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• Pharma Roundup: Cephalon's Strategy, GSK: "No Big M&A," and More

  BNET - 2009-01-09

  Cephalon's winning business model -- Time and time again, Cephalon buys a drug for cheap and then gives it the resources to become a success, earning big money in the process -- 2009 revenue for the company should top $2 billion. Combined with "superior drug scouting" and "hyperaggressive marketing," it's...

  Tags: Strategy, Johnson & Johnson, M&A, Cephalon Inc., Vanderbilt University, Mergers & Acquisitions, Operational Accounting, Investment, Finance, John Maas

• Fitch Rates Vanderbilt University's $354MM Revs 'AA'; VRDBs 'AA'/'F1+'

  - 2008-03-17

  NEW YORK -- Fitch Ratings assigns a long-term 'AA' rating to the following series of fixed-rate revenue refunding bonds issued by the Health & Educational Facilities Board of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee, on behalf of Vanderbilt University the university: -- $178 million series 2008A;...

  Tags: bond, FINANCE, Fitch, Investment, revenue, Vanderbilt University

• William T. Spitz Elected to the Board of Trustees of Acadia Realty Trust

  - 2007-08-27

  NEW YORK -- Acadia Realty Trust (NYSE: AKR - "Acadia" or the "Company"), a real estate investment trust ("REIT"), today announced that William T. Spitz, former Vice Chancellor for Investments and Treasurer of Vanderbilt University, has been elected to the Company's Board of Trustees. "We are extremely pleased to...

  Tags: board, Company, FINANCE, Investment, REIT, Vanderbilt University

• Vanderbilt Expert Says Airline Mergers Are Inevitable.

  - 2006-12-13

  Byline: Vanderbilt University NASHVILLE, Tenn., Dec. 13 AScribe Newswire -- "Airline consolidation is inevitable," says Michael Lapre, associate professor of management at Vanderbilt University's Owen School of Management and an expert on the airline industry. Media reports say UAL Corporation, the parent company...

  Tags: Continental Airlines Inc., FINANCE, Investment, merger, United Airlines, Vanderbilt University

• Vanderbilt Experts Available to Discuss Haditha Investigation

  - 2006-06-06

  News Advisory: The following experts from Vanderbilt University are available to the discuss the Haditha investigation: Vanderbilt's Newton can explain military prosecution process Mike Newton, acting associate clinical professor of law at Vanderbilt University, is an expert on war crimes and international criminal law. As a former military prosecutor, he...

  Tags: FINANCE, Investment, NETWORKING, Newton, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Vanderbilt University

• 100 Black Men of America, Inc

  - 2004-10-25

  Albert E. Dotson, Jr., an equity partner in the Miami law firm of Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP, was named national chairman of the 100 Black Men of America, Inc. A graduate of Dartmouth College and the Vanderbilt University School of Law, Dotson previously served as vice president...

  Tags: Dartmouth College, FINANCE, graduate, Investment, Litigation, Miami, president, Vanderbilt University

• Vanguard Group Founder John C. Bogle to Speak at Vanderbilt University.(Brief Article)

  - 2003-11-07

  Byline: Vanderbilt University NASHVILLE, Tenn., Nov. 7 AScribe Newswire -- John C. Bogle, founder of The Vanguard Group and president of the Bogle Financial Markets Research Center, will speak about "Many Happy Returns? The Stock Market in the Coming Years" at 1 p.m. on...

  Tags: Benefits, FINANCE, Investment, Vanderbilt University

• Renal Care Group Names Will Johnston Non-Executive Chairman

  - 2003-03-20

  Business Editors/Health/Medical Writers NASHVILLE, Tenn.--BUSINESS WIRE--March 20, 2003 Renal Care Group, Inc. (NYSE:RCI) today announced that its Board of Directors named William P. Will Johnston, age 58, to the position of Non-Executive Chairman of the Board following the death of Sam Brooks, Renal Care Group's prior chairman. The...

  Tags: board, chairman, FINANCE, Investment, Vanderbilt University

• Emerging Financial Markets and Early U.S. Growth

  BNET - 2000-05-01

  This paper argues that the innovative and expanding financial system, by providing debt and equity financing to businesses and governments as new technologies emerged, was central to the nation's early growth and modernization. The analysis includes a set of multivariate time series models that relate measures of banking and equity...

  Tags: Growth, Financial, Financial Market, Equity, Vanderbilt University, Investment, Financial Accounting, Government, Financial Services, Finance

• The Herald-Sun, Durham, N.C., Midweek Buzz Column.

  - 1999-06-08

  Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 9 -- GARDEN GATES CLOSE: The hair care, body care and perfume retailer Garden Botanika recently closed its store inside South Square Mall. The publicly held company, which sells natural-based products, has been in the red and is in...

  Tags: FINANCE, Investment, Vanderbilt University