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Released: 14-May-2010 4:45 PM EDT
As College Graduates Hit the Workforce, So Do More Entitlement-Minded Workers
University of New Hampshire

As thousands of Generation Y college graduates flood the workforce this spring, the nation’s employers may want to brace themselves for a new crop of entitlement-minded workers.

Released: 5-May-2010 12:30 PM EDT
Oil Company Faces Massive Environmental Liability in Wake of Spill: Cornell University Expert
Cornell University

Jeffrey J. Rachlinski, Cornell University Professor of Law and an expert in environmental law, comments on the liability facing BP as a result of the ongoing Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

     
Released: 26-Apr-2010 10:25 AM EDT
MBA Students Help with Plan to Provide Blind Chicago Children with GPS Devices
University of Iowa

A group of University of Iowa students is helping a Chicago nonprofit organization with an ambitious plan to provide GPS-enabled cell phones to every blind and visually impaired child in Illinois.

Released: 14-Apr-2010 5:15 PM EDT
How to Use Entrepreneurship for Social Good: A Unique Class
University of Michigan

In a new Social Venture Creation course at the University of Michigan, students who want to make the world a better place are learning hands-on how to use market principles to solve society's challenges.

   
Released: 14-Apr-2010 7:00 AM EDT
Computer-Driven High Speed Trading Improves Market Liquidity
University of California, Berkeley Haas School of Business

Responding to concerns about an increasingly electronic stock exchange, Terrence Hendershott studied algorithmic trading and found that computer-driven trading based on algorithmic formulas does, in fact, improve the market’s liquidity. Furthermore, this kind of high speed trading allows stock prices to become more “efficient” or reflective of true supply and demand in the market.

Released: 13-Apr-2010 8:00 AM EDT
Pilot Study Examines Use of RFID at JCPenney; System Improves Inventory Accuracy of Shoes and Bras
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

New findings out of the RFID Research Center at the University of Arkansas confirm that radio-frequency identification tags on individual retail items can significantly improve inventory accuracy, even within departments or stores that already have high inventory accuracy.

Released: 12-Apr-2010 7:00 AM EDT
Economists Unveil New Way to View Financial Markets
University of New Hampshire

Two economists offer a new way to look at financial markets that recognizes that the rational market is a myth – in the strictest sense of the word: it is a widely held but false belief. It cannot be turned into reality by any means, including regulatory policy, no matter how wise or efficacious. The reason is simple: assets’ underlying values unfold over time in non-routine ways that no one can fully foresee.

Released: 31-Mar-2010 4:45 PM EDT
It’s a Great Time to Be a Tax Man (or Woman)
American University

As government expands, demand will increase for tax professionals.

Released: 31-Mar-2010 3:35 PM EDT
Researchers Develop Index of Innovative Companies
University of Southern California (USC)

A study from the USC Marshall Center for Global Innovation co-authored by Gerard Tellis, Professor and Director of the Center and Andreas Eisingerich Assistant Professor at Imperial College London, has developed an index of innovative firms. Portfolios of top firms on this index appear to perform better than the S&P 500 in up markets and almost as well in down markets. The superior performance comes without excessive risk.

Released: 24-Mar-2010 3:00 PM EDT
Entrepreneurs Beating the Odds
University of Virginia Darden School of Business

A cadre of entrepreneurs has built stable, even thriving firms often overlooked by outsiders who can’t see past the general sluggishness of the communities these firms call home. That’s about to change.

Released: 24-Mar-2010 2:05 PM EDT
Professor Offers Tips on Saving Money with New Tax Credits and Deductions
Butler University

To save money on your taxes this year, you’ll need to know the new deductions and tax credits included in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

Released: 24-Mar-2010 2:00 PM EDT
Can You Invest in the Eradication of Human Misery?
University of Virginia Darden School of Business

Darden School of Business Offers Course on Markets in Human Hope

   
Released: 24-Mar-2010 10:05 AM EDT
Baylor University Becomes Central Texas Partner for Technology Entrepreneurship
Baylor University

Sharon C. Ballard, President/CEO of EVI announced today that Baylor University has become a licensee for EVI’s Supercoach® Entrepreneurial Training curricula exclusive for Central Texas. Baylor University is ranked #4 in the Top 25 best undergraduate universities by Entrepreneur magazine in 2010.

Released: 23-Mar-2010 11:55 AM EDT
Focus on Health Marketplace News
Newswise

Increasing interest in health care has lead reporters to seek more sources for health news than ever before. And, as more and more consumers use the web to research health information, the growing demand for health news has an increasing influence on the health industry. In response to these trends, Newswise has developed a new category for medical news called Health Marketplace.

   
Released: 19-Mar-2010 2:50 PM EDT
How ‘Seven Revolutions’ Will Shape the Future
Saint Joseph's University

What will our world look like in 15 years? If your organization hasn’t paused to consider this question, Erik Peterson, senior advisor for a prominent D.C. think-tank, says you’re risking your company’s future and bottom line.

Released: 19-Mar-2010 10:40 AM EDT
Transportation Unionization Rule Is Unfair and Should Change, Says Labor Expert
Cornell University

Kate Bronfenbrenner, Cornell University senior lecturer at the School of Industrial and Labor Relations, comments on the pending National Mediation Board rule change that could reduce the threshold for creating unions in the airline industry -- from a majority of all workers in any class to a majority of all votes cast in the union election.

Released: 17-Mar-2010 4:00 PM EDT
Researchers: Mutual Fund Fee Could Make Money for Investors
Texas Tech University

Short-term redemption fees could protect and boost returns for long-term investors.

Released: 9-Mar-2010 7:00 AM EST
Immigrants with Disabilities More Frequently Employed Than U.S.-Born Persons with Disabilities
Nationwide Children's Hospital

Currently, foreign-born people make up approximately 13 percent of the total U.S. population. As the immigrant population grows, understanding its disability status and employment characteristics becomes increasingly important. People, both native and foreign-born, with disabilities make important contributions to our society, and many individuals continue to work despite a wide range of impairments. A new study by researchers at the Center for Injury Research and Policy of The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital focuses on disability and employment among working-age immigrants in the United States.

Released: 5-Mar-2010 3:15 PM EST
Managing Expectations Is Crucial as High Unemployment Persists, Says Expert
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Unrealistic expectations amid the country’s continued unemployment struggles are a double-edged sword that can cut equally into the well-being of job seekers and the companies that hire them, says a University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) strategic management expert.

Released: 4-Mar-2010 9:00 AM EST
Research Counters Risky Image of Popular Financial Investments
Virginia Tech

They have been called “financial weapons of mass destruction” and blamed for a number of catastrophic losses and bankruptcies. New research by a finance professor at Virginia Tech’s Pamplin College of Business, however, counters the popular perception of derivatives as dangerous tools and investments.



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