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...while online statements are fine for retrieving specific information--say, last week's bar tab--internalizing broader spending habits is a different story. "The reality of what you're spending isn't nearly as strong," says Naomi Baron, a linguistics professor at American University who studies the impact of technology. That's especially true for those of us who sign up to have our bills--cell phone, cable--automatically debited each month from our bank accounts...
...wants to drive when you can watch movies and play with your computer?" asks Joe Schwieterman, a DePaul University professor who specializes in urban planning and transportation. He recently published a study on intercity U.S. bus travel that showed a nearly 10% jump from 2007 to '08. "As Amtrak and the airlines have struggled with incorporating wireless, we think that's a big part of why it's suddenly cool to jump on the bus," he says...
...Siegel is the Russell E. Palmer Professor of Finance at the University of Pennsylvania and is the author of Stocks for the Long...
Minorities currently make up 17 percent of the faculty, an increase of 23 percent since 2003, while women hold 26 percent of professor, associate professor, and assistant professor positions, representing a 16 - percent increase over the past six years...
...gender imbalance will likely continue to fade away as the faculty ages, as women are more prevalent at the assistant professor and associate professor levels than as full professors, reflecting changing hiring practices over time and the healthy crop of new female Ph.Ds emerging from graduate departments...