Understanding financial statements
While many journalists focus on press releases about companies’ performance, financial statements — found in a company’s 10-Q and 10-K filings with the SEC — are the no-spin zone of business reporting.
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Impacts of biofuel targets on land use and food supply
2010 paper by the World Bank on the potential societal consequences of increased biofuels production to meet current national targets.
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Effects of alcohol tax and price policies on health
2010 meta-study in the American Journal of Public Health on the broader consequences of raising alcohol prices.
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Potential of microinsurance to help migrants cope with risks
2010 study by the Inter-American Development Bank on the economic circumstances of new immigrants and the need for insurance safety nets.
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Which places are growing? Seven trends from 2010 Census
2011 report from Harvard Kennedy School on trends in income and population data from the 2010 United States Census
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Predicting U.S. elections through search volume in Google Trends
2011 Wellesley College study looking at whether Google Trends volume was predictive of 2008 and 2010 U.S. Congressional elections.
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Gasoline prices and their relationship to drunk-driving crashes
2011 study for the Transportation Research Board on link between fuel prices and alcohol-related car accidents.
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Measuring influence in Twitter: The million follower fallacy
2010 study for the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence on how social media users wield influence.
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Effects of cell phone use on brain glucose metabolism
2011 study in the Journal of the American Medical Association on the effects of cell phone exposure on brain activity.
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Hispanics trail other groups in Web usage, confidence
2011 poll by the Washington Post, Kaiser Family Foundation and Harvard School of Public Health on Internet usage among Latinos.
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