site from the digital payment service. eBay’s CEO wants to hang onto PayPal. He says keeping it provides that enduring corporate buzzword: synergy. […]

The success of a free massive open online course focused on philanthropy has prompted Northeastern University, which founded the course in partnership with the sister of billionaire Warren Buffett, to launch a laboratory designed to empower social change and civic engagement, campus officials said. The university announced this week the launch of the Social Impact Lab, describing […]

The data program is based on best practices outlined by the Racial Profiling Data Collection Resource Center at Northeastern University. Byrnes says officers will record race data for any involuntary interaction, such as a traffic stop or questioning, basically anytime officers “insert themselves” into someone’s life for more than a casual conversation.

As to whether an increase in the minimum wage helps those who need it, consider this fact: 39 percent of white teens find summer jobs, while only 19 percent of black teens do, according to Northeastern University’s Center for Labor Market Studies. That 20 percent gap could have multiple causes, but one contributing factor is […]

Anyone interested in learning more about effective giving from billionaire Warren Buffett and other prominent philanthropists can again sign up for a free online course. Students in the class that’s scheduled to start in March will be able to help decide how to give away at least $100,000 of Buffett’s sister, Doris’, money. The classes […]

A digital crowd-sourced exhibit about last year’s Marathon Bombing and subsequent events will be available to locals at the Watertown Free Public Library this weekend. The Boston Bombing Digital Archive, a crowd-sourced digital archive of stories, photos, video, and social media related to the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings and its aftermath, will be at the […]

While Alex Rodriquez may be off the front pages for the moment, this hiatus will give him the opportunity to study up on the history of labor relations in the national pastime. He has railed against the labor arbitration process and the man who ran the process in his case, distinguished labor arbitrator Federic Horowitz. […]

The second reason this conference is important is that it attracts entrepreneurs interested in the issues of the region. The Development Dialogue is part of a larger project by the Deshpande Foundation called the Sandbox, which brings together entrepreneurs, philanthropists, investors and others from around the world. Well known Indian American entrepreneurs like Hemang Dave, […]

Iran has great oil and gas resources, therefore Western and indeed all international companies do not want to lose the opportunity to do business with Iran, professor of economics at U.S. Northeastern University, Kamran Dadkhah told Trend. “This is of course, if the country’s nuclear issue is resolved and sanctions are lifted,” he added. Iran […]