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• Western Kentucky University Selects SS&C's Zoologic Learning Solutions

  - 2008-10-08

  Web-based Courses Integrated into Professional MBA Program WINDSOR, Conn. -- SS&C Technologies, Inc. (www.ssctech.com), a global provider of financial services software and software-enabled services, today announced that Western Kentucky University (www.wku.edu) has selected SS&C's Zoologic Learning Solutions as its web-based course content provider. The Gordon Ford College of...

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• JumpTV Partners With Western Kentucky University

  - 2008-08-28

  JumpTV (TSX: JTV) (AIM: JTV), a leading broadcaster of live and on-demand sports video over the Internet, today announced its partnership with Western Kentucky University. As part of the agreement, JumpTV will provide a web platform for WKU's college sports content as well as its One Fan Profile to...

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• BlueStone Real Estate Capital Secures $17M Loan for The Registry Student Housing Complex at Western Kentucky University

  - 2008-02-20

  PHILADELPHIA -- BlueStone Real Estate Capital, a Philadelphia-based real estate investment bank, has secured a $17M non-recourse, first mortgage loan for The Registry at Western Kentucky University, a student housing complex in Bowling Green, KY. NewStar Financial was the lender in the transaction. The complex, located directly across the...

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• Messenger-Inquirer, Owensboro, Ky., business people column.

  - 2004-09-19

  Messenger-Inquirer, Owensboro, Ky. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 19--JERRY GOETZ, CFP, CFS has achieved the designation of certified fund specialist. The CFS program covers every aspect of investing as it applies to mutual funds, exchange-traded funds, real estate investment trusts ...

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• Corporate Scandals, Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and Equity Prices

  BNET - 2004-06-21

  The objective of this study is to investigate the stock market reaction to the enactment of Sarbanes-Oxley Act. The impact on stock prices should be positive as this law is intended to prevent such corporate scandals and restore investors' confidence in the stock market. It requires more federal regulation of...

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• Warren County, Ohio, Baseball Promoters Remain Upbeat despite Low Ticket Sales.

  - 2004-06-17

  By Jim Gaines, The Daily News, Bowling Green, Ky. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 17--The group selling season tickets to gauge interest in a minor-league baseball team is only a bit closer to its original 2,000-ticket goal today than it was three...

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• Kentucky College Students Brace for Tuition Hikes.

  - 2004-04-07

  By Justin Willis, Messenger-Inquirer, Owensboro, Ky. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 7--News about another round of tuition increases for students at Owensboro Community and Technical College failed to faze student Rob Jenkins. Jenkins, 21, an art major in his sixth...

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• Survey Finds Tight Finances Eroding Quality of Kentucky Higher Education.

  - 2003-09-08

  By Art Jester, Lexington Herald-Leader, Ky. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 8--On its beloved hilltop campus high above the town of Bowling Green, Western Kentucky University exemplifies the promise and the perils that define a new era for Kentucky's colleges and ...

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• Principles of Managerial Finance: Hybrid and Derivative Securities

  BNET - 2003-01-01

  An option is an instrument that provides its holder with an opportunity to purchase or sell a specified asset at a stated price on or before a set expiration date. Options are probably the most popular type of derivative security. Three basic forms of options are rights, warrants, and calls...

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• Value Enhancement: Back to Basics

  BNET - 2003-01-01

  Using the DCF framework, there are four basic ways in which the value of a firm can be enhanced. These are the cash flows from existing assets to the firm can be increased, the expected growth rate in these cash flows can be increased, the length of the high growth...

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