New-issue yields on U.S. leveraged loans continue to move in issuers’ favor as the market rebounds from a rocky June. Notably, the average spread at which BB loans have cleared the syndications market tightened to 4.61% last week from 4.76% the prior week, according to S&P Capital IQ/LCD. …read more
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By Carol Kinsey Goman, Contributor New research from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business shows the earning power of a voice extends to male chief executive officers. The research looked at 792 male Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) and found that CEOs with deeper voices manage larger companies, make more money, and tend to be retained longer.
From: http://www.forbes.com/sites/carolkinseygoman/2013/04/17/do-you-sound-like-a-ceo/
By Tim Worstall, Contributor New research shows that when people have been unemployed for more than six months then employers simply won’t look at them as potential hires. Thus six months of unemployment risks turning into permanent unemployment. This is indeed a problem but one problem with the finding is that it simply isn’t new. It’s been well known over in Europe for decades now. And what it does mean is that the US is going to have to start looking at what Europe has been doing about this very problem.
By Anne Marie Kelly, Contributor
New research shows that tablets have made big inroads against traditional gaming platforms among U.S. adults who play video games. For marketers, the research brings good news in the form of an acceptance to seeing advertising within video games—as long as the games themselves are free—and a willingness to see familiar brand names and products within games.
By Melanie Haiken, Contributor
New cases of H7N9 were reported over the weekend in Beijing and China‘s central Henan province, the first time the influenza A (H7N9) virus has spread through all regions of the country. If that weren’t worrying enough, officials announced (albeit quietly – they’re clearly concerned about public panic) that two of the cases are under investigation for being part of suspicious “family clusters.”
New research from the CMO Council reveals that both CMOs and CIOs believe big data is a key competitive differentiator and will be core to implementing a more customer-centric business culture. However, the study results also show most CMOs and CIOs consider big data part opportunity and part obstacle (61 percent of marketers and 60 percent of IT executives). In fact, 52 percent of marketers and 45 percent of IT professionals believe functional silos block aggregation of data from across the organization, making it difficult to truly achieve customer centricity. …read more
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New data from the Planck satellite suggests very good news for proponents of the standard Big Bang cosmological model of the universe. …read more
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By Elaine Pofeldt, Contributor
New research by the loan broker Biz2Creditreveals some bad news about women-owned businesses: They have higher operating expenses, slimmer margins and lower credit scores than male-owned firms the same age. And they have loan approval rates that are 15% to 20% lower. …read more
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New research suggests that people exposed to the herpes simplex type 1 virus, the virus that causes cold sores, may be at greater risk for developing cognitive problems, particularly memory problems. …read more
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New leaks have lead to another round of rampant speculation about whether or not Microsoft will indeed end up restricting or outright eliminating used games on their console. The new evidence suggests that the “Durango,” as it’s currently called, will require an installation of a game to the hard disk and won’t even have optical drive support. Also worrying is an “always connected” descriptor that some are interpreting as evidence for some sort of always on DRM. With Microsoft giving everyone a firm “no comment,” we’re left to speculate that this could be the first console to actually do away with used games, as Sony has stated the PS4 will continue to play them. …read more
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By Anthony Wing Kosner, Contributor
New research from the University of Cambridge in England can accurately predict a person’s political slant, age, gender and even if they’re gay based on their Facebook Likes. Much of what the study found was obvious (liking Jesus Christ correlates strongly to being Christian, Cover Girl makeup to being female and Rush Limbaugh to being Republican. Triple duh!), but some was less so, and that’s where things get either interesting—or scary. …read more
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New data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration show atmospheric carbon dioxide levels are continuing to rise but global temperatures are not following suit. The new data undercut assertions that atmospheric carbon dioxide is causing a global warming crisis. …read more
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New screenshots for upcoming PS4 shooter ‘Killzone: Shadow Fall’ indicate Sony’s PS4 may output at ultra-high definition. …read more
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New research confirms something that some of us have known all along: Chinese parents lie. …read more
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By Erik Kain, Contributor New monsters, vehicles, guns and more await in the latest Borderlands 2 DLC available today.
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By Patrick Hanlon, Contributor New program “Inventing The Future” launches today at 2:15PM PST Sure, 92% of the information on the planet has been collected just in the last two years, but what do we do with it? This statistic, buried in an IBM study last year, sparked a breakthrough idea in participatory TV. Today, at […]
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