AScribe Business & Economics News Service back issues from March 2006:
Privacy Technologies May Counter Conversion Rate Slump at Online Sites.
Mar 01, 2006 ... Byline: Steve Infanti Communications Private Date Finder, LLC MONARCH BEACH, Calif., March 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Online dating industry revenues continue to climb because of higher monthly fees, research shows, but only 5 percent of Internet users paid for online ...
Babson College Freshmen Launch 14 Student Businesses As Part of Most 'Innovative Entrepreneurship Education Course' in U.S.
Mar 01, 2006 ... Byline: Babson College WELLESLEY, Mass., March 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Babson first-year undergraduate students have established fourteen new businesses. First-year students are required to take the full-year FME (Foundation Management Experience) course that ...
Consumer Reports Adds Honda Civic, Infiniti M35, Toyota Highlander Hybrid, Honda Ridgeline to Top Picks List for 2006; First Time Since Introduction of Top Picks That All 10 Are Japanese Nameplates.
Mar 01, 2006 ... Byline: Consumers Union YONKERS, N.Y., March 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Consumer Reports announced today that it has named four new models to its Top Picks list for 2006. The Honda Civic, Infiniti M35, Toyota Highlander Hybrid, and the Honda Ridgeline are all new entrants into ...
Consumer Reports Best and Worst Used Cars Report Based on Over One Million Responses to Subscriber Survey for First Time; Consumer Reports' 'Good Bets and Bad Bets' Help Guide Used Car Buying Decisions.
Mar 01, 2006 ... Byline: Consumers Union YONKERS, N.Y., March 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- For the first time, Consumer Reports'(r) (CR) unbiased recommendations for used-car reliability are based on subscriber survey responses for just over 1 million vehicles. CR's "Best and worst used cars" report ...
Japanese Cars Dominate Domestic, European Brands in Latest Consumer Reports' Car Owner Satisfaction Survey; Toyota Prius Rated Most Satisfying Vehicle, Chevrolet Corvette Climbs to Second; Owners Rate Hybrid Car Models Higher Than Conventional Counterparts.
Mar 01, 2006 ... Byline: Consumers Union YONKERS, N.Y., March 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Japanese vehicles continue their domination over domestic and European brands in the Consumer Reports' Annual Car Owner Satisfaction Survey. Of the 44 car models that made Consumer Reports' Most Satisfying ...
Consumer Reports Annual Cars Survey Ranks Lexus First in Predicted Reliability for 2006 Models; Mercury, Mazda Break Into Top-10 Rank; Infiniti, Chevrolet Plunge in Standings.
Mar 01, 2006 ... Byline: Consumers Union YONKERS, N.Y., March 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Consumer Reports' largest Annual Car Reliability Survey ranks Lexus in first place for predicted reliability of its 2006 models among 36 nameplates from domestic, European, and Asian automakers. Lexus was in ...
Consumer Reports Annual April Auto Issue: Top Picks for New Cars, Owner Satisfaction, Reliability, Hybrid Cars and More.
Mar 01, 2006 ... Byline: Consumers Union YONKERS, N.Y., March 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Consumer Reports' April Auto Issue includes the following articles. - - - - PAGE 12 - New Cars, SUVs, Wagons for 2006, 2007: The buzzword at this year's auto shows is ...
Consumer Reports Sizes Up Real Costs of Owning a Gas/Electric Hybrid Vehicle; CR Cautions That Savings at Gas Pump Probably Won't Offset Hybrid's Higher Purchase Price, Operating Costs.
Mar 01, 2006 ... Byline: Consumers Union YONKERS, N.Y., March 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- For consumers who believe that gas/electric hybrid vehicles will save them money, the picture hasn't been so clear. Hybrid vehicles are more fuel efficient and produce lower emissions than conventional ...
Babson Business and Spirituality Symposium March 23 - 24: 'Wrestling With the Gods of the Marketplace: Business and Spirituality in the 21st Century'.
Mar 02, 2006 ... Byline: Babson College WELLESLEY, Mass., March 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- Babson College hosts the annual International Symposium on Business and Spirituality: "Wrestling with the Gods of the Marketplace: Business and Spirituality in the 21st Century" ...
Genetic Alliance Calls for Genetic Testing Specialty Under Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments.
Mar 02, 2006 ... Byline: Genetic Alliance WASHINGTON, March 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- This week, the Genetic Alliance board of directors called on Mark McClellan, Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), to work toward ensuring that genetic tests are both safe and ...
Wheeling Jesuit University to Welcome Legislators, Industry, Technology Leaders for International Mining Health and Safety Symposium April 20 - 21.
Mar 02, 2006 ... Byline: Wheeling Jesuit University WHEELING, W.V., March 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- Wheeling Jesuit University expects to welcome legislators, academic, high technology companies and leaders from industry and labor to campus for a two-day international gathering to discuss mining ...
Virginia Tech's Thomas Novak Testifies Before U.S. Senate Committee on Mining Safety.
Mar 02, 2006 ... Byline: Virginia Tech BLACKSBURG, Va., March 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- In testimony before the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the United States Senate today, Thomas Novak, the C.T. Holland Professor and Department Head Department of Mining and Minerals ...
Vanderbilt Physician Says Health Care Providers Should Give Greater Attention to Gay and Lesbian Patients.
Mar 02, 2006 ... Byline: Vanderbilt Medical Center NASHVILLE, Tenn., March 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- Improving health care for the lesbian and gay community is the focus of a recent perspective article in the New England Journal of Medicine. Christopher Harris, M.D., assistant professor ...
Better World Project Shows How Technology Transfer Brings Academic Research to People Around the World.
Mar 02, 2006 ... Byline: Association of University Technology Managers NORTHBROOK, Ill., March 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Association of University Technology Managers will hold a media teleconference Friday, March 3, at noon EST in conjunction with the unveiling of a new initiative to increase ...
California Auto Recycling Association Wins Award for Environmental Program to Protect Water, Neighborhoods, Profits.
Mar 02, 2006 ... Byline: Sustainable Conservation SACRAMENTO, Calif., March 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- State of California Auto Dismantlers Association (SCADA) has received an Environmental Leadership Award from the California Unified Program Agency for an industry-led certification program called ...
Wake Forest MBA Elevator Competition Promises Entrepreneurs From Across Nation Opportunity of a Lifetime.
Mar 02, 2006 ... Byline: Babcock Graduate School of Management WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., March 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- Entrepreneurs will take their business ideas from the ground floor to the top - literally - in two minutes flat. Every second counts as MBA students from across the nation ...
Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute 2006 Agricultural Outlook Projects Expanding Bio-Energy and Value-Added Markets, Recovery in Meat Markets in Short Term.
Mar 02, 2006 ... Byline: Iowa State University WASHINGTON, March 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- Despite continued high energy prices, the Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) expects world economic growth to remain strong in the coming decade, at around 3 percent per annum, boosting ...
Better World Project Shows How Academic Research and Technology Transfer Change Millions of People's Lives.
Mar 03, 2006 ... Byline: Association of University Technology Managers ORLANDO, Fla., March 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- New medicines, electronics, educational tools and numerous other inventions based on academic research have improved the lives of millions of people around the world. The Better ...
White House Delays Release of Study Showing Toxic Rocket Fuel in Most Americans.
Mar 03, 2006 ... Byline: Environmental Working Group WASHINGTON, March 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Following a published report that the Bush Administration is holding up a study that shows most Americans carry a toxic rocket fuel chemical in their bodies at levels close to federal safety limits, ...
Women in Leadership Conference at Haas School of Business.
Mar 03, 2006 ... Byline: Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley BERKELEY, Calif., March 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- The University of California's Haas School of Business today released the following media advisory. - - - - Attention: Business, workplace, lifestyle reporters and ...
Carnegie Mellon University to Announce Collaboration With Electronic Arts; Partnership Will Revolutionize How Computer Programming Is Taught in the U.S.
Mar 03, 2006 ... Byline: Carnegie Mellon University PITTSBURGH, March 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Carnegie Mellon University today released the following media advisory. - - - - EVENT: Carnegie Mellon University and Electronic Arts Inc. (EA) will announce a groundbreaking ...
The Healing Arts: Visual Insights Into Cancer Experience; Patient-Artists, Physicians to Offer Messages of Hope, Unique Look Into Integrative Cancer Care.
Mar 03, 2006 ... Byline: UCLA LOS ANGELES, March 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- The University of California, Los Angeles today released the following media advisory. - - - - WHAT: Eight patient-artists in the Healing Through Art support group at UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive ...
Romance Blossoms on Internet, But There Is Still Public Concern About Safety of Online Dating.
Mar 06, 2006 ... Byline: Pew Internet & American Life Project WASHINGTON, March 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- There is now broad public awareness of the online dating world, and the internet users who are actively seeking dates have found a variety of ways to pursue their romantic interests online. ...
Maimonides Medical Center Launches Colorectal Cancer Screening and Treatment Program for All Brooklynites, Regardless of Their Ability to Pay.
Mar 06, 2006 ... Byline: Maimonides Medical Center BROOKLYN, N.Y., March 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Maimonides Medical Center today launched a new initiative offering colorectal cancer screening and treatment for all Brooklynites, regardless of their ability to pay. Announced by Maimonides ...
The Johnny Appleseed of Entrepreneurship Visits Indian Country: Sitting Bull College Hosts Babson College's Jeffry Timmons.
Mar 06, 2006 ... Byline: Babson College FORT YATES, N.D., March 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Babson College Entrepreneurship Professor Jeffry Timmons, better known as "The Johnny Appleseed of Entrepreneurship Education," will plant his passion for start-up businesses on March 13-14 at Sitting Bull ...
Stanford Launches Arthur and Toni Rembe Rock Center for Corporate Governance; Venture Capitalist Arthur Rock Donates $10 Million, Largest Gift for Study of Corporate Governance in Academic History.
Mar 06, 2006 ... Byline: Stanford Law School STANFORD, Calif., March 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Stanford Law School today announced the launch of the Arthur and Toni Rembe Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University (the "Rock Center"). Rock is a pioneering venture capitalist who ...
Should Heart Attack Care Be More Like Trauma Care? Study Suggests Regional System Could Be Feasible; University of Michigan, Yale Analysis Shows That Within 60 Minutes, 80 Percent of Americans Could Reach Hospital That Can Do Emergency Angioplasty.
Mar 06, 2006 ... Byline: University of Michigan Health System ANN ARBOR, Mich., March 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- In a heart attack, every minute counts. But should patients spend a few more of those minutes getting to a hospital that can provide the most advanced treatment, rather than just the ...
Columbia Business School, University of Hong Kong Announce Partnership; Up to 40 University of Hong Kong MBA Students to Study at Columbia Each Year.
Mar 06, 2006 ... Byline: Columbia Business School NEW YORK, March 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Columbia Business School and the University of Hong Kong today announced a partnership that will enable up to 40 University of Hong Kong MBA students per year to study at Columbia Business School for a full ...
UCLA, University of Michigan Chemists Report Progress in Quest to Use Hydrogen as Fuel for Cars, Electronic Devices.
Mar 06, 2006 ... Byline: UCLA LOS ANGELES, March 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Chemists at UCLA and the University of Michigan report an advance toward the goal of cars that run on hydrogen rather than gasoline. While the U.S. Department of Energy estimates that practical hydrogen fuel will require ...
Palo Alto Medical Foundation Trustee Named to Sutter Health Board of Directors.
Mar 06, 2006 ... Byline: Palo Alto Medical Foundation PALO ALTO, Calif. March 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Richard M. Levy, Ph.D., first vice-chair of the Palo Alto Medical Foundation (PAMF) board of trustees, has been named a member of the Sutter Health board of directors. PAMF is an affiliate of ...
Got Gigabytes of Photos? University of Maryland Zooming Software Offers Fast, Easy Navigation That's Now Free.
Mar 06, 2006 ... Byline: University of Maryland, College Park COLLEGE PARK, Md., March 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Compiling digital images has never been easier. We take them with cell phones and digital cameras, get them through emails from family and friends and download them from the Internet ....
National Bereaved Parent, Sibling Organization Recognizes 65 Compassionate Employers.
Mar 07, 2006 ... Byline: The Compassionate Friends OAKBROOK, Ill., March 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Sixty-five employers, representing 28 states plus Puerto Rico, are being recognized by the Board of Directors of The Compassionate Friends for showing extra sensitivity to bereaved employees ...
Digital Detectives: University of Maryland Engineers Pioneer New Forensics Technology to Help Catch Cyber Thieves.
Mar 07, 2006 ... Byline: University of Maryland, College Park COLLEGE PARK, Md., March 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at the University of Maryland's A. James Clark School of Engineering are creating new digital fingerprinting technology that could help protect Hollywood's assets and ...
Global CFO Survey: Corporate Optimism Rebounds; Inflation to Rise, But CFOs Not Concerned.
Mar 07, 2006 ... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., March 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Optimism from chief financial officers jumped this quarter. Even though CFOs expect higher inflation, they say that rising prices will not hurt their businesses and that the Federal Reserve should not raise ...
University of Florida Study: Jazzy Store Environments Not Always Best for Consumers.
Mar 07, 2006 ... Byline: University of Florida GAINESVILLE, Fla., March 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Attention shoppers: A new University of Florida study finds that buyers want stores to be turn-ons when they browse for fun but prefer sedate environments when seeking mundane merchandise for everyday ...
Study Finds Patients Agree on Ideal Physician Behaviors.
Mar 07, 2006 ... Byline: Mayo Clinic ROCHESTER, Minn., March 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- A study of Mayo Clinic patients has found seven behaviors define the "ideal" physician and supports an Institute of Medicine recommendation that quality medical care should include a patient-centered approach. ...
Consumer Reports Revises Financial Analysis in Report on Ownership Costs for Hybrid Cars: Hybrids Can Offer Environmental and Performance Advantages, But Only Two of Six Hybrids Examined by CR Recovered Price Premium After 5 Years, 75,000 Miles.
Mar 07, 2006 ... Byline: Consumers Union YONKERS, N.Y., March 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Consumer Reports is revising the cost analysis in a story that examines the ownership costs and financial benefits associated with hybrid cars. The story, titled "The dollars and sense of hybrids," appears in ...
U.S. Has Emerged as World Leader in Important New Drug Introductions, Duke University Study Finds.
Mar 07, 2006 ... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., March 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Since 1993, the U.S. pharmaceutical industry has become the world leader in introducing important new drugs, according to a study led by a Duke University economist. Between 1993 and 2003, U.S. firms ...
House Set to Nullify State Consumer Safety Programs Under Pressure From Corporate Food Lobby.
Mar 08, 2006 ... Byline: Environmental Working Group WASHINGTON, March 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- The House votes today on a bill pitting giant food companies against the health and safety of American families -- a measure that could nullify state laws warning consumers about mercury in fish, lead ...
New Rotman School of Management Program to Connect Top Arts, Science Grads With Their First Job; Rotman Bridge to Business to Focus on Business Fundamentals, Teamwork.
Mar 08, 2006 ... Byline: Rotman School of Management TORONTO, March 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- Top arts and science graduates make attractive hires for many employers because of their abilities to think and write. However, they often lack basic business knowledge and teamwork skills. A new program ...
Families USA Selects GetActive to Enhance Its Online Outreach.
Mar 09, 2006 ... Byline: GetActive Software BERKELEY, Calif., March 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- GetActive Software, a leading provider of online relationship management products that help organizations recruit, engage, and retain constituents, announced today that Families USA has selected the ...
Bridgespan Group Identifies Nonprofit Sector 'Leadership Deficit'; White Paper Predicts Need for 640,000 New Leaders by 2016; Commentaries Offer Perspectives From Within, Outside Sector.
Mar 09, 2006 ... Byline: Bridgestar BOSTON, March 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- With nonprofit organizations increasingly doing the work required to fulfill our desire for a civil, compassionate, and well-functioning society, the ability to attract, recruit, and retain qualified leadership is a key ...
Women Entrepreneurs Seek New Opportunities, Yet Gender Gap Persists: Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) 2005 Report on Women and Entrepreneurship.
Mar 09, 2006 ... Byline: Babson College WELLESLEY, Mass., March 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- Women entrepreneurs use the same strategies as their male counterparts -- seeking opportunities, taking risks, mingling with other entrepreneurs, and sharpening their business skills -- according to the ...
Ten Business Educators Named to AACSB International Board for 2006-2007.
Mar 09, 2006 ... Byline: AACSB International - The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business TAMPA, Fla., March 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- The world's first and largest accreditation association for business schools has named 10 prominent management education professionals to its board ...
Kansas State Business Professor Says NCAA Tournament Office Pools Are More Than Just Productivity Busters: They're All-American Illegal Fun.
Mar 09, 2006 ... Byline: Kansas State University MANHATTAN, Kan., March 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- It's March Madness time, better known as the men's and women's NCAA basketball tournaments. And just as sure as an over-excited Dick Vitale will be on the television screaming "awesome, baaaaa-by," ...
Automatic External Defibrillator Saves Young Athlete's Life; Davis Nwankwo Released From Hospital.
Mar 09, 2006 ... Byline: Vanderbilt Medical Center NASHVILLE, Tenn., March 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- The quick actions of an athletic trainer and the use of an automated external defibrillator (AED) saved the life of Vanderbilt basketball student-athlete Davis Nwankwo (Nah-WONK-wo), said the team ...
Study Shines Light on Border Problems.
Mar 09, 2006 ... Byline: University of Texas at El Paso EL PASO, Texas, March 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- United States counties that share a border with Mexico continue to struggle with educational achievement, poverty, access to health care and federal crimes, according to a new study by the ...
BlackBerry Case Just One Thorn in Patent Thicket: Haas School of Business Professor Investigates How an Ailing U.S. Patent System Impedes Innovation.
Mar 10, 2006 ... Byline: Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley BERKELEY, Calif., March 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- BlackBerry users breathed a collective sigh of relief recently when the maker of the popular e-mail gadget, Research In Motion, or RIM, of Canada, narrowly averted a shutdown by ...
CCOF, the Largest Organic Certifier in North America, Announces New Slate of Board Members, Officers.
Mar 10, 2006 ... Byline: CCOF SANTA CRUZ, Calif., March 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- CCOF, the oldest and largest organic certifier in North America, has announced a new slate of board members and officers for 2006. Among them are representatives from every part of the organic marketplace including ...
MBAs Assess Investment Strategies for Firms With Social, Environmental Impact.
Mar 10, 2006 ... Byline: UNC-Chapel Hill's Kenan-Flagler Business School CHAPEL HILL, N.C., March 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- The first MBA competition in which students apply venture capital skills to assess socially and environmentally sustainable firms will be held at the University of North ...
Southern Research Institute Awarded $1.4 Million Grant to Develop New Screening Tools to Aid Search for Antiviral Drugs That Combat Flu.
Mar 10, 2006 ... Byline: Southern Research Institute BIRMINGHAM, Ala., March 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- Southern Research Institute has been awarded more than $1.4 million in federal grant monies to develop new high-throughput screening tools to expedite the search for antiviral drugs that are ...
University of Texas at Dallas School of Management Releases Business School Rankings Based on Faculty Research Productivity; University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School Again First in 2006 Results.
Mar 10, 2006 ... Byline: University of Texas at Dallas RICHARDSON, Texas, March 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) School of Management today released the 2006 results of its ongoing study that ranks the top 100 business schools on the basis of the research ...
Organic Trend Gains Steam With Corporate America; Expert Available.
Mar 13, 2006 ... Byline: Straus Communications SAN FRANCISCO, March 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- Wal-Mart, Safeway, Kraft, Del Monte -- these are just a few of America's leading companies who have recently embraced the organic revolution. David Johnson, president of Kraft Foods North American ...
Johns Hopkins Cardiologists Say Study Supports Aggressive Statin Therapy for Atherosclerosis; Treatment Actually Reverses Plaque Buildup.
Mar 13, 2006 ... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, March 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- In an editorial to be published in the Journal of the American Medical Association online March 13, cardiologists at Johns Hopkins embrace results of a study that shows aggressive use of a ...
An Unintended Consequence: Racial Disparities in Access to Medicines Increase After Implementation of Prescription Surveillance.
Mar 13, 2006 ... Byline: Harvard University Medical School BOSTON, March 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- Health policies designed to curb inappropriate medication prescribing can have the unintended effect of increasing racial disparities in access to appropriate care, reports a study by the Department ...
Getting Patients to Swallow Their Medicine: Faxing Alerts to Physicians Not Enough to Improve Antidepressant Adherence.
Mar 13, 2006 ... Byline: Harvard University Medical School BOSTON, March 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- In a study designed to assess whether alerts faxed to physicians can help to improve patient adherence to antidepressant medications, Kara Zivin Bambauer, PhD, research fellow in the Department of ...
National Airline Quality Rating to Be Announced April 3.
Mar 13, 2006 ... Byline: Wichita State University WICHITA, Kan., March 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- Wichita State University today released the following advisory. - - - - WHAT: 16th annual national Airline Quality Rating news conference WHEN: 9 a.m. EDT, Monday, ...
Mayo Clinic Obesity Researchers Test 'Classroom of the Future'.
Mar 14, 2006 ... Byline: Mayo Clinic ROCHESTER, Minn., March 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- "Can you imagine a school without desks? A school where children are moving as part of their lessons? And most importantly, they are smiling and healthy?" asks Mayo Clinic obesity researcher James Levine, M.D., ...
New Center at University of Texas at Dallas Designed to Help Executives Improve Workplace Skills; Birkman Learning Center Opens in School of Management.
Mar 14, 2006 ... Byline: University of Texas at Dallas RICHARDSON, Texas, March 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new center at The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) School of Management is designed to help executives hone their workplace skills while achieving a widely acknowledged certification. ...
Student Entrepreneurs: New Sensor Will Help Guarantee Freshness.
Mar 15, 2006 ... Byline: University of Florida GAINESVILLE, Fla., March 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- Grocers, florists and even pharmacists may soon have a better way to monitor the quality of the products they get from suppliers: a sensor that will tell how long before a product spoils or passes ...
Tech Businesses in Health Care, Environment Top Newest Student 'Hatcheries' at Babson College, the Number One Entrepreneurship School.
Mar 15, 2006 ... Byline: Babson College WELLESLEY, Mass., March 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship (http://cspot01.babson.edu/eship/) at Babson College has accepted 10 student businesses into the Babson College Business Hatcheries for the spring 2006 term. ...
Does It Pay to Join the Club? UC Berkeley Haas School of Business Professor Andrew Rose Finds That World Trade Organization Membership Does Not Increase Trade, But European Monetary Union Membership Does.
Mar 16, 2006 ... Byline: Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley BERKELEY, March 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- Economists generally agree that joining the European Monetary Union (EMU) is a colossal waste of time and money but World Trade Organization (WTO) membership guarantees an improved economic ...
Older Breast Cancer Survivors Cared for by Both Primary Care Physician and Cancer Specialist Get Better Cancer Follow-up.
Mar 16, 2006 ... Byline: Medical College of Wisconsin MILWAUKEE, March 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- If follow-up mammography is an indicator of quality breast cancer care, then older survivors who receive shared care-provided by both a primary care physician and a cancer specialist-are better cared ...
Women's Health Advocates Plan to Test Wal-Mart's Pledge to Stock Plan B; 'Spot Checks' at Retail Chain Among Activities Planned Nationwide to Promote Awareness of, Access to Emergency Contraception.
Mar 16, 2006 ... Byline: Public Interest Media Group NEW YORK, March 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- On Tuesday, March 21, women's health advocates across the country will begin visiting Wal-Mart stores to assess whether the retailer is keeping its promise to carry Plan B, an emergency contraceptive ...
Federal Reserve Bank President, 'Investment Biker' Part of Largest Student Investment Forum.
Mar 16, 2006 ... Byline: University of Dayton DAYTON, Ohio, March 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- The University of Dayton's annual RISE (Redefining Investment Strategy Education) forum really does attract some of the biggest names in investment circles. When Ben Bernanke appeared at last ...