Business and Finance

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Highway System Drives City Population Declines

Construction of the American highway system in the late 20th century played a key role in causing population declines in central cities, according to new…

'Real level' of unemployment still far higher than official figures

The report, by researchers at Sheffield Hallam University, finds that since 1997 real levels of unemployment have dropped by only 600,000, compared to a fall…

Economic freedom helps cut unemployment, study shows

The new research, published in the July issue of the Southern Economic Journal, is the first to analyse how economic freedom affects unemployment.Based on data…

Hyperbureaucracy takes charge

It’s Monday morning, and the long list of emails winds down the screen, offering no comfort at all. You know that you have to fill in your list of tasks for…

Annual Reports Fail To Capture Value Of Innovation

For the most innovative companies this may means that analysts do not have enough information to work out their true market value.Reforming this area should be…

European Commission and EIB launch new instrument to finance research and innovation

This new instrument will help to make more financing available for promoters of research & innovation projects, which often face more difficulties than…

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