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Hedge Funds Manipulate Stock Prices, New Research Shows

By Guest PostDecember 13, 2012Economyhedge funds, portfolio pumping, stock price manipulation

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Some hedge funds manipulate stock prices at the end of the month to improve the returns that they report to their investors, a new study suggests. (more…)

comScore Releases November 2012 U.S. Search Engine Rankings

By Guest PostDecember 13, 2012Technologyaol, ask network, Comscore, comscore qsearch, Google, Microsoft, organic search result, powered by bing, u.s. search marketplace, Yahoo

RESTON, VA, December 12, 2012 – comScore, Inc., a leader in measuring the digital world, today released its monthly comScore qSearch analysis of the U.S. search marketplace. Google Sites led the explicit core search market in November with 67 percent of search queries conducted.

U.S. Explicit Core Search

Google Sites led the U.S. explicit core search market in November with 67 percent market share (up 0.1 percentage points), followed by Microsoft Sites with 16.2 percent (up 0.2 percentage points) and Yahoo! Sites with 12.1 percent. Ask Network accounted for 3 percent of explicit core searches, followed by AOL, Inc. with 1.7 percent. (more…)

12 Milestone Microsoft Moments of 2012

By Guest PostDecember 13, 2012Technology2012, bing, digital crime unit, employee giving campaign, halo 4, halo universe, hurricane sandy, kinect for windows, london olympics, master chief, Microsoft, microsoft employees, microsoft office, new bing, principality of liechtenstein, return, social sidebar, sql server, surface pcs, tami reller, top search, windows 8, windows blog, windows phone 8, xbox live, xbox video service, yammer, youth spark, zeus cybercrime operation

As 2012 winds down, here’s a video and slideshow highlighting how Microsoft has built its devices and services foundation for the year ahead.

REDMOND, Wash. — Dec. 13, 2012 — If our online searches reveal anything about us, then Bing’s top searches of 2012 show it’s been a pretty epic year. Take a look at what made the list and you’ll be reminded what a momentous 12 months it has been. We’ve cast our ballots in the presidential election. We’ve rallied together against Hurricane Sandy. And we’ve shared two weeks of inspiration with the world during the London Olympics.

There’s no question that it’s been a momentous year at Microsoft. The company introduced the world to Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8, announced its family of Surface PCs, showcased a new version of Microsoft Office and released “Halo 4,” keeping up a steady rhythm of advancements across its most popular products for individuals and businesses throughout the year. (more…)

Native Delaware: Turkey Trackers

By Guest PostDecember 13, 2012Naturecambodia, colonial times, eastern wild turkey, harvest data, isaacs green preserve, jake bowman, jason beale, lee meadow, matt dibona, population dynamics, wild turkeys

UD researcher works to ensure Delaware’s wild turkey population proliferates

In colonial times, the Eastern wild turkey was abundant in Delaware. But by the late 1800s, wild turkeys were gone, eradicated by over-zealous market hunters and habitat destruction.

Usually, that’s the end of the story for a species. (more…)

Protein Strongest Just Before Death

By Guest PostDecember 13, 2012Health, Sciencecell death, cell growth, david arnosti, degradation, destruction, drosophila, fruit fly, genetic similarity, grave, humans, liang zhang, lifecycle, mechanism, michigan state university, molecular details, nontraditional lifestyle, one foot, protein, proteins, retinoblastoma, retinoblastoma proteins, treat cancer, tumor suppressor, wings

Researchers at Michigan State University have discovered a protein that does its best work with one foot in the grave.

The study, which appears in the current issue of the Journal of Biological Chemistry, focuses on the nontraditional lifestyle of Retinoblastoma tumor suppressor proteins, which could lead to new ways to treat cancer.

“Retinoblastoma proteins are unique in that they use controlled destruction to do their jobs in a timely but restrained fashion,” said Liang Zhang, a lead author and MSU cell and molecular biology graduate student. “This is an unusual way for proteins to act.” (more…)

Capturing Circulating Cancer Cells Could Provide Insights into How Disease Spreads

By Guest PostDecember 13, 2012Healthaggressive cancer cells, cancer biology, cancer stem cells, circulating cancer cells, circulating tumor cells, normal blood cells, stealth cancer cells

ANN ARBOR — A glass plate with a nanoscale roughness could be a simple way for scientists to capture and study the circulating tumor cells that carry cancer around the body through the bloodstream. (more…)

My, What Big Teeth You Have! Threatening Objects Appear Closer

By Guest PostDecember 13, 2012Healthfeelings of aggression, island life, stress hormone, threatening objects, threatening video, visual perception

When we’re faced with things that seem threatening, whether it’s a hairy spider or an angry mob, our goal is usually to get as far away as we can. Now, new research suggests that our visual perception may actually be biased in ways that help motivate us to get out of harm’s way. (more…)

Commentary: Mary Flynn: Tips to Avoid Holiday Overeating

By Guest PostDecember 13, 2012Healthavoid, december, dessert, dietitian, eat more, exercise more, holiday overeating, license to eat, mary flynn, meal, miriam hospital, physical activity, social contexts, weight gain

The holidays thrust many people, often happily, into social contexts that encourage overeating. While people often survive the holidays with, on average, only a small weight gain, overeating in December is just as unhealthy as it is at less festive times of year when holiday “license to eat” isn’t in effect. To help guide people healthfully through holiday parties, family dinners, and snacking during downtime at home, Mary Flynn, a clinical associate professor of medicine in the Warren Alpert Medical School and a research dietitian at The Miriam Hospital, offers these tips. (more…)

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