Thirty-four percent (34%) of all likely Asian Americans voters remain undecided between the two presidential candidates, a National Asian American Survey revealed. The survey highlights the potential impact of Asian Americans -- numbering 7.2 million eligible voters in 2006 -- in highly contested and leaning states such as Nevada, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Ohio. Read more…
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The Executive Leadership Council, the preeminent organization that recognizes the strengths, success, contributions, and impact of African-American corporate business leaders, will host its 2008 annual recognition activities beginning Wednesday, October 15 through Friday, October 17, 2008 at the Hilton New York Hotel in New York City. The Council's mission, which is to build an inclusive business leadership pipeline and to develop African-American corporate leaders, will be highlighted by three days of events. Read more…
GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Trade Organization's (WTO) top court largely backed the United States and Canada on Thursday in a mixed ruling in an appeal over the European Union's long-standing ban on beef treated with growth hormones. The dispute, dating back to the 1980s, has led to U.S. and Canadian sanctions of $125 million a year on European products from Roquefort cheese to mustard, and has highlighted the power of food safety issues to disrupt trade. Read more…
Valued from $3,000 to over $500,000, Nearly 600 Homes Will Be Auctioned by Hudson & Marshall October 20th-26th Read more…
Obama/Biden's Tax And Health Care Plans Show They Are Out Of Touch With The Needs Of America's Small Businesses Read more…
Leonard A. Schlesinger will be inaugurated as Babson College's 12th president on Friday, Oct. 17, 2008. Read more…
MADRID, Spain - A Spanish judge opened a criminal investigation Thursday into atrocities committed during the Spanish Civil War and ensuing right-wing dictatorship, launching the first official probe into one of the darkest chapters of the nation's history. Read more…
GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Trade Organization's top court largely backed the United States and Canada on Thursday in a mixed ruling in an appeal over the European Union's long-standing ban on beef treated with growth hormones. Read more…
More than 160 nurse educators and healthcare leaders from around the world converged in Toronto, Canada on October 1-3, 2008 for the inaugural conference of the Global Alliance for Nursing Education and Scholarship (GANES). With attendees representing 17 countries worldwide, this groundbreaking event provided a forum for nursing colleagues to share their insights and perspectives on meeting the global challenge of increasing capacity and ensuring sustainability in the nursing workforce. Read more…
Most of nine forecast models developed by political scientists predict a victory for Senator Barack Obama over Senator John McCain in the two-party contest for the popular vote in the 2008 presidential election. Obama is predicted to win an average of 52% of the vote with an 80% probability that he will gain more than half the total two-party popular vote. Read more…
Dedicates Event to the Contributions of the Venezuelan Community Read more…
Overseas Private Investment Corporation President Robert Mosbacher, Jr. and Dr. Ashraf Ghani, Chairman, Institute for State Effectiveness & Co-author of "Fixing Failed States" are among the prominent American experts who will join Afghanistan's Minister of Urban Development Eng. Mohammad Pashtun, Ambassador to the U.S. Said T. Jawad, and other Afghan dignitaries and business leaders addressing the fourth annual U.S.-Afghan Business Matchmaking Conference presented by the Afghan-American Chamber of Commerce (AACC) on October 21, 2008 at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, D.C. Other conference highlights will include the presentation of the AACC's 2008 Business Person of the Year Award. Read more…
Social Investment Forum Survey Finds 100 Percent of Respondents Report Growing Demand; 10 or More New Clean Energy/Green Technology Mutual Funds/Other Investments Expected Read more…
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National Sipping Tour Explores Courvoisier's Unparalleled Connection to Napoleon and Showcases Rare Artifacts from The Napoleon Dynasty Read more…
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The National Anti-Hunger Organizations (NAHO) today released the 2008 Blueprint to End Hunger on World Food Day to provide the nation direction on how to end hunger in America. Read more…
ADA partners with Reader's Digest Children's Books and Sesame Workshop on book Read more…
Consumers Lose Out if Banks Are Granted a Short-Term Loan Monopoly Read more…
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. invites elementary school students and their families to its Visitor Center on Sunday, October 19 from 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. EDT for a free afternoon of eye-opening, hands-on activities that will help you discover the true boundaries of the solar system with NASA's new IBEX mission. Read more…
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