Using Twitter To Tap Into The Mood Of The Planet Right now, armies of marketers, pollsters and social scientists are trying to figure out what Americans are thinking about – issues like global warming or Lady Gaga’s latest outfit. Surveys are only so good: It’s hard to get a big enough sample to be sure of the results. That’s particularly vexing for social scientists who […]
Twitter used to study happiness patterns Twitter confirms it: People tend to wake up in a good mood and are happiest on weekends.
Aug. data signal lenders stepping up foreclosure action More than 900 Massachusetts homeowners lost their properties to foreclosure in August, the highest monthly total this year and another sign that lenders are revving up their efforts to take back properties from people who arenât making mortgage payments.
Best Bets/Globe North Nahant: Tidepool and geology walks, marine research exhibits, touch tanks, tours, childrenâs activities, and a beach cleanup are part of the Northeastern Marine Science Center Open House. All ages are welcome. The center is ADA accessible. Saturday, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Northeastern University Marine Science Center, 430 Nahant Rd. Free. 781-581-7370, www.northeastern.edu/marinescience.
Forbes Can countries benefit from having their domestic firms acquired by foreign companies? When a foreign company acquires a domestic firm, it often leads to outcries of indignation, nostalgia (another of our once great companies in foreign hands), and calls for legislation to prevent any more foreign poaching. Politicians and union leaders proclaim that the foreign owners may not be dedicated to keep up investment in the subsidiary, […]
Bill Daley’s Big Pharma History: Drugs, Profits And Trade Deals As commerce secretary under Bill Clinton, William Daley worked with U.S. pharmaceutical giants to curb the use of cheaper generic drugs abroad. As a board member for Abbott Laboratories, he had a front-row seat on a brutal clash between a major drug company and a developing nation over access to life-saving medication. And as White […]
LearnVest Keep Getting Raises Long After the Dreaded 37 Apparently some things don’t improve with age.
The Boston Herald Experts: Prez’s jobs bill is just too costly Local economists blasted President Obamaâs $447 billion jobs bill yesterday, saying it would cost taxpayers $200,000 per job and not do enough to boost employment.
WPRI Sum: “It’s a male depression in Rhode Island,” not a recession The scale of job losses among men in Rhode Island over the last four years has created depression-level conditions in the state, a leading labor economist said Tuesday.
Business Insider Seven Communication Rules For The Debt Super Committee Six Democratic and six Republican senators, are at work at a task that is possibly the most challenging of their political careers: devise a way to cut at least $1.2 trillion from the federal deficit in a manner both political parties can live with.
The Boston Herald Coaches primed on concussions Dozens of Boston Public Schools coaches received advanced concussion training at Northeastern University yesterday, designed to help reduce the risk of head trauma-related injuries in student athletes and prevent longer-term effects such as degenerative brain disease.
MSNBC More Mass. residents taking part-time work A new report says the number of Massachusetts residents working part-time jobs has jumped 18 percent in the first eight months of the year, an indication that the economic recovery has been weak.