Resources
BNET Resources
- sort by:
- Relevance
- Date
- Popularity
- The New England Council Announces its 2008 "New Englander of the Year" Awards
- BOSTON -- The New England Council's Board of Directors unanimously voted to present the 2008 "New Englander of the Year" awards to Boston College Chancellor Reverend J. Donald Monan, S.J., Massachusetts Congressman Richard E. Neal, and CVS Caremark Corporation Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Thomas M. Ryan. The awards...
- Research articles 2008-09-10
- British economy facing 'worst downturn in 60 years': Darling
- LONDON AFP — The British finance minister has warned the country is facing "arguably the worst" economic downturn in 60 years and says it will be "more profound and long-lasting" than people had expected. Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling also admits in an interview with Saturday's Guardian newspaper...
- Research articles 2008-08-30
- World Tonight: King grilled
- BANK of England Governor Mervyn King faced a fresh grilling from MPs today in the aftermath of the Northern Rock affair. The Commons Treasury Committee launched a new inquiry after Chancellor Alistair Darling announced measures to increase Government protection offered to depositors in the event of a bank collapse from...
- Research articles 2008-07-22
- University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Dr. Carolyn "Biddy" Martin has been appointed chancellor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Previously, she served as provost at Cornell University. Martin earned a bachelor's from the College of William & Mary, a master's from Middlebury College and a doctorate from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]
- Research articles 2008-07-10
- US-German link feted as embassy returns to historic Berlin site
- BERLIN AFP — German Chancellor Angela Merkel and America's last Cold War leader called Friday for lasting transatlantic friendship as the US embassy in Berlin reopened on the site it last occupied in 1941. Former president George H.W. Bush said the new mission, built beside the Brandenburg Gate in...
- Research articles 2008-07-04
- Darling warns of tough times ahead
- CHANCELLOR Alistair Darling has renewed calls for pay restraint in the public and private sectors to head off the danger of an inflationary spiral. In his high-profile Mansion House speech last night Mr Darling acknowledged that "times are tough", but insisted the UK would avoid recession. He told...
- Research articles 2008-06-19
- Darling in talks to beat credit crunch
- CHANCELLOR Alistair Darling will today meet mortgage lenders to discuss ways to help homeowners to survive the credit crunch. The Bank of England yesterday unveiled a pounds 50 billion scheme to tackle the credit crunch by allowing banks and building societies to swap their riskier mortgage-backed assets for safer...
- Research articles 2008-04-22
- School of hard rocks: Queen guitarist becomes uni chief
- LONDON AFP — Rock star and astrophysics expert Brian May took up his post as a university chancellor on Monday, warning that science funding cuts risked damaging Britain's position on the world stage. The Queen guitarist, who last year completed a long-abandoned doctoral thesis on interplanetary dust, said he...
- Research articles 2008-04-14
- World Science Festival: A Universe of Science in New York City, May 28 - June 1, 2008
- NEW YORK -- The first annual World Science Festival, an unprecedented celebration of scientific discovery, was announced today by physicist Brian Greene, six-time Emmy award winning actor Alan Alda, President Lee Bollinger of Columbia University, President John Sexton of New York University, Chancellor Matthew Goldstein of the City University of...
- Research articles 2008-04-02
- German Chancellor not planning to attend Olympics opening
- BRDO PRI KRANJU, Slovenia AFP — German Foreign Minister Frank-walter Steinmeier said Friday that neither he nor Chancellor Angela Merkel plan to attend the Bejing Olympics opening, but implied this was not linked to Tibet. Steinmeier, arriving for a meeting with his EU counterparts in Brdo Pri Kranju, just...
- Research articles 2008-03-28
- Austria seeks Libyan help to free kidnapped tourists
- VIENNA AFP — Austria sought international help Monday to free two nationals seized three weeks ago in Tunisia after the kidnappers, a group linked to Al-Qaeda, extended their deadline for a proposed prisoner swap. The Austrian daily Kurier reported that the abductors from the Al-Qaeda Organisation in the Islamic...
- Research articles 2008-03-17
- Winston-Salem State University
- [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] DR. DONALD JULIAN REAVES has been named chancellor at Winston-Salem State University (N.C.). Previously, he served as vice president for administration and CFO at the University of Chicago. Reaves earned a bachelor's from Cleveland State University, and a master's and doctorate from Kent State University.
- Research articles 2008-03-06
- Germany's Merkel says she lived in a squat
- BERLIN AFP — German Chancellor Angela Merkel lived in a squat in communist East Berlin during her twenties, she revealed in a newspaper interview to be published Thursday. Merkel, 53, told the Sueddeutsche Zeitung newspaper that she struggled to find accommodation when she moved to Berlin from Leipzig with...
- Research articles 2008-02-27
- Chancellor hopes decision will end debate on Northern Rock.
- It was Goldman Sachs, the government's financial adviser on the future of Northern Rock, that concluded that a temporary nationalisation would be the best way of protecting taxpayers' interests. Chancellor Alistair Darling subsequently outlined objectives aimed at protecting the taxpayer and said under...
- Research articles 2008-02-21
- Case of shake, rattle and Rock.
- Byline: The Lib Dem Treasury spokesman, outspoken on Northern Rock, gives his opinion on the shake-up Six months on and the financial markets and the wider economy are still reeling from the credit crunch. Whether they recover in a matter of weeks or...
- Research articles 2008-02-21
- Berkeley adds racial equity chair
- The University of California, Berkeley, will appoint a faculty member to an endowed professorship focused on solving racial disparities in education, business and health care. The university said Tuesday the chancellor's chair in equity and inclusion would be funded by $5 million in donations, including $3.5 million...
- Research articles 2008-02-21
- Berkeley to appoint racial equity professor
- The University of California, Berkeley, will appoint a faculty member to an endowed professorship focused on solving racial disparities in education, business and health care. The university said Tuesday the chancellor's chair in equity and inclusion would be funded by $5 million in donations, including $3.5 million...
- Research articles 2008-02-21
- Chancellor visits Nissan
- CHANCELLOR Alistair Darling has travelled to Nissan HQ in Japan to thank them for 800 new jobs they are creating in the region. Mr Darling was in Tokyo to meet Hidetoshi Imazu, executive vice president of Nissan Motor Co Ltd at the car manufacturer's head quarters. Last week,...
- Research articles 2008-02-09
- Waxwork Merkel rolled out at London's Madame Tussauds
- LONDON AFP — A new waxwork of German Chancellor Angela Merkel was unveiled at London's Madame Tussauds on Tuesday -- the latest famous likeness to take its place at the world-famous visitor attraction. Merkel, in a pillar-box red jacket, is positioned with her hands clasped behind a podium in...
- Research articles 2008-02-05
- Do or die deadline looms for sale.
- Byline: Chancellor's bond plan leads to renewed Rock interest from Flowers, but Virgin still has the nod from the Treasury While the option of nationalising Northern Rock has not been ruled out, the latest proposal to sell the mortgage lender's estimated AGBP38bn debt as...
- Research articles 2008-01-31
- << Previous
- page 1 of 33
- Next >>
Content Types
Refining Tags
- Agence France-Presse (198 results)
- Finance (194 results)
- Government (167 results)
- Software (116 results)
- Leadership (97 results)
- president (76 results)
- Germany (75 results)
- Bank of England (60 results)
- Berlin (48 results)
- Taxes (42 results)
- Benefits (39 results)
- University of California at Berkeley (37 results)
- Strategy (34 results)
- leader (33 results)
- Investment (30 results)
- Bank (29 results)
- MARKETING (27 results)
- Britain (25 results)
- Financial (22 results)
- Democrat (22 results)
- HEALTHCARE (20 results)
- University of California (20 results)
- White House (20 results)
- CAREER (18 results)
- board (17 results)
- inflation (16 results)
- U.K. (16 results)
- education (16 results)
- professor (16 results)
- Dr. (16 results)
- Manufacturing (15 results)
- British Broadcasting Corp. (15 results)
- Job (14 results)
- U.S. (14 results)
- Europe (14 results)
- SALES (14 results)
- Business Wire (13 results)
- TVs (13 results)
- E-mail (13 results)
- Treasury (13 results)
- INTERNET (13 results)
- World Bank (12 results)
- London (11 results)
- conference (11 results)
- SECURITY (10 results)
- European Commission (10 results)
- Democratic Party (10 results)
- Governor (10 results)
- University of North Carolina (10 results)
- Iraq (10 results)
