AScribe Business & Economics News Service articles from March 2009

AScribe Business & Economics News Service archives from March 2009

UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business Presents 13th Annual Women in Leadership Conference, 'Everyday Evolution: Connect. Empower. Transform'.(Conference news)
March 3, 2009... Byline: Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley BERKELEY, Calif., March 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- The University of California, Berkeley's Haas School of Business today released the following media advisory. - - - - UC Berkeley's Haas...

Commercial Fishing Reaps Billions in Taxpayer Subsidies.
March 3, 2009... Byline: Environmental Working Group WASHINGTON, March 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- U.S. and state fishing subsidy programs have contributed more than $6.4 billion to commercial fishing operations between 1996 and 2004, accelerating depletion of...

Foundations Announce Expectations for Future Giving in Light of Economic Conditions; New Foundation Center Research Advisory Provides an Overview of Their Plans.
March 4, 2009... Byline: The Foundation Center NEW YORK, March 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new Foundation Center research advisory, "Grantmakers Describe the Impact of the Economic Crisis on Their Giving," examines how foundations expect their 2009 giving to...

American Institutes for Research Board Member Alan Krueger Nominated for Senior U.S. Treasury Post.
March 9, 2009... Byline: American Institutes for Research WASHINGTON, March 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- Sol H. Pelavin, president and CEO of the American Institutes for Research (AIR), on Monday, March 9, 2009, praised the selection of Alan Krueger, the...

Thunderbird Launches Evening MBA; Program Allows Working Professionals to Keep Their Jobs While Completing Degree.
March 10, 2009... Byline: Thunderbird, the Garvin School of International Management GLENDALE, Ariz., March 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- Thunderbird School of Global Management is launching an evening MBA program that will allow working professionals in Arizona...

Thunderbird and American Express Partner to Help Social Sector Organization Leaders Develop Crucial Skills.
March 10, 2009... Byline: Thunderbird, the Garvin School of International Management GLENDALE, Ariz., March 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- Thunderbird School of Global Management and the American Express are partnering to help develop strong leadership skills...

New Thunderbird Web Site Helps Executives Navigate Economic Crisis; School Says Survivors Must Take Different Approach to Leadership.
March 11, 2009... Byline: Thunderbird School of Global Management GLENDALE, Ariz., March 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- As the aftershocks of the global financial disaster continue to ripple across the globe, companies, organizations and leaders around the world...

Economists: What Sent Farm Prices Up Now Bringing Them Down.
March 11, 2009... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., March 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- A trio of economic factors that sent commodity prices soaring in mid-2008 has since reversed course and is pushing prices lower, according to an updated report...

Columbia Business School Captures Top Honors in Admissions Advertising Awards; Hermes, Columbia Ideas at Work Win Gold, Silver in Publication/Internal Category.
March 13, 2009... Byline: Columbia Business School NEW YORK, March 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- Columbia Business School is pleased to announce that Hermes, Columbia Business School's alumni magazine, won the Gold Prize in the 24th Annual Admissions Advertising...

Siemens India Endorses IEEE Computer Society Certification Programs.
March 16, 2009... Byline: IEEE Computer Society LOS ALAMITOS, Calif., March 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Siemens Group in India has endorsed the IEEE Computer Society's Certified Software Development Associate (CSDA) and Certified Software Development...

Babson's Entrepreneurial Energy Expo Brings Together New England Cleantech Leaders; Environmental Policy, Green Entrepreneurship, Energy Efficiency Lead the Dialogue.
March 16, 2009... Byline: Babson College WELLESLEY, Mass., March 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Babson Energy & Environmental Club today announced an impressive line-up of keynote speakers, panelists and exhibitors for its fourth annual Entrepreneurial Energy...

Rotman Magazine Partners With Harvard Business Publishing to Sell Its Content Globally.
March 16, 2009... Byline: Rotman School of Management TORONTO, March 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- Rotman, the award-winning magazine published by the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto, has partnered with Harvard Business Publishing (HBP)...

ACM Awards Recognize Innovators in Computer Science Who Solve Real World Problems; Awards Honor Lifetime Achievers as Well as Outstanding Young Professionals.
March 17, 2009... Byline: Association for Computing Machinery NEW YORK, March 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM, http://www.acm.org/ ) today announced the winners of five prestigious awards honoring innovations in...

National Airline Quality Rating to Be Announced April 6; Researchers Will Reveal Industry's Dramatic Turn, Passenger Concerns.
March 18, 2009... Byline: Wichita State University WASHINGTON, March 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- The airline industry took a dramatic turn in 2008, according to the 19th annual national Airline Quality Rating (http://www.AQR.aero) . The complete results of...

Global Talent Track, IEEE Computer Society Partner to Bridge Indian Software Engineering Knowledge Gap.
March 18, 2009... Byline: IEEE Computer Society LOS ALAMITOS, Calif., March 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- Global Talent Track (GTT) of India has announced that it is adopting the IEEE Computer Society's Certified Software Development Associate (CSDA)...

Reaching Out - Coming Home: a Time to Rediscover Peter F Drucker.
March 18, 2009... Byline: EFMD - European Foundation for Management Development BRUSSELS, March 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- The latest version of Global Focus, the business magazine of the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD), is now available....

Treat Health Insurance Like Auto Insurance and Hold People Accountable: Vanderbilt Health and Business Expert Gives His Take on How to Fix the Health Care Crisis.
March 18, 2009... Byline: Vanderbilt University NASHVILLE, Tenn., March 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- The keys to fixing the U.S. health care system are to hold people accountable for their actions; treat health insurance like auto insurance and tax individual's...

University of North Carolina Offers Executive Seminar on How to Develop Green Business Strategies.
March 23, 2009... Byline: UNC-Chapel Hill's Kenan-Flagler Business School CHAPEL HILL, N.C., March 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new seminar from UNC Executive Development is aimed at helping companies create green strategies and practices that will have a...

UNC Kenan-Flagler to Host Women in Business Conference.(Conference news)
March 23, 2009... Byline: UNC-Chapel Hill's Kenan-Flagler Business School CHAPEL HILL, N.C., March 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- The University of North Carolina's Kenan-Flagler Business School will host the 2009 Women in Business Conference...

Bon Appetit Management Company's Facebook Quiz Serves Up a Byte-Sized Low Carbon Diet Challenge; Social Media Quiz Joins Low Carbon Diet Calculator to Help Users Lower Their Food Carbon Footprint.
March 24, 2009... Byline: Straus Communications PALO ALTO, Calif., March 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- Food's impact on climate change is becoming an increasingly prominent social and environmental issue requiring changes in America's eating habits. Facebook, a...

For Senator Kent Conrad, Millionaire Subsidy Recipients Trump the Environment; Obama Budget Predicated on Global Warming Protections Undermined by Agribusiness as Usual.
March 25, 2009... Byline: Environmental Working Group WASHINGTON, March 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- Senate Budget committee chairman Kent Conrad (D-ND) announced yesterday he would reject President Obama's plan to cut billions in crop subsidy payments that...

Business Management Educators to Address Economic Crisis at the AACSB International Annual Conference in Orlando.
March 25, 2009... Byline: AACSB International - The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business TAMPA, Fla., March 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- AACSB International - The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business today released the...

King Hussein Leadership Prize Presented to Robert Freling of the Solar Electric Light Fund; Award Honors Leader's Transformative Impact on Environment.
March 27, 2009... Byline: Solar Electric Light Fund WASHINGTON, March 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- Her Majesty Queen Noor today presented the 2008 King Hussein Leadership Prize to Robert A. Freling, executive director of the Solar Electric Light Fund (SELF), at...

New Foundation Center Book Focuses on Foundations and Public Policy.
March 30, 2009... Byline: The Foundation Center NEW YORK, March 30 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Foundation Center has just published "Foundations and Public Policy: Leveraging Philanthropic Dollars, Knowledge, and Networks for Greater Impact." Exploring the...

London's G-20 Bridge Falling Down? - by Jeffrey Laurenti.
March 30, 2009... Byline: The Century Foundation NEW YORK, March 30 (AScribe Newswire) -- Following is commentary by Jeffrey Laurenti, a senior fellow and director of foreign policy programs at The Century Foundation, a public policy research institution....

Harvard Business School Selects Inaugural Recipient of Social Entrepreneurship Fellowship.
March 30, 2009... Byline: Harvard Business School BOSTON, March 30 (AScribe Newswire) -- Elizabeth Scharpf (MBA 2007) has been named the first Harvard Business School Social Entrepreneurship Fellow...

ACM Recognizes Women Leaders in Technology and Innovations to Digital Library of Computing Resources.
March 31, 2009... Byline: Association for Computing Machinery NEW YORK, March 31 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) today announced the winners of three awards honoring significant contributions to the computing and...

Foundation Giving Grew Modestly in 2008 But Declines Expected in 2009, According to New Foundation Center Report.
March 31, 2009... Byline: The Foundation Center NEW YORK, March 31 (AScribe Newswire) -- In the midst of a deepening economic crisis, the more than 75,000 U.S. grantmaking foundations nevertheless increased their giving 2.8 percent in 2008 to an estimated...

New Award Will Recognize Entrepreneurship Excellence Among Leading Postdoctoral Researchers; Kauffman Foundation and National Postdoctoral Association Jointly Offer Award, Build Aspiration for Scholars.
March 31, 2009... Byline: Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation KANSAS CITY, Mo., March 31 (AScribe Newswire) -- Postdoctoral scholars who take the entrepreneurial steps to get their research to market bring enormous potential benefits to society and the economy....