Pew finds positive results from credit card law
NEW YORK CITY — Banks and some pundits had predicted that credit card users would face skyrocketing interest rates, a spike in annual fees and a plethora of other negatives after stringent new rules on...
View ArticleStudy finds growing backlog for SSA disability hearing
The latest study by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) research center at Syracuse University found that despite the progress it made in recent years, the Social Security...
View ArticleStudy: Long commutes could fatigue airline pilots
WASHINGTON — One in five airline pilots lives at least 750 miles from work, according to a study by scientific advisers to the government, raising concerns that long commutes to airports could lead to...
View ArticleStudy: More law grads struggling
When the National Association for Legal Placement released disappointing law school graduate job placement figures in early June, Executive Director James Leipold said he expected more bad news to come.
View ArticleUB professors study employment discrimination suits
A study by University at Buffalo sociology professors published in Law & Society Review found that both plaintiffs and defendants typically feel dissatisfied in employment discrimination cases. The...
View ArticleNew study makes case for student loan relief
A new federal study recommends changes in consumer protection and bankruptcy law to provide relief for those Americans saddled with a share of the country’s $1 trillion in student loan debt, largely...
View ArticleRochester cited for lowest Medicare spending
ALBANY — A new study finds that the Rochester area has the lowest overall Medicare spending rate in the nation, a feat health officials attribute to aggressive regional planning that keeps a lid on...
View ArticleU of R gets grant to study allergies, infectious diseases
A National Institutes of Health grant of nearly $3 million has been awarded to the University of Rochester to study allergies and infectious diseases, specifically influenza. “The University of...
View ArticleStudy to look into county policy on breastfeeding
Buy a lounge chair, put up a shelf to rest belongings on in a private room the size of a walk-in closet — preferably near a restroom — and basically, that’s the whole thing. That’s all that Monroe...
View ArticleStudy: 92% of New Yorkers buckle up
A record 92 percent of New Yorkers regularly buckle up when in an automobile, according to a study released Monday. “New York led the way with this nation’s first seatbelt law and these new numbers are...
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