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• Oxford report suggests SRI funds are not more costly.

  - 2008-03-24

  Ethical funds do not bring investors any increased cost compared to more-traditional funds, but volatility and risk are increased, a report has suggested. . Oliver Good The research on the investment performance of ethical funds was conducted by independent investment consultants Jewson Associates for...

  Tags: FINANCE, Investment, U.K., University of Oxford, volatility

• Global retirement lowdown

  - 2007-05-01

  A recent defined benefit plan survey of global pension experts in the United States, Canada, Australia, United Kingdom and Europe finds international DB plans hamper corporate competitiveness and must be restructured in order to survive. Respondents to the Oxford University and Pensions & Investments survey say competitive pressure is...

  Tags: Benefits, MARKETING, survey, U.K., University of Oxford

• Faces To Watch (FTW) Model Search Update: Michael Rothkopf Chosen to Represent the UK at Basel Finalists.

  - 2007-02-26

  LONDON, February 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Out of 60,000 applicants worldwide, Michael Rothkopf of Oxford has won one of the coveted twenty finalist spots competing to represent the next face of Guess Watches. Rothkopf has everything that represents a Guess persona: stunning...

  Tags: London, Switzerland, U.K., University of Oxford

• University-Industry Interactions: the Case of the UK Biotech Industry

  - 2006-12-01

  ABSTRACT This paper's focus is on both the geography of entrepreneurship and on industry-collaborative links internationally, nationally and at the local level in the UK biotech industry, the world's second largest biotech industry. The paper reports on a pilot survey of the UK biotech industry. The survey has two goals:...

  Tags: Biotechnology, Cohen, innovation, R&D, survey, technology, U.K., University of Cambridge, University of Oxford

• Smiths Aerospace Allies with Universities for Technology Strategic Research Programmes

  - 2006-07-18

  FARNBOROUGH, U.K. -- Smiths Aerospace announces two long-term research partnerships with universities in the United Kingdom. The first University Technology Strategic Partnership UTSP is in aircraft electrical power and actuation research with the University of Nottingham and the University of Warwick. The second UTSP is in metallic and composite materials...

  Tags: aerospace, Manufacturing, U.K., University of Nottingham, University of Oxford

• 5,400 miles away: PAAMCO backs women's crew.(Pacific Alternative Asset Management Co)(Brief Article)

  - 2006-03-06

  Byline: Christine Williamson Despite having an ocean in its name and one located a long stone's throw from its front door in Irvine, Calif., Pacific Alternative Asset Management Co. is sponsoring a rowing team halfway around the world on an island in the Atlantic....

  Tags: team, U.K., University of Oxford, women

• New books received

  - 2005-09-22

  Bockris, John O'M., Ph.D. (2005) The New Paradigm: A Confrontation between Physics and the Paranormal Phenomena College Station, Texas: D&M Enterprises Publisher The author contends that scientists selectively ignore phenomena that threaten their intellectual fiefdoms and research grants. Worse yet, they ridicule colleagues who would attempt to bridge the...

  Tags: HEALTHCARE, Princeton University, thermodynamics, U.K., University of Oxford, vaccine

• Books received

  - 2005-03-01

  AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK. Africa in the Global Trading System: African Development Report 2004. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004. Pp. 337. Paper $29.95. ALESINA, ALBERTO, and EDWARD L. GLAESER. Fighting Poverty in the U.S. and Europe: A World of Difference. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004. Pp. 264. Cloth...

  Tags: Books, Cambridge, FINANCE, Globalization, M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Richard, Strategy, U.K., University of Cambridge, University of Oxford

• UK consumers embrace m-coupons; Oxford University research reveals massive increase in mobile voucher redemption; UK businesses ideally placed to profit from approx. GBP11bn couponing industry by turning to mobile.

  - 2004-05-18

  M2 PRESSWIRE-18 May 2004-ActiveMedia Technology: UK consumers embrace m-coupons; Oxford University research reveals massive increase in mobile voucher redemption; UK businesses ideally placed to profit from approx. GBP11bn couponing industry by turning to mobileC1994-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:05182004 LONDON --...

  Tags: MARKETING, mobile, U.K., University of Oxford

• Professor Keith Thomson, director of the Oxford University Museum of Natural History, has called for a major spring clean of UK museums, urging curators to sell or even give away `trivial' objects to make space for objects perceived as of greater import.(

  - 2002-03-01

  Professor Keith Thomson, director of the Oxford University Museum of Natural History, has called for a major spring clean of UK museums, urging curators to sell or even give away `trivial' objects to make space for objects perceived as of greater import. The radical advice is ...

  Tags: director, import, museum, professor, SECURITY, U.K., University of Oxford