| Commission on Population and Development To Focus on Opportunities ...
NEW YORK, 5 April (United Nations Population Division) -- The ongoing profound changes in the structure of world population offer a unique window of opportunity that countries should seize, the Population Division argues in a report prepared for the Commission on Population and Development, which will meet from 9 to 13 April at United Nations Headquarters. According to a Secretary-Generals report on the changing age structures of populations and their implications for development (document E/CN.9/2007/3), as fertility declines, there will be an increasing number of producers per effective consumer at the global level and, as societies age, there is the potential for increasing their wealth as people save more in preparation for a longer retirement period. Because of the number of producers per effective consumer increases during the first stages of population ageing, says the report, the countries that find themselves still at those stages have a window of opportunity that may last between 40 and 60 years.
Conn. professor-activist attempts to spark resistance
HARTFORD, Conn. — The words “Third World" might bring to many minds images of countries reeling with problems like famine, hunger and anarchy on the streets. Vijay Prashad, professor of international studies, and George and Martha Kellner Chair of South Asian History, has a different take on the Third World, which he explains in his recent book, “The Darker Nations: A People's History of the Third World." “The whole premise of the book is that the Third World is not a place, it's a project," says the 40-year-old Prashad, a resident of Northampton, Mass. “What I was interested was to demonstrate that it is not enough to say there are some places in the world that are ingovernable, or have famine, or other negative stuff. That is unpersuasive." Instead, he argues in the book, the Third World needs to be examined as a project, and a movement brought together by anti-colonial sentiments.
'HIP' Companies Rate
It's no secret how Wall Street looks at a stock; most investment banking analysts play some version of the same numbers game. They gin up models of a company's financial drivers, then plug in data based on what they know or can guess about revenue and spending. The spreadsheet spits out projections of future cash flows and profits, which imply a certain valuation. .
NEDAB Taps Schwer for Research and Development
LAS VEGAS, NV -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 03/13/07 -- The Nevada Economic Development Advisory Board (NEDAB) announced that R. Keith Schwer, Ph.D., Director of UNLV's Center for Business and Economic Research, has agreed to lead the NEDAB's research and development efforts. An important component of Dr. Schwer's research for NEDAB will involve gathering securities statistics for the state of Nevada, information that will help NEDAB reach its goal of diversified economic growth through capital markets participation. "Our goal is to capture performance metrics on an ongoing basis so that we can track the effectiveness of Nevada's capital market awareness campaigns and how this correlates with company growth and overall economic growth for Nevada," said NEDAB spokesperson Robert Uithoven.
First African-American woman on Texas Court of Appeals speaks on ...
Prairie View's celebration of Women's History Month continued with a lecture by Gaynelle Jones at the School of Architecture last Thursday.
The program, which was hosted by the university's Office of Cultural Development opened to a modest crowd of faculty and students.
Gaynelle Jones, whose grandfather served as a professor at Prairie View, is the first African-American woman to serve on the Texas Court of Appeals.
A graduate of Boston College of Law, Jones has served on the US Attorney General's Advisory Committee and is currently the director of Standards of Business Conduct at Hewlett Packard Company and an adjunct professor at the University of Houston Law School.
Jones spoke on the evolution of women's rights in the United States, and the importance of women in the political history of the United States.
Chile's Peso Rises to Two-Week High as Economic Growth Quickens
April 5 (Bloomberg) -- Chile's peso rose to a two-week high after a central bank report showed the economy grew at its fastest pace in nine months in February. ``Capital inflows are going into the economy because of expectations for economic growth,'' said Alfredo Coutino, senior Latin America economist at Moody's Economy.com in West Chester, Pennsylvania. The peso strengthened 0.2 percent to 536.53 per dollar, reaching its strongest since March 22. The currency has gained 1.6 percent since the start of February, bolstered in part by surging prices for copper, Chile's top export. Coutino forecasts the peso may reach 525 per dollar by the end of 2007, its strongest level since December. The central bank's economic activity indicator rose 5.7 percent in February, more than the 5.3 percent increase in January, the central bank said on its Web site.
China VoIP & Digital Telecom, Inc. Subsidiary Signs Cooperative ...
China VoIP & Digital Telecom Inc. offers Voice over the Internet Protocol service in the People's Republic of China through its wholly owned subsidiary Jinan Yinquan Technology Co. Ltd. Through Jinan Yinquan, China VoIP is well positioned to take full advantage of the tremendous economic growth currently being experienced in China. The Company is currently marketing its NP Soft Switch system in China and is currently in the testing stage of other Information Technology products. The Company currently has 30 employees and is located in the Shandong Province, People's Republic of China. More information can be found at www.chinavoip-telecom.com. Notice Regarding Forward-Looking Statements Statements regarding the Company's business which are not historical facts are "forward-looking statements" that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the potential results discussed in the forward-looking statements.
New director chosen to lead incubator
Clay Hickson started as director of Towson's Business Globalization Center, the University's new incubator, March 12 following a six-month search.
As part of the Division of Economic and Community Outreach, the aim of the incubator is to bring international business to Baltimore County. The center was announced in the summer of 2006.
Dyan Brasington, director of economic and workforce development, said she and vice president for economic and community outreach James Clements developed the criteria for the job, which attracted many applicants.
"I think people are interested in entrepreneurship and helping new businesses and the international aspects of globalization, and I think there are a lot of people who feel they have the ability to be the incubator director," Brasington said.
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