AScribe Business & Economics News Service articles from January 2007

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California: Sources on Gov. Schwarzenegger's 2007 Budget.
January 3, 2007... Byline: University of California, Davis DAVIS, Calif., Jan. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- The following University of California, Davis, faculty members will be available to comment on Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's proposed 2007 California budget...

New Study Examines Economic Impacts of Disruption to East Bay Water Supplies.
January 4, 2007... Byline: Saint Mary's College of California MORAGA, Calif., Jan. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Failure of a major levee in the San Joaquin-Sacramento River Delta could cause major disruptions to the supply of water to the East Bay as well as to...

Jet Propulsion Laboratory to Hold High-Tech Conference for Small Business.
January 8, 2007... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., Jan. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., will host the 19th annual High-Tech Conference for Small Business on March 6 and 7, at the Radisson...

Vanderbilt University School of Nursing's Susan Cooper Named Tennessee's Commissioner of Health; First Nurse in State's History to Hold This Position.
January 9, 2007... Byline: Vanderbilt Medical Center NASHVILLE, Tenn., Jan. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- Susan Cooper, M.S.N., assistant dean for Practice at the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, has been named the new Commissioner of Health for the state...

Americans Want to Spend More on Education, Health.
January 10, 2007... Byline: University of Chicago CHICAGO, Jan. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- Overall, the American public favors more government spending, particularly for education and health, areas that have consistently lead the public's spending priorities in...

Global Forum on Entrepreneurship Begins Today: First Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) Forum for Entrepreneurship Begins Today at Cafe Royal in London and Continues on Jan. 11.
January 10, 2007... Byline: Babson College LONDON, Jan. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- More than 100 international speakers and panelists will debate the central theme of the contribution of entrepreneurship to economic development. A distinguished international...

Report: Medical Costs Drive Up Credit Card Debt for America's Households; Demos, Access Project Announce Findings of New Research.
January 10, 2007... Byline: Demos NEW YORK, Jan. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- Demos today released the following advisory. - - - - WHAT: Briefing for Journalists WHEN: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 at 11 a.m. Eastern (10:00 AM CST/ 8AM PST) CALL-IN...

Electronic Transcripts Increase 368 Percent in North Carolina; First to Introduce a Statewide Electronic Transcript Exchange, CFNC.org and Xap See Exponential Growth in Number of Schools, Students Embracing the New Technology.
January 12, 2007... Byline: Xap Corporation CULVER CITY, Calif., Jan. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- North Carolina, which three years ago was the first state to offer a statewide electronic student transcript exchange, saw significant usage growth in 2006. Over...

Report: Medical Costs Drive Up Credit Card Debt for America's Households; Demos, Access Project Announce Findings of New Research.
January 15, 2007... Byline: Demos NEW YORK, Jan. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- Demos today released the following advisory. - - - - WHAT: Briefing for Journalists WHEN: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 at 11 a.m. Eastern (10:00 AM CST/ 8AM PST) CALL-IN...

Kauffman Foundation Announces 2006-2007 Entrepreneurship Dissertation Fellowships.
January 16, 2007... Byline: Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation KANSAS CITY, Mo., Jan. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation is proud to announce the 2006-2007 winners of the Kauffman Dissertation Fellowship grants. These grants, in the...

Report Links High Credit Card Debt to Medical Expenses; More American Families Charging Co-Pays, Uncovered Procedures and Health Care Costs, Putting Them at Financial Risk.
January 16, 2007... Byline: Demos NEW YORK, Jan. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- As health care costs continue to rise faster than incomes, families are turning to credit cards to pay for medical care, according to new research by Demos and the Access Project. The...

Why We Need a Pension Revolution: Groundbreaking Book Outlines New Vision for Pension Plan Management.
January 16, 2007... Byline: Rotman School of Management TORONTO, Jan. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- There is now a broad consensus that the workplace pension systems in most of the developed world are sick and that they require strong medicine if they are able to...

Convio, Inc. to Acquire GetActive Software, Inc.; Combination Creates Industry Leader in Internet Solutions for Nonprofits.
January 17, 2007... Byline: Convio AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- Convio, Inc. - a leading provider of online constituent relationship management solutions (eCRM) for nonprofit organizations - today announced that it has executed a definitive...

Organic Consumers Association Calls on Consumers to Boycott Wal-Mart for Degrading Organic Standards.
January 19, 2007... Byline: Organic Consumers Association WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- Six months after the Organic Consumers Association (OCA) requested in a widely circulated "Open Letter" that Wal-Mart stop selling Horizon and Aurora "Organic"...

Roger Martin and Nancy Lang Awards for Excellence in Research and Teaching Awarded to Rotman School of Management Faculty.(Company overview)
January 19, 2007... Byline: Rotman School of Management TORONTO, Jan. 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- Four professors will share the 2006 Roger Martin and Nancy Lang Awards for Excellence in Research and Teaching at the University of Toronto's Rotman School of...

Creativity in Business Can Be Taught, Experts Say; New Center at Coles College of Business at Kennesaw State University Is Only One of Its Kind in Southeast.
January 22, 2007... Byline: Coles College of Business, Kennesaw State University KENNESAW, Ga., Jan. 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- "Creativity in business can be taught," says Harry Vardis, co-director of the newly-established Center for Business Innovation and...

Harvard Business School Health Care Expert Professor Regina Herzlinger Available for Comment on President's State of the Union Proposals.
January 23, 2007... Byline: Harvard Business School BOSTON, Jan. 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- In his address tonight, President Bush is expected to roll out a new health care plan that will, among other things, propose a tax deduction of $7,500 for individuals...

President Bush's State of the Union Health Care Proposals: Century Foundation Health Policy Expert Leif Wellington Haase Offers Expertise and Perspective.
January 23, 2007... Byline: The Century Foundation NEW YORK, Jan. 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- In tonight's State of the Union Address, President Bush is expected to lay out his new proposal for health care reform. Leif Wellington Haase, senior program officer...

The Center on Japanese Economy and Business at Columbia Business School Presents 'Investors Unleashed: The Rise of Shareholder Activism' - Jan. 30.
January 24, 2007... Byline: Columbia Business School NEW YORK, Jan. 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- Columbia University Business School today released the following advisory. - - - - WHAT: The Center on Japanese Economy and Business (CJEB) at Columbia...

Women's World Banking Hosts Rural Finance Workshop with Grupo Financiero Banorte in Monterrey, Mexico, Feb. 21-23.
January 30, 2007... Byline: Women's World Banking NEW YORK, Jan. 30 (AScribe Newswire) -- Women's World Banking (WWB), a leading global microfinance network, will host a workshop on Rural Finance in collaboration with Grupo Financiero Banorte, a leader in...

CCOF Introduces Expedited Organic Certification Services.
January 30, 2007... Byline: CCOF SANTA CRUZ, Calif., Jan. 30 (AScribe Newswire) -- CCOF unveiled today an expedited organic certification program in response to the booming demand for organic certification. Clients seeking organic certification can now go...

Harvard Business School Professor Stephen A. Greyser Available for Expert Comment on Super Bowl.
January 31, 2007... Byline: Harvard Business School BOSTON, Jan. 31 (AScribe Newswire) -- When is a Super Bowl commercial worth $2.6 million -- and when isn't it, even if a company can afford to pick up the tab? Harvard Business School marketing professor...

World's Business School Deans to Convene Annual Conference Feb. 7-9 At Caesar's Palace.
January 31, 2007... Byline: AACSB International - The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business TAMPA, Fla., Jan. 31 (AScribe Newswire) -- Can business schools truly make a difference by improving the quality and integrity of tomorrow's future...