AScribe Business & Economics News Service articles from January 2008

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Kauffman Foundation Announces 2008 Entrepreneurship Dissertation Fellowships; Foundation Will Present Fellowships of $20,000 Each to 16 Doctoral Scholars at American Economic Association's Annual Meeting.
January 2, 2008... Byline: Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation KANSAS CITY, Mo., Jan. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation announced today the 2008 recipients of the Kauffman Dissertation Fellowship awards. Sixteen fellowships in the...

Casting a Vote for Workplace Civility in 2008: How to Keep Your Cool During Political Discussions at Work.
January 3, 2008... Byline: Johns Hopkins University BALTIMORE, Jan. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Politicians may sling mud at one another, but wise workers will stay above the fray during the 2008 presidential election campaign by keeping heated political...

Century Foundation's Best and Worst of 2007: Health Care -- by Maggie Mahar, The Century Foundation.
January 3, 2008... Byline: The Century Foundation NEW YORK, Jan. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Following is commentary by Maggie Mahar, Mahar is a Fellow at The Century Foundation. You can find more of her work at The Health Beat by Maggie Mahar...

$30 Million Gift Is Tops for Cal State Fullerton, No. 4 for CSU; Successful Alumnus Entrepreneur Attended State University on GI Bill.
January 3, 2008... Byline: Calif. State University, Fullerton FULLERTON, Calif., Jan. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Only three days into 2008, Cal State Fullerton starts the new year with a record-setting $30 million dollar gift to the College of Business and...

Century Foundation's Best and Worst of 2007: The World -- by Jeffrey Laurenti.
January 4, 2008... Byline: The Century Foundation NEW YORK, Jan. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Following is commentary by Jeffrey Laurenti, Senior Fellow and Director of Foreign Policy Programs at The Century Foundation. - - - - Picking the top news...

Century Foundation's Best and Worst of 2007: Middle East Developments -- by Michael Wahid Hanna.
January 7, 2008... Byline: The Century Foundation NEW YORK, Jan. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Following is commentary by Michael Wahid Hanna, a Program Officer at The Century Foundation. - - - - The Best Violence in Iraq down. Regardless of one's...

ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, Opens Branch Office in China; Beijing Office to Serve Growing Needs of Global Computing Community.
January 10, 2008... Byline: Association for Computing Machinery NEW YORK, Jan. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, has opened a branch office in China in partnership with Tsinghua University in Beijing to meet the growing...

University of Wisconsin-Madison Political Scientist: Negative Campaign Ads Contribute to a Healthy Democracy.
January 14, 2008... Byline: University of Wisconsin - Madison MADISON, Wis., Jan. 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- Political attack ads, widely demonized by pundits and politicians, are instead a kind of multi-vitamin for the democratic process, sparking voters'...

Duke Divinity School Receives $14 Million to Establish Christian Leadership Initiative.
January 15, 2008... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., Jan. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- Duke Divinity School has received a $14 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. to establish an initiative that will help Christian leaders combine theological insight...

American Cancer Society Names New Media Advocacy Director.
January 16, 2008... Byline: American Cancer Society SACRAMENTO, Calif., Jan. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- The California Division of the American Cancer Society has named Pati Poblete Media Advocacy Director for its Government Relations Office. This position was...

Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) 2007 Report: Entrepreneurship Is Going Global.(Report)
January 18, 2008... Byline: Babson College WELLESLEY, Mass., Jan. 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- Encouraging global entrepreneurship is vital to improving economic growth worldwide according to the ninth annual Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) 2007 Global...

AACSB International Welcomes New Corporate and Non-Profit Members.
January 22, 2008... Byline: AACSB International - The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business TAMPA, Fla., Jan. 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- AACSB International today announced its new corporate and non-profit members for the first half of the...

Simon Graduate School of Business Dean Available for Comment on Fed Rate Cut and Market Plunge.
January 22, 2008... Byline: William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration ROCHESTER, N.Y., Jan. 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- Simon Graduate School of Business (University of Rochester) Dean Mark Zupan is available today for media interviews about the...

University of California, Santa Barbara to Host Global Energy Summit; Event Features Innovative, Emerging Technologies, Thought Leaders.
January 22, 2008... Byline: University of California, Santa Barbara SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Jan. 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Technology Management Program at the University of California, Santa Barbara's College of Engineering will bring together...

RAND Study Finds Path to Diversity Success Varies According to Company's History, Culture, Mission.
January 22, 2008... Byline: RAND Corporation SANTA MONICA, Calif., Jan. 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- Companies recognized for exemplary diversity may follow a core set of motives and behaviors, but best practices alone do not always contribute to a high level of...

Community Technology Foundation Changes Name to ZeroDivide.
January 23, 2008... Byline: ZeroDivide SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- Effective immediately, the Community Technology Foundation will be officially named ZeroDivide. The Board of Directors made this decision in order to reflect the evolving...

University of Virginia Bookstore Continues Fight Against High Textbook Prices.
January 24, 2008... Byline: University of Virginia CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Jan. 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- More than 90 percent of University of Virginia students who obtained textbooks from the U.Va. Bookstore last fall took advantage of one of its innovative...

Babson Professor William Bygrave Receives USASBE Distinguished Entrepreneurship Educator Award.
January 24, 2008... Byline: Babson College WELLESLEY, Mass., Jan. 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- Professor William Bygrave (http://www3.babson.edu/Academics/faculty/bygrave.cfm) has received the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship...

Cisco Systems to Host Third TechSoup NetSquared Conference; 2008 Event to Focus on Mashup Challenge.(Conference news)
January 24, 2008... Byline: CompuMentor SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- Nonprofit technology provider TechSoup (http://www.techsoup.org) today announced the third annual NetSquared Conference (N2Y3). As in the past two years, the two-day event...

UNC Kenan-Flagler Launches Two New Investment Funds Managed by Business Students.
January 25, 2008... Byline: UNC-Chapel Hill's Kenan-Flagler Business School CHAPEL HILL, N.C., Jan. 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- Business students are managing two new investment funds at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Kenan-Flagler Business...

Revolution Began With Love and Flowers; 2008 Valentine's Predicted as 'Eco-Tipping Point' for $21 Billion U.S. Floral Market.
January 28, 2008... Byline: Straus Communications SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 28 (AScribe Newswire) -- When Gerald Prolman fell head-over-heels in love with French jazz singer Raquel Bitton, he used magnificent floral bouquets to win her heart. He went on to create...

Housing Crisis Sinks Florida Consumer Confidence to 16-Year Low.
January 29, 2008... Byline: University of Florida GAINESVILLE, Fla., Jan. 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- The fallout from the ongoing housing crisis caused a four-point drop in Florida's consumer confidence index to 70 this month, its lowest level in 16 years, a...

Shades of Red Valentine's Collection From OrganicStyle.com.
January 30, 2008... Byline: Straus Communications SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 30 (AScribe Newswire) -- This Valentine's Day, red roses and boxfuls of chocolates, the emblematic symbols of love, are getting an eco-luxury makeover with the new Shades of Red collection...