AScribe Business & Economics News Service articles from July 2008

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Purdue's Richard A. Cosier Assumes Chair of AACSB International; World's Most Prestigious Accrediting Body for Business Schools and Largest Advocacy Association for Management Education Proudly Announces Its Board of Directors for 2008-2009.
July 1, 2008... Byline: AACSB International - The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business TAMPA, Fla., July 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Richard A. Cosier, dean and Leeds Professor of Management at Purdue University's School of Management and...

Making a Real Impact: University of Toronto's Consulting Shop Solves Business Challenges.
July 7, 2008... Byline: Rotman School of Management TORONTO, July 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Managing growth and change is not as easy as one might wish, especially in uncertain times, but the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management has one answer...

Two Purdue Professors Helping to Improve Country's Air Transportation System.
July 7, 2008... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., July 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Two Purdue University aviation technology professors have a voice in shaping a national plan to transform the U.S. air transportation system to increase its...

National LambdaRail Chooses Cisco IP NGN Infrastructure for Strategic Optical Network Upgrade; Cisco ONS 15454 Optical Routers Help Enable, Advance Research Activities in U.S.
July 10, 2008... Byline: National LambdaRail CYPRESS, Calif., July 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- National LambdaRail (NLR), a consortium of leading U.S. research universities and private sector technology companies, announced today that it has chosen the CiscoR...

Fairness Initiative on Low-Wage Work: Help for Low-Wage Workers.
July 11, 2008... Byline: Communications Consortium WASHINGTON, July 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- The federal Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) is one of the nation's most important poverty-fighting mechanisms. It puts money back into the hands of low-wage...

UC Berkeley Study Finds More MBAs Take the Mommy Track.
July 14, 2008... Byline: Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley BERKELEY, Calif., July 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- A surprising number of highly educated MBAs are dropping out of the labor force. Associate Professor Catherine Wolfram, a member of the Haas...

Rockefeller Foundation/Time Survey Reveals Americans' Concern Over Finances Has Doubled in Last Year; Rockefeller Foundation Leverages $70 Million Campaign for American Workers Initiative to Create Tools and Policies to Strengthen Americans' Economic Security.
July 17, 2008... Byline: Rockefeller Foundation NEW YORK, July 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- An exclusive Rockefeller Foundation/TIME survey released today indicates that an overwhelming majority of Americans are concerned about their financial situations,...

Johns Hopkins Sources for 2008 Presidential Election Stories.
July 17, 2008... Byline: Johns Hopkins University BALTIMORE, July 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- For stories about the 2008 presidential campaign, consider the following sources from The Johns Hopkins University. Listed with each source is a brief description of...

Goldman Sachs Chief Learning Officer Named Dean of UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business.
July 18, 2008... Byline: Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley BERKELEY, Calif., July 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- Richard K. Lyons, the chief learning officer of Goldman Sachs, New York, was named the 14th dean of the University of California, Berkeley's Haas...

Association of American University Presses Honors North Carolina Press CFO; Robbie Dircks Receives 2008 Constituency Award for Service to Scholarly Publishing.
July 18, 2008... Byline: Association of American University Presses NEW YORK, July 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Association of American University Presses is proud to announce that Robbie Dircks, Associate Director and Chief Financial Officer of University...

New Canadian Cyber Forensic Organization Created to Fight Cyber Crime.
July 21, 2008... Byline: Concordia University - Montreal MONTREAL, July 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- Bell Canada, the Competition Bureau of Canada, Concordia University, Rogers Communications and Microsoft Canada Co., are proud to announce that they are...

National Student Clearinghouse Provides Real-Time Access to Student Loan Information.
July 22, 2008... Byline: National Student Clearinghouse HERNDON, Va., July 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- The National Council of Higher Education Loan Programs, Inc. (NCHELP), the Meteor Advisory Team (MAT), and the National Student Clearinghouse (Clearinghouse)...

Foundation Center Releases 'The Grantseeker's Guide to Winning Proposals'.
July 23, 2008... Byline: The Foundation Center NEW YORK, July 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- The newest title in the Foundation Center's suite of proposal writing guides includes 35 actual proposals that received foundation funding. Designed for development...

Top Japanese Institute Keio University Partners the National University of Singapore to Set Up Joint Research Centre on Interactive Digital Media.
July 25, 2008... Byline: National University of Singapore SINGAPORE, July 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- Singapore's Interactive Digital Media (IDM) sector gets a shot in the arm with Keio University, one of the top universities in Japan, jointly setting up an...

Communications Strategist and Redondo Beach Resident Trisha Murakawa Named Board Chair for American Lung Association of California; David Claman, MD, of UC San Francisco Elected to Lead Organization's Medical Section.
July 25, 2008... Byline: American Lung Association OAKLAND, Calif., July 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- Trisha Murakawa, a communications strategist and public affairs professional from Redondo Beach, was recently named chair of the Board of Directors for the...

Florida Consumer Confidence Rises as Residents Look to the Future.
July 29, 2008... Byline: University of Florida GAINESVILLE, Fla., July 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- Consumer confidence among Floridians rose one point to 60 in July from its revised index and all-time low record in June, signaling that state residents may be...

Sports4Kids Welcomes New Executive Director David Rothenberg; Rothenberg Brings Wealth of Senior Management Expertise as Program Expands Nationwide.
July 29, 2008... Byline: Pending OAKLAND, Calif., July 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- David Rothenberg, a management veteran who has served in a variety of senior positions for mission-driven organizations, has joined Sports4Kids as the organization's new...

AACSB International Announces Appointment of Eileen Peacock as Its First Vice President for Asia.
July 31, 2008... Byline: AACSB International - The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business TAMPA, Fla., July 31 (AScribe Newswire) -- AACSB International today announced the appointment of Eileen Peacock as Vice President for Asia. Dr....

Johns Hopkins Political Scientist Available to Discuss China's Economy on Eve of Olympics.
July 31, 2008... Byline: Johns Hopkins University BALTIMORE, July 31 (AScribe Newswire) -- In preparation for the Olympics, China has spent an estimated $42 billion, a record-breaking sum that is only a fraction of China's $4 trillion gross domestic...