Economists have largely ignored sex work despite it being a large industry worth almost $100bn annually, with new research methods emerging to study this complex market.

US credit hedge fund Davidson Kempner warns a substantial portion of private equity firms are already “stressed or distressed ...

College algebra is a shockingly common stumbling block to graduation. About 50 percent of students each year fail to pass college algebra with a grade of “C” or better, according to the Mathematical ...

AI could soon spew out hundreds of mathematical proofs that look "right" but contain hidden flaws, or proofs so complex we can't verify them. How will we know if they're right? When you purchase ...

Main Street Capital Corporation remains overvalued, with fair value estimated at $54 per share amid elevated NAV multiples. MAIN faces significant interest rate sensitivity, as 65% of debt investments ...

When faced with a crisis, the ancient Romans sometimes turned to plagiarism. Take, for instance, the Second Punic War: Hannibal had managed to cross the Alps with his famous elephants and had promptly ...

A dad was checking through his daughter’s homework when he came across something unexpected and utterly hilarious. Jordan, from New Jersey, told Newsweek he was looking through one of his 7-year-old ...

The President’s proposal to cap credit card rates at a maximum of 10% over the next year has gotten a lot of attention in the midst of a national affordability crisis. It’s understandable. Rates are ...

PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (PFLT) pays out 171% of earnings as dividends. Net income fell 27.8% year-over-year to $66.4M. PennantPark’s debt surged 50.9% to $1.78B. The debt-to-equity ratio ...

When it comes to working from home, age matters. That is, the age of the company. It turns out, working from home is more common at younger firms than it is at older, more established firms, according ...

LONDON, Feb 12 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump is insisting - and not for the first time - that U.S. interest rates should be the lowest in the world. Bond markets eyeing the latest long-term ...

One idle evening last October, Mehtaab Sawhney took up an old pastime. He began perusing the website erdosproblems.com, an updated record of the 1,179 conjectures left behind by the eccentric and ...