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More Lessons in Persuasion: Using "the Power of Because"

The Find: Giving a reason, any reason, may help you persuade others to do as you ask. The Source: More tips on polishing your persuasion skills from the authors of Yes! 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to be Persuasive as related by the blog, Marginal Revolution ...

Tags: Jessica Stillman, Reason, Copiers, Cowen, Photocopier

Blog posts 2008-07-07

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AMSC to Present at Upcoming Investor Conferences

Presentations to be Broadcast Live Over the Internet on September 4 and September 10 DEVENS, Mass. -- American Superconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: AMSC), a leading energy technologies company, today announced that the company will be participating at the following investor conferences: * On September 4, 2008 at...

Articles 2008-08-26

Carpenter Technology to Attend Conference

WYOMISSING, Pa. -- Carpenter Technology Corporation (NYSE:CRS) announced today that K. Douglas Ralph, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, and David A. Christiansen, Vice President - Investor Relations and Business Development, will be attending Cowen's Focus Conference "Impact of Oil Prices on Commercial Aerospace" on September 3, 2008 in...

Articles 2008-08-26

Cowen Group Completes Acquisition of Latitude Capital Group

NEW YORK, Aug. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cowen Group, Inc. announced today the closing of its acquisition of Latitude Capital Group, the boutique investment bank headquartered in Hong Kong. Latitude has been renamed Cowen Latitude Asia, and Frank K. Au, previously President of Latitude, has become its Chief Executive...

Articles 2008-08-22

LifeCycle Pharma Sells Fenoglide™ Royalty Stream to Cowen Healthcare Royalty Partners for up to USD 105 Million Including an Upfront Payment of USD 29 Million

LifeCycle Pharma Adjusts Expectations for 2008 HORSHOLM, Denmark -- LifeCycle Pharma A/S (OMX: LCP) announced today that the royalty stream in North America related to its first commercialized product, Fenoglide[TM], the cholesterol lowering drug (formerly known as LCP-FenoChol) for the treatment of hyperlipidemia and hypertriglyceridemia, has been sold...

Articles 2008-08-21

Phones put Ahern in office

World News IN BRIEF *DUBLIN Three months after Brian Cowen became Irish prime minister, phone numbers for his office are still being re-directed to his predecessor. "Thank you for calling the office of the Taoiseach, but if youwish to call Bertie Ahern's office, please ring ..."...

Articles 2008-08-20

Biffo breaks with caravan

IT WAS disturbing to hear our great leader was spending his summer break in a caravan. While Murphy has nothing against such holidays, it just didn't seem fitting for An Taoiseach to be taking one. So you will be pleased to hear...

Articles 2008-08-17

MURPHY has to feel at least

MURPHY has to feel at least some sympathy for Brian Cowen. During his first three months in power he has seen the Celtic Tiger declared extinct, the national pay talks collapse and the Lisbon Treaty fail. With people on the street claiming...

Articles 2008-08-17

CELEBRITIES ADD THEIR TRIBUTES

RONNIE was a champion of traditional Irish music and, with The Dubliners, he re-energised and refreshed our unique musical heritage - President Mary McAleese RONNIE was an iconic figure in Irish music over the last five decades. I met him and admired his music, his unique...

Articles 2008-08-17

Dubliner Ronnie is dead

IRISH folk legend Ronnie Drew, founder of The Dubliners, died yesterday aged 73. Ronnie, who had battled throat cancer for two years, died with his family around him at a private hospital in Dublin. The band scored UK chart hits from Seven...

Articles 2008-08-17

Starry details

The article "Astronomers find distant star with a whole set of superEarths" (SN: 7/05/08, p. 7) leaves out some of the most interesting and important information. Is HD 40307 a G-type star like our sun? Which method was used to detect the planets? The article implies Doppler was used, but...

Articles 2008-08-16

Genentech says $43.7 billion bid is not enough

Biotech leader Genentech rejected a $43.7 billion buyout offer from drugmaker Roche on Wednesday but said it is open to a higher bid. Roche, which owns 56% of Genentech, offered $89 a share on July 21 for the rest of Genentech. Wall Street analysts said then that the...

Articles 2008-08-14

Contenders line up for West County school board races

Four people will vie for two open spots on the West Contra Costa Unified School District board this fall, while five will compete for three open spots on the John Swett school board. As of Wednesday's filing deadline, West Contra Costa Board President Karen Pfeifer, Richmond City...

Articles 2008-08-13

East Bay Roundup

West County FILING DEADLINE EXTENDED IN SCHOOL RACES: Friday's candidate filing deadline for the West Contra Costa and John Swett school boards' races has been extended to Wednesday because incumbents in each race did not file. As of early evening Friday, West Contra Costa...

Articles 2008-08-08

Dyax Enters into $50 Million Agreement with Cowen Healthcare Royalty Partners

Paul Royalty Interest Repurchased, Resulting in Net Proceeds of Approximately $15 million CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Dyax Corp. (NASDAQ: DYAX) announced today that it has entered into a $50 million loan agreement with Cowen Healthcare Royalty Partners, L.P. ("CHRP") secured by the Company's phage display Licensing and Funded Research...

Articles 2008-08-06

Cowen Group, Inc. Announces 2008 Second Quarter Results

NEW YORK, Aug. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cowen Group, Inc. today announced its operating results for the quarter ended June 30, 2008. Total revenue for the quarter ended June 30, 2008 was $62.7 million, representing a decrease of 12% from $71.2 million in the prior year period....

Articles 2008-08-05

Payday for consultants

GOVERNMENT bodies are continuing to tender for consultants in spite of a crackdown by Taoiseach Brian Cowen. Mr Cowen had vowed to slash reliance on external consultants by more than EUR140MILLION. But the Railway Procurement Agency alone has tendered for two sets...

Articles 2008-08-03

Horse Racing: ..UNDER STARTER'S ORDERS..

INA CARBERRY right and Katie Walsh will form part of the four- strong Irish National Hunt Jockeys team that will travel to Australia later this month for the annual challenge between the two countries. Alain Cawley, who won this year's Martinstown Opportunity series for conditional riders,...

Articles 2008-08-03

..UNDER STARTER'S ORDERS..

NINA CARBERRY right and Katie Walsh will form part of the four- strong Irish National Hunt Jockeys team that will travel to Australia later this month for the annual challenge between the two countries. Alain Cawley, who won this year's Martinstown Opportunity series for conditional riders,...

Articles 2008-08-03

CardioNet, Inc. Announces Pricing of Secondary Offering of Common Stock

CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa. -- CardioNet, Inc. (NASDAQ:BEAT), a leading wireless medical technology company with an initial focus on the diagnosis and monitoring of cardiac arrhythmias, today announced the pricing of 5,000,000 shares of outstanding common stock being offered by certain existing stockholders to the public at the price of $26.50 per...

Articles 2008-08-01