With the heat of summer upon us, we hear a lot about the heat index in our weather forecasts these days. But what exactly is the heat index and how is it calculated? "It's kind of the summer version ...

Beta is the 2nd letter in the Greek alphabet, and the financial world uses it to refer to the sensitivity of an asset’s price compared to a specific index or benchmark. Beta is also used as a measure ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) – With blistering heat this summer, you’ve likely heard a few people say “it’s not the head, it’s the humidity.” Turns out both things are true: it’s called the Heat Index. The heat ...

* How many good messages were trapped in your spam filter last month? “Add these four numbers up and that’s your Spam Index. “You can compare your Spam Index over time, as changes to the e-mail system ...

For more than 30 years we have been wedded to the Body Mass Index (BMI) as the sole criterion for deciding whether someone is obese or not. It is used by most health authorities to classify both ...

BOSTON (MarketWatch) -- Standard & Poor's, a unit of McGraw Hill Cos. , said Monday it has reached a deal with Bear Stearns Cos. to calculate the performance index for Bear's new "Adagio" strategy.

(By Rick Fink) Most coaching and sales training programs highlight the importance of empathy in establishing solid customer relationships, but as management guru Peter Drucker says, “You can’t manage ...