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Texas A&M ag economics alumni honored (High Plains Journal) Six Texas A&M University former students from the department of agricultural economics have been inducted into the Tyrus R. Timm Honor Registry. us.rd.yahoo.com
University of Chicago to establish economics institute (Daily Herald) The University of Chicago plans to spend about $200 million to establish the Milton Friedman Institute for the study of economics to attract scholars, students and donors. us.rd.yahoo.com
Economics min. says FDI in Russia to reach $65-73 bln by 2011 (Russian Information Agency Novosti) MOSCOW, May 15 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's Economics Ministry predicted on Thursday that foreign direct investment in the country will reach $55-58 billion in 2008. us.rd.yahoo.com
Real home prices decline for first time in seven years: Scotia Economics (Investment Executive) There is now convincing evidence that Canada’s housing market has come off the boil, according to a report released today by Scotia Economics. Home resales, having fallen for four consecutive months, are running about 15% below last summer’s historic peak. us.rd.yahoo.com
China: Why Western B-Schools Are Leaving (BusinessWeek Online via Yahoo! News) Cass Business School in London was one of several dozen MBA programs tempted by a seemingly massive and untapped market for management education in China. It started a joint executive education program with the Shanghai University of Finance and Economics in 2004 and has had about 80 students graduate from its two-year program. But the British administrators Cass sent to China grew weary of the ... us.rd.yahoo.com
Yorktown Heights college student gives economics talk (The Journal News) YORKTOWN HEIGHTS - Kris Walsh, a Georgetown University senior majoring in international economics, recently presented original economics research at the seventh annual Carroll Round Conference, an international undergraduate economics gathering run by Georgetown students. us.rd.yahoo.com
Jeffrey Sachs's call to arms to avert global disaster (International Herald Tribune) In his new book, "Common Wealth: Economics for a Crowded Planet," Sachs argues that our "global society will flourish or perish according to our ability to find common ground across the world on a set of shared objectives and on the practical means to achieve them." us.rd.yahoo.com
Condensed NCAA season puts athletes to test (The Salt Lake Tribune) Before the Brigham Young baseball team departs on a road trip, junior catcher J.T. Musso sits down and organizes a game plan. But Musso isn't tracking hitting tendencies or pitch counts, he's devising a strategy to complete his economics papers and calculus homework. us.rd.yahoo.com
Reality Bites - Real Home Prices Decline for the First Time in Seven Years According to Scotia Economics (CNW Group via Yahoo! Finance) After many false calls, there is now convincing evidence that Canada's housing market has come off the boil, according to the latest Real Estate Trends released today by Scotia Economics. us.rd.yahoo.com
Hybrid economics (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune) When gas was cheaper than bottled water, hybrid vehicles didn't make much economic sense. All that has changed. us.rd.yahoo.com
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