A discussion of Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and state regulation of negative option plans, including continuity plans, ...

As noted above, when spending exceeds revenue or income, it results in a negative balance or a fiscal deficit. The income figure used to calculate a country’s fiscal deficit (or surplus ...

A new proof has brought mathematicians one step closer to understanding the hidden order of those “atoms of arithmetic,” the prime numbers. The primes—numbers that are only divisible by ...

One of my favorite anecdotes about prime numbers concerns Alexander Grothendieck, who was among the most brilliant mathematicians of the 20th century. According to one account, he was once asked ...

The new definitions aim to resolve any conflict in medical circles over whether obesity is a disease or just a risk factor. Global health leaders have proposed a “dramatic overhaul” of the way ...

The international Commission on Clinical Obesity which proposed the new definitions called it a nuanced approach. Their report includes 18 diagnostic criteria for clinical obesity in adults and ...

Favorite: The expected winner of a game or event. Favorites are priced with a negative number and are considered to be “giving points” or “laying points” on the spread. With favorites ...