Competition is key to appreciating assets
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Budding Warren Buffets can get a taste for investing without leaving the classroom by taking part in share dealing games or competitions run in schools across Britain.They can recreate the excitement of old style trading floor in their school hall with a computer-based game called Stock Market Challenge. Pupils act as fund managers during a [...]
Clash of cultures
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When Keele lecturers demonstrate outside their council meeting on Thursday for the second time this year - this time swelled by lecturers from other universities - it will be about much more than saving the jobs of their colleagues.University proposals mean that 38 of the 67 academic staff at the School of Economic and Management [...]
Future of Economic Education Unveiled at National Business Education Conference
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New York, NY (PRWEB) March 21, 2008 — The National Council on Economic Education (NCEE, www.ncee.net) revealed today five Super Business in Action sessions at the National Business Education Association (www.nbea.org) Conference in San Antonio, Texas on March 18-21.
During the sessions, teachers will have the opportunity to preview the newest DVD and computer-based programs that [...]
County must beef up transportation, education
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Harris County enjoys diversity, low cost of living and exceptional medical facilities, but must overcome education and transportation deficiencies to attract more businesses and qualified workers, according to a study released today.
The $300,000 study, conducted for the county by Angelou Economics and paid for with county and federal funds, shows that in some portions of east [...]
Lantos Holocaust Survivor and U.S. Congressman Dies (Update3)
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Feb. 11 (Bloomberg) — Tom Lantos, the only Holocaust
survivor to serve in the U.S. Congress and a passionate advocate
for human rights during 27 years in office, has died. He was 80.
Lantos [...]
Porn Stars Dr. Ruth `Freaked#39; Parents It#39;s Sex Week at Yale
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Feb. 15 (Bloomberg) — Free vibrating toys, a packed
lecture by sex therapist Dr. Ruth, skin-tight latex bodysuits
and a party at a bar named the Toad. Welcome to Sex Week at Yale
University.
The [...]
Lee Seeks Investment to Help Boost Korean Economy (Update4)
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Feb. 25 (Bloomberg) — President Lee Myung Bak, South
Koreas first president with a business background, pledged to
cut taxes and speed up deregulation to encourage investment and
boost economic growth.
“Unnecessary regulations will be [...]
Lou Suffers Blackstone#39;s #39;Fat Rabbits#39; in China Fund (Update1)
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Feb. 27 (Bloomberg) — When Lou Jiwei visited Switzerland
one spring weekend in 1993, the Chinese government economist was
so eager to see the inside of a Swiss bank that Credit Suisse
Group opened its Zurich head office on a Sunday to show him
around. [...]
Hong Kong May Offer Tax Relief and Boost Consumption (Update1)
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Feb. 26 (Bloomberg) — Hong Kong will probably report a
record budget surplus this week, along with plans to use part of
the cash to spur the economy and protect households from
inflation near a decade high.
[...]
Fighting talk
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%26#183; Bare-knuckle fighting is called “book reviewing” in the academic world. Fans of that most vicious of sports will enjoy a review by Sir Howard Davies, director of the London School of Economics, of Professor Terence Kealey’s new book Sex, Science and Profits in this week’s Times Higher Education. “With sex and money covered, I [...]
