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Will Radio Frequency ID Tags Become Industry Norm?
December 2, 2003... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., Dec. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- Though Wal-Mart recently announced it will require its suppliers to place radio frequency identification (RFID) tags on their products, it does not necessarily mean this...

Georgia WebMBA Program Establishes Educational Partnership With German University; Graduate Business Students at Anhalt University of Applied Sciences to Team With WebMBA Associates.
December 2, 2003... Byline: Coles College of Business, Kennesaw State University KENNESAW, Ga., Dec. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Georgia WebMBA, which allows working professionals to earn a Master of Business Administration degree online, has established an...

President's Steel Tariff Decision a Tough Call, Say Experts.(George W. Bush)
December 2, 2003... Byline: Dick Jones Communications STATE COLLEGE, Pa., Dec. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- President Bush is weighing his options on the three-year initiative of 2002 imposing tariffs on foreign steel imports - risking retaliation from the foreign...

FCC Chairman Michael Powell to Address Academic and Telecom Industry Leaders at UC San Diego Dec. 9.(Federal Communications Commission)
December 2, 2003... Byline: University of California, San Diego LA JOLLA, Calif., Dec. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- Michael Powell, the powerful and thoughtful Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), will visit the campus of the University of...

University of Iowa Study Examines Anonymity of Insider Trading.
December 2, 2003... Byline: University of Iowa IOWA CITY, Iowa, Dec. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- Recent research by Jon A. Garfinkel, assistant professor of finance at the University of Iowa's Henry B. Tippie College of Business, suggests that trades by...

Mental Health Advocates Honor Maine Senator Susan Collins.(Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law)
December 2, 2003... Byline: Bazelon Center WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, the nation's leading legal advocacy group for adults and children with mental disabilities, today honored Senator Susan Collins...

Economist's Book Uses Literature to Illuminate 'Dismal Science'.
December 2, 2003... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Dec. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- While analytical, mathematically driven economists don't seem to have much in common with their abstract literary colleagues, a Purdue University professor's new...

University of California Names Two More Banks as Defendants in Enron Fraud.(Royal Bank of Scotland PLC)(Toronto Dominion Bank)
December 2, 2003... Byline: University of California OAKLAND, Calif., Dec. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- The University of California today added Toronto-Dominion Bank and the Royal Bank of Scotland to the list of defendants in the securities class action lawsuit...

New Book Explains How Businesses Can Capitalize, Prosper on Federal Lab, University Research.
December 2, 2003... Byline: The National Technology Transfer Center WHEELING, W.Va., Dec. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- Entrepreneurs have a new tool for gaining access to technologies in federal laboratories thanks to a new book, "Technology Transfer for...

Nonprofits Can Learn From Urban Legends, Says Article in Stanford Social Innovation Review.
December 2, 2003... Byline: Stanford Graduate School of Business STANFORD, Calif., Dec. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- Disappearing hitchhikers, stolen kidneys, death by pop rocks. Urban legends like these have a mysterious power to spread and endure with zero...

'Territories of Profit': New Book Uncovers Precedents for Innovation at Dell Computer in 19th Century Meatpacking Firm.(Book Review)
December 3, 2003... Byline: University of California, San Diego LA JOLLA, Calif., Dec. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- In a provocative new book, Gary Fields, a professor in the Department of Communication at the University of California, San Diego reveals how the...

Local Students Make a Wright Turn With Glider Competition.
December 3, 2003... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., Dec. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory today released the following advisory. WHAT: Gliders of all shapes and sizes will be flying around NASA's Jet...

The Green Guide Announces Its Top Product Picks for 2004.
December 4, 2003... Byline: The Green Guide Institute NEW YORK, Dec. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- This holiday season, The Green Guide offers its first annual round up of authentic eco-products -- and those to avoid. Choosing from 12 categories, ranging from soap...

Rice University Associate Professor of Management Shannon Anderson Is Co-Director of National Doctoral Colloquium for Management Accounting Section of American Accounting Association.
December 5, 2003... Byline: Rice University HOUSTON, Dec. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Associate Professor of Management Shannon Anderson of the Rice University Jones Graduate School of Management, is the co-director of the National Doctoral Colloquium for the...

eBook Inventor Michael S. Hart to Speak in San Francisco Bay Area Dec. 10-11.
December 8, 2003... Byline: Project Gutenberg Electronic Archive Foundation SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- In 1971, Michael S. Hart invented the eBook by typing the United States Declaration of Independence on a mainframe computer. This was the...

Babson College's New Product Designs Ease Everyday Grind; Seven to Be Showcased at Dec. 10 Product Design Fair.
December 9, 2003... Byline: Babson College WELLESLEY, Mass., Dec. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- On Wednesday, Dec. 10, Babson College MBA students in the Product Design and Development course will showcase seven new products. This year, Babson students applied new...

UNC-Chapel Hill Kenan Institute Study Shows Federal Incentive Programs Promote Savings Among Working Poor Families.(University of North Carolina)
December 9, 2003... Byline: Kenan-Flagler Business School at UNC-Chapel Hill CHAPEL HILL, N.C., Dec. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- As Congress debates creating new tax incentives for banks that expand savings options for working poor people, a new report by the...

Holiday Shopping Expert From Vanderbilt University: Outdated Mall Retail Model Drives Consumers to the Internet.(Brief Article)
December 9, 2003... Byline: Vanderbilt University NASHVILLE, Tenn., Dec. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- Why are one-third more consumers than ever before using the Internet to do at least some of their holiday shopping? Donna Hoffman, co-director of the Vanderbilt...

Indiana University Stock Market Expert Shares Views About Dow Jones Hitting 10,000.(Robert Klemkosky)
December 9, 2003... Byline: Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Dec. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Dow Jones Industrial Average today (Dec. 9) briefly exceeded the 10,000 level for the first time in 18 months. Here are some comments from Robert Klemkosky, the...

AACN Reports an Increase in Nursing School Enrollments for Third Consecutive Year; Increase Falls Below Projected Need to Reverse Nursing Shortage.(American Association of Colleges of Nursing)
December 9, 2003... Byline: American Association of Colleges of Nursing WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- According to preliminary results released today by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN), enrollments in entry-level baccalaureate...

Focus on Costly Beneficiaries to Control Medicare Cost Growth, Health Affairs Article Says.
December 9, 2003... Byline: Health Affairs BETHESDA, Md., Dec. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- To rein in the growth of Medicare spending, the federal government may get better results if it focuses on the costliest patients rather than the costliest regions,...

Dean Prices Jump in Iowa Electronic Markets on Gore Endorsement; Presidential candidate Howard Dean is a Hot Commodity in the Iowa Electronic Markets.(Al Gore)
December 10, 2003... Byline: University of Iowa IOWA CITY, Iowa, Dec. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- The price of Howard Dean's contracts on the IEM rose from 64 cents in early afternoon trading on Monday, Dec. 8 to over 75 cents by 6 p.m. That price jump coincided...

Should Businesses Act on Carbon Trading Now? Rocky Mountain Institute Guide Helps Analyze Risks of Waiting vs. Action.(emission trading)
December 10, 2003... Byline: Rocky Mountain Institute OLD SNOWMASS, Colo., Dec. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- Rocky Mountain Institute's publication, The New Business Climate: A Guide to Lower Emissions and Better Business Performance, can help companies determine...

RIT Professor Ready for Historic Wright Brothers Flight Re-Enactment; Kevin Kochersberger Named a 'Pilot of the Century'.(Rochester Institute of Technology)
December 12, 2003... Byline: Rochester Institute of Technology ROCHESTER, N.Y., Dec. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- It's history in the remaking. On Dec. 17, Kevin Kochersberger, associate professor of mechanical engineering at Rochester Institute of Technology,...

CIBER Seminar Focuses on International Companies, Governments.(Center for International Business Education & Research)
December 12, 2003... Byline: Thunderbird School of International Management GLENDALE, Ariz., Dec. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- CIBER, The Center for International Business Education & Research at Thunderbird, The American Graduate School of International...

E-Mail 'Cluster Bombs' a Disaster Waiting to Happen, Computer Scientists Say.
December 15, 2003... Byline: Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Dec. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- Internet users can be blind-sided by e-mail "cluster bombs" that inundate their inboxes with hundreds or thousands of messages in a short period of time, thereby...

Blackwell Inn Joins Elite Group of Summit Hotels & Resorts.
December 16, 2003... Byline: Fisher College of Business, Ohio State COLUMBUS, Ohio, Dec. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Blackwell Inn at the Fisher College of Business at The Ohio State University recently became a member of Summit Hotels & Resorts, a prestigious...

Happy Days: Are They Here Again? Nation's CEOs Gather to Address Recovery, Growth; to Honor Jack Valenti, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Motion Picture Association.
December 16, 2003... Byline: Yale University School of Management NEW HAVEN, Dec. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- With the resurgent stock market, cheerful economic indicators, rising corporate profits, and geopolitical calm, 140 business and top policy leaders gather...

Kauffman Foundation Awards Prestigious Entrepreneurship Grant to University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
December 16, 2003... Byline: Kenan-Flagler Business School at UNC-Chapel Hill CHAPEL HILL, N.C., Dec. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is one of eight universities nationwide selected by the Ewing Marion Kauffman...

Purdue University Students Design Motorized Towbar for Pilots.
December 16, 2003... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Dec. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- Purdue University mechanical engineering students want to capitalize on a whole generation of aging baby boomer pilots who are simply getting too old to manually...

National Technology Transfer Center Helps Commercialize New Bio-Containment Systems for Emergency Responders.
December 17, 2003... Byline: The National Technology Transfer Center WHEELING, W.Va., Dec. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- Jacksonville, Fla., Fire/Rescue HazMat Lieutenant Rick Rochford hopes he has seen the last of the days when a response call to a tractor-trailer...

National Technology Transfer Center Plays Key Role as West Virginia Company Takes Top Honor at America's Food and Beverage Show.
December 17, 2003... Byline: The National Technology Transfer Center WHEELING, W.Va., Dec. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- Proctor, West Virginia, is home to the best condiment in the Western Hemisphere. That's according to the judges at the America's Food & Beverage...

Fourth Annual Marketing Case Competition to Be Held Jan. 16-18, 2004, at Rice University.
December 17, 2003... Byline: Rice University HOUSTON, Dec. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- MBA students from top business schools in the country will converge at Rice University to prove their marketing know how in the fourth annual Marketing Case Competition hosted...

Wichita State University's NIAR Announced As New FAA Center of Excellence.
December 19, 2003... Byline: Wichita State University WICHITA, Kan., Dec. 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- Wichita State University's National Institute for Aviation Research will be the site of a new Center of Excellence for composite materials, according to an...

New Rosen School Set to Open in Heart of Central Florida's Tourism Corridor.
December 22, 2003... Byline: University of Central Florida ORLANDO, Fla., Dec. 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- The University of Central Florida's Rosen School of Hospitality Management will open its new, $28.1 million campus next month near International Drive, the...

January Business, Law & Economics News Tips From Washington University in St. Louis.
December 22, 2003... Byline: Washington University, St. Louis ST. LOUIS, Dec. 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- The following are news and feature story ideas from Washington University in St. Louis. For more information on any of the stories below or for assistance in...

Non-Profit Releases PrudentPal Charitable Giving Planner; Helps Donors, Advisors Plan Comfortably Affordable Current-Year Gifts; Group's Research Estimates Additional Giving Capacity in 2003 at $107 Billion.
December 23, 2003... Byline: NewTithing Group SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- NewTithing Group today launched PrudentPal Charitable Giving Planner, a web-based tool to help the public and their advisors determine comfortably affordable charitable...

Economist: Mad Cow Case Could Cost Beef Industry $2 Billion.
December 24, 2003... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Dec. 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- A suspected case of mad cow disease in Washington state will have an immediate but not devastating impact on the United States beef industry, said Chris Hurt, a...