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New Research Calls for Transparency in Medicare Advantage Operations
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BALTIMORE, MD, October 8, 2024 – New findings from a team of renowned researchers calls for transparency and rigorous oversight of the U.S. Medicare Advantage (MA) program, the United States’ largest healthcare capitation program.

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Local Craft Beer Consumers Lose Loyalty When Their Favorite Brands are Acquired
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BALTIMORE, MD, October 8, 2024 – Local craft beer consumers don’t seem to like it when their favorite brands are acquired, showing displeasure through spending habits, according to a new study on brand loyalty and craft beers.

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Number of Holiday Shopping Days Continues to Expand, With Sales Expected to Rise Among Frugal Consumers
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If you’re in a retail store in early October and are struck by the sudden appearance of holiday gifts, sales, and decorations, you won’t be imagining it. The holiday shopping season may come earlier than ever this year due to several factors, from a short shopping period between Thanksgiving and Christmas to the distraction of a national election.

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New Research Develops a Model for Political Redistricting that Optimizes Political Fairness

New Research Develops a Model for Political Redistricting that Optimizes Political Fairness

News Release, December 5, 2022

Political redistricting is a problem of national interest with consequences to electoral representation. It is a decennial process of redrawing the boundaries of congressional and state legislative districts, and can affect a wide range of stakeholders, including the voters, candidates and political parties. New research in the INFORMS journal Operations Research introduces a model that can be adopted for a redistricting process that explicitly focuses on political fairness.

How big of an effect do boycotts have on brand sales?

How big of an effect do boycotts have on brand sales?

The Print, November 27, 2022

Baltimore [US], November 27 (ANI): The chief executive officer of ‘Goya’, a sizable Latin food brand in the US, publicly complimented and endorsed then-president Donald Trump during a campaign rally during the 2020 U.S. presidential election. Both a boycott and a counter-boycott movement in favor of the brand were started in response to the comments.

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