Research Finds Weekends Are the Best Time to Buy Airline Tickets

Researchers in the Department of Economics at Texas A&M University studied a historical archive of airline ticket purchases and found the best deals are on the weekend.

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U.Va. Demographers’ New Measure Finds Poverty Rate in Northern Virginia High

Researchers at the University of Virginia’s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service today unveiled a new poverty measure designed to more accurately reflect the economic distress among residents of the commonwealth.

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Small-Firm Managers Better at Arranging Corporate Marriages

A new study from the University of Iowa suggests that managers of small firms better protect their shareholders’ stock value by fending off potential acquisitions by larger firms with overpriced stock.

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Each Chicago-Area Manufacturing Job Adds 2.2 More: Report

Each new manufacturing job in the seven-county Chicago region creates another 2.2 jobs in the region on average, according to a new report from the University of Illinois at Chicago. Averages range from 7.3 additional jobs for each new oil refinery worker to 0.5 additional jobs for each new textile worker.

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Federal Subsidies Critical to Low-Income Families Facing Rising Child Care Costs

Low-income families have been hit hard by the rising cost of child care in America, and federal child care subsidies are one of the most important ways to mitigate rising child care costs that, for some households, now represent more than a third of their annual income, according to new research from the Carsey Institute at the University of New Hampshire.

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Babson Research Finds Middle-Market Mergers & Acquisitions Holding Steady In 2013

The middle-market for Mergers & Acquisitions has significantly improved in the past two years according to The Babson College Middle-Market/Small Business Mergers & Acquisitions Survey conducted by the business school’s MBA students in the first quarter of 2013.

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Facebook IPO: One Year Later - Experts Available

On Saturday, May 18, Facebook will mark its first year as a publicly traded company. Experts from the DeGroote School of Business at McMaster University are available to discuss the anniversary of the landmark IPO.

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Study: CEOs Who Are Good Matches for Firms Have Higher Initial Compensation

A recent study from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln provides evidence that CEOs who turn out to be successful are the ones who are offered higher compensation packages from their boards at the outset.

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Solar Panels as Inexpensive as Paint?

Researchers are helping develop a new generation of photovoltaic cells that produce more power and cost less to manufacture than what’s available today.

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