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Before the financial crash of 2008, it was highly educated Americans who were most likely to pile on unmanageable levels of debt, a new study suggests.

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JoVE is delighted to announce the publication of its 2000th article on Tuesday, October 9, 2012. This fantastic milestone comes as JoVE approaches the 6th anniversary of its first release of video content. Since then, the journal has grown significantly and now publishes over 50 video-articles per month in the journal's six sections.

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No segment of the economy has been immune from the economic downturn, but U.S. clothing retailers have had a particularly rough time. Now, the apparel industry is facing another set of challenges: retaining customers as new competitors with game-changing ideas fight to break into the market. Marketer Brent Smith, Ph.D., says: “Conventional approaches, such as pushing a single garment like the khaki or generic white shirt, need a reboot."

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Flirtatiousness, female friendliness, or the more diplomatic description “feminine charm” is an effective way for women to gain negotiating mileage, according to a new negotiaion study by Haas School of Business Professor Laura Kray.

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A study published in the Journal of Marketing concludes that consumers increase their purchases from online and distant retailers by between 58 percent and 357 percent when the retailers offer university free product returns.

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MedImmune, the global biologics arm of AstraZeneca, has signed a collaboration with two nonprofits, the Cancer Research Institute and Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, to advance clinical development of cancer immunotherapy

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The Economist today released its 10th annual ranking of the Top 100 international MBA programs and named the University of Virginia Darden School of Business the No. 2 business school in the world.

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In recognition of his life-long determination to bring scientific discovery to benefit humankind by engaging with life sciences partners along the spectrum of academia, industry and government, and his leadership of The Wistar Institute, the Philadelphia Business Journal today named Russel E. Kaufman, M.D., Life Sciences CEO of the Year.

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A study of widely used complimentary offers at Atlantic City casinos finds that common giveaways such as free rooms and dining credits are less profitable – and lead to unhealthy competition among casinos – than alternative comps such as free travel and parking.

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Led by Massachusetts, northern states topped this year’s U.S. State Entrepreneurship Index from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The SEI is an annual state-by-state ranking of entrepreneurial activity in all 50 states.

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MD Anderson Cancer Center Orlando will soon be providing cancer patients with a valuable new tool in their fight against cancer. The cancer hospital has broken ground on the Proton Therapy Center at MD Anderson Cancer Center Orlando, a $25 million facility along Orange Avenue which will house Central Florida’s first proton therapy center.

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TCARE Navigator LLC, a Milwaukee start-up company, now has a license agreement with the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) Research Foundation (UWMRF) to commercialize an innovative caregiver support system developed at UWM.

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The University of Illinois at Chicago College of Business Administration was recently ranked No.1 among Chicago-area schools and tied for 56 overall among accredited undergraduate business programs by U.S. News & World Report.

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Sandia National Laboratories has received a 2012 Department of Energy Sustainability Award for energy management of its computer servers.

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Managing Environmental Compliance will provide resources to explain and clarify the changing regulations, and help course participants spot potential environmental hazards before they occur. The three-day course will be held in Atlanta at the Georgia Tech Global Learning Center Oct. 2-4, 2012, with additional course offerings in 2013.

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Drought conditions have had a significant effect on feeder cattle supplies, with feedlots expected to feel a noticeable pinch in the months ahead as they will be unable to maintain current inventories.

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David Baker, the Executive Director of the University Technology Park at the Illinois Institute of Technology, was elected President of the Association of University Research Parks (AURP) Board of Directors. AURP made the announcement on September 20th at the 2012 International Conference in Madison, Wisc.