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- Ethics aren't expensive.
- Ethical investing doesn't cost money, according to new research. David Hobson and Anne-Marie Anderson, of Lehigh University in Pennsylvania, estimate that portfolios that selected ethical stocks or avoided unethical ones did, on average, as well as the S&P 500 between 1991 and 2004. ...
- Research articles 2007-01-12
- Video at the heart of the campus: University of Maryland's investment in security helps create a safer learning environment.
- When the University of Maryland experienced a sharp increase in campus crime, authorities treated the problem very seriously. School officials were all too aware of the circumstances surrounding the Clery Act and wanted to be in compliance. Jeanne Ann Clery was a 19...
- Research articles 2006-07-01
- Lehigh stocks contest imparts lessons; Students learn socially conscious investing.(News)
- Byline: Thomas N. Zadvydas NEW YORK - Attend Lehigh University if you want to learn to invest like a Wall Street pro - with a heart. At the Bethlehem, Pa., university, students can participate in a ...
- Research articles 2006-04-17
- 20 under 40: Jim Peters: Bridges gap between investor and entrepreneur
- As senior director of Geisinger Ventures, a six-person venture capital group launched within Geisinger Health System, Jim Peters recently moved back to the Scranton area after spending the last 15 years in the New York City area.He is spearheading venture creation from the idea to conception stage though business launch...
- Research articles 2005-12-01
- Ben Franklin to Invest $150,000 in Ciclon Semiconductor
- LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa. -- The Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Northeastern Pennsylvania BFTP board approved an investment of $150,000 with Ciclon Semiconductor Device Corporation, Bethlehem, Northampton County. Ciclon is located in the Ben Franklin Business Incubator on the Lehigh University campus. Ciclon Semiconductor designs and markets Laterally-Diffused Metal Oxide...
- Research articles 2005-08-02
- Are you being served? Trends in university financial services: IHEs need to see financial services as a way to add value
- In 2003, American consumers spent $112.2 billion on higher education, reports the U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Economic Analysis. As large a number as this is, it is dwarfed by the $267 billion in endowment assets that the National Association of Cortege and University Business Officers (www.nacubo.org) reports was...
- Research articles 2005-07-01
- Ben Franklin to Invest $572,000 in Regional Economic Development
- BETHLEHEM, Pa. -- The Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Northeastern Pennsylvania (BFTP/NEP) announces investments of $572,000 with four early stage companies, three established manufacturers, and one business incubator. Ben Franklin announces the following early-stage company investments: ASP Platform Services, LLC, Millville, Columbia County BF Investment: $150,000 ...
- Research articles 2004-10-05
- Smart adhesive has an on-off switch. (Down the Line).
- Two scientists at Lehigh University (Bethlehem, PA) have developed a polymer-aluminum interface whose adhesion strength can be controlled by temperature. Gregory Ferguson, Ph.D., associate professor of chemistry, and Sureurg Khongtong, Ph.D., now a lecturer in polymer and rubber technology at Walailak University in Thailand, developed the...
- Research articles 2003-03-01
- The Golden Ghetto: The American Commercial Community at Canton and the Shaping of American China Policy.(Review)
- JACQUES M. DOWNS, (Bethlehem: Lehigh University Press; London: Associated University Presses. 1997. Pp.495; illus.; map: tables; index. H/back ISBN 0 934223 35 1, [pounds]55). Peter Ward Fay's foreword to this book tells us that it is a labour of love: the product of many...
- Research articles 1999-04-01
- Lehigh President's First Day Is Prosperous One for Pennsylvania University.
- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 9--Lehigh University's newly installed president got an immediate financial boost on his first official day of duties yesterday -- a $25 million donation from a Lehigh alumnus, the largest single gift in the school's history. The...
- Research articles 1998-10-09
- Corporate Policy Distortions and Indirect Costs of Bankruptcy
- Coupled with limited liability, asymmetric information between equity-holders and debt-holders is commonly invoked to explain distorting effects of debt on investment decisions. This paper proposes a continuous-time, intertemporal decision model to investigate the role of bankruptcy risk on policies/activities of a firm in a symmetric information setting. No debt is...
- White papers 2002-11-01
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- Mark Yeager
- The March of Dimes announced that it has honored Mark Yeager for his role in community efforts. Yeager is president of the Gale Company. He is responsible for overseeing all of the company's investment and development activities. Prior to joining the Gale Company, he served as an investment broker...
- Research articles 2002-04-03
- TOP WOMEN IN BUSINESS: Ellen Q. Bush, 'To meet challenges, love your work'
- Ellen Q. Bush Senior Vice President Smith Barney Co.Ellen Q. Bush. 46, senior vice president of investment at Smith Barney Company Inc., in Scranton, counsels local investors of all types in the best way to plan for their futures.She offers expert financial planning advice to individuals building a retirement fund...
- Research articles 2004-03-01
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