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HCMI’s new white paper shows the impact human capital metrics have in predicting a company’s future stock price movement. Marina del Rey, California (PRWEB) December 19, 2012 A preview of a new white paper by Human Capital Management Institute (HCMI) discusses the contribution of human capital metrics to a company’s stock price and continues to challenge the exclusion of human capital data in traditional public company reporting. For this paper, over 22,000 companies were analyzed...

MOUNTAIN LAKES, N.J., Dec. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Capital expenditures (capex) by telecommunications service providers globally is expected to increase at a compounded rate of 1.5 percent, from $207 billion in 2012 to $223.3 billion in 2017, says a new market analysis report from The Insight Research Corporation. According to the new market study, capex in the various global regions will be very uneven, with North America, Europe and the Latin American-Caribbean regions showing...

Connie K. Ho for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Scientists from Brigham Young University, North Carolina State University, and Pennsylvania State University recently discovered that parents play a crucial role in terms of helping to prevent and limit alcohol or marijuana use by their children. In particular, the team of investigators found that parents have more of an impact than a child’s school environment. “Parents play an important role in shaping the decisions their...

HAIKOU, China, Nov. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Shiner International, Inc. (OTCQB: BEST) ("Shiner" or the "Company"), an emerging global supplier of packaging solutions for food, tobacco, and consumer products, today announced its financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2012. Revenues for the three months ended September 30, 2012 decreased $1.9 million (or 10.2%), to $16.7 million compared to $18.6 million for the corresponding period in 2011. The decrease was primarily...

New research from North Carolina State University, Brigham Young University and the University of California, Irvine finds that parental involvement is a more significant factor in a child’s academic performance than the qualities of the school itself. “Our study shows that parents need to be aware of how important they are, and invest time in their children – checking homework, attending school events and letting  kids know school is important,” says Dr. Toby Parcel, a professor...

BERLIN, September 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Poolworks Ltd., operator of the three popular social platforms studiVZ, meinVZ and schuelerVZ, has been sold from Holtzbrinck Digital to Vert Capital Corp. an international investment organization. The transaction closed today with Vert Capital Corp. acquiring all shares of the organization but leaving an option to use schuelerVZ in the hands of Holtzbrinck Digital. Vert Capital, a private merchant bank and digital media fund...

New research from the University of Warwick suggests that Berlin has the best democratic space in the world, topping a list that includes London, Washington and Tokyo. The list appears in a new book, ‘Democracy and Public Space: The Physical Sites of Democratic Performance’ written by Dr John Parkinson, from the University of Warwick’s Politics and International Studies department. Dr Parkinson carefully selected 11 capital cities and assessed how well they provide space for all...

Sons of fathers with high incomes tend to end up with higher than average incomes themselves, but new research shows that it's not just dad's money that helps a son on his way. According to a study recently published in the Journal of Political Economy, human capital endowments passed from father to son—perhaps in the form of smarts, advice, work ethic, or some other intangible—could be more important to a son's success than the size of dad's paycheck. "We know there's a correlation...

Will borrowing money to buy a new car make you feel richer? It depends on your net worth, says a new study in Psychological Science, a journal published by the Association for Psychological Science. “People’s perceptions of wealth vary not only as a function of their net worth, but also of the amount of assets and debt they have,” says Princeton University psychology graduate student Abigail B. Sussman, who wrote the study with Princeton professor Eldar Shafir. In fact, increasing your...

DENVER, Nov. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- $585 Million Capex Contemplates 73 Gross (51 Net wells) 2011 Exit Rate to Approximate 10,500 BOE/d for Legacy Production 2012 Full-year Production Outlook of 22,000 to 24,000 BOE/d and 2012 Exit Rate of ~30,000 BOE/dLegacy Proved Reserves ~24.9 MMBoe; Pro Forma Reserves 52.4 MMBoeThis press release relates to an offering of common stock by Kodiak Oil & Gas Corp. and should be read together with the preliminary prospectus dated November 14, 2011...