ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–March 5, 2013. Corporate fraud dominates financial news, yet few studies have looked at whether chief executive officers who appoint their own top lieutenants are more inclined to act illegally, according to University of Michigan researchers. U-M business professor E. Han Kim and law school professor Vikramaditya Khanna found[Read More…]

ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–March 5, 2013. Although vehicle fuel economy has improved 40 percent since 1970, the total amount of fuel used has increased by more than half, says a University of Michigan researcher. Using data from the U.S. Department of Transportation from 1970 to 2010, Michael Sivak of the U-M Transportation[Read More…]

ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–March 4, 2013. Although she lives alone, the Japanese woman keeps a large pair of men’s shoes near her front door—part of her strategy to scare away stalkers. She began feeling threatened by unwanted visitors after she lost her home two years ago in Japan’s horrific triple disaster—the earthquake[Read More…]

New York, NY–(ENEWSPF)–March 1, 2013. Yesterday, in the midst of Washington debates on the sequester and a minimum wage increase, national policy center Demos released a new paper that reveals the startling connection between political inequality and economic mobility:  As corporations and the donor class wield outsized influence through political[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 1, 2013. In 2012, annual average unemployment rates declined in 46 states and the District of Columbia, rose in 2 states, and were unchanged in 2 states, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment-population ratios increased in 26 states and the District of Columbia, decreased in[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 28, 2013. Today the Progress 2050 project at the Center for American Progress released a new infographic detailing the increased influence that Latino voters will have in future presidential elections. As the immigration and sequester debates move forward in Congress, Americans of all backgrounds are watching. Latinos, African[Read More…]

NIH funded study identifies fundamental skills needed for math functioning in adult life Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–February 27, 2013. Children who failed to acquire a basic math skill in first grade scored far behind their peers by seventh grade on a test of the mathematical abilities needed to function in adult life,[Read More…]

A soldier drinks water to avoid heat stroke on a hot day. A new NOAA study suggests that heat stress due to climate change will reduce global labor capacity during hot months. Download here (Credit: U.S. Army) Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 26, 2013. A new NOAA study projects that heat-stress related labor[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 25, 2013. If Congress fails to act by March 1 to protect critical programs, millions of women and children across the United States could be stripped of critical support and services, according to a new state-by-state analysis released by the Center for American Progress. “By refusing to replace[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 22, 2013. In anticipation of the impending sequestration deadline, the Center for American Progress released “10 Ways the Sequester Will Expose Americans to Greater Health Risks and Other Perils” by Daniel J. Weiss, Michael Conathan, and Jessica Goad. This column shows that the major—and negative—impacts on energy and[Read More…]