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The Conversation - Business

Black-market oil buyers will push Venezuela for bigger discounts following US seizure – starving Maduro of much-needed revenue - Francisco J. Monaldi, Rice University

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Tariffs 101: What they are, who pays them, and why they matter now -- Kent Jones, Babson College

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Time banks could ease the burden of elder care and promote connection -- Chao Guo, University of Pennsylvania; Charlotte Ren, University of Pennsylvania, and John J. DiIulio Jr., University of Pennsylvania

2 days ago

US oil industry doesn't see profit in Trump's 'pro-petroleum' moves -- Skip York, Rice University

3 days ago

How crime in Brazil drags down the economy and heaps economic pain on the nation's poor -- Robert Muggah, Instituto Igarapé; Princeton University

4 days ago

How keeping down borrowing costs for mortgages and other loans is built into the Fed's 'dual mandate' -- Arabinda Basistha, West Virginia University

5 days ago

Johannesburg's produce market has supplied the informal sector for decades: a refresh is due -- Marc Wegerif, University of Pretoria

10 days ago

Why Gen Z and millennial consumers feel disillusioned — and how they can drive real change -- Eugene Y. Chan, Toronto Metropolitan University

10 days ago

How the US cut climate-changing emissions while its economy more than doubled -- Valerie Thomas, Georgia Institute of Technology

1 month ago

Three reasons why so many economists disagree with Donald Trump's tariffs -- Luis Angeles, University of Glasgow

1 month ago

Denver study shows removing parking requirements results in more affordable housing being built -- Susan D. Daggett, University of Denver and Stefan Chavez-Norgaard, University of Denver

1 month ago

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10 months ago

Passing on a family business isn't easy. Here's why – and what factors predict success -- Francesco Chirico, Macquarie University

10 days ago

Elliot Goodell Ugalde, Queen's University, Ontario

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A backlash against AI imagery in ads may have begun as brands promote 'human-made' -- Paul Harrison, Deakin University

17 days ago

Global companies are still committing to protect the climate – and they're investing big money in clean tech -- Lily Hsueh, Arizona State University

26 days ago

Chatbots don't judge! Customers prefer robots over humans when it comes to those 'um, you know' purchases -- Jianna Jin, University of Notre Dame

1 month ago

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1 year ago

You care about fairness at work – so why do you feel like a fake? -- Meg Warren, Western Washington University; John M. LaVelle, University of Minnesota, and Michael T. Warren, Western Washington University

4 days ago

What five years of evidence on hybrid working tells us about the future of employment -- Jane Parry, University of Southampton

10 days ago

Treating love for work like a virtue can backfire on employees and teams -- Mijeong Kwon, Rice University

18 days ago

The future of work — according to Generation Z — is purposeful, digital and flexible -- Eddy Ng, Queen's University, Ontario

10 days ago

A quarter of early child care educators in Colorado reported mistreatment from co-workers -- Virginia McCarthy, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus; Charlotte Farewell, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus; Jini Puma, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, and Kyla Hagan-Haynes, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

18 days ago

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1 year ago

How climate finance to help poor countries became a global shell game -- Shannon Gibson, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences

17 days ago

Yes, there is an AI investment bubble – here's how it could end -- Sergi Basco, Universitat de Barcelona

17 days ago

A bold new investment fund aims to channel billions into tropical forest protection -- Jason Gray, University of California, Los Angeles

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Customers can become more loyal if their banks solve fraud cases, researchers find -- Vamsi Kanuri, University of Notre Dame

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Nonprofit news outlets are often scared that selling ads could jeopardize their tax-exempt status, but IRS records show that's been rare -- Katherine Fink, Pace University

19 days ago

1 in 3 US nonprofits that serve communities lost government funding in early 2025 -- Lewis Faulk, American University and Mirae Kim, George Mason University

1 month ago

Relying heavily on contractors can cut attendance by 27% for museums, theaters and other arts nonprofits – new research -- Hala Altamimi, University of Kansas and Qiaozhen Liu, Florida Atlantic University

1 month ago

Trump scraps the nation's most comprehensive food insecurity report − making it harder to know how many Americans struggle to get enough food -- Tracy Roof, University of Richmond

2 months ago

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8 months ago

Health insurance premiums rose nearly 3x the rate of worker earnings over the past 25 years -- Vivian Ho, Rice University and Salpy Kanimian, Rice University

2 days ago

Netflix-Warner deal would drive streaming market further down the road of 'Big 3' domination -- David R. King, Florida State University

3 days ago

The housing crisis is forcing Americans to choose between affordability and safety -- Ivis García, Texas A&M University

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