Alibaba.com and the rise of entrepreneurial China (San Francisco Chronicle)
China - For years, Qiutian Chen labored on assembly lines. He polished marble. He built car parts. And he saved his money. Six years ago, this unassuming son of farmers took those savings and spent an initial $13,000 to start a factory in the rural town of... ...more...Career Education Corporation Reports Results for Third Quarter 2007 (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill.----Career Education Corporation today reported consolidated revenue from continuing operations of $404.4 million and consolidated net income from continuing operations of $19.8 million, or $0.21 per diluted share, during the third quarter of 2007, compared to consolidated net income from continuing operations of $27.0 million, or $0.28 per diluted share, during the third ......more... Briefly in Tompkins (The Ithaca Journal)
The Cornell Nanoscale Facility Junior First Lego League Expo, to be held in January 2008, is open for registration through the end of November....more... Businessman donates $260,000 for kids (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
By BRYON OKADA FORT WORTH -- Over the years, Tarrant County real estate has been good to Bill Harvey. In turn, Harvey, 75, has been a generous supporter of Food for the Hungry, a Phoenix-based organization dedicated to "Christ-motivated international relief and development." In 1988, Harvey paid to ship surplus Texas wheat to famine-ravaged Ethiopia. In 2004, he gave money for relief after the ......more... Kunkel and Swanlund represent PHS (Bureau County Republican)
PRINCETON ? Seniors Ada Kunkel and Tyler Swanlund were named the Elks Teen of the Month representatives for the month of October....more... Th Manila Candidate Survey ? Nov. 5, 2007 (Arcata Eye)
Note: This Manila Community Services District Candidate Survey was conceptualized, assembled, proofread, and formatted by Manila resident Paul Cienfuegos, with invaluable help from Tim Ayers. Many local residents offered helpful suggestions to make it better....more... Research On Smart, Bacteria-Repellent Nanohydrogels Aided By NSF $1 Million Award To Stevens Team (Medical News Today)
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded an interdisciplinary team of five Stevens Institute of Technology researchers a four-year, $1 million grant to develop "smart," self-assembling nano-biomaterials that can control whether bacteria will adhere to synthetic surfaces, allowing for carefully targeted control over microscopic processes that occur within the human body. [click link for ......more... Rodney D. Ruddock (The Indiana Gazette)
The Indiana Gazette Online - Indiana County's source for news since 1890....more... Central Texas Digest: St. Ed's ex-employee accused of taking $60,000; more details on FBI inquiry about Austin housing ... (Austin American-Statesman)
Police have accused a former St. Edward's University account supervisor of stealing almost $60,000 from the school....more... |