AScribe Business & Economics News Service articles from November 2004

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Indiana University Retail Forecast: Fourth Quarter to Be Up by 4.9 Percent, But Lower Than Previously Expected.
November 1, 2004... Byline: Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Nov. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- According to a new retail outlook released today by Indiana University's Kelley School of Business, fourth quarter sales at traditional department stores are...

Babson College Hatches 12 New Businesses; Enterprise Creation in Full Swing at Number One Entrepreneurship School.
November 1, 2004... Byline: Babson College WELLESLEY, Mass., Nov. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship at Babson College has announced Hatchery space for 12 new MBA and Undergraduate student companies. Babson Hatcheries...

Carnegie Mellon University Receives Top Rankings in Decision Science Graduate Programs.
November 1, 2004... Byline: Carnegie Mellon University PITTSBURGH, Nov. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Carnegie Mellon University's multidisciplinary graduate programs in decision science have received top honors by the Decision Analysis Society, which is part of...

Graduate Management Admission Council Receives Top Service Award From Executive MBA Council.
November 1, 2004... Byline: Lipman Hearne, Inc. MCLEAN, Va., Nov. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Executive MBA programs are the fastest-growing area of management education in the world, with 53 percent of EMBA programs reporting an increase in the number of...

Ideas Forum at Babson Nov. 12: Entrepreneurship and Innovation.
November 1, 2004... Byline: Babson College WELLESLEY, Mass., Nov. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Babson College will hold its third annual Forum on Entrepreneurship and Innovation Friday, November 12, 2004. Keynote Speakers - Gururaj "Desh" Deshpande,...

National Survey Shows Few Physicians Elected to Congress.
November 2, 2004... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Nov. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- The politically savvy may be aware that just eight of the current 535 members and four delegates of the 108th Congress are physicians. But a detailed...

Graduate Management Admission Council Receives Award From Executive MBA Council.
November 2, 2004... Byline: Lipman Hearne, Inc. CHICAGO, Nov. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Executive MBA Council presented the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) with its Bud Fackler Service Award, Nov. 1, 2004, at the annual council conference, held...

November Is National Hospice Month: A Time to Raise Awareness of the Care Almost One Million Americans Received Last Year.
November 3, 2004... Byline: National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- November is celebrated as Hospice Month across the country. The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization encourage all...

The Election Is Over! Now Find Out What's Driving the $2.16 Trillion Green Market; Green Economy in Action at 2004 San Francisco Green Festival, Nov. 6-7.
November 4, 2004... Byline: Global Exchange SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Green Economy has come a long way since the days of hippie hemp T-shirts. Nowadays multimillion-dollar companies are involved in socially responsible investment,...

MIT Team Lets One Airplane Speak to Another in Plain English.
November 4, 2004... Byline: MIT CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Nov. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Aeronautics researchers at MIT have developed an aircraft guidance system that allows a pilot in one plane to guide a separate, pilotless airplane by speaking commands in English....

Babson College Establishes Presidential Lecture Series; Lawrence K. (Larry) Fish, CEO of Citizens Bank, Is Inaugural Speaker.
November 4, 2004... Byline: Babson College WELLESLEY, Mass., Nov. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Babson College has established the Babson Presidential Lecture Series. The inaugural speaker will be Lawrence K. (Larry) Fish, CEO of Citizens Bank, whose talk is...

Focus on Children at Mental Health Symposium, Nov. 9-10, The Carter Center.
November 4, 2004... Byline: The Carter Center ATLANTA, Nov. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Millions of American adults who have mental illnesses are leading lives of quiet desperation. For many, their conditions began when they were children, but there was no help...

Governor Names Tom Campbell, UC Berkeley Business School Dean, to Lead State's Department of Finance.
November 4, 2004... Byline: Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley BERKELEY, Calif., Nov. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger today (Thursday, Nov. 4) announced the appointment of Tom Campbell, dean of the University of California, Berkeley's Haas...

Iowa Electronic Markets Forecasted Bush Win in Presidential Election.
November 5, 2004... Byline: University of Iowa IOWA CITY, Iowa, Nov. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- The IEM continued its track record of predicting election vote-share, predicting Bush's victory within 1.1 percent of the actual outcome. At midnight on Nov. 1,...

University of Colorado at Boulder Professor Contends Iraqi Insurgents Will Fail Eventually.
November 5, 2004... Byline: University of Colorado, Boulder BOULDER, Colo., Nov. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- While pundits question whether Iraqi insurgents can be controlled or defeated, a political science professor at the University of Colorado at Boulder...

China Could One Day Pass U.S. As Major Economic Power, Book Says.
November 8, 2004... Byline: Ohio State University COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- The rise of the Chinese economy in the 21st century is reminiscent of that of another country, says Oded Shenkar. And that country isn't Japan or some of its Asian...

Online Search Engines Lack Full Disclosure About Advertiser Relationships to Search Results, Study Finds; Consumer Reports WebWatch Study Finds.
November 8, 2004... Byline: Consumers Union YONKERS, N.Y., Nov. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- Consumer Reports WebWatch released new investigative research today reporting that many of the World Wide Web's most popular search engines still do not provide clear...

Local, National and Global Economic, Investment Health to Be Examined at Nov. 16 Global Business Conference.
November 9, 2004... Byline: Carnegie Mellon University PITTSBURGH, Nov. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University today released the following advisory. ---- WHAT: Carnegie Bosch Institute's 2005 Global...

Genetic Alliance BioBank Launched.
November 9, 2004... Byline: Genetic Alliance WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- Seven genetic advocacy organizations established the Genetic Alliance BioBank, a repository for the standardized collection, storage and distribution of biological samples...

Consumer Reports New Car Preview 2005: Survey Predicts Reliability Problems With European Luxury Models; Ten of the 11 2005 Sedans With CR's Lowest Predicted Reliability Rating Were European -- Including High-Priced Models.
November 9, 2004... Byline: Consumers Union YONKERS, N.Y., Nov. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- Consumer Reports' annual reliability survey predicts continued troubles for European automakers with 2005 vehicles. Not only didn't European automakers have even one model...

President Bush Declares November 2004 to be National Family Caregivers Month: Celebrating America's Invisible Workforce of 50 Million.
November 9, 2004... Byline: National Family Caregivers Association KENSINGTON, Md., Nov. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- President George W. Bush declared November to be National Family Caregivers Month and stated, "by bringing loving support to their loved ones, our...

'Stop Spam Today!' Campaign for Nonprofits Launches Free Anti-Spam Software Available on Dec. 15.
November 9, 2004... Byline: CompuMentor SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- TechSoup.org and Mailshell today announced the second annual "Stop Spam Today!" Campaign (www.stopspamtoday.org), a nationwide effort to help nonprofits fight spam by...

Brokers May Profit at Section 529 College-Savers' Expense, UNC Wilmington Researchers Find.
November 11, 2004... Byline: University of North Carolina at Wilmington WILMINGTON, N.C., Nov. 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- Section 529 college savers may be missing out on significant tax savings and earning lower returns while federal and state tax subsidies...

Contrary to Hype, Best Online Air Deals for Americans Found on European Sites; Groundbreaking Investigation of 20 Travel Sites in Seven Countries Finds 'Fare-Jumping' Still a Credibility Problem.
November 12, 2004... Byline: Consumers Union YONKERS, N.Y., Nov. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- A first-of-its-kind international investigation of cross-border shopping for online airfares led by Consumer Reports WebWatch reveals that European travel sites are much...

Virginia Tech Receives Sloan Foundation Grant for New Forest Industries Center; Governor Announces Research for Virginia's Largest Agricultural, Industrial Sector.
November 15, 2004... Byline: Virginia Tech BLACKSBURG, Va., Nov. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- Gov. Mark R. Warner today announced the opening of a new Forest Industries Center research facility at Virginia Tech. The center was established with funding from the...

Mott Foundation Grant to Fund Genesee Health Plan Expansion.
November 15, 2004... Byline: Charles Stewart Mott Foundation FLINT, Mich., Nov. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- A $1.2 million, three-year grant from the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation to the Genesee County Health Department will expand the Genesee Health Plan (GHP)...

Wharton, Harvard, Stanford Earn Top Honors in National Real Estate Challenge.
November 15, 2004... Byline: McCombs School of Business, UT Austin AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- A team of MBA students from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania took first place in the third annual National Real Estate Challenge...

Holiday Shopping Experts: Vanderbilt University.
November 15, 2004... Byline: Vanderbilt University NASHVILLE, Nov. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- Following are holiday tips and sources from Vanderbilt University. ---- Internet Shopping for the Holidays Predicted to Be Bigger Than Ever - Why Research...

Michigan State University Expert: Protect Yourself While Shopping Online.
November 15, 2004... Byline: Michigan State University EAST LANSING, Mich., Nov. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- It's safe to shop online this holiday season, but consumers would do well to follow these tips from Judith Collins, a Michigan State University expert on...

Major Study of Organic Farming in California Yields Surprises.
November 15, 2004... Byline: University of California, Santa Cruz SANTA CRUZ, Calif., Nov. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- The first comprehensive study of organic agriculture in California challenges the popular notion that organic farming is dominated by small...

University of Illinois at Chicago Launching End-of-Life Care Program for Advanced Practice Nurses.
November 15, 2004... Byline: University of Illinois at Chicago CHICAGO, Nov. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- A novel program to educate nurses and other health professionals in state-of-the-art palliative care for patients of all ages is being launched by the...

Global Finance Campaign Targets JP Morgan Chase; Ads Call on Chase to Stop Making 'Investments of Mass Destruction'; DirtyMoney.org Has Chase 'IMD of the Month'; Chase Misses October Deadline, Postpones Environmental Policy Until 2005.
November 16, 2004... Byline: Rainforest Action Network SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- Rainforest Action Network today announced an advertising campaign and web site targeting JP Morgan Chase (NYSE: JPM), the largest U.S.-based bank still operating...

Study Shows How Takeover Bids Change Stock Prices of Firms.
November 16, 2004... Byline: Ohio State University COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- While stock prices of firms almost always go up immediately after an announcement of a takeover bid by another company, a new study shows that there's a lot of...

Columbia Business School Awards Lord John Browne 2004 Botwinick Prize in Business Ethics.
November 16, 2004... Byline: Columbia Business School NEW YORK, Nov. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- Columbia Business School announces that Lord Browne of Madingley, Group Chief Executive of BP, is the recipient of the School's prestigious 2004 Botwinick Prize in...

Computerized 'Kidney Exchange' a First of Its Kind.
November 16, 2004... Byline: Medical College of Ohio TOLEDO, Ohio, Nov. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- On Nov. 4, 2004 the Medical College of Ohio in Toledo became the first institution in the country to perform kidney transplants coordinated through a computerized,...

Market Line: Business and Economic News From Indiana University.
November 16, 2004... Byline: Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Nov. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- Following is "Market Line" an Indiana University feature offering business and economic news. Contact information for expert sources is included. If you would like...

Self-Help Receives $5 Million From MacArthur Foundation.
November 16, 2004... Byline: MacArthur Foundation DURHAM, N.C., Nov. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- Self-Help, a Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) based in Durham, N.C., has received $5 million from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation...

Sensor Network Mimics Synchronized Calling by Frogs, Cicadas.
November 16, 2004... Byline: Vanderbilt University NASHVILLE, Tenn., Nov. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- The modern world is filled with the uncoordinated beeping and buzzing of countless electronic devices. So it was only a matter of time before someone designed an...

Study Shows California State University's Powerful Impact on California.
November 16, 2004... Byline: California State University LONG BEACH, Calif., Nov. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- A sweeping, comprehensive study of the impact of the California State University dramatically shows how the university system and its 23 campuses...

Five Years After IOM Report on Medical Errors, Nearly Half of All Consumers Worry About Safety of Their Health Care; One in Three People Say They or Family Member Have Experienced Medical Error.
November 17, 2004... Byline: Kaiser Family Foundation WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- Five years after a groundbreaking Institute of Medicine report focused attention on medical errors in hospitals, Americans say that they do not believe that the...

Ocean Conservancy Taps Convio for Online Advocacy and Fundraising.
November 17, 2004... Byline: Convio AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Ocean Conservancy -- the world's foremost advocate for the oceans and one of America's top 100 charities, according to Worth Magazine -- now is using Convio to increase its...

Tide for Hiring College Graduates Taking a Turn for the Better.
November 17, 2004... Byline: Michigan State University EAST LANSING, Mich., Nov. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- Thanks to an improving economy and a more stable labor market, the collegiate hiring trend tide has turned, according to the 34th annual "Recruiting...

Five Woman Entrepreneurs Honored by University of Toronto's Rotman School.
November 17, 2004... Byline: Rotman School of Management TORONTO, Nov. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- The winners of the 2004 Rotman Canadian Woman Entrepreneur of the Year Awards were announced today by the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management. The...

University of Dayton Retail and Economic Experts Predict Moderate to Flat Sales Growth During 2004 Holiday Shopping Season.
November 17, 2004... Byline: University of Dayton DAYTON, Ohio, Nov. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- Nationwide, retail sales will see a 4 to 5 percent increase from last year during the upcoming holiday shopping season - except in Ohio, and particularly in Dayton,...

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Psychology Researcher Supports a Graduate's Biotech Startup; From Jellyfish, a Potential Drug to Fight Neurodegenerative Diseases.
November 18, 2004... Byline: University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee MILWAUKEE, Nov. 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- What are the odds that an alumnus of University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's psychology department would return years after graduation looking for research...

BusinessWeek Ranks Florida International University's Chapman Graduate School's International MBA Program Among Best in U.S.
November 18, 2004... Byline: Florida International University College of Business Administration MIAMI, Fla., Nov. 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- The International MBA program at Florida International University's Alvah H. Chapman, Jr., Graduate School of Business...

Iowa State Sources Offer Expertise, Perspective on Sears/Kmart merger.
November 18, 2004... Byline: Iowa State University AMES, Iowa, Nov. 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- Iowa State University experts can provide perspective on the Nov. 17 announcement that Kmart Holdings Corp., Troy, Mich., is buying Sears, Roebuck & Co., Hoffman...

Adolescent Oral Health Project Receives AETNA Grant; Award Highlights Partnership Between Children's Dental Health Project, Children's Hospital National Medical Center.
November 19, 2004... Byline: Children's Dental Health Project WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Children's Dental Health Project (CDHP) congratulates the Children's Hospital National Medical Center (CNMC) on its award of an AETNA Regional Community...

'Sit-Down' Rounds Improve Outcomes for Kidney Dialysis Patients.
November 19, 2004... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Nov. 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- "Sit-down" medical rounds, during which a health care team meets to review a patient's medical record and discuss short- and long-term needs, are...

Society of Professional Journalists: Gutting Disclosure Provisions for Top U.S. Officials Is Bad Idea.
November 19, 2004... Byline: Society of Professional Journalists INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Society of Professional Journalists urges members of Congress to reconsider provisions in the "9/11 Recommendations Implementation Act" that would...

Low-Income Medicare Beneficiaries Can Expect Substantial Help From Prescription Drug Law, But Others Will Get Less Assistance; Nearly 7 Million People Projected to Reach 'Doughnut Hole'; 3 Million to Receive Catastrophic Benefits.
November 22, 2004... Byline: Kaiser Family Foundation WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- Low-income people with Medicare who sign up for new Part D drug plans and receive the additional subsidies -- an estimated 8.7 million people -- are projected to...

FDA Approves Vesicare for Treatment of Overactive Bladder; New Once-Daily Product Reduces Incontinence Episodes in Patients With Overactive Bladder.
November 22, 2004... Byline: Edelman Public Relations PARAMUS, N.J., Nov. 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- Vesicare(r) (solifenacin succinate) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of overactive bladder (OAB) with symptoms...

What's The 'Buzz' About Hot Holiday Gifts? It's Not Manufactured, Says Kelley School Professor.
November 22, 2004... Byline: Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Nov. 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- Every year around the holidays there's a buzz about the "hottest toys," often accompanied by a reported shortage and, in some cases, inflated prices for these...

Stanford Business School Study: Make Day Traders Act Rationally Rather Than Regulate Hedge Funds.
November 23, 2004... Byline: Stanford Graduate School of Business STANFORD, Calif., Nov. 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- It has been axiomatic in modern market analysis that hedge funds play an important role in efficient markets by nudging misaligned and irrationally...

Many 'Black Friday' Shoppers May Come for the Deals, Leave Empty-Handed; Kelley School Study Looks at Shopping Patterns.
November 23, 2004... Byline: Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Nov. 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- Retailers slash prices on popular products and spend millions of dollars on advertising to draw consumers into their stores this coming "Black Friday," as the day...

Miniature Generator Has Enough Juice to Power Mobile Electronics; New Microengines Would Be Smaller, Last 10 Times Longer Than Batteries.
November 23, 2004... Byline: Georgia Institute of Technology ATLANTA, Nov. 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- It may be tiny, but a new microgenerator developed at Georgia Tech can now produce enough power to run a small electronic device, like a cell phone, and may soon...

Pharmacists Want Role in Drug Importation, Study Shows.
November 23, 2004... Byline: University of Illinois at Chicago CHICAGO, Nov. 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- Many community pharmacists are not opposed to importing drugs to lower patients' costs as long as those drugs are channeled through U.S. pharmacies to ensure...

Stanford Business School Study Suggests Even Furniture Can Affect Business Attitudes.
November 29, 2004... Byline: Stanford Graduate School of Business STANFORD, Calif., Nov. 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- It's pretty obvious that you can tell a lot about a person from the way she outfits her home or office. But what you may not know is that your own...

Symposium to Explore Challenges of California Agriculture.
November 29, 2004... Byline: University of California Division of Agriculture FRESNO, Calif., Nov. 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- A major California agriculture symposium sponsored by three of California's leading agricultural universities and several industry...