A recent MIT study found Massachusetts receives $351 in funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) compared to the $88 received by California. The Economist theorized that the high… Read More
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Crop Biotechnology Impact on Developing Countries Part 1
According to an annual report from PG Economics, farmers in developing countries can benefit from GMO crops, particularly corn, soybeans, cotton, and canola. The report–GM crops: global socio-economic and environmental… Read More
College Enrollment Down for Second Year
Student enrollment at colleges and universities in the U.S. declined in 2013 for the second year in a row. The U.S. Census Bureau announced last week that total enrollment dropped… Read More
ABC Deals with Poor Economic Growth
Agricultural Bank of China Ltd. has set aside additional money to cover future bad loans, amid the country’s economic slowdown. The lender has more retail customers than the entire population… Read More
How Customer Service Is Changing in Financial Sector
USAA and Geico Corp. are just two of the financial firms that have developed mobile apps for customer service purposes. Instead of calling customer service to talk to a representative,… Read More
Record Crop Production in Canada to Affect Prices?
Statistics Canada estimates record-large crops of wheat and canola despite a late start to spring seeding. Statistics Canada released their November Production of Principal Field Crops report on December 4,… Read More
Congress Supports Proposed Cut in Farm Subsidies
A proposed $100 million-a-year cut in crop insurance subsidies has the support of both houses of Congress. The House of Representatives has endorsed a decrease in the amount of money… Read More
Prevalence of Securities Fraud: $700 Million Case in San Francisco
The Department of Justice recently filed felony charges against Walter and Kelly Ng in what may be the largest securities fraud case in California’s history. It involves more than $700… Read More
Will Recent Amendment To Chinese Litigation Help Rebalance Country’s Demographics?
A recent addition to litigation in China now asks citizens to take care of their elderly parents. Since government-provided assistance for the elderly is limited, older individuals depend on their… Read More
Will Bitcoin Facilitate Our Transactions?
Bitcoin, the digital currency, whose creation is based on open source encryption, was designed to prevent counterfeiting and have an electronic payment platform, which isn’t regulated by any central government…. Read More
Membership organizations must rethink methods to attract professionals
Despite the recession, conferences and industry membership organizations continue to host annual, regional, and local events. Zintro asked membership organizations how they are faring in a slow economy and what… Read More
Management Games and Their Impact In Business Schools
Business schools worldwide, have been competing for the past couple of decades, in order to maintain their MBA ranking and the integration of many multilevel management games had a major… Read More
China’s leadership transition and impact on trade and global economies
Recently,China has gone through a leadership transition, a once in a decade event. We asked Zintro experts to provide us with their insights into the types of change businesses might… Read More