«South American and Himalayan glaciers are losing ice the most rapidly, but most of it is from vertical deflation,» says Horodyskyj, who
reported some of her findings at the recent American Geophysical Union meeting in San Francisco.
In addition to the charity watchdog groups, the Center for Consumer Freedom, a food industry public relations coalition, researches animal rights groups and publishes
reports of their findings at www.consumerfreedom.com and www.activistcash.com.
Not exact matches
The
report from the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center (TPC)
found that while Americans
at all income levels would, on average, get a tax cut form the final version
of the tax bill, the benefit would be skewed towards people
at the upper range
of income earners.
To
find out the pair designed a series
of studies that both asked research participants to identify what sort
of experiences resulted in what levels
of happiness and also looked
at Facebook posts, examining what activities people post
at what age and how they
report those activities affecting their mood.
A two - month 2010 study
of nearly 300 cancer patients
at the Mayo Clinic
found that those given 1,000 or 2,000 milligrams
of ginseng each day
reported feeling more energized compared with those who took a placebo.
The
report found people
at the beginning and middle
of their careers, aged 25 to 35 and 35 to 44, have the highest participation rates when it comes to entrepreneurship.
Researchers
at the University
of Georgia
found that previously sedentary adults who started doing 20 minutes
of low - to moderate intensity aerobic exercise three times a week for six weeks
reported feeling less fatigued and more energized.
A new study
found that participants who
reported playing hours
of games a week were better
at a predictive task involving cue cards.
That won't surprise anyone who's seen the recent New York City Department
of Consumer Affairs
report on gender pricing in the city, which
found that toys and accessories marketed
at girls cost an average
of 7 % more than similar products aimed
at boys.
A new study
found that young people are
reporting loneliness in increasing numbers and
at a rate outpacing that
of their elderly counterparts, USA Today
reports.
«If your approach is to just buy a bunch
of reports to see what's going on in the marketplace, that's not as likely to get you a return on your market research dollars as a specific need,» says Robert Rubenstein, who spent three decades in the market research business
at Canadian corporate heavyweights Molson Breweries and TD Canada Trust before recently
founding his own startup, Horizn.
We looked
at annual
reports, board memberships, media clippings and more to
find the leaders
of Canada's public companies with real clout
In fact, a recent survey
found that 86.5 million Americans — 42 percent
of the adult population — had used
at least one on - demand service, and some 45 million Americans, roughly 22 percent
of the adult population, had
reported having worked in the growing on - demand economy.
«What we
found is that people who spent money to buy time
reported being almost one full point higher on our 10 - point [happiness] ladder, compared to people who did not use money to buy time,» wrote Elizabeth Dunn, an author
of the study and a professor
of psychology
at the University
of British Columbia.
Bloomberg
reports that an Ernst & Young corporate sustainability study recently
found that 76 %
of corporate representatives think water is the top resource
at risk.
The study looked
at 149 participants in networking and business groups from the United States, Belgium, India, Japan, Australia and England and
found that more than 70 percent
of the participants who sent weekly updates to friends
reported successful goal achievement, compared to 35 percent
of those who kept their goals to themselves and didn't write them down.
Take a look
at the infographic below to peruse further
findings from the
report, including examples
of SuperEntreprenuers, their geographic distribution and descriptions
of what supports SuperEntreprenuerial nations.
«About 80 percent
of people sitting on the aisle moved
at least once during their flights, compared with 62 percent in middle seats and 43 percent in window seats,» writes the New York Times,
reporting the
findings (and surprising no one who's been on a plane).
A University
of Iowa study
found that workers who were provided with a portable pedalling device under their desk were able to concentrate better
at work, more likely to
report weight loss and take fewer sick days than co-workers who pedalled less.
One group looked
at the effect
of sleep loss on productivity
at four American companies and
found employees who weren't sleeping well or enough to be roughly twice as likely to
report difficulties with time management, decision - making and motivation.
A
report at The New York Times
found Republicans losing a similar amount
of ground in popular support in other key states Trump won in 2016, including Georgia, South Carolina, Alabama, and Pennsylvania.
Levy
reported that in a 2004 study
of suburban rail commuters taking the train from New Jersey to Manhattan, «Wener and his coauthor Gary Evans
found that the longer their test subjects» journey was, the higher the levels
of cortisol (the primary stress hormone) in their saliva, and the more difficult they
found to focus on the task
of proofreading assigned them
at the end
of their commute.»
While Apple claims up to 10 hours
of battery life in typical usage, testers in the Consumer
Reports lab
found incredibly varied results on three models they had purchased
at a retail store.
They
found that these «sprinters» did indeed
report similar stories, and three factors in particular jumped out, starting with
at least one instance
of making a lateral or even «backward» move that became a defining opportunity:
Well,
at least according to a 2009
report on the creative economy by Otis College
of Art and Design, which
found that one out
of every six people in the region is employed in a creative field.
An in - depth
report in 2010 from Worcester Polytechnic Institute that looked
at the effects
of three major oil spills
found increased incidences
of cancer and digestive problems in people who had ingested the oil directly (in drinking water) or indirectly (through eating the meat
of livestock exposed to the oil).
A
report that year from the American Petroleum Institute, the industry's trade group,
found that women accounted for 17 %
of the workforce
at oil, natural gas and petrochemical companies.
The scandal emerged in 2014 with the release
of a university - commissioned
report led by the investigator Kenneth Wainstein that
found widespread enrollment in fake classes
at the university.
The annual
report by Oxfam
found that the number
of billionaires rose
at a rate
of one every two days between March 2016 and March 2017, while in the United States the three richest people own the same wealth as the poorest half
of the population.
The
report, called Tracking & Hacking: Security & Privacy Gaps Put American Drivers
at Risk,
found that nearly 100 percent
of vehicles on the market come with wireless entry points or WEPs that could be a way in for hackers.
A review by The Trace
of Atlanta Police Department data
found that the city recorded
at least 850 guns stolen from cars in 2015, almost double the number
reported in 2009.
While Pew
reports that one - third
of 25 - to 29 - year - olds in the U.S. had completed
at least a bachelor's degree in 2012 (a record number), a survey by Braun Research for staffing firm Adecco
found that 66 percent
of hiring managers do not believe college grads are ready for the work force.
The average pre-tax income
of the bottom half
of American adults has held
at about $ 16,000 since 1980, the
report finds, according to the NBER paper.
Inc. reached out to the EPA for comment on the
report's
findings, but had not received a response
at the time
of press.
U.S. crude futures dipped below $ 28.50, while the international benchmark Brent fell as far as $ 27.79 a barrel after
reports that Iran had offered sharp discounts to customers in Europe and Asia to
find buyers for millions
of barrels
of oil in storage that it is now free to sell, after the lifting
of most international sanctions on it
at the weekend.
A new Olshan Realty
report found that homes with prices
of $ 4 million or more that went into contract during the year's first 12 weeks took an average price cut
of 10 percent, the highest going back to
at least 2012, according to Bloomberg.
For the first time in the
report's history, the firm
found that more than half
of new board members
at S&P 500 companies (56 percent) were women and / or minorities.
A 2015
report from researchers
at Kent State University and the University
of Texas
at Tyler
found that the «prevalence
of male norms in the male - dominated environment may result in a more hostile workplace for women who are perceived by men as violators
of the gender norms.»
The
report also said that late in the academic year, the military
found significant evidence
of mismanagement and unprofessionalism
at the sexual assault prevention office
at the Air Force Academy.
Another study
reported by The New York Times in 2008
found that men who did not take a vacation
at least once a year had a «21 percent higher risk
of death from all causes and were 32 percent more likely to die
of a heart attack».
That's the
finding of new research conduced by Lakshmi Balachandra, a professor
of entrepreneurship
at Babson College, who
reported her
findings recently on the HBR Blog Network.
A former top military aide to Secretary Ash Carter used a government credit card to pay large bar tabs
at strip clubs in Rome and in South Korea frequented by prostitutes and engaged in «inappropriate» behavior with women, a long - awaited
report by the Department
of Defense Inspector General released Thursday
found.
When his personal card was denied for the nearly $ 1,800 tab, he went back to the hotel, escorted by a female employee
of Cica Cica Boom, and awoke a subordinate staffer
at 1:40 am to get his government credit card, the
report found.
The
findings are part
of the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) Special
Report: A Global Perspective on Entrepreneurship Education and Training, released today
at Babson College, the project's lead sponsor and co-founder.
Looking more closely
at how different generations are impacted by these changes, the
report found that 43 percent
of millennials feel personally affected by the skills gap, compared to 38 percent
of generation X and 23 percent
of baby boomers.
Looking first
at self -
reports of ongoing stress, we
found that people experience a sharp increase in stress levels in their late twenties and early thirties,» he says.
For example: A 2015 study looked
at 115 people who'd been taking Ayurvedic supplements and
found that 40 %
of them had lead poisoning, NPR
reports.
Timeliness: «If I
found out how we were doing only
at the end
of the month — well, our company is just growing too rapidly for that to make sense,» says Buschman, who keeps the weekly
reports in a loose - leaf binder, arranged chronologically so he can readily identify and chart cash - flow trends.
It is the first day
of November, the week after Alphabet
reported a third - quarter profit
of $ 6.7 billion on revenues
of $ 27.8 billion that grew
at a blistering 24 % pace, and I'm keen to
find out from Porat if the company ever will stop giving its employees so much free food.
Another 2016
report from the National Venture Capital Association and Deloitte University Leadership Center for Inclusion
found that 11 percent
of investment partners
at 217 firms are women.