OBJECTIVE To investigate the longevity and reach of television public service announcements (PSAs) developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Screen for Life: National Colorectal Cancer Action Campaign. METHODS Television airtime donated to Screen for Life PSAs was tracked, and the impressions (a broadcasting metric for audience size) generated by PSAs in circulation ≥ 5 ye...

I study how financial markets react to unexpected corporate security breaches in the short and long-term. The main results show that daily excess returns drop, trading volume increases due selling pressure, liquidity improves upon public disclosure of first-time hacking events. evidence from search frequency Google suggests such short-lived market reaction is increasing investors' attention. Cy...

AIM To analyse the timing of cardiac troponin (cTn) measurements in high-risk and cTn-positive acute coronary syndromes without persistent ST-segment elevation (NSTE-ACS) in two structurally different German chest pain units (CPUs), contrasting an urban university maximum care and a rural regional primary care facility. METHODS All patients encoded as NSTEMI during the year 2013 were retrospe...

Abstract We examine whether dividends serve as substitutes or complements to accounting information in firm valuation. Consistent with substituting for earnings information, we find that dividend paying firms have 11%–15% lower response coefficients (ERCs) than non-payers. more substitution when the provides a stronger signal of permanent earnings: is less likely cut dividend, fund out rather c...

Dividends distribution of Chinese listed companies is irregular, and the level of dividends can’t match that of earnings persistence. This paper empirically investigates the relationship between dividends distribution, including payout policy and level of cash dividends, and earnings persistence. Different from current literature, this paper is the first to investigate the relationship between ...

ollowing an announcement in October 2003 by President Festus Mogae, routine testing for HIV (RHT) was introduced in Botswana in January 2004. It was assumed that RHT would reduce the stigma associated with the "exclusivity" of HIV testing, enable earlier testing, allow more timely access to treatment, and ultimately reduce the rate of infection.1-3 Botswana's first year of RHT has shown an incr...

Based on unbalanced panel dates of 4060 companies listed from 2003 2007 in Shanghai and Shenzhen Stock Markets, this paper empirically studies the degree of product market competition, the relationship between cash dividends distribution tendency and cash dividends policy. Results show that controlling shareholders have significant motivation to distribute cash dividends, and this kind of incen...

On December 13 2004, Deutsche Boerse AG (DB), which owned the German stock exchange in Frankfurt, announced a 530p per share bid for the London Stock Exchange (LSE) – both exchanges are amongst the largest in the world. This valued the LSE at £1.3bn and represented a 23% premium on the LSE share price two days earlier. DB shareholders were concerned about the announcement, believing the deal wo...