In drawing the funds, J.C. Penney is taking advantage of the money while it remained available, since banks could reduce the next credit line, said Harlan Platt, a finance professor at Northeastern … read more »
New state laws illustrate America’s stark divide on gun control
Because weapons can be easily carried across state lines, states that try to impose tight controls on gun purchases can be undercut by other states that are more permissive, analysts say. … read more »
Analysis: In suing clinic over drugs, U.S. baseball may be targeting players
That could prove a tough sell, since BioGenesis’ actions likely were motivated by profits, not by a specific desire to break the contract, law experts said. Roger Abrams, a sports law … read more »
Older women staying on the job to make up lost time
Rising longevity and the aging baby boom partially explain the trend. Almost 75 percent of 55– to 64-year-olds will be working in 2018, compared with 65 percent in 2008, forecasts … read more »
What’s missing in U.S. gun control scramble? Bullets
SERIAL NUMBERS Northeastern University researcher Glenn Pierce is a co-author of a RAND Corporation study (link.reuters.com/byb45t) of Los Angeles ammunition purchase logs from April and May 2004 that found 2.8 … read more »
How to handle an airline downgrade
There is lots of urban lore about coach passengers on airlines being magically upgraded to first-class seats, but less is said when it happens the other way around. But this … read more »
Vitamin D, calcium disappoint in dementia study
Vitamin D and calcium supplements taken together in low doses offered no protection against dementia in a large U.S. study of older women, but scientists are still holding out hope … read more »
Kansas City Chiefs murder/suicide key may never be unlocked
The murder/suicide committed on Saturday by Kansas City Chiefs football player Jovan Belcher left the National Football League, its fans and health professionals struggling to understand what drove him to … read more »
Brought in ballast, aggressive seaweed spreads along East Coast
An invasive Asian seaweed that likely was brought to the New England coast from Europe has spread across more than 400 miles (645 km) of Atlantic coastline since it was … read more »
US defense chief calls cyberspace battlefront of the future
Cyberspace is the battlefield of the future, with attackers already going after banks and other financial institutions and developing the ability to strike U.S. power grids and government systems, Defense … read more »
Pressure is on Biden after Obama’s lackluster debate performance
He has been stereotyped as the Obama administration’s gaffe-prone sideshow. But Vice President Joe Biden also is a veteran debater who was in the U.S. Senate for a quarter century … read more »
“Better” neighborhood a mixed blessing for youth
Moving to a more prosperous neighborhood may help some girls from poor areas feel less distressed, but could harm some boys, a new study suggests.