AScribe Business & Economics News Service articles from March 2008

AScribe Business & Economics News Service archives from March 2008

Kauffman Foundation and Social Science Research Network Announce Top Downloaded Entrepreneurship Papers of 2007.
March 3, 2008... Byline: Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation KANSAS CITY, Mo., March 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and Social Science Research Network (SSRN) are pleased to announce the top downloaded entrepreneurship papers of...

Mount Holyoke College to Host Conference on China March 7-8.(Conference news)
March 3, 2008... Byline: Mount Holyoke College SOUTH HADLEY, Mass., March 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Mount Holyoke College McCulloch Center for Global Initiatives will offer a comprehensive look at an emerging world superpower when it hosts The Rise of...

Stephen Cumbie Named Head of Real Estate Development Center at UNC Kenan-Flagler.
March 3, 2008... Byline: UNC-Chapel Hill's Kenan-Flagler Business School CHAPEL HILL, N.C., March 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Kenan-Flagler Business School has named Stephen M. Cumbie as executive director of...

Henry Segerstrom Honored With 2008 Arbuckle Award From Stanford Graduate School of Business.
March 4, 2008... Byline: Stanford Graduate School of Business STANFORD, Calif., March 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Real estate development magnate Henry Segerstrom, whose firm developed one of the nation's largest shopping malls - South Coast Plaza - was...

Task Force Begins Work on Future of St. Luke's.
March 6, 2008... Byline: California Pacific Medical Center SAN FRANCISCO, March 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- California Pacific Medical Center is pleased to announce that the work of the Community Outreach Task Force has begun. The group met on Monday, March 3,...

Stanford Graduate School of Business Joins 10,000 Women; Stanford Business School Joins Goldman Sachs to Provide 10,000 Underserved Women Around the World With a Business and Management Education.
March 6, 2008... Byline: Stanford Graduate School of Business STANFORD, Calif., March 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Stanford Graduate School of Business today announced that it will be an initial partner with The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS) of 10,000...

Kent State Expert in Design Automation Recognized for Contributions Benefiting Computing Professionals; Robert A. Walker Led Efforts to Increase Interaction Among ACM Computing Communities.
March 6, 2008... Byline: Association for Computing Machinery NEW YORK, March 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Robert A. Walker, who oversaw the growth of ACM's Special Interest Group on Design Automation (SIGDA) and its portfolio of programs for computing...

California Pacific Medical Center Urges California Nurses Association to Engage in Contract Resolution, Not Confrontation; Hospital Says It's Not Too Late to Avoid Another Strike.
March 7, 2008... Byline: California Pacific Medical Center SAN FRANCISCO, March 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- For the third time in six months the California Nurses Association is threatening to order its members to abandon their patients and take to the picket...

Stanford Business School Launches Executive Program for Women Leaders.
March 10, 2008... Byline: Stanford Graduate School of Business STANFORD, Calif., March 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- For the first time, the Stanford Graduate School of Business will offer a five-day executive education leadership program designed exclusively for...

Babson Executive Education's Susan Foley to Speak on Identifying, Nurturing, and Retaining Entrepreneurial Talent at The Human Capital Institute.
March 10, 2008... Byline: Babson College WELLESLEY, Mass., March 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- Babson College today released the following advisory. - - - - WHAT: Human Capital Institute Masters Webcast on "Identifying, Nurturing, and Retaining...

University of Maryland Invention Promises Major Advance in Biofuel Production.
March 10, 2008... Byline: University of Maryland, College Park COLLEGE PARK, Md., March 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- University of Maryland research that started with bacteria from the Chesapeake Bay has led to a process that may be able to convert large volumes...

Kansas State University Expert in Business Ethics Says What Businesses Lose in Productivity During March Madness They May Gain in Improved Employee Morale.
March 11, 2008... Byline: Kansas State University MANHATTAN, Kan., March 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- As if computer solitaire games weren't already enough of a pull for daydreaming office workers, March Madness is about to make working hard even harder. ...

CFO Survey: No Economic Recovery Expected Until Late 2009; Inflation Reaching 3 Percent; Credit Markets and Cost of Labor Are Top Concerns.
March 12, 2008... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., March 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- Optimism among chief financial officers in the United States has plummeted, with three-fourths of the CFOs saying the economy is either currently in recession or will be...

Columbia Business School Executive Education Launches Its New Short Course Series; 'Strategic Intuition: The Key to Innovation' Provides Managers With Breakthrough Tools for Idea Generation.
March 12, 2008... Byline: Columbia Business School NEW YORK, March 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- Columbia Business School Executive Education has announced that its inaugural 2 day course, Strategic Intuition: The Key to Innovation, will be offered March 20-21,...

Credit Card Reform: Strongest Legislation Yet to Rein in Out-of-Control Costs Announced by Sen. Menendez; Credit Card Reform Act Will Put Brakes on Wild Interest Rate Hikes, Changes in Terms of Agreements, Extreme Penalties, Among Other Practices.
March 12, 2008... Byline: Demos WASHINGTON, March 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- As an increasing number of Americans fall victim to out-of-control credit card costs and as the credit card market begins to resemble the subprime mortgage market from when the...

Obama Dominated TV Ads in Ohio, Outspending Clinton Almost 2-to-1.
March 13, 2008... Byline: University of Wisconsin - Madison MADISON, Wis., March 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama spent nearly twice as much on TV advertising in the Ohio primary campaign than did Hillary Clinton,...

Asia Business Conference 2008 at UC Berkeley's Haas School March 15.(Conference news)
March 13, 2008... Byline: Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley BERKELEY, Calif., March 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- The University of California, Berkeley's Haas School of Business today released the following media advisory. - - - - ATTENTION: ...

Statement of Bernadette Toomey, President and Chief Executive Officer, American Lung Association: Locomotive and Marine Diesel Engine Cleanup Will Save Lives.
March 14, 2008... Byline: American Lung Association WASHINGTON, March 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- Following is a statement by Bernadette Toomey, President and Chief Executive Officer, American Lung Association. - - - - The American Lung Association...

National Airline Quality Rating to Be Announced April 7.
March 17, 2008... Byline: Wichita State University WICHITA, Kans., March 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- Wichita State University today released the following advisory. WHAT: 18th annual national Airline Quality Rating news conference WHEN: 9:30 a.m. EDT,...

Cool Product Expo 2008 at Stanford Graduate School of Business.
March 17, 2008... Byline: Stanford Graduate School of Business STANFORD, Calif., March 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- Stanford Graduate School of Business today released the following advisory. - - - - WHAT: Cool Product Expo 2008 at Stanford Graduate...

Federal Reserve Should Shift Focus From Bank Bailouts to Markets, Duke Expert Says.
March 17, 2008... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., March 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- In order to stave off a systemic collapse of U.S. financial markets, the Federal Reserve should shift its focus from protecting banks to protecting markets directly,...

Harvard Business School Offers New Executive Education Program in China; Agribusiness Industry Leaders Will Examine Challenges in Global Food System, Such as Sustainable Production and the Increase in Biofuels.
March 19, 2008... Byline: Harvard Business School BOSTON, March 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- Harvard Business School (HBS) announced today that it will offer its annual Agribusiness Seminar in Shanghai on May 11-14. The Executive Education program will focus on...

Microcredit Advocate Sam Daley-Harris to Speak at Middlebury College; Talk Is Free and Open to the Public.
March 19, 2008... Byline: Middlebury College MIDDLEBURY, Vt., March 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Middlebury College International Student Organization will host author and entrepreneur Sam Daley-Harris for a talk titled "Revolutionaries and Champions:...

Health Insurance for All Americans? Facts vs. Fiction -- by Walter J. Laughery III.
March 20, 2008... Byline: Lucy Daniels NEW YORK, March 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- The following commentary is by Walter J. Laughery III, a Senior Consultant specializing in health, life and disability insurance benefits for small and large corporations in New...

Bentley Presents the Bentley Leadership Forum in Cooperation With TIME: 'The Global Imperative to Serve the Public Good,' With Patty Stonesifer, Chief Executive Officer, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; Michael Brown, Co-Founder & CEO, City Year.
March 20, 2008... Byline: Bentley College WALTHAM, Mass., March 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- On March 27, 2008 Bentley College and TIME will gather leaders from the worlds of business, communication, government and the non-profit sector to examine the changing...

San Jose Earthquakes Name Palo Alto Medical Foundation as Official Health Care Provider; Experienced Team of Physicians to Oversee Care of Players, Their Families, Earthquakes Staff.
March 20, 2008... Byline: Palo Alto Medical Foundation PALO ALTO, Calif., March 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- Major League Soccer's San Jose Earthquakes recently named the Palo Alto Medical Foundation (PAMF) as its official health care provider. The Earthquakes...

Finance Stars, Students Convene March 27 on Economic Outlook at World's Largest Student Investment Forum; NASDAQ to Hold First Closing Bell Ceremony on a University Campus.
March 24, 2008... Byline: University of Dayton DAYTON, Ohio, March 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- Emergency bailouts, investment bank failure, a housing market in crisis, six interest rate cuts in six months, recession -- what does it all mean? Some of the...

National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities Survey Gives Early Snapshot of Impact of Credit Crunch on Student Loans at Private Colleges and Universities.
March 25, 2008... Byline: National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities WASHINGTON, March 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- A significant number of private colleges and universities report reductions in student loan availability and borrower...

Children's Oncology Group, Adherex Technologies Announce Activation of Phase III Trial With STS to Prevent Hearing Loss in Children With Cancer.(Clinical report)
March 26, 2008... Byline: Children's Oncology Group BETHESDA, Md., March 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Children's Oncology Group (COG), a pediatric cancer research collaborative in conjunction with the National Cancer Institute (NCI), and Adherex...

TechSoup to Host 5th International Computer Refurbishers' Summit; Gathering, Co-Hosted by Renewed Computer Technology, Includes Microsoft and Other Industry Leaders.
March 26, 2008... Byline: CompuMentor SAN FRANCISCO, March 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- Global technology resource provider TechSoup (http://www.techsoup.org) and Canada-based nonprofit Renewed Computer Technology, (http://www.rcto.ca/) a charity that focuses...

Mott Foundation Grant to Fund Goodwill Micro-Enterprise Study.
March 27, 2008... Byline: Goodwill Industries International ROCKVILLE, Md., March 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Charles Stewart Mott Foundation has awarded Goodwill Industries International a $35,000 planning grant to develop a micro-enterprise model that can...

Giving by U.S. Family Foundations Jumped 21 Percent According to New Foundation Center Report.
March 27, 2008... Byline: The Foundation Center NEW YORK, March 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- America's family foundations gave $17 billion in 2006, a 21 percent increase from the previous year, according to "Key Facts on Family Foundations" (2008 Edition)...

Recession in California 'Almost Inevitable'; State's Economy to Fare Worse Than Nation's.
March 27, 2008... Byline: University of California, Santa Barbara SANTA BARBARA, Calif., March 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- The California economy is headed toward a recession and the state's economy "will be worse than that of the United States," according to...

California Nurses Association Strike Falls Flat; Nurses Reject Union Call for Walkout and Protests.
March 27, 2008... Byline: California Pacific Medical Center SAN FRANCISCO, March 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- The call by the California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee for nurses to walk off the job at California Pacific Medical Center...

St. Lawrence Prof: Turn To Big-Box Stores, Not Government, When Disaster Strikes.
March 28, 2008... Byline: St. Lawrence University CANTON, N.Y., March 28 (AScribe Newswire) -- When a major disaster strikes, many rely upon the government for assistance. A new study by St. Lawrence University Dana Professor of Economics Steven Horwitz...

Latest Issue of Journal of New Communications Research Now Available.
March 28, 2008... Byline: Society for New Communications Research PALO ALTO, Calif., March 28 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Society for New Communications Research, a global, nonprofit think tank focused on the latest developments in media and communications,...

Ms. Foundation for Women Names Susan Wefald as its Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer and Patricia Eng as its Vice President for Program.
March 28, 2008... Byline: Ms. Foundation for Women NEW YORK, March 28 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Ms. Foundation for Women, the first national women's philanthropy and the foundation building women's collective power to ignite change across the United States,...

Gary Hamel Keynote Speaker for 1,200 Collegiate Business Educators at AACSB International Meeting in Hawaii.
March 28, 2008... Byline: AACSB International - The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business TAMPA, Fla., March 28 (AScribe Newswire) -- AACSCB International today released the following media advisory. - - - - Attention: Business and...

NOZA Launches Second Free Service for Philanthropy Industry: the NOZA 990-PF Database Beta Release; NOZA Private Foundation Tax Return Searchable Online Database (Formerly GrantSmart) Launches at Association of Fundraising Professionals Annual Conference.(Conference news)
March 31, 2008... Byline: SurfMedia Communications SAN DIEGO, Calif., March 31 (AScribe Newswire) -- Internet search company NOZA, Inc. (http://www.nozasearch.com), provider of the world's largest database of charitable gifts, announced a new free service...

Is Pharma Profiting Too Much From Medicare Part D?
March 31, 2008... Byline: Saint Joseph's University PHILADELPHIA, March 31 (AScribe Newswire) -- People say the pharmaceutical industry is out to make money. And health care expert Edward Balotsky, Ph.D., agrees: "It's true," he said, "and particularly in...

Engineers Make First 'Active Matrix' Display Using Nanowires.
March 31, 2008... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., March 31 (AScribe Newswire) -- Engineers have created the first "active matrix" display using a new class of transparent transistors and circuits, a step toward realizing applications such as...