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Finance Students From Around the World Predict Slow Changes in Social Security, Drop In Oil Prices By the End of the Year.
April 1, 2005... Byline: University of Dayton Dayton, Ohio., Apr. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Finance students attending the largest student investment strategy symposium in the world say President Bush will be able to reform Social Security by the end of his...

The Bible as Blueprint for Earth's Recovery: Book by Swarthmore Professor Mark Wallace Makes Biblical Argument for Environmental Protection.
April 1, 2005... Byline: Swarthmore College SWARTHMORE, Pa., Apr. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- The mounting degradation of the earth's primary life-support ecosystems endangers the existence of future generations, according to a team of international business...

Roundup Highly Lethal To Amphibians in Natural Setting, Finds University of Pittsburgh Researcher; Some Species Totally Eliminated.
April 1, 2005... Byline: University of Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH, Apr. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- The herbicide Roundup is widely used to eradicate weeds. But a study published today by a University of Pittsburgh researcher finds that the chemical may be...

Florida International University's College of Business Administration Among America's Best Graduate Schools; U.S. News & World Report Again Lists College in Top 25 for International Business.
April 1, 2005... Byline: Florida International University College of Business Administration MIAMI, April 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- For the second consecutive year, U.S. News & World Report's "America's Best Graduate Schools," which hits newsstands April 4,...

International Student Teams Propose New Business Ideas With Social Bottom Line in Global Social Venture Competition.
April 1, 2005... Byline: Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley BERKELEY, Calif., April 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Nine teams of MBA students planning social enterprises that range from applying nanotechnology to solar power systems in developing countries to...

Spread of Common Day Care Illnesses Caused by Misconceptions About Illness Transmission; Simple Public Health Tool Can Reduce Transmission.
April 3, 2005... Byline: Harvard University Medical School BOSTON, April 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Viral upper respiratory and gastrointestinal infections are the two most common illnesses that occur in children enrolled in day care, and secondary attack...

U.S. News Ranks Georgetown MBA, Climbs Six Spots in 2005; Specialties in International, Nonprofit, Executive Also Receive High Marks.
April 4, 2005... Byline: McDonough School of Business, Georgetown U. WASHINGTON, April 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- The MBA program at Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business was ranked number 27 among the top schools in the country by U.S. News &...

Jet Blue Repeats As No. 1 in Air Quality Rating; Low-Fare Carriers Dominate Top Spots.
April 4, 2005... Byline: Wichita State University WICHITA, Kan., April 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Five of the top six performing airlines are low-fare carriers, according to the national Airline Quality Rating (AQR) study. The 15th annual study, ranking the...

A Message From the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization Upon the Death of the Pope John Paul II.
April 4, 2005... Byline: National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- People the world over are mourning the death of Pope John Paul II. He was leader of the Catholic Church, an ambassador of peace, a...

Robert Rubin to Keynote Martin J. Whitman School of Management Building Dedication April 8.
April 4, 2005... Byline: Whitman School of Management, Syracuse University SYRACUSE, N.Y., April 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Robert E. Rubin, former Secretary of the Treasury in the Clinton administration and current chairman of the executive committee of...

Predatory Lending: Citigroup's Higher Cost Home Purchase Loans Are Disproportionately to African Americans and Latinos, New Inner City Press Study Shows.
April 4, 2005... Byline: Inner City Press NEW YORK, April 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- The nation's largest bank, Citigroup, is four times more likely to confine African Americans than whites to higher-cost home purchase loans, according to the just-released...

Jet Blue Is Again No. 1 in Airline Quality Rating; Low-Fare Carriers Dominate Top Spots.
April 4, 2005... Byline: University of Nebraska at Lincoln WASHINGTON, April 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Five of the top six performing airlines are low-fare carriers, according to the national Airline Quality Rating (AQR) study. The 15th annual study, ranking...

Tepper School MBAs Join International Network for Corporate Responsibility; Use Business Skills to Bring About Positive Change in Local, World Communities.
April 4, 2005... Byline: Carnegie Mellon University PITTSBURGH, April 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Community service spirit is strong at the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University as evidenced by the launch of a student chapter of Net Impact, an...

Harvard Medical School News Tips: HIV Care, ADHD Drugs, Racial Health Disparities.
April 4, 2005... Byline: Harvard University Medical School BOSTON, April 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Following are three news tips from Harvard Medical School. - - - - 1. HIV-INFECTED, INJECTION DRUG USERS RECEIVED LESSER STANDARD OF CARE (Embargoed...

U.S. News Names Babson College No. 1 in Entrepreneurship; MBA Program Honored For 12th Straight Year.
April 4, 2005... Byline: Babson College WELLESLEY, Mass., April 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- U.S.News & World Report magazine has ranked Babson College the No. 1 MBA program for entrepreneurship for the 12th year in a row. Babson tops entrepreneurship...

Nanotechnology Can Play Vital Role in Forest Products Industries; Technology 'Roadmap' Released, Free Download Available.
April 4, 2005... Byline: Forest Products Laboratory MADISON, Wis., April 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- The future of the U.S. forest products industries, which employ some 1.1 million Americans and contribute more than $240 billion annually to the nation's...

Nonprofit Sector Already Reporting on Finances; Johns Hopkins' Listening Post Survey Details Nonprofit Financial Reporting Practices.
April 4, 2005... Byline: Johns Hopkins University BALTIMORE, April 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- In a recent survey distributed to more than 600 nonprofit organizations across the United States, 95 percent reported regularly distributing financial statements to...

Consumer Reports Finds Two-Child Car Seats Perform Poorly in Crash Tests in Rear-Facing Latch Mode.
April 4, 2005... Byline: Consumers Union YONKERS, N.Y., April 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Car seats are a must for children. Parents are strongly advised to keep infants in rear-facing car seats as long as possible. When Consumer Reports recently crash-tested...

Consumer Reports Tells How to Make the Housing Market Work for You; Owners -- 20 Tips for Saving Thousands of Dollars; Buyers -- Beware of Hidden Mortgage Costs; Sellers -- How to Cut Commissions in Half or More.
April 4, 2005... Byline: Consumers Union YONKERS, N.Y., April 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Whether consumers are in the market for a new home, already own one, or are considering selling, the May issue of Consumer Reports offers advice about the big changes in...

Consumer Reports Investigates Ionizing Air Cleaners: Five Models Are Not Recommended; Some Can Create Significant Levels of Potentially Harmful Indoor Ozone.
April 4, 2005... Byline: Consumers Union YONKERS, N.Y., April 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- The May issue of Consumer Reports presents new concerns about ionizing air cleaners: among five models that did a poor job of cleaning the air, several can expose users...

Urban Neighborhoods Affect How People Think About Health.
April 4, 2005... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., April 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- The number of days people stay home ill is influenced by neighborhood poverty and whether they receive subsidized health care, such as Medicaid, says a Purdue...

High Tech Conference 2005 at Stanford Graduate School of Business.
April 5, 2005... Byline: Stanford Graduate School of Business STANFORD, Calif., April 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Stanford Graduate School of Business today released the following advisory. - - - - WHAT: The Stanford Graduate School of...

NIH Director Elias Zerhouni, IOM President Harvey Fineberg to Describe National Agendas in Tackling Health Disparities.
April 5, 2005... Byline: Harvard School of Public Health BOSTON, April 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- While researchers have noted social disparities in health for decades, the subject was not a focus of mainstream scientific and policymaking efforts in the U.S....

Purdue Engineers Use 'Shaped' Laser Pulses in 'Ultra-Wideband' Research.
April 5, 2005... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind.. April 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Engineers at Purdue University have developed a technique that could result in more accurate "ultra-wideband" radio signals for ground-penetrating radar, radio...

Budget Conferees: Stand Firm Against Kids' Cuts.
April 5, 2005... Byline: Communications Consortium WASHINGTON, April 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Senate and House must take a firm stand against any service cuts that would threaten children's health, safety and school readiness, urges Voices for America's...

Rotman Business and Society Conference Examines Corporate Citizenship With Business, Academic Leaders.
April 5, 2005... Byline: Rotman School of Management TORONTO, April 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- "What's a CEO to Do?" is the topic for the 3rd Annual Rotman Business & Society Conference on Corporate Citizenship at the University of Toronto's Rotman School of...

Management Educators Focus on Ethics, Globalization, Corporate Governance at San Francisco Conference April 21-23.
April 6, 2005... Byline: AACSB International - The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business TAMPA, Fla., April 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- The hot button issues of ethics, globalization, and corporate governance will be among many topics...

GetActive Software Enhances Its Email Messaging Platform With Dynamic Content, Sophisticated Message Testing Capabilities.
April 6, 2005... Byline: GetActive Software BERKELEY, April 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- GetActive Software, a leader in member relationship management, announced that it has launched version 4.1 of the GetActive Suite which includes enhancements to its email...

Duke University to Continue to Utilize Apple iPods for Educational Use.
April 6, 2005... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., April 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Following a preliminary review of its year-long effort to incorporate Apple iPods into the curriculum, Duke University will continue distributing the devices to students...

'Measuring and Reporting Social, Environmental, and Financial Performance': Conference at UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business April 8 - 9.
April 6, 2005... Byline: Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley BERKELEY, Calif., April 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Leading researchers and practitioners will present their findings on how to measure and account for the value of corporate social responsibility to...

Merck's Investigational Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Reduced Infection, Disease in New Clinical Study; Phase II Study of Gardasil Is Published for First Time in The Lancet Oncology.
April 6, 2005... Byline: Edelman Public Relations WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J., April 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Gardasil, the investigational vaccine against Human Papillomavirus Vaccine (HPV) from Merck & Co. Inc., significantly reduced the combined incidence...

Google, Atmel Execs Named San Jose State University Alumni Achievement Awards Winners; SJSU Recognizes Award Winners Since 1980.
April 6, 2005... Byline: San Jose State University SAN JOSE, Calif., April 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- The San Jose State University College of Engineering will recognize Silicon Valley executives Omid Kordestani and Gust Perlegos with the College's highest...

Conference Brings Technology That Revolutionized Electoral Politics to Nonprofits.
April 7, 2005... Byline: The Organizers' Collaborative BOSTON, April 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Grassroots Use of Technology Conference on April 15-16 brings representatives from hundreds of nonprofit and community groups to the Massachusetts Institute of...

Bates College Students Purchase, Retire 13th Ton of Acid-Rain Agent.
April 7, 2005... Byline: Bates College LEWISTON, Maine, April 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- For the fifth year in a row, students in the "Environmental Economics" course at Bates College have bought and will retire a government permit for the atmospheric release...

Thousands Access HIV Care and Treatment Through Mailman School of Public Health Programs Initiative Focused on Mother and Child Health; Informs Scale Up of HIV Services Now Reaching More than 25,000 Patients in Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia.
April 8, 2005... Byline: Columbia University Medical Center New York, Apr. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- More than 100 staff and collaborators involved in programs developed by the International Center for AIDS Care and Treatment Programs (ICAP) gathered in...

About 70 Percent of Older Adults Use Alternative Medicine.
April 9, 2005... Byline: Ohio State University COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- Nearly three out of every four adults over age 50 use some kind of alternative medicine, such as acupuncture and herbal medicine, according to a new study. ...

Predatory Lending: HSBC Confines People of Color to Its High Cost Subprime Units Over Five Times More Frequently Than Whites; Wells Fargo Is Nearly as Disparate, Second Study of 2004 Data by Inner City Press Reveals.
April 11, 2005... Byline: Inner City Press NEW YORK, April 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- HSBC, which describes itself as the world's local bank, is over five times more likely to confine African Americans than whites to its higher-cost subprime lending units,...

Convio's Vinay Bhagat Keynotes at Higher Education Conference: 'Internet Lessons for Colleges and Universities From the Dean Campaign'.
April 11, 2005... Byline: Convio AUSTIN, Texas, April 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- Higher education professionals working to advance their organizations will want to hear Internet visionary Vinay Bhagat speak in Chicago this week on lessons they can learn from...

Harvard Provost Says Undiagnosed and Poorly Treated Depression Will Continue Until Families Become Involved.
April 11, 2005... Byline: Families for Depression Awareness WALTHAM, Mass., April 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- Awareness of depression, new treatments, and research reached new highs in the 1990s, leading many to believe that an end to depression was in sight....

Earth Day and Organic Flowers.
April 11, 2005... Byline: Straus Communications SAN FRANCISCO, April 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- Consumers enthusiastically embrace organic foods and, according to entrepreneur Gerald Prolman, consumers can now enjoy the natural beauty of organic flowers too....

University-Company Partnerships Key to Resolving Outsourcing of U.S. Jobs.
April 11, 2005... Byline: Kettering University FLINT, Mich., April 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- Many analysts believe that industry-university partnerships in the U.S. similar to Kettering University's (Flint, Michigan) relationship with the Electrical...

'Investment Inspectors' Visit JP Morgan Chase's New York Headquarters, U.S. Branches Today; Yale Students Tie Giant Green Ribbons on Greenwich, Conn., Trees to Remind Resident CEO Bill Harrison to Keep His Environmental Promises.
April 12, 2005... Byline: Rainforest Action Network SAN FRANCISCO, April 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- "Investment inspectors" will today pay a visit to the headquarters of JP Morgan Chase (NYSE: JPM) in New York and Bank One in Chicago to draw attention to the...

Babson College's Michael Goldstein Chairs NASDAQ Advisory Board.
April 12, 2005... Byline: Babson College WELLESLEY, Mass., April 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- Babson College Associate Professor of Finance Michael Goldstein has been appointed chair of NASDAQ's Economic Advisory Board for 2005. The primary function of the...

Job Market for MBA Grads Set for Dramatic Improvement in '05, New GMAC Survey Says.
April 12, 2005... Byline: Lipman Hearne, Inc. MCLEAN, Va., April 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- After several sluggish years, the job market for MBAs is strengthening rapidly and is set for dramatic improvement during 2005, says the latest Corporate Recruiters...

Finalists Vie for $147,000 in Prizes in Life Sciences Business Plan Competition.
April 12, 2005... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., April 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- Eight finalists, including two from Indiana, have been chosen to compete for $147,000 in prizes on April 20 during the third annual Purdue University Life...

Stanford Business School Honors TIAA-CREF CEO Herb Allison With Excellence in Leadership Award.
April 12, 2005... Byline: Stanford Graduate School of Business NEW YORK, April 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- Stanford University's Graduate School of Business honored Herbert M. Allison Jr., chairman, president and CEO of TIAA-CREF, with the School's 2005...

Bankruptcy Bill Alert: 'This Is the Last Chance for Congress to Protect Families - Bankruptcy Bill Must Be Amended,' Urges Economic Policy Group.
April 12, 2005... Byline: Demos NEW YORK, April 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- Today, Demos: A Network for Ideas & Action, a national economic policy research organization, urges Congress to recognize the fragility of our debt-driven consumer economy when...

The University of Texas at Austin Ranks No. 1 as Source of New Fortune 1000 CEOs.
April 13, 2005... Byline: McCombs School of Business, UT Austin AUSTIN, Texas, April 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- The University of Texas at Austin tied with the University of Chicago as the number one source of Fortune 1000 CEOs hired in 2004-2005, according to...

New York Academy of Sciences Reveals How Scientists Plan to Combat Bioterrorism and Deadly Pathogens.
April 13, 2005... Byline: New York Academy of Sciences NEW YORK, April 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- Smallpox, anthrax, dengue, plague, hantaviruses, and lassa fever --diseases that many thought had been eliminated, or at least found only in certain parts of the...

Purdue Miniature Cooling Device Will Have Military, Computer Uses.
April 13, 2005... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., April 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- Mechanical engineers at Purdue University have new findings offering promise for modifying household refrigeration technology with small devices to cool future...

It's Tax Day: Do You Know Where Your Tax Dollars Are Going? Do You Know When They're Coming Home?
April 13, 2005... Byline: Council on Contemporary Families NEW YORK, April 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- American families might be surprised to know where their tax dollars go and what family "value" they get in return, especially in comparison to many other...

Centurion Holdings' Chairman and CEO Joseph Grano to Speak at Babson College Undergraduate Commencement May 21.
April 14, 2005... Byline: Babson College WELLESLEY, Mass., April 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- Joseph J. Grano Jr. will speak at Babson College's 86th Undergraduate Ceremony on Saturday May 21 at 10 a.m., Babson College Upper Fields. Grano is Chairman and...

Fidelity Brokerage's Ellyn A. McColgan to Speak at Babson College MBA Commencement May 21.
April 14, 2005... Byline: Babson College WELLESLEY, Mass., April 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- Ellyn A. McColgan will speak at Babson College's 53rd F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business Ceremony on Saturday, May 21 at 2:30 p.m., Babson College Upper Fields....

U.S. House of Representatives Passes Dangerous Bankruptcy Law, Leading National Economic Policy Group Responds: 'Wrong Bill at Wrong Time Puts Pressure on Families Already Struggling to Make Ends Meet; Credit Card Companies Win, Everyone Else Loses'.
April 15, 2005... Byline: Demos NEW YORK, April 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- Today Tamara Draut, Director of the Economic Opportunity Program at Demos, a leading national nonpartisan think tank, issued the following statement responding to the United States...

Berkeley Wins University of North Carolina's Venture Capital Investment Competition Championship; Winning MBAs Net Crucial Real-World Experience, Camaraderie, $18,000 In Prize Money.
April 15, 2005... Byline: Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise CHAPEL HILL, N.C., April 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- The University of California at Berkeley's Haas School of Business edged out seven other top programs for national bragging rights and $10,000...

Researchers Propose Center to Develop Future Chip-Cooling Technologies.
April 15, 2005... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., April 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at Purdue University are collaborating with several other universities in proposing a new center to design technologies that will be needed in...

Finance Professor, MBA Spouse Publish Book on Personal Finance.
April 15, 2005... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., April 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new book on personal finance by a former business school dean and his MBA spouse distinguishes itself from the shelves of books on investing by defining...

Predatory Lending: Inner City Press Releases Analysis of Mortgage Disparities at Washington Mutual, AIG, Ameriquest, RBC, SunTrust, ABN Amro and KeyCorp; HOEPA Loans Are Still Being Made, Banks Break Prior Commitments.
April 18, 2005... Byline: Inner City Press NEW YORK, April 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- At banks both large and small, higher-cost loans are disproportionately imposed on people of color, a new study by Inner City Press / Fair Finance Watch of four banks and...

Convio's Updated, Free Guide Helps Nonprofits Launch and Accelerate Online Advocacy Programs.
April 18, 2005... Byline: Convio AUSTIN, Texas, April 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- Convio, Inc. - the leading provider of software and services to help nonprofits use the Internet for building constituent relationships and driving support - today announced the...

Don't Get Scammed! Students and Parents Offered Web Resource to Avoid Scholarship Scams.
April 18, 2005... Byline: National Assn. for College Admission Counseling ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- Students and parents can use a free Web site (to access scholarship scam information quickly and easily. The Web site,...

Canadian Boards Need to Get the Most Out of Their Invested Time, According to Canadian Coalition for Good Governance; Coalition Says Time to Move Beyond Compliance and Focus on Board Effectiveness.
April 18, 2005... Byline: Rotman School of Management TORONTO, April 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- Canada's business leaders must increase the effectiveness of their boards by concentrating on getting the most out of their directors' limited time, according to...

Georgia Tech Information Security Center to Host Voice Over Internet Protocol Security Summit April 21; Keynote by Reed E. Hundt, Former Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission.
April 18, 2005... Byline: Georgia Institute of Technology ATLANTA, April 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Georgia Tech Information Security Center (GTISC), a national leader in information security research and education, today announced it will host the VoIP...

New Economics Textbook Offers Alternative View of Capitalism; 'Class' Is a Central Concept.
April 18, 2005... Byline: Sarah Lawrence College YONKERS, N.Y., April 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- The third edition of an alternative economics textbook, "Understanding Capitalism: Competition, Command, and Change," has recently been published by Oxford...

May Is Funding for Health Month at the Foundation Center; Free Programs, New Research Report, Online Resources for Nonprofit Organizations in Health Fields.
April 18, 2005... Byline: The Foundation Center NEW YORK, April 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- For the third year, the Foundation Center's popular Funding for Health Month will feature a wide array of special programs and resources aimed at advancing knowledge of...

Consumer Reports Money Adviser Turns Up 10 Winning Foreign-Stock Mutual Funds to Consider Now; Also in May Issue: Five Steps to Prepare Finances for Divorce.
April 18, 2005... Byline: Consumers Union YONKERS, N.Y., April 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- Foreign-stock mutual funds have been going strong for several years, but many investors have hesitated to put their dollars in international stocks because they seem too...

University of Maryland Business School Gives Recruiters Free Access to International Employment Advice; Innovative New Program Enables Employers to Hire Best Qualified Candidates.
April 19, 2005... Byline: University of Maryland, College Park COLLEGE PARK, Md., April 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland today announced a unique collaboration with Reed Smith LLP, one of the...

Babson and Historically Black Colleges and Universities to Hold Academic Summit on Minority Entrepreneurship.
April 19, 2005... Byline: Babson College WELLESLEY, Mass., April 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- Babson College and The Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) Entrepreneurship Consortium will hold a Spring Collaborative Summit at Babson on Wednesday,...

Wheeling Jesuit University Official Contributes to National Energy Report.
April 19, 2005... Byline: The National Technology Transfer Center WHEELING, W.Va., April 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- A key leader at Wheeling Jesuit University is among the contributors to a recently published national report offering recommendations for...

California State University, Northridge Launches Its Second Solar Electric System.
April 19, 2005... Byline: Calif. State University, Northridge NORTHRIDGE, Calif., April 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- Southern California Gas Company (The Gas Company) and Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) officials today presented Cal State...

Survey Finds Four in 10 Seniors Do Not Take Medications as Prescribed; Poor Experiences With Drugs, Costs Contribute to Non-Adherence; Survey of Nearly 18,000 Seniors Nationally Shows Coverage Varies Across States.
April 19, 2005... Byline: Kaiser Family Foundation MENLO PARK, Calif., April 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- Four in 10 seniors told researchers in a recent national survey that they haven't taken all the drugs their doctors prescribed for them in the past year --...

The Human Capital Institute and Babson Executive Education Partner to Deliver 'Best Management' Thinking.
April 20, 2005... Byline: Babson College WELLESLEY, Mass., April 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Human Capital Institute (HCI), a not-for-profit think tank and association working to advance talent management strategies, and Babson Executive Education,...

Can Social Responsibility Be Profitable? Bentley College Presents The Bentley Leadership Forum in Cooperation With Time Magazine; May 10.
April 20, 2005... Byline: Bentley College WALTHAM, Mass., April 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- On May 10, 2005, Bentley College and TIME Magazine will bring together leaders from the worlds of business, technology, arts & entertainment, and philanthropy to...

Smog Costs California $521 Million a Year; Kids, Asthmatics Hit Hardest.
April 21, 2005... Byline: Environmental Working Group OAKLAND, Calif., April 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- Smog costs Californians more than $521 million a year - a price paid in hundreds of trips to the emergency room, thousands of hospital admissions and...

Hospital Workers Increasingly a Target of Workplace Abuse, Study Finds.
April 21, 2005... Byline: McGill University MONTREAL, April 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- Hospital workers are increasingly mistreated by superiors, according to a new Canadian study. Karen Harlos, a professor in McGill University's Faculty of Management in...

First Ever Foundation Guide to Social Proxy Season: New Movement Among Foundations to Align Mission and Investment; Publication From Leading Nonprofits Outlines Key Issues, Companies Affected.
April 21, 2005... Byline: As You Sow SAN FRANCISCO, April 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- As companies across the country enter a record-breaking "proxy season" in which more than 200 proposals of social import are up for votes, foundations now have a new tool to...

Switching to Chemistry: Electrical Switch Made of Organic Molecules Holds Promise for Nanoscale Electronics.
April 21, 2005... Byline: American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science REHOVOT, Israel, April 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science have demonstrated a new kind of electrical switch, formed of organic...

Fair Trade Venture Takes Top Global Social Venture Competition Prize.
April 21, 2005... Byline: Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley BERKELEY, Calif., April 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- World of Good, a venture that promotes employment through fair trade with disadvantaged communities in developing countries while also working to...

NASA System-diagnostic Software Licensed to Two American Companies Through National Technology Transfer Center.
April 21, 2005... Byline: The National Technology Transfer Center WHEELING, W.Va., April 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- United States military and civilian aircraft could see improvements in engine diagnostics and maintenance as a result of three NASA technologies...

State Finance Chief to Look at Bay Area Economy at Saint Mary's College Conference.
April 22, 2005... Byline: Saint Mary's College of California MORAGA, Calif., April 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- Howard Roth, chief economist for the California Department of Finance, will join other policy-makers and business leaders at Saint Mary's College of...

Predatory Lending In The Big Apple: Citigroup Violates Commitments And Confines African Americans In New York To Higher Cost Loans Seven Times More Frequently Than Whites, Over Three Times for Latinos; Wells Fargo Is Nearly as Disparate.
April 25, 2005... Byline: Inner City Press NEW YORK, April 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- The nation's two largest banks, Citigroup and JP Morgan Chase, both disproportionately confine people of color to higher cost loans in their headquarters city, the first...

Will Failure To Disclose Advertising Relationships Burst The Search Bubble? Consumer Reports Webwatch Hosts First Ever "Truth Or Consequence" Conference on Search and Health Information; Industry Execs, Consumer Advocates Address Issues in San Francisco on June 9th.
April 25, 2005... Byline: Consumers Union Yonkers, N.Y., Apr. 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- Executives from the search engine industry, consumer organizations and health Web sites will join Consumer Reports WebWatch for "Trust or Consequence: How Failure to...

Business, Education, Government Leaders Celebrate Local TechXplore Students in Middle and High School at Florida Atlantic University.
April 25, 2005... Byline: NSTEP / National Science & Technology Education Partnership BOCA RATON, Fla., April 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- On Saturday, April 30, Dr. John Pritchett, Provost and Chief Academic Officer of Florida Atlantic University (FAU), and...

Report: Mortgage Fraud Epidemic Fuels Housing Bubble Fears; Appraisers Point to Pressure From Lending Industry.
April 25, 2005... Byline: Demos NEW YORK, April 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new report just released, Home Insecurity: How Widespread Appraisal Fraud Puts Homeowners At Risk, reveals troubling evidence that many American homeowners and buyers are at...

Docs and Stocks: Students Earn MDs and MBAs.
April 26, 2005... Byline: Indiana University School of Medicine INDIANAPOLIS, April 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- When Indiana University's medical and business schools speak, students listen. When they graduate next month, four IU School of Medicine students...