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Salli Richardson takes on top Sci-Fi channel TV role
Actress Salli Richardson says that one of the biggest misconceptions about her is that she has stopped acting. She wants her fans to know that nothing could be further from the truth. "I'm always working but it may be on a show that's not necessarily just geared toward our...
Tags: drama, misconception, Sci-Fi Channel, TVs
Research articles 2007-07-16
Media Advisory-Deloitte: Canada's Labour Crisis-The Myths, Misconceptions & Questions.
TORONTO, ONTARIO, Apr 27, 2006 CCNMatthews via COMTEX -- Canadian executives struggle with the 'know how' to deal with the labour shortage crisis Deloitte addresses key misconceptions and points to six questions all CEOs must ask themselves What: While most of Canada's C-suite is...
Tags: Canada, Deloitte LLP, media, misconception, talent, workforce
Research articles 2006-04-27
Misconceptions fuel minority lag in owning home
(This article originally ran in the Long Island Business News, Long Island, NY, another Dolan Media publication.)Homeownership among minorities may lag because of misconceptions about mortgage options and credit, according to the American Bankers Association. About half of blacks and Latinos believe they must have almost perfect credit, have held...
Tags: American Bankers Association, FINANCE, misconception, Mortgages
Research articles 2005-06-24
Countering Misconceptions about Sales
After reading some of the comments on this blog from non-sales folk, I’m convinced that there are a fair number of businesspeople who neither like nor respect sales pros â€" especially the ones working in their own company. That attitude can be a major impediment to getting things done,...
Tags: Sales strategy, Sales force management, Geoffrey James, Sales Pro, General, Pitches, Sales Tips, misconception, S-A, sales
Blog posts 2007-05-30
Conducting School-Based Functional Behavioral Assessments: a Practitioner's Guide.(Book Review)
Conducting School-Based Functional Behavioral Assessments: A Practitioner's Guide by T. Steuart Watson and Mark W. Steege. New York: Guilford Press, 2003. 248 pp., paperback, $28.00. Conducting School-Based Functional Behavioral Assessments: A Practitioner's Guide was written to help the practitioner learn how ...
Tags: Cooper, misconception, practitioner
Research articles 2004-05-01
Characterizing audience for informational web site design.(Case Study)
SUMMARY * Presents a sample of audience analysis results and discusses how they were used to make design decisions * Reflects on the strategy, the insights gained from the data, and the impact of the results on the subject Web site ...
Tags: analysis, arthritis, Arthritis, INTERNET, knowledge, M., MARKETING, misconception, survey, Technology, University of Washington, Web
Research articles 2004-02-01
Getting the story straight
Education Week and others are reporting on the Department of Education's $500,000 NCLB PR machine. The NCLB Communications and Outreach Team, an eight-person unit, is charged with promoting NCLB and clearing up any misconceptions. Emily Katz heads up the team, reporting to John Danielson, chief of staff for Secretary of...
Tags: E-mail, MARKETING, misconception, secretary, U.S. Department of Education
Research articles 2003-07-01
Lewinsky and Fox team up
A year ago, poor little Monica Lewinsky burst into tears in front of a room full of TV critics and complained that she was misunderstood. That she agreed to be interviewed for an HBO documentary because she wanted to set straight several misconceptions about herself. "The main one...
Tags: CAREER, celebrity, E-mail, misconception, president, team, TVs, White House
Research articles 2003-03-21
Energy survey reveals important misconceptions.
M2 PRESSWIRE-7 March 2003-FORATOM: Energy survey reveals important misconceptionsC1994-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:03072003 Brussels - The European Commission has just released the results of an important EU-wide survey assessing how members of the public feel about energy and energy technology issues....
Tags: European Commission, Government, MARKETING, misconception, survey
Research articles 2003-03-07
State unemployment rate an art, not a science. (Issues@Work).(Brief Article)
When corporate executives in Connecticut need to make decisions on hiring and on where to locate or expand operations, a big factor is the particular area's unemployment rate. Despite this importance of the unemployment rate, the figure "remains one of the most misunderstood and...
Tags: Connecticut, MARKETING, misconception, U.S. Department of Labor
Research articles 2003-02-24
SBA can be a boon, but it doesn't make loans.(Special Report)(misconceptions about Small Business Administration grants/loans)
Byline: Laura Bailey The biggest misconception about U.S. Small Business Administration grants and loans is that there are U.S. Small Business Administration grants and loans. ``There's lots of public-sector information out there that says we do grants or even that we...
Tags: bank, borrower, misconception, U.S. Small Business Administration
Research articles 2002-12-09
British Tour Operator Lashes Out over Lapsed Bid for Rival.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 11 -- Chances look slim that the European Commission will clear Airtours' UKpound 900 million bid for rival holiday group First Choice, allowed to lapse yesterday pending the EC decision. While Airtours still hopes for regulatory approval,...
Tags: Brussels, European Commission, FINANCE, Government, Investment, misconception, Regulations, SALES
Research articles 1999-06-10
Globaphobia: COnfronting Fears About Open Trade.(Brief Article)
GLOBAPHOBIA: CONFRONTING FEARS ABOUT OPEN TRADE. Edited by Gary Burtless, Robert Lawrence, Robert Litan and Robert Shapiro. Brookings; 162 pages; $35.95; K41.25 CLEAR, concise and occasionally humorous ("To those who believe that reading a book about economics is equivalent to swallowing castor oil, we...
Tags: Benefits, Clear, FINANCE, Insurance, misconception, Robert
Research articles 1998-09-12
Ault Foods Limited denies that layoff of provisional workers was due to sluggish Lactantia PurFiltre ™ milk sales
ETOBICOKE, Ontario--BUSINESS WIRE--Feb. 27, 1995--Ault Foods Ltd. (TSE, ME: AUL ) would like to correct a misconception that the provisional workforce layoff in the London Ontario plant was due to anything other than a reduction in commodity fluid milk sales.This fluctuation in volume was solely caused by the decision of...
Tags: Business Wire, layoff, misconception, Ontario, SALES, worker
Research articles 1995-02-27
Welcome to the museum of American stereotypes
Tim Giago Indian Country Today Lakota Times 09-21-1994 Welcome to the museum of American stereotypes. September 21, 1994 What happens when the supposed experts give out information about American Indians that reinforces myths, misconceptions and stereotypes? I'm not talking about...
Tags: advertisement, America, misconception, Museum, Smithsonian Institution, stereotype
Research articles 1994-09-21
Honeywell 36-100 APU: misconceptions of on-condition maintenance requirements.(Turbine Technology)
In a conversation with Mark Russo, national sales and service manager, APU program, for Dallas Airmotive, he shared that in his conversations with fellow aircraft mechanics, a common misconception is the concept of on-condition maintenance. In this a In a conversation with Mark Russo, national sales...
Tags: Honeywell International Inc., misconception, turbine
Research articles 2006-03-01
AIDS misconceptions spawn Coca-Cola 'remedy' in Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 19 Kyodo
Tags: Coca-Cola Co., misconception
Research articles 2000-10-23
Voltaire Dispels Misconceptions About InfiniBand
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Tags: misconception
Research articles 2002-06-17
The Practical Lender: 9 Common Misconceptions
Revised Article 9 to the Uniform Commercial Code ("Revised Article 9") went into effect in most jurisdictions on July 1, 2001 (the "Effective Date") and in all jurisdictions as of January 1, 2002. Revised Article 9 had a primary intended purpose of streamlining secured transactions. In time, this goal will...
Tags: Misconception, Commercial Lending, Banking, Financial Services
White papers 2002-04-01
The Perils of Debt Collection By Illinosis Attorneys: Ten Common Misconceptions About The FDCPA
Lawyer's loss prevention is a never ending dilemma. Just when a practitioner feels he or she understands their exposure to malpractice, along comes a regulatory scheme which imposes a new way of looking at things, often with serious consequences. In order to minimize this, attorneys who are involved to any...
Tags: Misconception, Lawyer, Attorney, Hinshaw & Culbertson
White papers 2003-01-01