Former Singapore Re Head Learns From Experience
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Crucial to the efficient functioning of modern economies are reinsurance companies that, for a fee, insure policies sold by other insurers, essentially to spread the risk. A founding father of Singapore’s reinsurance industry is Hwang Soo Jin, 72 years old, chairman emeritus and senior adviser at Singapore Reinsurance Corp., or Singapore Re as it is [...]
Aims Pune To Be The First Institute To Get An Approval For A Research Journal Of National Repute
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The Allana Institute of Management Sciences, (AIMS) Pune to be the First Institute to get an Approval for a Research Journal of National Repute
Dr. Pandit Vidyasagar, Director BCUD, was present as the Chief Guest
Dr. Baba Sangle, Dean Faculty of Commerce UoP, was present as the Guest of Honour
The Allana Institute of Management Sciences, Pune takes [...]
Kentucky Homeplace Honored
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The National Rural Health Association (NRHA) has presented Kentucky Homeplace, University of Kentucky Center for Excellence in Rural Health, with its 2008 Outstanding Program Award.
The initiative has linked more than 74,000 rural Kentucky residents with medical, social and environmental services, provided more than 1.5 million services and accessed nearly $106 million worth of medications and [...]
Sucessful Day Of Prayer
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We deeply appreciate everyone’s participation in the second annual National Day of Prayer in Lenox as we joined tens of thousands of other observances of the 57th National Day of Prayer (NDP).
Our local observance was particularly special with program participants from three counties and attendees from at least four counties.
Having so many of our neighbors [...]
May 21 Conference Geared To Entrepreneurs, Small Business
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Big box retailers, call centers and corporate institutions may get a lot of attention when the subject of Maine抯 economy comes up, but state and local business leaders, economists and market researchers know well the importance of small business in Maine.
Small businesses, micro-businesses of four or fewer employees, and budding entrepreneurs have an economic impact [...]
Universidad Austral to Host AACSB International Conference This June
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IAE Business School-Universidad Austral will host AACSB International’s World Class Practices in Management Education conference from 1-3 June 2008. AACSB International is an association of more than 1,100 educational institutions, businesses and other organizations in 70 countries that are dedicated to the advancement of business education worldwide. AACSB International is the longest serving and largest [...]
Infighting threatens Gordon Browns leadership
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The Tories will twist the knife in Labours wounds today as Gordon Brown
prepares for a crucial week of diplomacy amid growing talk among his
ministers of a collapse in his authority.
Cabinet ministers yesterday called for an end to the infighting after a
weekend that produced another disastrous poll for Mr Brown and Labour.
Backstage gossip of a potential [...]
Principal under fire in ministers back yard
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The beleaguered principal of Harlow College is facing calls for his resignation following publication of the results of A-level modules that his opponents claim are “far from satisfactory”.The president of the college’s students’ union, Victoria Broad, maintains that large numbers of students either failed or received low grades in exams taken in January. The college [...]
Stress still main cause of ill health in teachers says ATL
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The rash of government education policies over the last five years has undermined attempts to agree a proper work/life balance and led to increasingly stressed teachers, according to the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL).Delegates at the ATL conference in Torquay heard that stress-related illness remains the principal cause of ill health in teachers and [...]
New NUS president voted in
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Wes Streeting was voted in as the next president of the National Union of Students (NUS) at its annual conference in Blackpool today in a move that will lend weight to the fight to modernise the union.Streeting, the current NUS education vice-president, received 496 of the 962 valid votes to win, while nearest opponent Kieran [...]
