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Articles in May, 2006 issue of AScribe Business & Economics News Service

• Patent Awarded for LSU Health Sciences Center-Developed Peptide That Blocks Lethal Toxins of Anthrax and Other Infectious Bacteria.
• Micron Technology Foundation Donates $5 Million to Support New Engineering Ph.D. Program at Boise State University.
• Joslin Diabetes Center Partners With St. John Health's Providence Hospital in Michigan.(Company overview)
• Stanford Business School Research: When Culture Impacts Consumer Behavior.
• Institute for International Economics Releases Study on U.S. National Security and Foreign Direct Investment With Remarks by Congressman Michael Oxley.
• MIT Studies Undersea Channels for Oil Recovery.
• University of Central Florida, Georgia Researchers: New Orleans Faces 3-in-10 Chance of Hurricane Winds; Climate Conditions Also Are Ripe for More Disruptions to Gulf Oil, Gas Production.
• Low Home Sales, High Fuel Prices Hit Consumer Confidence.
• Pediatric Residents Report Less Fatigue, Better Care under 80-Hour Work Week Mandate.
• Cambridge Health Alliance Opens Women's Headache Center for Women, Run by Women and Designed by Women.
• Stanford Business School Research: Excessive Executive Pay Makes Headlines, But So What?
• Stanford Business School Research: Bridging the Culture Chasm Helps Consumers Be Healthy, Wealthy and Wise.
• Florida International University's College of Business Administration Awarded $1.36 Million Grant From U.S. Department of Education.
• Babson College Establishes Babson Women's Business Blog.
• Security on 'Other' U.S. Border Focus of Workshop.
• Blue Shield Foundation Helps Fund Health Care Reform Project at Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences.
• UC Berkeley Haas School of Business Professor Jonathan Berk Explains Why Chasing Mutual Fund Returns Makes Sense But Is a Quixotic Quest.
• Cal State Technology Office Funds Help for First Responders; Client GEM Power's 'Intelligent Battery Charger' Passes Test With Redlands PD.
• Consumer Reports Helps Consumers Choose Best Gas Grills; June Issue Also Features Ratings for Top Lawn Tractors, Hedge Trimmers.
• Convio's Vinay Bhagat Named Finalist for Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award.
• Stanford Business School Research: Financial Statements Are Still Valuable Tools for Predicting Bankruptcy.
• Jet Propulsion Laboratory to Hold Small Business Symposium in Nation's Capital.
• Inventor and Space Pioneer Ernie Schaeffer Pledges $2 Million for Entrepreneur Program at California State University, Northridge.
• Business Forecast Luncheon With Virgin America CEO Fred Reid.
• Nearly 5 Million Californians Have Asthma, Costing $1.3 Billion for Hospitalizations and Medications Annually; American Lung Association Calls on Legislature to Approve $4 Million Budget Allocation.
• Free Tech Support From Most Computer Manufacturers Is Dismal, Consumer Reports Survey Finds; Apple Outscores Other Manufacturers on Free Tech Support; June Issue Also Includes Step-by-Step Guide to Easy PC Fixes.
• Though Many College Graduates Will Leave School Without a Job, They Shouldn't Panic, Duke Career Expert Says.
• GetActive/Artez Partnership Provides Clients With Best-of-Breed Fundraising Tools for 'a-Thon'-Style Events, Peer-to-Peer Campaigns.
• Creativity in Business Examined at Rotman School of Management Conference; Speakers Include Harvard Business Review's Thomas Stewart.
• 'Mercury Sponge' Technology Goes From Lab to Market; Capturing Mercury From Coal-Fired Power Plant Emissions, EPA's List of Mercury Contamination Sites Are Initial Targets.
• MIT Material Puts New Spin on Electronics.
• New Award-Winning Products Help Parents Help Themselves: 8th Annual NAPPA Parenting Resources Winners Are Announced.
• University of Georgia Team to Explore Oil, Methane Seepage Vents in Deep Water of Gulf of Mexico on Famed Submersible Alvin; Archived Video to Be Online.
• Consumer Reports Finds Personal Privacy Concerns in Planned Uses of Radio Frequency Identification Tags (RFIDs); Investigation Finds Most Consumers Unaware of RFID Technology; RFID Industry Not Taking Necessary Precautions to Protect Consumer Privacy.
• Cambridge Health Alliance Names New Chief Operating Officer.
• Harvard Business School Launches New Executive Education Program on Optimal Performance in Healthcare Delivery Organizations; June Program Will Welcome Senior Leaders From Hospital, Other Healthcare Delivery Organizations.
• Solar Electric Light Fund Wins World Bank Development Marketplace Competition.
• Terror Attacks Against Companies Drop Stock Values Significantly, Study Shows.
• Home Testing Kit Could Help Identify 'Hidden' Caffeine in Beverages.
• NIH Small Business Innovation Grant Helps Chadwick Optical Bring Schepens Eye Research Institute Invention to Patients; Innovation Is First Pair of Glasses to Significantly Improve Vision of Hemianopia Patients.
• Wikipedia, Apache Founders Headline Internet Conference in Chicago May 15 - 17.
• Glenn Hubbard, Columbia Business School Dean, in Defense of the MBA: Featured Speaker at Columbia University Lecture in Low Library May 9.
• Federal Court Holds 'Anti-Prostitution Pledge Requirement' Violates First Amendment.
• Virtual Conference Provides New Forum for Hospitality Grad Student Research.
• Genetic Alliance and Partners to Engage Communities in Family Health History Collection.
• Healthy Eating Has Potential for Economic Payoff, Iowa State Study Says.
• Genetic Alliance Releases 'Understanding Genetics: A Guide for Patients and Health Professionals': Genetic Alliance, District of Columbia Department of Health Announce Publication of Comprehensive Genetics Education Manual for Patients, Community Health P
• Nanotubes Act as 'Thermal Velcro' to Reduce Computer-Chip Heating.
• Gas Price Calculator Puts Price Tag to Consumer Anger Over Gas Prices; Average U.S. Family Will Spend $4,060 on Gas This Year, Up From $1,880 Pre-Iraq War.
• Expert Advises Businesses to View ABC Movie as Preview of Bird Flu Pandemic.
• Study: Valley Fever a Common Cause of Community-Acquired Pneumonia.
• Workers Get Paid More When They Work for Powerful CEOs.
• Babson Entrepreneurship Scholars Among Co-Hosts of Global Symposium on Business Growth Strategies for Women.
• Wall Street Journal's 'Pepper ... and Salt' Cartoons Donated to Harvard Business School; Collection Exhibit Opening Today Through Oct. 2 in Harvard's Baker Library.
• Mount St. Mary's College to Host June 16 Conference Celebrating Pioneering Nursing Model; Roy Adaptation Model Continues to Break Ground in Patient Care.
• The Perfect Prescription: Hackensack University Medical Center Foundation Picks Convio for Online Communications and Fundraising.
• Suspending Federal Gas Tax Is Bad Idea, Even If Oil Companies Pass Savings to Consumer, Economist Says.
• Mazda MX-5 Miata, Volkswagen GTI Top Charts in Consumer Reports' Testing of Five Sporty Cars; Disappointing Pontiac Solstice Scores Well Below Competitors.
• Medical University of Ohio and GE Healthcare Take Off on 'Quantum Leap'.
• U.S. Labor Secretary Elaine L. Chao Tells Agnes Scott 2006 Graduates Limitless Opportunities Beckon After Graduation; Students Entering one of the Best Job Markets in Recent Years.
• Farallon Dumps Corrections Corporation of America; After National Campus Pressure, World's Fourth Largest Hedge Fund Divests from Controversial For-Profit Private Prison Corporation.
• Purdue University Joins Army to Improve Soldier Maintenance of 'Stryker' Vehicles in Iraq.
• Joint Master's Program Launched to Bring Latin American Rural Businesses Into International Markets.
• Bentley College, State Street Corporation Team Up for 'Corporate Social Responsibility in the 21st Century: Coping with Globalization'; Second Annual Symposium to Be Held May 22 at Bentley.
• Smart Moves for Arthritis: Exclusive Survey of Patients' Experiences With Knee, Hip Replacement Surgery; Myths, Facts About Arthritis; Independent Test Results for Joint Supplements; 1,001 Joint Replacement Patients Tell You What Doctors Can't.
• Alternative Energy Plan Wins Contest.
• National Conference at University of Texas-Pan American May 21-22 to Address Problems of Uninsured Latinos.
• Bedsores and Bald Hides: Novel Roles Revealed for a 'Scaffolding' Protein; Mice Without K17 Have Difficulty Healing Wounds, Growing Hair.
• Harvard Medical School Completes Multimillion-Dollar License Agreement With Merck to Develop Potential Therapy for Macular Degeneration; Research Focuses on Lowering Amounts of Toxic Eye Molecules Created During Natural Vision Process.
• California Pacific Medical Center Foundation Appoints New Members to Board of Trustees.
• Aeras and Vanderbilt University Announce License Deal for New Tuberculosis Vaccine.
• Consumer Reports Finds Safety Issues With Some Popular Pool Alarms, Bike Helmets; Asks Consumer Product Safety Commission for Action; In Time for Summer, Magazine Suggests Safe Alternative Models.
• Stanford Business School Research: Calculating the Dollar Value of Brand Equity.
• 'Flunking Numbers' Report: U.S. Colleges Face Staggering Annual Increase of Up to Half a Billion Dollars in Higher Phone/Web Line Taxes Under FCC Plan.
• DePaul University MBA Students Test Their Management, People Skills Through Simulated Day at the Office; Depaul Is in Forefront of Business Schools Offering Assessment Center Exercises.
• MDS Inc. Endows Scholarship Fund at University of Toronto's Rotman School.
• Bentley Global Business Ethics Symposium Examines Corporate Social Responsibility in the 21st Century; State Street's Richard Pearl, Deloitte's Barry Salzberg Talk About Coping With Globalization and 'Doing the Right Thing'.