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The percentage of female pilots is very low and growing only slowly, according to an organization that analyzes aviation trends. The Centre for Aviation (CAPA) say that they are not encouraged by trends on women in airline management.…

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US tariffs on Chinese imports would raise cost of electronics for consumers, study finds

Joseph Nordqvist Aug 18, 2018 0

US consumers could end up paying quite a bit more for certain electronic products if the Trump administration goes ahead with additional tariffs on Chinese imports, according to a recent study commissioned by the Consumer Technology…

Economics / Finance

New ideas becoming scarcer and more expensive

Christian Nordqvist Aug 18, 2018 0

New ideas are becoming scarcer, especially in medicine, agriculture, and some other industries. New ideas are also becoming more expensive, a team of researchers from Stanford University and MIT Sloan found. As technology advances in leaps…

Economics / Finance

Collaborate intermittently rather than all the time or never

Christian Nordqvist Aug 17, 2018 0

It is better to collaborate intermittently rather than all the time or not at all, three researchers suggest. For complex solving, 'always on' or 'always off' may not be as effective as 'intermittently on.' That is what Ethan Bernstein,…

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Make Your Business Better With These Top Tips

Christian Nordqvist Aug 17, 2018 0

There are so many things you need to think about when it comes to improving your business and making things better. The thing you need to understand is that it can be very difficult to boost your business and achieve the success you are…

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Euro Area inflation up to 2.1%

Christian Nordqvist Aug 17, 2018 0

The euro area inflation rate rose to 2.1% in July 2018 compared to 2.0% in June 2018. In July 2017, the euro area inflation rate was 1.3%. The EU28 inflation rate in June 2018 increased to 2.2%, from 2.1% a month earlier. In June 2017,…

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Optimizing airport flight patterns comes with a human health toll

Christian Nordqvist Aug 16, 2018 0

Optimizing airport flight patterns may reduce flight times, but the health costs may outweigh the benefits. Researchers from Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health and Queens Quiet Skies carried out a case study of LaGuardia…

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Humanoid robots can significantly influence children’s opinions, study found

Christian Nordqvist Aug 16, 2018 0

Humanoid robots can influence children's opinions significantly, researchers at the University of Plymouth in England have found. Young children are more likely to respond with a robot's answer even if it is clearly the wrong answer. In…

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Password managers are vulnerable to insider hacking attacks

Christian Nordqvist Aug 15, 2018 0

Password managers are vulnerable to insider hacking attacks, a team of researchers has discovered. They say they found more than ten computer security-critical applications that were vulnerable to insider hacking. The majority of the…

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Wage gap between hospital executives and healthcare professionals widening

Christian Nordqvist Aug 15, 2018 0

The wage gap between hospital executives in the United States and healthcare professionals has been widening. In other words, the salaries of hospital executives have been growing faster than that of doctors, nurses, etc. Randall E.…

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EU industrial production down in June 2018 versus May 2018

Marie Singer Aug 14, 2018 0

EU industrial production was down in June 2018 compared to May 2018, Eurostat informed. Eurostat is the European Union’s (EU’s) statistical office. The euro area and EU28 posted industrial production declines of -0.7% and -0.4%…

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EU GDP grew by 0.4% in second quarter 2018, estimate

Christian Nordqvist Aug 14, 2018 0

EU GDP grew by 0.4% in the second quarter of 2018, according to a Eurostat flash estimate. Eurostat is the EU’s statistical office. GDP growth figures in both the euro area and the EU28 were identical, i.e., 0.4% in either region. EU GDP…

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Euro Area inflation up to 2.1%

Optimizing airport flight patterns comes with a human health toll

Humanoid robots can significantly influence children’s opinions, study found

Password managers are vulnerable to insider hacking attacks

Wage gap between hospital executives and healthcare professionals widening

EU industrial production down in June 2018 versus May 2018

EU GDP grew by 0.4% in second quarter 2018, estimate