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Stanford Business School Launches New Fellowship for MBA Grads' Social Ventures.
December 1, 2008... Byline: Stanford Graduate School of Business STANFORD, Calif., Dec. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Commitment to social entrepreneurship by a growing number of Stanford Graduate School of Business students has inspired the School to create a new...

Expert Advisory: Keynes Would Support Auto Bailout, Duke Economist Says.
December 2, 2008... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., Dec. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- As American automakers submit their case today to Congress for receiving billions in government-backed loans, a Duke University professor says the famous late British...

Carnegie Mellon CyLab Survey Unveils Major Gap in the Way U.S. Boards and CEOs Manage Cyber Risks.
December 2, 2008... Byline: Carnegie Mellon University PITTSBURGH, Dec. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- A recent Carnegie Mellon University CyLab survey of corporate board directors reveals a gap in board and senior executive oversight in managing cyber risks. ...

Snapshot of Recession: Job Loss Figures Tell the Story.
December 2, 2008... Byline: University of Maryland, College Park COLLEGE PARK, Md., Dec. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- "The nearly unrelenting, month-by-month loss of American jobs throughout 2008 provides a revealing snapshot of our path into this recession," says...

The Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. Center for Leadership and Ethics Research Symposium: Preventing the Next Financial Crisis: Lessons for a New Framework of Financial Market Stabilization.
December 4, 2008... Byline: Columbia Business School NEW YORK, Dec. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Columbia Business School today released the following advisory. WHAT: The Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. Center for Leadership and Ethics Research Symposium will bring...

U.S. Foundation Giving for International Purposes Reaches Record Level, According to New Foundation Center Report.(Report)
December 8, 2008... Byline: The Foundation Center NEW YORK, Dec. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- Estimated U.S. foundation giving for international purposes reached a record $5.4 billion in 2007, and 2008 giving is likely to top that record. According to...

ACM Expands International Initiatives With First SIGGRAPH Conference in Asia; Conference Brings Together Highest Quality Technical Experts and Creative Professionals in Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques.(Conference news)
December 8, 2008... Byline: Association for Computing Machinery SINGAPORE, Dec. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- ACM SIGGRAPH launches its first conference in Asia with a comprehensive program of technical talks, a Computer Animation Festival, a computer art gallery,...

Foundation for the Advancement of Research in Financial Economics Awards First $100,000 Academic Prize; Finance Scholar Hayne Leland Recognized.
December 9, 2008... Byline: Stanford Graduate School of Business BERKELEY, Calif., Dec. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Foundation for the Advancement of Research in Financial Economics (FARFE), a consortium of finance academics and practitioners from around the...

A World in Need of Globally Responsible Leadership - Call for Action.
December 9, 2008... Byline: EFMD - European Foundation for Management Development BRUSSELS, Dec. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- A pioneering group of 60 business schools/learning institutions and companies representing five continents, over 300,000 students and...

UC Berkeley Business Professor Hayne Leland Honored with $100K Financial Economics Prize.
December 9, 2008... Byline: Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley BERKELEY, Calif., Dec. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- Finance Professor Hayne Leland at the University of California, Berkeley's Haas School of Business won the first-ever Stephen A. Ross Prize from the...

International Marketing Journal Names Impact Award in Honor of UNC's Jan-Benedict Steenkamp.
December 10, 2008... Byline: UNC-Chapel Hill's Kenan-Flagler Business School CHAPEL HILL, N.C., Dec. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- The International Journal of Research in Marketing and the European Marketing Academy have established an award to recognize long-term...

Ontario Government Receives First Insight Bulletin From Martin Prosperity Institute on Effects of Recession.
December 11, 2008... Byline: Rotman School of Management TORONTO, Dec. 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- The differing ways a recession affects Ontarians working in different sectors of the economy is the focus of the Martin Prosperity Institute research bulletin...

Expert: Tough Economy Offers Opportunities for Art Museums.
December 11, 2008... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., Dec. 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- The art market is feeling the effects of the sour economy -- and that might actually benefit some art museums, says the director of Duke University's art museum. ...

Cabbies Show How to Work Out Business Diversification Pitfalls.
December 11, 2008... Byline: Rotman School of Management TORONTO, Dec. 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- Even the humble taxi cab can teach business strategists a thing or two about the ways companies respond to corporate diversification. An award-winning study...

A World in Need of Globally Responsible Leadership - Call for Action.(Company overview)
December 11, 2008... Byline: EFMD - European Foundation for Management Development BRUSSELS, Dec. 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- A pioneering group of 60 business schools/learning institutions and companies representing five continents, over 300,000 students and a...

American Lung Association Applauds Greenhouse Gas Reduction Plan Vote.
December 11, 2008... Byline: American Lung Association SACRAMENTO, Calif., Dec. 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- The American Lung Association of California applauded the California Air Resources Board vote to adopt a landmark state plan to control global warming...

Support for Fair Value Accounting Increases Among Financial Executives.
December 12, 2008... Byline: UNC-Chapel Hill's Kenan-Flagler Business School CHAPEL HILL, N.C., Dec. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- Senior-level executive CPAs don't blame fair value accounting (FVA) for causing the subprime crisis and their support for FVA has...

Rhodes College Expert: Is Christmas Too Vital to the Economy to Be Allowed to Fail?
December 12, 2008... Byline: Halstead Communications MEMPHIS, Tenn., Dec. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- Halstead Communications today released the following expert advisory. - - - - TOPIC: Is Christmas, like AIG and Citigroup, too vital to the U.S. economy...

UK's Lancaster University Awards Honorary Degree to Stanford Business School Accounting Expert; Accounting Professor Mary Barth Is 'International Standard Setter'.
December 12, 2008... Byline: Stanford Graduate School of Business STANFORD, Calif., Dec. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- One of the world's foremost accounting academics has received an honorary degree from Lancaster University in the United Kingdom. Mary Barth, a...

Voting by Mail May Have Unintended Effects on Election, According to Stanford Business School Research.
December 15, 2008... Byline: Stanford Graduate School of Business STANFORD, Calif., Dec. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- People who vote by mail may be casting their ballots prematurely and wasting their votes. As reported in today's Stanford Knowledgebase...

Prelude to 2008: Financial Restoration for the U.S. Requires Reform - by Stanford Business School Finance Professor James C. VanHorne.
December 15, 2008... Byline: Stanford Graduate School of Business STANFORD, Calif., Dec. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- The commentary below is authored by James C. VanHorne, the A.P. Giannini Professor of Banking and Finance, Emeritus, at the Stanford Graduate...

Scholarships Now Available for Foundation Center Full-Day Training Courses in More U.S. Cities.
December 17, 2008... Byline: The Foundation Center NEW YORK, Dec. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Foundation Center is now offering more scholarships to help under-resourced nonprofits build their capacity and seek financial support from foundations,...

CACM Reports: Tools and Techniques to Survive the Data Deluge; December Issue Reports on New Web Searching Procedures and Mobile Phone Applications That Are Bridging the Digital Divide.
December 17, 2008... Byline: Association for Computing Machinery NEW YORK, Dec. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- Today's information age has produced volumes of digital data for listening, viewing, recording, manipulating, browsing, shopping, and learning. This flood...

There's Nothing Like Fraud for the Holidays; Unique In-Depth Survey of New York State Internet Users Notes Problems With Online Auctions, Badware, Protecting Personal Data.
December 17, 2008... Byline: Consumers Union ALBANY, N.Y., Dec. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- Be careful what personal information you part with when making last-minute online holiday shopping purchases. Almost one in five New York state Internet users received a...

New Report: Public Insurance Option Needed to Provide Affordable, Quality Health Coverage; Health Care Reform Debate Centers on Public Insurance Choice; Report Shows Public Plan Essential to Contain Costs, Improve Quality and Drive Value.(Report)
December 17, 2008... Byline: University of California, Berkeley - School of Law (Boalt Hall) WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new public health insurance plan that competes directly with private insurers is essential to controlling health care costs...

Relaxed Trade Rules Boost African Development, University of Toronto Study Finds.
December 18, 2008... Byline: Rotman School of Management TORONTO, Dec. 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- Often thought to be hobbled by corruption, poor infrastructure and a weak financial system, African exporters rose to the opportunities presented by a U.S. trade...

Academic Leaders Discuss How to Make Today's Challenges Tomorrow's Opportunities.
December 18, 2008... Byline: AACSB International - The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business TAMPA, Fla., Dec. 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- The challenges facing business school leaders have never been more complex, and the ability to generate or...

Stimulus Two-Step: Implementation in the Real-World - by Anthony Shorris.
December 18, 2008... Byline: The Century Foundation NEW YORK, Dec. 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- Following is commentary by Century Foundation fellow Anthony Shorris. - - - - When it comes to jump-starting the US economy, there are a few things everyone...

Profitable Holiday Shopping Season Depends on Manufacturers Providing Retailers With Incentives to Forecast Demand, Says UC Business Professor.
December 18, 2008... Byline: Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley BERKELEY, Calif., Dec. 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- Retailers may not have predicted an official recession for this year's holiday shopping season, but they can make better future forecasting...

UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business Experts Available on the Holiday Retail Market.
December 19, 2008... Byline: Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley BERKELEY, Calif., Dec. 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- Faculty experts at the University of California, Berkeley's Haas School of Business are available to comment on topics relating to holiday...

The Economic Collapse and Educational Values - by Ralph Hexter.
December 22, 2008... Byline: Hampshire College AMHERST, Mass., Dec. 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- Following is commentary by Ralph Hexter, President, Hampshire College. - - - - - As a college president, I see the world through the lens of education, and I...

Recession and Recovery: Facts and Forecasts.
December 22, 2008... Byline: The Urban Institute WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- Rising unemployment, pinched household budgets, gyrating stock markets, falling home prices, frozen credit -- an economy in deep recession inflicts widespread pain. ...

Columbia Business School Partners With Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women Initiative to Strengthen Business Education for Underserved Women in Africa.
December 22, 2008... Byline: Columbia Business School NEW YORK, Dec. 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- Columbia Business School announced today that it is launching the School's efforts to support female entrepreneurs and strengthen business education in Africa through...

IDACORP Shareholders to Wage Proxy Fight Over Financial Risks From Global Warming.
December 23, 2008... Byline: As You Sow BOISE, Idaho, Dec. 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- A shareholder resolution was filed at IDACORP (NYSE: IDA) asking the company to adopt goals for reducing total greenhouse gas emissions from the Company's products and...

Crash of 2008: Law of Gravity.
December 26, 2008... Byline: University of Maryland, College Park COLLEGE PARK, Md., Dec. 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- University of Maryland economist Anton Korinek (http://www.korinek.com/) and illustrator Brian Payne teamed up for a down-to-earth, year-end look...