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A gallon of gas is already getting pricy, but one UAB professor says the problems in Japan could lead to a domino effect on gas prices.

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Vishal Gupta believes the way that entrepreneurship is presented, discussed and taught must change — especially for women. “Where are the role models for women?” asks Gupta, an assistant professor of strategy at Binghamton University. “Pick up any book on entrepreneurship: It’s all about men. Switch on the TV, and when it comes to entrepreneurs, it is Bill Gates and Steve Jobs. Where are the women entrepreneurs? They’re not being talked about.”

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Monday, April 18, is the deadline for Americans to file their federal and state income tax returns and American University faculty experts are available to comment on a variety of tax-related issues, including federal income taxes, corporate and partnership taxes, and tax accounting and procedures.

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How much would the public be willing to pay for a government-sponsored identity theft prevention program? The answer: about $87 per year. That’s the finding from a four-state survey conducted by Florida State University criminologists, who report that two-thirds of their respondents expressed a willingness to pay for a hypothetical program promising to reduce identity theft by 75 percent.

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The Master of Financial Engineering (MFE) Program at the University of California, Berkeley’s Haas School of Business will celebrate its ten-year anniversary March 18 with the graduation of its tenth class of students.

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Current issues and trends in the workplace will be featured at the conference.

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Technology entrepreneurs at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are encouraged to apply for a spot in the Carolina Launch Pad, the pre-commercial technology business accelerator located at RENCI (Renaissance Computing Institute).

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In response to growing national concerns about adolescent bullying, two North Carolina mothers have launched a new clothing line – Be a Friend custom clothing, designed to generate dialogue about the importance of being a friend and standing up for anyone who is bullied or mistreated.

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Giving up one luxury to afford something else still works, says Texas Tech expert.

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Two Darden School of Business researchers discuss how emerging economies can grow their housing markets.

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The Fourth Annual Cutler Center Babson Investment Management Association (BIMA) Conference, “The Global Outlook and Investment Strategies,” will be held March 25, 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. at Babson College.

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Dental School.s Gary Hack, DDS, co-inventor of NovaMin, is elated that giant pharma and dental product firms are putting desensitizing dental additive into mass-marketed products.

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As retail environments become more competitive, manufacturers experience greater pressure to strike a balance between satisfying customers and minimizing costs. These suppliers struggle to accurately predict or forecast demand for goods. A new study by a University of Arkansas logistics researcher confirms that relying on retail point-of-sale data can increase the accuracy of predictions and reduce forecasting error. But contrary to recent findings, the new study also revealed that in specific situations point-of-sale data might not be as accurate as simple order data from client stores.

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Planning to enter an office pool during this year’s NCAA March Madness tournament? Be careful. You might not enjoy the games very much if you bet, says a researcher at Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis.

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The Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University, in partnership with the U.S. Small Business Administration, announces that Lead Star co-founders Angie Morgan and Courtney Lynch have been named honorary spokeswomen for the 2011 Veterans as Women Igniting the Spirit of Entrepreneurship (V-WISE) program.

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Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University, national headquarters for the Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities (EBV) program, announced that it has partnered with CorpCo, a full-service business incorporation firm, to expand services offered to EBV program graduates.

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The University of Oregon's Network Startup Resource Center (NSRC), which has helped to build Internet infrastructure and provide technical training in more than 100 countries around the world for nearly 20 years, will expand its activities thanks to a $1.25 million gift from Google Inc.'s Charitable Giving Fund.

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Have you ever been upset with your boss? Perhaps he or she overlooked an accomplishment or didn’t give you a raise that you thought you deserved. According to a study by labor relations expert David I. Levine, retaliating against one’s boss is more acceptable to employees if the retaliation is an act of omission or inaction, rather than active efforts to harm an unfair boss.

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AUTM hosted its first Venture Pitch Competition during the AUTM 2011 Annual Meeting in Las Vegas, Nev. Four startup companies based on university technologies competed for the $10,000 prize.

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The Current Economic Indicator, a new way to evaluate the health of Rhode Island’s economy, will be discussed on Tuesday, March 8, at Bryant University’s economic forum on the state’s business climate.