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• Red capital.

  - 2006-06-08

  Byline: David James and Alan Carroll Jun 08, 2006 (BRW - ABIX via COMTEX) -- China is the "laboratory of the 21st century", according to Philip Bobbit. Bobbit, of the University of Texas in the US, says that China has three options in terms...

  Tags: China, FINANCE, Government, Investment, MARKETING, SOFTWARE, University of Texas

• Ethics start at the top: expert.

  - 2005-09-07

  Byline: Leon Gettler Sep 07, 2005 (The Age - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Ethicist Steve Salbu says strict new corporate laws in the US will not prevent another corporate collapse of the likes of ...

  Tags: Enron Corp., ethics, FINANCE, Government, Leadership, Regulations, Sarbanes-Oxley, University of Melbourne, University of Texas

• University of Texas-San Antonio gets interim dean of business.

  - 2004-09-08

  By Elizabeth Allen, San Antonio Express-News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 8--The University of Texas at San Antonio has named Lynda Y. de la Via interim dean and Peter Flawn professor of economics at its College of Business. De...

  Tags: CAREER, E-mail, Fax, FINANCE, Government, president, University of Texas

• University of Texas Campuses Partner with Federal Lab for National Security.

  - 2004-03-19

  By John Kirkpatrick, The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 19--Three University of Texas campuses in the Dallas area are getting a boost from a new agreement with Sandia National Laboratories, the federal government's research group that specializes in ...

  Tags: Dallas, FINANCE, Government, University of Texas

• Seminar at U.T. Dallas Jan. 20 to Focus on Implications of Sarbanes-Oxley Act; Institute for Excellence in Corporate Governance to Sponsor Series on Compliance, Restoring Trust.

  - 2003-12-15

  Byline: University of Texas at Dallas RICHARDSON, Texas, Dec. 15 AScribe Newswire -- The chief counsel of the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, a former U.S. secretary of labor and a former CEO of the accounting firm Deloitte will lead the list of speakers at a...

  Tags: compliance, counsel, Dallas, Deloitte LLP, director, FINANCE, Government, Regulations, Sarbanes-Oxley, University of Texas

• Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas, O.K. Carter Commentary Column.

  - 2003-12-14

  By O.K. Carter, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 14--FIGURES COULD POINT TO TROUBLING TREND: Making the rounds of holiday parties, Arlington Mayor Bob Cluck wasn't feeling that festive. "I've got the most recent sales tax numbers,"...

  Tags: FINANCE, Government, University of Texas

• Texas student hacks into university, steals information, authorities say. (Higher Education).

  - 2003-03-26

  A University of Texas, Austin, student is accused of hacking into a school database and stealing personal identity information on 53,000 students, former students and employees. The data accessed included names, social security numbers, addresses and e-mail addresses, data that can be used to...

  Tags: E-mail, FINANCE, Government, Hacking, SECURITY, University of Texas

• The Sarbanes-Oxley Bill

  BNET - 2003-01-01

  A recent Bill calls for civil and criminal remedies against employees reporting securities fraud to company supervisors or law enforcement agencies. It entrusts audit committees with the job of establishing procedures for handling audit-related complaints. The Bill envisages the setting up of a Public Company Accounting Oversight Board PCAOB to...

  Tags: Audit, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, University Of Texas, Arkansas, Bill, Financial Accounting, Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory Compliance, Finance, Regulations, Government, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures

• The era of responsibility.

  - 2002-07-09

  Jul 09, 2002 Far Eastern Economic Review ABIX via COMTEX -- Sarah Cleveland, of the University of Texas, notes that US human rights law has developed greatly in the past 50 years. This growth, combined with rising overseas investment by US firms, has led...

  Tags: FINANCE, Government, Investment, Thailand, University of Texas, Unocal Corp.

• Bush aide for a decade is now Cabinet Secretary

  - 2002-05-20

  High school friends of Albert Hawkins had no idea after he received a master's degree at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas that he would wind up as a White House aide to a Republican President. But that is what happened to...

  Tags: aide, Cabinet, FINANCE, Government, Governor, Investment, president, University of Texas, White House