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AACG Opens Washington, DC Area Office
Advanced Analytical Consulting Group, Inc. (AACG), the economic, statistical, and computing consulting firm, is pleased to announce the opening of its Washington, DC area office. AACG's new office will support the company's existing work in Washington, DC including litigation related projects, focusing on antitrust, securities, class action, labor, telecommunications, healthcare and other industries. This AACG office will also support AACG's research for government agencies such as the Department of Labor, Department of Justice, and the Securities and Exchange Commission.

AACG Published Research on Employee Salary Differences
Advanced Analytical Consulting Group's ("AACG") Senior Economist Audrius Girnius' article has been published in Employment Law 360. The article discusses ongoing academic research in sociology and economics which has sought to address differences in salaries among various groups of employees, especially differences in salaries between men and women. Scholars have (1) investigated differences in negotiating tactics as well as job preferences by gender, (2) researched occupational choice and differences in market demand for jobs, and (3) identified that women may work fewer hours and have longer voluntary spells outside the labor force. The article also explores how labor and employment attorneys and human resources professionals can understand how these differences can explain salary differences among employees.

AACG Research about Self-Insured Health Plans Presented to Congress
Advanced Analytical Consulting Group's ("AACG") research about workers' health insurance was presented to Congress and is now available on the Department of Labor website or at www.AACG.com/healthcare . The research quantified how companies fund their corporate health benefits, which could have important implications for the risk of corporate defaults on health benefit claims. It also investigated whether companies at greater risk of default were more likely to self-insure health benefits, placing higher healthcare risks on employees.

Antitrust Expert Dr. Russell Lamb Joins Advanced Analytical Consulting Group, Inc. (AACG)
Advanced Analytical Consulting Group, Inc. (AACG), the economic, statistical, and computing consulting firm, is pleased to announce the addition of Dr. Russell Lamb as Principal within its Litigation and Disputes practice. Dr. Lamb is a recognized expert in antitrust economics. He has an extensive background in applied econometrics and has developed econometric models to measure damages in numerous matters involving allegations of horizontal price fixing, as well as in other matters in litigation.

AACG Expert Dr. Timothy Tardiff on Boise NPR
On the eve of the Qwest/CenturyLink merger, Interviewer Adam Cotterell asks informed experts including Dr. Timothy Tardiff of AACG if Idaho made a mistake in deregulating its phone industry.

AACG Expert Quoted by The Christian Science Monitor about Major Merger
The proposed merger of AT&T and T-Mobile presents the Obama administration with a major anti-trust dilemma. Federal regulators will consider several factors to determine whether to allow the two telecom competitors to merge

Advanced Analytical Consulting Group (AACG) Expands its Labor and Finance Capabilities
Advanced Analytical Consulting Group (AACG), an economic, statistical, and computing consulting firm, is pleased to announce that Dr. Audrius Girnius has joined the firm as a Senior Economist within the Litigation and Disputes practice. Mr. Girnius brings his expertise and extensive experience in microeconomics, statistics, and econometrics to AACG.

AACG Provides Liability and Damages Analysis for Largest Copyright Infringement Award Ever
Advanced Analytical Consulting Group (AACG) provided economic and statistical analyses related to liability and damages issues for Oracle's copyright infringement claim against SAP, in which Oracle received a jury award of $1.3 billion.

Advanced Analytical's Pricing Strategy Increases Profits Over 5% for Major International Beverage Manufacturer, Market Capitalization Jumps
Advanced Analytical Consulting Group Inc. (AACG) recently increased profits of a major international beverage brand by over 5% during the first phase of a new pricing strategy. This increase in profit was achieved while increasing market share and average prices across all geographies. The strategy and implementation of the new prices were engineered through AACG's Pricing and Profitability Optimization process and technology.

Advanced Analytical Consulting Group (AACG) Expands Telecommunication Expertise
Advanced Analytical Consulting Group, Inc. (AACG), an economic, statistical, and computing consulting firm, is pleased to announce the addition of Dr. Timothy J. Tardiff as principal in its Boston office. Dr. Tardiff is an expert in telecommunications and has a wide range of experience in regulation, antitrust issues, evaluating pricing policies, and calculating economic damages in contract disputes, securities claims, and alleged antitrust violations. Dr. Tardiff has testified extensively as an expert witness in legal and regulatory proceedings, including for the Federal Communications Commission and state regulatory proceedings and arbitrations. His expertise spans multiple industries, including telecommunications, energy, public utilities, and transportation, and he has numerous publications in economics and telecommunications journals.

Advanced Analytical Consulting Group (AACG) Expands its Operations Capabilities
Advanced Analytical Consulting Group (AACG), an economic, statistical, and computing consulting firm, is pleased to announce that Ms. Meryl Baldwin has joined the firm as a Senior Manager in its Boston office. Ms. Baldwin brings her expertise and extensive experience in business operations and financial management to AACG.

Karthik Padmanabhan joins AACG Economic Consulting as Senior Manager
AACG Economic Consulting announced expansion of its Strategy and Operations practice. Karthik Padmanabhan, an experienced consultant specializing in pricing and profit optimization, has joined AACG as a Senior Manager.

Offers wide range of practices to corporate and law firm clients on the West Coast
AACG Economic Consulting today announced an expansion with the opening of a new office in San Francisco. AACG's new location offers clients its full range of litigation and business consulting services, including litigation and disputes, regulation compliance monitoring, strategy and operations, pricing analysis, and analytical tool development.

Scientific Fraud Detection helps identify fraudulent behavior related to trade allocation, portfolio pumping, front running and late trading
In the wake of the financial sector meltdown and heightened concerns about financial fraud, Advanced Analytical Consulting Group, Inc. (AACG) introduces a new product, Scientific Fraud Detection, designed to help funds monitor regulatory compliance and identify fraudulent behavior. AACG Economic Consulting now offers customized, rigorous statistical tests that help identify fraudulent behavior, including behavior related to trade allocation, portfolio pumping, front running and late trading. AACG's experienced economists apply a unique methodology which uses internal and external data to detect aberrant trading patterns.

Many consumers recognize the protection that private annuities can provide against investment risks and the risks of outliving one's resources. However, choosing an appropriate annuity product can be difficult because of the many flavors and features offered by life insurance companies. Bob McCormick of KNX 1070 Newsradio in Los Angeles interviewed AACG economist, Dr. Stan Panis, to help educate his listeners. In three broadcast episodes, Dr. Panis explained the basic features of private annuities and clarified some typical consumer misunderstandings.

Privately purchased annuities are gaining popularity, in part because the income flows that they guarantee for life serve as insurance against the risks of poor investment returns and of outliving one's retirement resources. The Wall Street Journal featured an in-depth article on private annuities, explaining how they may appeal to some but not all retirees. The article quoted AACG economist, Dr. Stan Panis. In a study on retirement well-being, Dr. Panis found that retirees with annuities or other lifelong, guaranteed income -- other than from Social Security -- were more satisfied in retirement and showed fewer symptoms of depression. The longer retirees spent in retirement and the more they depleted their savings, the stronger the benefits of lifelong, guaranteed income became.

Dr. Stan Panis of AACG and Dr. Lynn Karoly of the RAND Corporation recently published a study, "Supply of and Demand for Skilled Labor in the United States." The study describes how long-term demographic changes, technological development, and globalization are slowing down the growth of the skilled workforce in the United States, while also increasing the number of skilled workers that the American industry is looking to recruit. The study appears in Skilled Immigration Today, a book edited by Jagdish Bhagwati of Columbia University and Gordon Hanson of the University of California at San Diego (Oxford University Press, 2009).