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• UO Foundation Honored as Mid-Size Nonprofit of the Year

  - 2008-01-14

  EUGENE, Ore. -- At a recent ceremony, Foundation & Endowment Money Management FEMM awarded the University of Oregon Foundation the Mid-Size Nonprofit of the Year award. A private, nonprofit corporation, the UO Foundation is responsible for administering the thousands of private gifts donated annually to the University. In...

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• Portland's Hagerman Frick O'Brien hires Nick Klein

  - 2008-01-11

  Hagerman Frick O'Brien has hired Nick Klein as a sales associate. Klein has six years of experience in syndicate acquisitions and worked as a financial adviser for Washington Mutual. He holds a Bachelor of Science in economics from the University of Oregon.

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• Investment Industry Leaders Help Launch New UO Securities Analysis Center

  - 2007-10-18

  Program Will Train Students for Jobs and Fuel Oregon Economy PORTLAND, Ore. -- Six alumni of the University of Oregon Lundquist College of Business who went on to great success in the investment industry are now investing their own money in future business graduates. The six are contributing...

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• The Effect Of FDI On Local Education Expenditures

  BNET - 2006-09-15

  The intense competition for Foreign Direct Investment FDI by state and local governments within the US has raised concerns amongst some that this leads to the under provision of public services and possibly welfare losses for local communities. Economic analysis of this hypothesis is mixed with little empirical investigation on...

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• A Review Of The Empirical Literature On FDI Determinants

  BNET - 2005-04-01

  This paper surveys the burgeoning literature that empirically examines the Foreign Direct Investment FDI decisions of MultiNational Enterprises MNEs and the resulting aggregate location of FDI across the world. The contribution of the paper is to evaluate what one can say with relative confidence about FDI as a profession, given...

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• $600 Million Fund-Raising Effort Reaches Halfway Mark; UO Announces Recent Large Gifts to 'Campaign Oregon: Transforming Lives'

  - 2005-01-24

  EUGENE, Ore. -- The University of Oregon's $600 million fund-raising campaign -- the most ambitious in state history -- has raised $300 million, UO President Dave Frohnmayer announced today (Jan. 24). "The University of Oregon has a long and proud tradition of competing with the best, but competing is...

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• UO benefactor Knight resigns as Nike CEO

  - 2004-11-19

  Byline: Tim Christie The Register-Guard CORRECTION (ran 11/20/04): Nike Corp. is the world's largest shoe maker and a leading maker of athletic apparel. An article on Page A1 on Friday incorrectly described the firm's businesses. Billionaire sneaker mogul Phil Knight is giving up his day-to-day...

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• Incentive Contracts and Hedge Fund Management

  BNET - 2004-05-12

  This paper investigates dynamically optimal risk-taking by an expected-utility maximizing manager of a hedge fund. The paper examines the effects of variations on a compensation structure that includes a percentage management fee, a performance incentive for exceeding a specified high water mark, and managerial ownership of fund shares. The paper...

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• University of Oregon

  - 2004-03-25

  GREGORY VINCENT has been named to the newly created post of vice provost for institutional equity and diversity at the University of Oregon. Vincent was a law professor and vice provost at Louisiana State University. He also served as assistant vice chancellor at the University of Wisconsin. He earned a...

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• Santa Barbara News-Press, Calif., On the Move Column.

  - 2003-02-21

  Santa Barbara News-Press, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 21--CANTWELL'S REOPENS: Carla Gally received a very special Valentine's gift this year when Cantwell's Market reopened for business. The neighborhood store on the corner of State and Arrellaga streets, ...

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