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• Seyfarth Shaw Welcomes Mark W. Coffin and Elaine H. Tippitt as Partners to Corporate Practice Group in Houston

  - 2008-08-27

  HOUSTON -- Seyfarth Shaw LLP, one of America's leading full-service law firms, today announced that new partners Mark W. Coffin and Elaine H. Tippitt have joined Seyfarth Shaw's Corporate Practice Group in the firm's Houston office. Prior to joining Seyfarth Shaw, both were partners with Adams and Reese LLP. ...

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• How Does Foreign Direct Investment Promote Economic Growth?: Exploring The Effects Of Financial Markets on Linkages

  BNET - 2006-06-01

  The empirical literature finds mixed evidence on the existence of positive productivity externalities in the host country generated by foreign multinational companies. We propose a novel mechanism, which emphasizes the role of local financial markets in enabling Foreign Direct Investment FDI to promote growth through backward linkages, shedding light on...

  Tags: University Of Houston, Financial, Financial Market, Linkage, Foreign Direct Investment, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), Currency & Foreign Exchange, Financial Accounting, Investment, Finance

• Trading Energy on Old Assumptions is 'Like Playing Russian Roulette with an Automatic,' Says Craig Pirrong in World Energy Monthly Review

  - 2006-01-17

  HOUSTON -- "Energy trading is now poised to become an integral part of broader financial markets," writes Dr. Craig Pirrong, energy markets director of the Global Energy Management Institute and professor at the University of Houston, in the January issue of World Energy Monthly Review. This assertion is evidenced by...

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• Public professor: George Daly will be putting post-scandal Wall Street settlement money to use in educating the public about investing.(ProfilesInsuccess)

  - 2004-07-01

  Painesville, Ohio-born George G. Daly says he's lived a conventional life. Ha! [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] How conventional is working in the Nixon White House during Watergate? How conventional is running a private think tank doing studies for the Defense Department?...

  Tags: 401(k), Benefits, FINANCE, Investment, NFL, professor, University of Houston, White House

• Houston Chronicle Small Business Column.

  - 2003-04-13

  Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 13--DEVELOPMENT CENTER: The University of Houston Small Business Development Center -- 2302 Fannin, Suite 200, 713-752-8488 -- provides counseling and training to both new and established businesses. For events at other locations, contact the...

  Tags: FINANCE, financing, Government, Investment, SOFTWARE, University of Houston

• Conference addresses family law, education, future.

  - 2000-10-26

  M2 PRESSWIRE-26 October 2000-Texas A&M University: Conference addresses family law, education, future C1994-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:25102000 WESLACO -- A federal appeals court judge said people have the right to refuse to answer questions from Border Patrol agents at U.S. ...

  Tags: conference, education, FINANCE, Investment, U.S., University of Houston

• Extreme Observations and Diversification in Latin American Emerging Equity Markets

  BNET

  This paper focuses on the tails of the unconditional distribution of Latin American emerging markets stock returns. The paper explores their implications for portfolio diversification according to the safety first principle. The paper also finds that the Latin American emerging markets have significantly fatter tails than industrial markets, especially, the...

  Tags: University Of Houston, Tail, Diversification, Equity, Asset Management, Financial Services, Marketing Research, Investment, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Marketing, Finance