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- Two Out of Three Middle Class American Families on Shaky Financial Ground, According to New Report
- To: SOCIETY EDITORSContact: Timothy Rusch of Demos, +1-212-633-1405 x407, trusch@demos.org; or Laura Gardner of Brandeis University, +1-781- 736-4204, gardner@brandeis.edu Landmark study based on new "Middle Class Security Index" developed by Demos and Brandeis University; Findings announced at 11/ 28 press tele-conferencePress Tele-conference Call-in DetailsTime: Noon EST, 11/28/2008;Conference Call-in Number: (888)...
- Research articles 2007-11-28
- Bruce R. Magid Appointed Dean of Brandeis International Business School
- WALTHAM, Mass. -- Brandeis University announced today that Bruce R. Magid, Ph.D., has been appointed dean of the Brandeis International Business School, effective July 1, 2007. "Bruce Magid offers a rare ability to blend both academic leadership and professional practice within our global business school,'' Brandeis Provost Marty Krauss...
- Research articles 2007-05-07
- Insurance for all: 2007 marks the centennial celebration of the founding of savings bank life insurance.(The Last Word)
- At the same time the United States suffered through the "Panic of 1907" with the third-worst stock market crash in its history, a highly respected Boston lawyer was helping change the face of the life insurance industry. This year marks the centennial celebration of...
- Research articles 2007-04-01
- The Ford Foundation has awarded a $461,700 grant to Brandeis University to support a partnership between the university and Al-Quds University in East Jerusalem
- The Ford Foundation has awarded a $461,700 grant to BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY (Mass.) to support a partnership between the university and Al-Quds University in East Jerusalem. The foundation has also provided $250,000 to the CENTER FOR ARAB WOMEN FOR TRAINING AND RESEARCH to evaluate gender-focused programs in the Middle East and...
- Research articles 2006-08-24
- Nancy Russian
- USE Credit Union has promoted Nancy Russian to the newly created position of vice president for community involvement and public relations. Russian will manage the credit union's community relations program at the corporate and branch levels. She will be responsible for creating a corporate community involvement program, develop and support...
- Research articles 2005-05-23
- Angela Davis
- Angela Davis A scholar, activist, and professed Communist, Angela Davis (born 1944) became a leading advocate of civil rights for blacks in the United States. In August 1970 Angela Yvonne Davis was catapulted into the national spotlight when she was put on the list of the ten most wanted criminals...
- Research articles 2005-01-01
- Handle with care: blacks are in weakest position to provide home care
- African American caregivers are more likely than other groups to experience financial hardship as a result of home caregiving, reports Caregiving in the U.S. The April 2004 report by the National Alliance for Caregiving NAC and AARP finds that 36% of black caregivers--defined as people taking care of an...
- Research articles 2004-12-01
- Trump's TV show a hit with business schools
- As case studies go, it is admittedly a bit of a deviation from standard business school fare. No reams of data, and backbiting tends to win. But at business schools across the country these days, Donald Trump's "The Apprentice" is all the rage, working its way into...
- Research articles 2004-04-18
- Angela Davis
- Angela Davis A scholar, activist, and professed Communist, Angela Davis (born 1944) became a leading advocate of civil rights for blacks in the United States. In August 1970 Angela Yvonne Davis was catapulted into the national spotlight when she was put on the list of the ten most wanted criminals...
- Research articles 2003-01-01
- Academics Support Massachusetts Candidate's Gubernatorial Campaign.
- By Patrick Healy, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 20--Robert Reich may never forgive Harvard University for the way it treated his wife, Clare Dalton, when she was denied tenure in 1987. But as he runs for the governor of...
- Research articles 2002-08-20
- Suffolk County District Attorney to Join Bingham Dana; Ralph Martin to Play Key Role in Bingham Consulting Group
- Business Editors BOSTON--BUSINESS WIRE--Sept. 20, 2001 We are pleased to announce that Boston DA Ralph Martin, one of Massachusetts' best known political leaders, will be joining Bingham Dana and Bingham Consulting Group. Please call Hank Shafran at 617.951.8193 if you have any questions. Ralph C. Martin...
- Research articles 2001-09-20
- The romance of revolutionary violence: the Kathy Power case - Katherine Ann Power emerges from 23 years of hiding after being charged with participating in the robbery that killed police officer Walter Schroeder, September 23, 1970, in Brighton, Massachus
- Sixties radicals talked about the pigs versus The People, about honky America eating its children. Mostly it was just talk, but a few believed it literally, and they were the ones who died or killed. AFTER 14 months of secret negotiations with the authorities, former Brandeis University student...
- Research articles 1993-12-13
- Why Are Safeguards Under the WTO so Unpopular?
- In recent years, more countries have increasingly turned to explicit, codified trade policy instruments of the international trading system such as antidumping measures. Countries have also increasingly participated in the institutions established to facilitate trade in the international system, such as the WTO's Dispute Settlement Understanding. Given these phenomena, a...
- White papers 2001-11-01
- Developing Countries as Plaintiffs and Defendants in GATT/WTO Trade Disputes
- Developing countries have been increasing their participation in the formal institutions and proceedings of the multilateral trading system. A prominent example is their more frequent involvement as defendants and plaintiffs in GATT/WTO trade disputes. This paper provides an initial economic appraisal of developing country performance in the GATT/WTO dispute settlement...
- White papers 2003-06-01
- Nondiscrimination and the WTO Agreement on Safeguards
- Most-favored-nation treatment, i.e., nondiscrimination among trading partners, is a fundamental principle of the GATT/WTO system. The WTO Agreement on Safeguards has thus been seen as encouraging use of a preferred form of contingent protection relative to antidumping and other inherently discriminatory measures. In practice, however, safeguard protection may also incorporate...
- White papers 2003-10-01
- The WTO Agreement on Safeguards: An Empirical Analysis of Discriminatory Impact
- The Uruguay Round Agreement on Safeguards represents an effort to improve the GATT safeguards SG process and thereby encourage countries to choose this option over antidumping and "Gray-area" measures such as bilaterally negotiated export restraints. This paper offers a first detailed analysis of the way safeguards initiated under the agreement...
- White papers 2003-10-01
- On the Economic Success of GATT/WTO Dispute Settlement
- What features of the dispute settlement process help governments live up to their trade liberalization commitments? Exploiting data on GATT/WTO trade disputes initiated and completed between 1973 and 1998, this paper identifies economic and institutional determinants that help defendant governments commit to liberalizing trade. This paper finds substantial evidence consistent...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Trade Taxes Are Expensive
- This paper examines the welfare implications of trade reforms in the presence of a government budget constraint. There is consensus about gains from opening up to trade. The less investigated question is, whether a coordinated tax reform, where the tariff revenue cuts are compensated with increases in distortionary domestic taxes,...
- White papers 2004-08-01
- Regulatory Risk, Market Risk And Capital Structure: Evidence From U.S. Electric Utilities
- There is a sharp contrast when one compares firm leverage ratios between US and British electric utilities, which have both been deregulated in the past decade. In the US, leverage ratios have been declining while in the UK, they show a marked increase. To better understand the decline in leverage...
- White papers 2005-12-01
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- Chase Manhattan Foundation Donates $5 Million To Brandeis University
- Business Editors WALTHAM, Mass.--BUSINESS WIRE--April 14, 2000 The Chase Manhattan Foundation today announced a $5 million gift to Brandeis University, among the largest gifts ever given by the foundation to an educational institution. The funds will be used to establish The Chase Manhattan Chair in Ethics and...
- Research articles 2000-04-14
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