Dig Boston State of uncertainty As the Puerto Rican government finds itself cornered, islanders are the ones who suffer increasingly dire circumstances, leaving their relatives in the US helpless to do much besides send money. Associate Professor Amílcar Barreto is the director of the International Affairs master’s program at Northeastern University and has studied Puerto Rican culture and politics. He […]
Witnessing Ferguson: Variation in witness statements driven more by systematic bias than uncertainty How do people interpret the facts so differently, even when they observe the same event? With the recent grand jury decision not to indict New York City police officer Daniel Pantaleo in the death of Eric Garner, national attention has returned to the ambiguities of the witness statements that play such a large role in grand jury decisions. The […]
Economists say a $1b state budget cut may be needed Alan Clayton-Matthews, an economics and public policy professor at Northeastern University, said that when it comes to Massachusetts’ future tax revenues, there’s a huge amount of uncertainty. Much of it has to do with “what investors are doing with disposing of their assets or keeping them in anticipation of a favorable tax-law change,” said the […]
Uncertainty on Cuba Northeastern University is also moving ahead with its plans in Cuba. It is sending its first two students to do their required “co-op” — a work-related experience — with an environmentally focused nongovernmental organization in Cuba this spring and is in the process of developing a yearlong program that will include a six-month co-op component […]
Northeastern celebrates grand opening of $225 million science facility Amid uncertainty around the future flow of federal research dollars, Northeastern University celebrated the grand opening of its new Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Complex on Monday, pointing to the $225 million facility as evidence of the school’s growing ambition and its commitment to scientific advances in Massachusetts. “This complex is a statement that this city, […]
Northeastern University formally opens $225 million science, engineering facility Amid uncertainty around the future flow of federal research dollars, Northeastern University celebrated the grand opening of its new Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Complex on Monday, pointing to the $225 million facility as evidence of the school’s growing ambition and its commitment to scientific advances in Massachusetts. “This complex is a statement that this city, […]
The Lowell Sun Mass. employer confidence falls Amid uncertainty over global conditions and slowing domestic job growth, employer confidence fell in Massachusetts last month as companies took an increasingly bearish view of the U.S. economy, according to survey results released Monday. The Associated Industries of Massachusetts’ monthly business confidence index dipped 1.6 points to 56.1 in June, the business group said, putting […]
Where financial reporting still falls short In a perfect world, investors, board members, and executives would have full confidence in companies’ financial statements. They could rely on the numbers to make intelligent estimates of the magnitude, timing, and uncertainty of future cash flows and to judge whether the resulting estimate of value was fairly represented in the current stock price. And […]
Mass. jobless rate edges up in October The state unemployment rate rose for the fourth consecutive month in October as the Massachusetts economy grew too slowly to absorb an influx of workers seeking jobs. Economists have warned in recent months that the Massachusetts economy is slowing in the face of global economic slowdown and uncertainty about US tax and spending policies. Congress […]