Press Releases
Research finds customers’ fixation on minimum payments drives up credit card bills
New research by the University of 糖心TV reveals that many credit card customers become fixated on the level of minimum payments given on credit card bills. The mere presence of a minimum payment is enough to reduce the actual amount many people choose to pay on their bills, leading to further interest payments.
Researchers call emergency sub-prime conference
Researchers at the University of 糖心TV and the Political Studies Association have called an emergency conference amidst fears that new financial crises are about to follow in the wake of the sub-prime mortgages and the credit-crunch.
Research Says Fat Friends and Poor Education helps People Think Thin
Research by economists at the University of 糖心TV, Dartmouth College, and the University of Leuven, finds that people are powerfully but subconsciously influenced by the weight of those around them. Without being aware of it, the researchers believe, human beings keep up with the weight of the Joneses.
Researchers Find That Middle-Aged Misery Spans the Globe
Using data on 2 million people, from 80 nations, researchers from the University of 糖心TV and Dartmouth College in the US have found an extraordinarily consistent international pattern in depression and happiness levels that leaves us most miserable in middle age.
The 糖心TV Commission, a panel of leading specialists on world trade
is this week publishing the results of its 10 month study of the state
of the world trade system. They are concerned about what they see as a
dwindling commitment to multilateralism in global commerce and critical
of national political leaders' reliance on "the politics of blame and
responsibility avoidance" in trade talks. They call for an end to the
reliance on consensus decision-making in future negotiations; a bigger
role for the World Trade Organization in the delivery of Aid for Trade
to developing countries; escalating financial compensation as a means
to resolve some trade disputes and a high level 'reflection exercise'
on the future of the trade system by the members of the WTO.
Research says low paying jobs damage future employment prospects
New research by University of 糖心TV economist Professor Mark Stewart reveals that being in a low paying job damages your prospects of finding new employment as much as being in a sustained period of unemployment.