AScribe Business & Economics News Service articles from September 2008

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How China's Business Schools Will Ultimately Challenge the World.
September 3, 2008... Byline: EFMD - European Foundation for Management Development BRUSSELS, Belgium, Sept. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- The latest version of Global Focus, the business magazine of the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD), is now...

University of Texas at El Paso Announces 2008 Gold Nuggets.
September 3, 2008... Byline: University of Texas at El Paso EL PASO, Texas, Sept. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- The University of Texas at El Paso and the UTEP Alumni Association are proud to announce the 2008 recipients of the Gold Nugget Award. The award...

Get More for Your Money During Bon-Ton Goodwill Sale; Semi-Annual Sale Puts People Back to Work.
September 4, 2008... Byline: Goodwill Industries International MILWAUKEE, Sept. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- People looking for a way to stretch their dollars and be eco-friendly can take advantage of the Goodwill Sale event at The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc. From Sept. 10...

Individual Economic Troubles Pose Largest Threat to Florida Tourism.
September 4, 2008... Byline: University of Florida GAINESVILLE, Fla., Sept. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Despite rising airline ticket prices, scorching temperatures, terrorism worries and the ever-looming threat of hurricanes, out-of-state tourists are still...

Expert in Entrepreneurial M&A Promoted at Babson College.
September 8, 2008... Byline: Babson College WELLESLEY, Mass., Sept. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- Kevin Mulvaney (http://www3.babson.edu/Academics/faculty/mulvaney.cfm), of Norwell, Mass., has been promoted to Senior Lecturer on faculty in the entrepreneurship...

Serving up the Triple Bottom Line: Bon Appetit Management Company Takes on Largest Ever 100 Percent Eat Local Event; Nationwide Showcase of Local Flavors Cuts Food Costs, Enchants Diners, Benefits Farmers.
September 9, 2008... Byline: Straus Communications PALO ALTO, Calif., Sept. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- If you want local food, sometimes you have to go get it yourself. That's what five chefs from Bon Appetit Management Company will do to prepare for the...

Babson College to Host International Management Education Conference Sept. 17 - 19.(Conference news)
September 9, 2008... Byline: Babson College WELLESLEY, Mass., Sept. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- Babson College (http://www.babson.edu/) will host the Undergraduate Management Education Conference of the European Foundation of Management Development (EFMD) on Sept....

CFO Survey: Economy Will Remain Sluggish in 2008 With Layoffs and Meager Capital Spending Expected; Recovery to Begin by Summer 2009.
September 9, 2008... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., Sept. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- Chief financial officers say they will reduce domestic jobs and make few capital expenditures. They also expect inflation to climb and the credit crisis to continue to...

From $100 to a Top U.S. Entrepreneur in 4 Years for Recent University of Maryland Grad.
September 10, 2008... Byline: University of Maryland, College Park COLLEGE PARK, Md., Sept. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- A recent grad and CEO of a privately held company based in the University of Maryland's business incubator has been named one of this year's top...

Columbia Business School's Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. Center for Leadership and Ethics Presents 'Universities, Women and Careers' Conference.(Conference news)
September 12, 2008... Byline: Columbia Business School NEW YORK, Sept. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- Columbia Business School's Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. Center for Leadership and Ethics will host a conference entitled "Universities, Women and Careers" on Friday,...

Stanford Business School's Stanford Social Innovation Review Hosts First Online Giving Marketplaces Conference.(Conference news)
September 12, 2008... Byline: Stanford Graduate School of Business STANFORD, Calif., Sept. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR) (http://www.ssireview.org/) will sponsor a day-long conference designed for leaders who are...

AACSB's BizEd Wins Three Florida Magazine Association Charlie Awards.
September 15, 2008... Byline: AACSB International - The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business TAMPA, Fla., Sept. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- BizEd magazine, AACSB International's bi-monthly publication serving leading business schools, corporate...

Economy: Too Bad Greenspan Wasn't So Blunt in Office, Says University of Maryland Historian.
September 15, 2008... Byline: University of Maryland, College Park COLLEGE PARK, Md., Sept. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- "The situation we face in financial markets today was largely the creation of a Federal Reserve under Alan Greenspan's long tenure," says...

Professor Works to Explain How People Define a 'Real Job'.
September 16, 2008... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Sept. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- How people define what makes a "real job" continues to shift as more young adults pursue entrepreneurial careers, says a Purdue University organizational...

Last Chance to Apply for 2008 Emerald/EFMD Outstanding Doctoral Research Awards; Emerald and the EFMD Offer International Recognition, Cash Awards for Best Doctoral Research.
September 17, 2008... Byline: EFMD - European Foundation for Management Development BRUSSELS, Belgium, Sept. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- Oct. 1, 2008, is the closing date to apply to this year's prestigious Outstanding Doctoral Research Award sponsored by Emerald...

AACSB International - The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business Welcomes Its Newest Corporate and Non-Profit Members.
September 17, 2008... Byline: AACSB International - The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business TAMPA, Fla., Sept. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- AACSB International - The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business announces its newest...

Business for Diplomatic Action, Thunderbird Team to Offer Program on Global Corporate Diplomacy.
September 18, 2008... Byline: Thunderbird, the Garvin School of International Management NEW YORK, Sept. 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- In an age of hyper-globalism and a waning economy, U.S.business must be surefooted in knowing how to engage with the rest of the...

Deadline Approaches for Thunderbird Sustainable Innovation Summit and Challenge; Business Sponsors to Present Real-World Challenges to Top Business Students Worldwide.
September 19, 2008... Byline: Thunderbird, the Garvin School of International Management GLENDALE, Ariz., Sept. 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- The deadline is approaching to register for Thunderbird School of Global Management's second annual Sustainable Innovation...

Expect 'Sticker Shock' When Booking Holiday Flights, Professor Says.
September 23, 2008... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Sept. 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- Record-high fuel prices and new fees added by many air carriers will make the cost of flying home for the holidays significantly higher than last year, says a...

UC Berkeley Expert and Association of Space Explorers Study Global Strategy to Defend Against Incoming Asteroids.
September 23, 2008... Byline: Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Sept. 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- Professor Karlene Roberts has never donned a spacesuit nor orbited around the planet, but the spirited organizational behavior expert at UC...

One Million People and Industry Agree: Consumers Deserve a Choice; Nation's Leading Merchants Join Largest Independent Catalog Preference Service.
September 25, 2008... Byline: Spitfire Strategies, San Francisco SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- Catalog Choice (http://www.CatalogChoice.org), the nation's largest independent catalog preference service that has just registered its one millionth...

American Catalog Mailers Association Calls on Catalogers to Participate With Catalog Choice to Execute Consumer Preference Requests; Cites Pledge of Stewardship of the Channel and Continued Commitment to Sensitive, Appropriate Management of Catalog Medium for Future Generations.
September 25, 2008... Byline: Spitfire Strategies, San Francisco WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Board of Directors of the American Catalog Mailers Association (ACMA) announced today its unanimous decision to recommend catalogers actively embrace...

Economic Turmoil: Experts Available.
September 25, 2008... Byline: Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley BERKELEY, Calif., Sept. 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley can provide leading experts in the field of real estate, banking, finance,...

Reducing Work Commutes Not Easy in Some Cities, Study Suggests.
September 25, 2008... Byline: Ohio State University COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept. 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- Shorter work commutes are one way to reduce gasoline consumption, but a new study finds that not all cities are equal in how easy it would be to achieve that...

Army Can Boost Mission Success by Better Managing Environmental Considerations, RAND Study Finds.
September 25, 2008... Byline: RAND Corporation SANTA MONICA, Calif., Sept. 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- By better managing environmental issues during deployments, U.S. Army units can gain tactical and strategic advantages that will help in combat and post-conflict...

McGill Conference on Food Crisis Lays Groundwork for Solutions; Global Gathering of Experts Attacks Vital Problem.
September 26, 2008... Byline: McGill University MONTREAL, Sept. 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- McGill University's International Conference on Global Food Security was hailed today as a resounding success by participants, as the three-day event came to a conclusion....

California State University, Stanislaus Receives Multi-Million Dollar Boost From Clearwire.
September 26, 2008... Byline: California State University, Stanislaus TURLOCK, Calif., Sept. 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- California State University, Stanislaus, a public university with a strong commitment to excellence, has announced that it has received an...

Getting More Value From Medicare; A New Report in The Century Foundation's AGENDA Series Explores Ways to Improve Care While Reducing Waste.
September 29, 2008... Byline: The Century Foundation NEW YORK, Sept. 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- With Medicare's financing unraveling, Medicare reform will need to be high on the next president's agenda. In a new report from The Century Foundation, fellow and...

Ethnic Conflict Stoked by Government Economic Intervention, Not Globalization; Intergroup Violence More Likely When Government Intercedes in a Nation's Economy, McGill Researchers Say.
September 29, 2008... Byline: McGill University MONTREAL, Sept. 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- Economic globalization and liberalization have been blamed for numerous social ills over the last two decades, including a sharp rise in interethnic violence in countries...

First National Sustainable Agriculture Standard Setting Initiative Moves Into High Gear; Industry, NGOs, Academia and Government Representatives Agree on First Steps Toward Building a National Consensus Standard.
September 29, 2008... Byline: Straus Communications MADISON, Wis., Sept. 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- The first successful steps toward developing a national consensus standard for sustainable agriculture in the United States have now been taken by a diverse,...

TARP Not the Answer; Time for Plan B, Duke Expert Says.
September 29, 2008... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., Sept. 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- Duke University finance professor Campbell R. Harvey says he is not surprised that the House of Representatives voted against the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP),...

Faith-Based and Social Investors Praise Wal-Mart's Efforts to Stop Forcing Children to Pick Cotton.
September 30, 2008... Byline: As You Sow NEW YORK, Sept. 30 (AScribe Newswire) -- Faith-based and socially responsible investors commend Wal-Mart for taking action to put an end to child labor in Uzbekistan. Today, Wal-Mart announced that it has "instructed...

Florida Consumer Confidence Rises for Third Consecutive Month, Study Finds.
September 30, 2008... Byline: University of Florida GAINESVILLE, Fla., Sept. 30 (AScribe Newswire) -- Consumer confidence among Floridians rose three points in September to 70, marking the third month of increases since the index hit its all-time low of 59 in...