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Companies Look at Wrong Things When Using Facebook to Screen Job Applicants

By Guest PostJuly 19, 2013Economy, Technologyadam meade, alcohol, badmouth, companies, corporate human resources, drug use, extroverts, Facebook, facebook behavior, facebook profile, fundamental misunderstanding, job candidates, lori foster thompson, marketing positions, north Carolina, online behavior, online indicator, screen job applicants, state university, will stoughton, wrong things

Employers are increasingly using Facebook to screen job applicants and weed out candidates they think have undesirable traits. But a new study from North Carolina State University shows that those companies may have a fundamental misunderstanding of online behavior and, as a result, may be eliminating desirable job candidates.

Researchers tested 175 study participants to measure the personality traits that companies look for in job candidates, including conscientiousness, agreeableness and extraversion. The participants were then surveyed on their Facebook behavior, allowing researchers to see which Facebook behaviors were linked to specific personality traits. (more…)

Firms Use Media Coverage to Influence Merger Negotiations

By Guest PostApril 29, 2011Economy, Mediacompanies, corporate press releases, denis sosyura, kenneth ahern, merger negotiations, merger talks, positive effect on stock returns, ross school, stock exchange ratio, stock issues, stock prices, stock trading, strategic use of media, university of michigan, who writes the news

ANN ARBOR, Mich.— Companies involved in merger talks manipulate their stock prices during negotiations by releasing more news than usual, according to a University of Michigan study.

“Media coverage has a significant effect on stock trading and returns,” said Kenneth Ahern, assistant professor of finance at U-M’s Ross School of Business. “Even stale news, if widely publicized, can dramatically raise short-term returns and influence prices of large and widely followed stocks in the S&P 500.”

In their study, “Who Writes the News? Corporate Press Releases during Merger Negotiations,” Ahern and Ross School colleague Denis Sosyura examined more than 500 completed stock mergers of large U.S. publicly traded firms from 2000 to 2008. They studied the frequency and content of news releases issued by acquiring firms, and analyzed more than 617,000 articles in 421 newspapers and newswires worldwide. (more…)

comScore Ranks Among Fastest Growing Companies in North America on Deloitte’s 2010 Technology Fast 500™

By Guest PostOctober 20, 20101 commentTechnologyclean technology, companies, Comscore, deloitte, deloitte & touche llp, deloitte ranking of 500, deloitte technology fast 500, economic environment, life sciences, magid abraham, mark jensen, Media, North America, phil asmundson, Technology, technology fast 500, telecommunications

*Attributes its 154 Percent Revenue Growth Since 2005 to Strong Track Record of Innovation*

RESTON, VA, October 20, 2010 – comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today announced that it ranked on the Technology Fast 500™, Deloitte’s ranking of 500 of the fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences and clean technology companies in North America. Rankings are based on percentage of fiscal year revenue growth during the period from 2005–2009. comScore grew 154 percent during this period. comScore’s President, CEO and co-founder, Dr. Magid Abraham, credits a strong track record of innovation and the exceptional efforts of comScore employees with the company’s 154 percent revenue growth. (more…)

A Two-Tier Internet?

By Guest PostAugust 28, 2010Media, Technologycommunications, companies, Google, high bandwidth internet, internet, Media, net neutrality, next generation internet, old Internet, popular websites, verizon

The Internet as you know it is in serious, serious danger. Some of the most powerful communications companies in the world have been involved in negotiations and have been making agreements that would throw net neutrality out the window and would move us toward a two-tier Internet.

So exactly what would that mean?

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Companies Look at Wrong Things When Using Facebook to Screen Job Applicants

Firms Use Media Coverage to Influence Merger Negotiations

comScore Ranks Among Fastest Growing Companies in North America on Deloitte’s 2010 Technology Fast 500™

A Two-Tier Internet?