AScribe Business & Economics News Service articles from April 2008

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Meet Fran Drescher, Founder of Cancer Schmancer, at Bloomingdale's Beverly Center "Dress Well. Be Well." Event to Raise Awareness for Stage 1 Diagnosis of All Women's Cancers.
April 1, 2008... Byline: Betsy Mullen Consulting LOS ANGELES, April 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Cancer Schmancer Foundation today released the following media advisory. - - - - WHEN: Saturday, April 5, 3 p.m. WHO: Fran Drescher, actress, New...

Goodwill Industries Helps the American Worker Get the Most From a Paycheck; Financial Literacy Programs Build Financial Stability.
April 1, 2008... Byline: Goodwill Industries International ROCKVILLE, Md., April 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- The personal savings rate in the United States was a negative 1 percent in 2006, according to the Department of Commerce, the worst showing in 73 years....

Student-Managed Portfolios Take Home Winning Titles in University of Dayton's Global Student Investment Competition.
April 1, 2008... Byline: University of Dayton DAYTON, Ohio, April 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Learning by doing carries big rewards and for some college students who manage portfolios of real money very well, the rewards of learning have earned special...

Wharton Wins 3rd Annual Sustainable Venture Capital Investment Competition.
April 2, 2008... Byline: UNC-Chapel Hill's Kenan-Flagler Business School CHAPEL HILL, N.C., April 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- A team from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School won the third annual Sustainable Venture Capital Investment Competition...

The NonProfit Times Announces Free Corporate Philanthropy Search Portal for Nonprofits; Research Portal Is Launched With Largest Ever List of Million Dollar Corporate Donors.
April 2, 2008... Byline: The NonProfit Times MORRIS PLAINS, N.J., April 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- A free online portal that gives nonprofits and other researchers free access to corporate donation data for fundraising research was launched today by The...

Management Educators Focus on Globalization, Entrepreneurship, Sustainability, and Corporate Responsibility at Hawaii Conference April 13-15.
April 3, 2008... Byline: AACSB International - The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business TAMPA, Fla., April 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- The hot button issues of globalization, entrepreneurship, sustainability and corporate responsibility will...

RAND Study Finds Economic Burden of Health Insurance Increasing for Small Employers Providing Health Insurance.
April 3, 2008... Byline: RAND Corporation SANTA MONICA, Calif., April 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- The economic burden of providing health insurance for workers increased more for small businesses than for large ones from 2000 to 2005, but the spike did not...

First Sustainable Business Accelerator Launched by UNC Kenan-Flagler.
April 4, 2008... Byline: UNC-Chapel Hill's Kenan-Flagler Business School CHAPEL HILL, N.C., April 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Kenan-Flagler Business School has launched a business accelerator to speed the growth...

Foundation Center Releases New Edition of 'Foundation Fundamentals'; Updated Classic Aids Grantseekers, Academic Researchers.
April 4, 2008... Byline: The Foundation Center NEW YORK, April 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- The new eighth edition of "Foundation Fundamentals" emphasizes the latest online resources that today's grantseekers can use to identify, research, and approach...

Principles for Responsible Management Education Now Endorsed by Over 100 Business Schools; As Numbers Grow, UN-Backed Initiative Moves Into Operational Stage to Promote Responsibility in Business Education.
April 7, 2008... Byline: AACSB International - The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business NEW YORK, April 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME), a UN-backed global initiative developed to promote...

April 15 Tax Day Is Coming. It's Time to Ask 'Where Does the Money Go?'.
April 8, 2008... Byline: Public Agenda NEW YORK, April 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- As millions of Americans make out their checks to the IRS, many of them wonder exactly where their money goes and how well Congress and the Administration are managing it. Not...

National September 11 Memorial & Museum Names New Board Members; Flight 93 Victim Family Member David Beamer, Bank of New York Mellon President Gerald Hassell, Walt Disney Company President and CEO Robert Iger, Tribeca Film Festival Founder Jane Rosenthal Join Board of Directors.
April 9, 2008... Byline: World Trade Center Memorial Foundation NEW YORK, April 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- The National September 11 Memorial & Museum today announced the election of four new members to the Board of Directors. David Beamer, father of United...

National September 11 Memorial & Museum Succeeds in Reaching $350 Million Capital Fundraising Goal; $10 Million Donation From Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P. Helps Achieve Goal; Over $217 Million Raised Since 2006 From More Than 60,000 Donors Representing All 50 States, 31 Countries.
April 9, 2008... Byline: World Trade Center Memorial Foundation NEW YORK, April 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- National September 11 Memorial & Museum Chairman and New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg today announced at its quarterly Board of Directors meeting...

Columbia Business School's South Asian Business Association Brings Together Corporate, Academic and Political Leaders for 'Growing @ the Speed of Thought'; Fourth Annual Student Conference Explore India's Growth, Challenges.(Conference news)
April 10, 2008... Byline: Columbia Business School NEW YORK, April 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- Columbia Business School's South Asia Business Association (SABA), announced today its fourth annual student-run Indian Business Conference, titled "India: Growing @...

Blue Ribbon Panel Convenes for Second in a Series of Open Meetings on Future of Health Care South of Market, San Francisco, to Take Place Wednesday, April 16 at Mission Bay Conference Center.
April 14, 2008... Byline: California Pacific Medical Center SAN FRANCISCO, April 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Blue Ribbon Panel, formed to help shape the future of California Pacific Medical Center's health delivery approach South of Market, including the...

Columbia Business School Executive Education Offers New Short Course in Leadership Skills; Leadership Essentials Enhances Managers' Ability to Lead Organizational Decision-Making and Innovation.
April 14, 2008... Byline: Columbia Business School NEW YORK, April 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- Columbia Business School Executive Education has announced that its 2 day course, Leadership Essentials, will be offered April 24- 25, 2008. Designed to equip...

Global Social Venture Competition.
April 15, 2008... Byline: Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley BERKELEY, Calif., April 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- University of California's Haas School of Business today released the following advisory. - - - - WHAT: The 9th annual Global Social...

Academic vs. Real World Ethics Discussed at Stanford Business School.
April 16, 2008... Byline: Stanford Graduate School of Business STANFORD, Calif., April 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- United States medical products firm ATL manufacturers a battery-operated, hand-held sonar device that's selling briskly in rural India and Asia....

Harvard Business School Request for Information (RFI) From Lenders Offering Non-Federal Student Loans.
April 17, 2008... Byline: Harvard Business School BOSTON, April 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- Harvard Business School is seeking information from lenders offering non-federal student educational loans for the 2008-2009 academic year through a Request for...

Blue Ribbon Panel Considering Future of St. Luke's Holds Second Meeting to Review Key Data and Population Trends Affecting Future of Health Care Services in San Francisco's South of Market Area; Third Open Meeting Scheduled for May 8.
April 17, 2008... Byline: California Pacific Medical Center SAN FRANCISCO, April 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Blue Ribbon Panel formed to help shape the future of California Pacific Medical Center's (CPMC) health delivery approach South of Market, including...

Corporate Lobbying Pays Off for Firms.
April 17, 2008... Byline: Vanderbilt University NASHVILLE, Tenn., April 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new study examining the connection between corporate lobbying at the federal level and financial performance finds that lobbying pays off. David Parsley,...

Obama, Clinton, McCain Health Care Policy Advisors Featured on Presidential Health Care Agenda Forum at 5th Annual World Health Care Congress, April 21-23, Washington, D.C.
April 18, 2008... Byline: World Health Care Congress WOBURN, Mass., April 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- Health care policy advisors for U.S. Presidential candidates Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. John McCain will be featured on the Presidential Health Care Agenda...

Carey Business School to Be Dedicated, Yash Gupta to Be Installed as Dean.
April 18, 2008... Byline: Johns Hopkins University BALTIMORE, April 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- Johns Hopkins University today released the following media advisory. - - - - WHAT: Yash Gupta will be officially installed as the first dean of Johns...

Nonprofits Weighing Green Technology Options.
April 23, 2008... Byline: CompuMentor SAN FRANCISCO, April 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- U.S. nonprofits are increasingly considering "green" technology options such as refurbished computers and eco-printing software. According to a survey of nonprofits...

Sarbuland Khan to Keynote 5th International Computer Refurbishers' Summit; United Nations GAID Executive Coordinator to Keynote.
April 23, 2008... Byline: CompuMentor SAN FRANCISCO, April 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- Global technology resource provider TechSoup (http://www.techsoup.org) and Canada-based nonprofit Renewed Computer Technology, (http://www.rcto.ca/) a charity that focuses...

Reliance Industries to Offer Full Fellowship For Indian MBA Students at Stanford Business School.
April 23, 2008... Byline: Stanford Graduate School of Business MUMBAI, India, April 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- Reliance Industries Limited and the Stanford Graduate School of Business today announced the creation of the Reliance Dhirubhai India Education Fund...

Clean Energy Ventures Dominate 2008 Global Social Venture Competition.
April 23, 2008... Byline: Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley BERKELEY, Calif., April 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- A plan to make clean energy affordable around the world to poor, rural households without access to electricity won the grand prize of the 2008...

Choose Organic Flowers for Mother's Day: Organic Bouquet to Donate Portion of Sales to The Organic Center to Advance Science Behind Benefits of Organic.(Company overview)
April 24, 2008... Byline: The Organic Center BOULDER, Colo., April 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- This Mother's Day and throughout the year, give organic flowers. The Organic Center is pleased to announce a special fundraising initiative with organic floral...

Corporate Foundation Giving Reaches an Estimated $4.4 Billion.
April 24, 2008... Byline: The Foundation Center NEW YORK, April 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- Giving by corporate foundations increased 6.6 percent in 2007 to an estimated $4.4 billion, according to "Key Facts on Corporate Foundations," a new summary report...

Mott Foundation Announces Promotions in Program, Communications Departments.
April 24, 2008... Byline: Charles Stewart Mott Foundation FLINT, Mich., April 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- A number of promotions have been announced at the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation. Four of the promotions are within the Program Department: -...

IAE Business School - Universidad Austral to Host AACSB International Conference This June.(Conference news)
April 25, 2008... Byline: AACSB International - The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business TAMPA, Fla., April 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- IAE Business School-Universidad Austral will host AACSB International's World Class Practices in Management...

Columbia Business School Students Win 2008 Global Social Venture Competition; Plan to Make Clean Energy Affordable to Poor Households Garners $25,000 Grand Prize.
April 25, 2008... Byline: Columbia Business School NEW YORK, April 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- A team of students from Columbia Business School was awarded the $25,000 grand prize at the 2008 Global Social Venture Competition, for their plan to bring clean...

Organic Style Ltd. Acquires Bed and Bath Pioneer Coyuchi, Inc.; Organic Style, a Rapidly Growing Eco-Lifestyle Company With E-Commerce, Wholesale and Media Divisions, Purchases Coyuchi, a Premium Organic and Fair Trade Bed And Bath Brand.
April 28, 2008... Byline: Straus Communications SAN RAFAEL, Calif., April 28 (AScribe Newswire) -- Organic Style Ltd., the fast-growing eco-luxury Internet retailer, announced today the acquisition of Coyuchi, Inc., an eco-luxury brand for premium Organic...

Ben S. Bernanke, Russell L. Carson to Receive Leadership Awards From Columbia Business School.
April 28, 2008... Byline: Columbia Business School NEW YORK, April 28 (AScribe Newswire) -- Columbia Business School today released the following media advisory. - - - - WHAT: Columbia Business School will bestow its Distinguished Leadership in...

From Training Young Ecologists to Studying Student Debt, Hewlett Foundation Awards $84.9 Million in New Grants.
April 28, 2008... Byline: The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation MENLO PARK, Calif., April 28 (AScribe Newswire) -- From helping Maine middle schoolers monitor ecosystems to studying student debt in community colleges, the Board of Directors of The William...

Patricia Pasqual Named Director of Foundation Center's Washington, DC, Office.
April 28, 2008... Byline: The Foundation Center NEW YORK, April 28 (AScribe Newswire) -- Patricia Pasqual has assumed the position of director of the Foundation Center's regional office in Washington, DC. This is a return engagement for Pasqual, who served...

Levi's and Goodwill Pilot Retail Job Shadow Program.
April 28, 2008... Byline: Goodwill Industries International SAN FRANCISCO, April 28 (AScribe Newswire) -- Employees at the Levi's Store in San Francisco's Union Square will host 10 Goodwill store managers on May 1 to give them a first-hand look at...

Joyce Foundation Appoints Charles Boesel as Its New Director of Communications, Molly Flanagan as Its New Environment Program Officer.
April 28, 2008... Byline: Joyce Foundation CHICAGO, April 28 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Joyce Foundation is pleased to announce the appointment of two new staff members. Charles Boesel has been named director of communications and will guide the Foundation's...

UC Berkeley Business Plan Competition.
April 29, 2008... Byline: Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley BERKELEY, Calif., April 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley today released the following advisory. - - - - WHAT: Tenth annual...

Rotman MBAs Visit India; Students Will Gain Insight Into Global Economy.
April 30, 2008... Byline: Rotman School of Management TORONTO, April 30 (AScribe Newswire) -- A group of MBA students from the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management will gain insight into the reality of doing business in an emerging economic...