This paper discusses issues and strategies in implementing a Balanced Scorecard approach to facilitate strategic planning in a small private university library. Bond University has been using the Balanced Scorecard to measure and manage its performance. One of the challenges in implementing the Balanced Scorecard is selecting appropriate performance measures...
Save The World Air, Inc. (OTCBB: ZERO)today announced that Luke Turgeon, PhD, P.E. has joined the company as anengineering consultant. Dr. Turgeon is working on the design andengineering of the company's products in preparation for commercialization. Dr. Turgeon is the founder and presently the President of TurgeonEngineering, Inc. ...
Byline: Andy Hirst COMMON: Universal Mind Control. The Chicago hip hop pioneer shows why he's one of the genre's movers and shakers. His musings range from an optimistic look at the USA's future under Barack Obama and then next moment he's in the bedroom with one thing on...
Fitch Ratings affirmed its 'A+' rating on the University of Oklahoma's student housing revenue bonds, series 2004. The rating outlook remains negative. The negative outlook continues to reflect the overall weakening of housing system occupancy levels and debt service coverage over the past several years. Although...
By Ann Marie Bush THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL Former Kansas State University football player Leon Patton was bound over for trial Friday on a charge of child abuse involving his infant son. Patton, who is free on $30,000 bond, was arrested Sept. 19....
NEW YORK -- Fitch Ratings affirms its 'A+' rating on the University of Oklahoma's (OU, or the university) student housing revenue bonds, series 2004. The Rating Outlook remains Negative. The Negative Outlook continues to reflect the overall weakening of housing system occupancy levels and debt service coverage DSC...
NEW YORK -- Fitch Ratings has assigned an 'AA-' rating to the Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma OU general revenue bonds, tax exempt series 2009A in the approximate amount of $57,100,000, and federally taxable series 2009B in the approximate amount of $8,700,000. The bonds are scheduled to...
The Oklahoma Council of Bond Oversight approved $65.8 million in bonds Thursday for several projects at the University of Oklahoma and $175 million to be issued by the Oklahoma Student Loan Authority. State Bond Advisor Jim Joseph told the panel that the OU request included $57 million...
NEW YORK -- Fitch Ratings affirms the short-term 'F1+' rating on Vanderbilt University's (Vanderbilt, or the university) $675 million commercial paper CP program. Fitch also affirms the short-term 'F1+' rating on the university's approximately $338.2 million of outstanding variable-rate demand revenue bonds, issued through Nashville and Davidson County Metropolitan Government...
TYPE 1 diabetes and the food intolerance disorder coeliac disease appear to share a common genetic origin, research suggests. The similarities are such it suggests they may also be triggered by similar environmental factors. This raises the possibility that the protein gluten, already known to cause...
NEW YORK -- Morgan Stanley Insured Municipal Bond Trust (NYSE: IMC) (the "Trust") has received shareholder approval to adopt the investment policy change, as described below. This change is designed to expand the investment universe in which the Trust can invest, thereby providing the Trust's portfolio management team with important...
NEW YORK -- Morgan Stanley Insured Municipal Trust (NYSE: IMT) (the "Trust") has received shareholder approval to adopt the investment policy change, as described below. This change is designed to expand the investment universe in which the Trust can invest, thereby providing the Trust's portfolio management team with important flexibility...
Moody's Investor Services has downgraded the health care system, mere months after giving it a stable rating. The New York-based bond rating company cited "operation, economic and political challenges that will lower margins and hamper growth" for the change -- which could mean higher costs for hospitals...
Trying to cut down on spending this holidayseason? It may be best not to worry about expensive gifts for theco-workers and the boss. A batch of homemade treats or a handmade craft is not only less expensive,but it also may raise fewer ethical dilemmas, said Kansas State Universitybusiness ethics expert...
PROVO -- All people are captives who may be delivered from their bonds by Jesus Christ, Elder Bruce D. Porter of the Quorum of Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints said Tuesday during a Brigham Young University devotional. Elder Porter illustrated his Christmas...
Quantum physics offers James Bond and his ilk much more than a bit of solace--it permits quantum encryption, a completely spyproof way to send coded information. Any bad guy eavesdropping on Bond's messages to M could always be detected. But now physicists suggest that quantum codes maybe breakable...
NEW YORK -- Fitch Ratings assigns an 'A' rating to the approximately $30,000,000 of New Jersey Educational Facilities Authority, revenue bonds Montclair State University Issue, series 2008 J. The bonds are scheduled to sell via negotiation in late December 2008 or early January 2009. Fitch also affirms the 'A' rating...
Sutton Place Synagogue will honor Martin Rosengarten, a vice president of Sutton Place Synagogue and member of its executive committee, at a State of Israel Bonds brunch on Sunday, Nov. 16, at 10:30 a.m. Columnist Daniel Pipes, director of the Middle East Forum, will be the guest speaker. Sutton Place...
Byline: Nicolas Perpitch Nov 11, 2008 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Western Australian Attorney-General Christian Porter pledged to review shield laws for journalists on 11 November 2008. He said he would begin drafting the laws after a national working group reports...
SACRAMENTO -- Maybe the new guy can figure it out. Freshly sworn-in Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D- Sacramento, is the new guy, and "it" is the dysfunctional Capital, where crises seem the norm and lawmakers' inability to resolve them help perpetuate an endless cycle of...
