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Yvette Raphael Honored with Mani L. Bhaumik Award

Today, Advocates for the Prevention of HIV in Africa (APHA) celebrates an extraordinary milestone as our co-founder and Executive Director, Yvette Raphael, receives the prestigious Mani L. Bhaumik Breakthrough of the Year Award for her pivotal role in advancing HIV prevention through the development and testing of Lenacapavir. The award recognises role of three key contributors to bringing Lenacapavir to market: Wesley Sundquist, chair of the University of Utah’s department of biochemistry, who provided the foundational scientific research; Moupali Das,…

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Multinationals snuffing out some of Britain's most promising new companies

The research shows that the presence of multinationals on UK soil increases significantly the chances of an enterprising new business going bust in its first…

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Innovation Performance Improvement in Russia and Ukraine

Radosevic belongs to a team of economists from research organisations in Russia and Ukraine, led by Assystem, that has been applying the EC’s TrendChart…

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Multinationals snuffing out some of Britain’s most promising new companies

The research shows that the presence of multinationals on UK soil increases significantly the chances of an enterprising new business going bust in its first…

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World’s first Carbon Management MBA launched

UEA, world-famous for cutting edge climate change research, is pioneering an MBA in Strategic Carbon Management designed to deliver a new type of manager able…

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Executive Stock Options Linked To Increased Fraud Risk

“Incentives to Cheat: The Influence of Executive Compensation and Firm Performance on Financial Misrepresentation,” by Jared Harris, the Darden Graduate School…

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UK Companies Overlook History’s Business Benefits

By taking a more low key approach to their corporate past, UK companies may be failing to capitalise on a range of potential business benefits, argues…

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New Dimensions in Finance — Caltech dean comes to Lausanne

The financial and banking sector is one of the mainstays of the Swiss economy. With the emergence of many competing markets, a major effort in terms of…

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The new generation of entrepreneurs: students breathe new life into Europe’s entrepreneurship

These graduate companies trade with real products and real money and operate in real business life. The student companies behind these products competed in the…

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Impact of Recreation Goods Prices on American Men’s Work Hours

In a study appearing in the July 2007 issue of the Journal of Labor Economics, Jorge Gonzales-Chapela (Universidad de Alicante, Spain) combines…

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Micro-Finance: A Key Solution to Alleviate Poverty

Micro-finance really came under the spotlight after Professor Mohammad Yunus and Grameen Bank in Bangladesh won the Nobel Peace Prize for their work relating…

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Effective Regulation in the Transatlantic Marketplace Conference

The conference will be addressed by Mr. Josef Ackermann, Chairman of the Management Board and of the Group Executive Committee, Deutsche Bank AG and Chairman…

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"EconomyDoctor" Internet Service provides figures for EU agriculture

The FADN database is a significant farm-level database. As an example, for accounting year 2004, it contains information from 74,000 farms across the European…

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BP Tackles CSR Challenges in Azerbaijan’s Oil Sector

Oil-rich countries with unstable and undemocratic governments often suffer from the 'resource curse', with huge increase in state income leading to negative…

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CEOs' worth increases even when poor acquisitions are made

That's because while a bad merger can decrease the value of a company's stock and options, CEOs typically acquire new stock options once the deal goes through,…

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Highway System’s Impact on Urban Population Declines

Construction of the American highway system in the late 20th century played a key role in causing population declines in central cities, according to new…

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'Real level' of unemployment still far higher than official figures

The report, by researchers at Sheffield Hallam University, finds that since 1997 real levels of unemployment have dropped by only 600,000, compared to a fall…

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