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Rising interest rates pack a punch for tech companies
They basically say, “Give us your money now, we’ll innovate and eventually earn more cash down the road.” That’s why tech companies are often known as growth companies, said Northeastern University’s John Bai.
Bloomberg Law
Cow-Harming ‘Forever Chemicals’ Strain USDA’s Relief Resources
Dairy isn’t the only sector of agriculture that’s affected. It’s hard to say which farmers will be hit worst in the absence of further research, but a recent Northeastern University study shows contamination in over 50,000 locations across the country. The report highlights a dreaded realization for scientists: PFAS is far more prevalent than they […]
How AI and advanced analytics are helping to identify—and cure—at-risk individuals
Northeastern University’s Storybench covers how journalists are using data visualization and investigative journalism tools to do their work. The “under the hood” approach offers a helpful window into how people are creatively putting journalism tools into practice.
Voters have repeatedly said no to raising taxes on the highest earners. This time might be different.
“We were out-staffed. We were out-advertised. It was a tough situation,” recalled Peter Enrich, an emeritus professor of tax law at Northeastern University who was involved in the 1994 effort and serves as an adviser to today’s Question 1 proponents.
The Associated Press
Experts: George Floyd died from knee to neck, not drug overdose
Leo Beletsky, an opioid expert at Northeastern University in Boston who was also not involved in the trial, agreed, noting that Floyd didn’t exhibit the typical signs of opioid overdose.
Why Am I Seeing That Political Ad? Check Your ‘Trump Resistance’ Score.
“There’s a lot of hype in this space,” says Katherine Haenschen, an assistant professor of political science at Northeastern University who studies how digital communications affect voter turnout. “The most likely predictor is what the person has done in the past.”
Gross or great? Fancy butter boards soar as shortage looms
Darin Detwiler, an assistant teaching professor of food policy at Northeastern University and an expert on food industry regulation, sees the potential for pathogens everywhere when it comes to butter boards. Wood boards crack and those cracks can’t adequately be cleaned, he said.
Shift to Indian enrolment brings new challenges for US colleges
A unifying consideration is value, advised Satyajit Dattagupta, a native of India who came to the US for his undergraduate studies and is now chief enrolment officer at Northeastern University – a nationwide leader in hosting students from India.
Barilla customers sue because ‘Italy’s #1 Brand of Pasta’ is made in U.S.
Alexandra J. Roberts, a law professor at Northeastern University in Boston, said some consumers are agitated because Florida’s Natural orange juice now also uses Mexican oranges.
Grist Magazine
The selective accounting behind the plastic industry’s climate-friendly claims
Elizabeth Balkan, North America director for the international nonprofit Reloop, said that life cycle analyses can allow interest groups to simply craft the story they want to tell — by “picking and choosing data and assumptions and crafting a methodology based on specific, target outcomes.”
ABC News
What the potential JetBlue and Spirit merger could mean for consumers
“[The Department of Justice] will try to model what will happen with one fewer airline. What will that do to route structure, to load factors, capacity and fares,” Ravi Sarathy, professor of International Business and Strategy at Northeastern University’s D’Amore-McKim School of Business, told ABC News. “And they’ll also try to model whether this will […]
Insider
How the warehouse boom devoured America’s workforce
“People are used as if they’re machines, and they really resent it,” says Steven Vallas, a professor of sociology at Northeastern University who has studied Amazon’s warehouses.