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'Access' Showing NBC the Money. (cover story) (17 Jun 2006)
This article provides information on the television program "Access Hollywood." "Access Hollywood" was conceived as a show exclusively for NBC stations, and though it now runs on stations affiliated with all networks as well as the 14 NBC owned-and-operated stations, it has fulfilled its mission, said Jay Ireland, president of NBC Universal Television Stations. According to Nielsen Monitor-Plus, the series brought in $80 million in ad revenues for national sales in 2004, and local sales on the NBC O&Os would add $20 million to that figure. NBC will not provide details on the show's profitability to the network or on the station level, but there is no question the network is pleased.Full Text Word Count:948D

A New Money Man. (17 Jun 2006)
This article looks at Ben Bernanke and compares him to Alan Greenspan, the man he will most likely succeed as the chairman of the Federal Reserve Board. Most economists approve the choice of Bernanke for the post. The author presents some biographical and educational background and job experience of Bernanke. He believes that his interest in and knowledge about the Great Depression will help him in his new position. He is expected to be more open about the policies of the Federal Reserve and is expected to institute any new policies slowly. Most experts feel that Bernanke's money policy will be similar to Greenspan's. INSET: Career Track.Full Text Word Count:1034

Where the Money Went. (17 Jun 2006)
This article focuses on the United Nations Oil-for-Food scandal. Evidence in the scandal shows Saddam Hussein's regime used U.N.-sanctioned oil deals to finance foreign sympathizers. The final report on the inquiry, headed by former U.S. Federal Reserve chief Paul Volcker say these deals generated money for Saddam fan clubs in Russia, France, Italy and the Vatican. Some of the most contentious allegations involve George Galloway, a British Member of Parliament.Full Text Word Count:320D

Money Train. (17 Jun 2006)
The article discusses a collaboration between United States Congressmen Tom DeLay and Roy Blunt. DeLay was forced to resign as House Majority Leader because of accusations that he illegally directed corporate donations to Texas candidates. Examples are given showing how Republicans have benefitted from Missouri Representative Blunt's Rely on Your Beliefs PAC (RoyB) and from DeLay's political action committee, Americans for a Republican Majority (ARMPAC). The Alexander Strategy Group is a lobbying business, founded in 1998, whose payroll has included political aide, James W. Ellis, and DeLay's wife, Christine.Full Text Word Count:2039

GE MONEY HEADS EAST. (17 Jun 2006)
The article focuses on GE Money, a unit of General Electric Co. which markets uncollateralized loans in Singapore. The consumer-finance unit has made acquisitions in Australia, China, and Japan, as well as having a partnership with State Bank of India. David R. Nissen, president and CEO of GE Money, comments on the company's growth. Financial data for GE is given, including its status as a credit-card issuer.Full Text Word Count:1263

Ga Ga, Goo Goo, Google. (17 Jun 2006)
This article focuses on a baby given the name Google, after the Internet search engine. According to the father the name was chosen for his adoration of the company. Infants given brand names are not a new concept, though. Several years ago, entertainment firm Acclaim Entertainment held a contest for a baby named Turok, one of the products of the company.Full Text Word Count:188D

Chefs, Guns and Money. (17 Jun 2006)
Presents news briefs on the tourism industry in the U.S. and Finland as of November 2005. Effect of the pro-gun law instituted in Florida on its tourism; Benefits of the recent hurricane attacks on the tourism industries of the affected areas; Reaction of the Finnish tourist board towards the remarks of the heads of France and Italy about their food.Full Text Word Count:305D

Who's afraid of big, bad Google? Way too many of you out there. (17 Jun 2006)
This article comments on Google's business and advertising plans, as of November 7, 2005. Google is likely to try its hand at TV advertising, but it would be wrong to assume the company will revolutionize and dominate any segment it enters. It's also a stretch to believe the computer science model that serves it so well in delivering relevant online text advertisements will replace all the value of human relationships and creativity. The New York Times noted that Google is looking toward a world of digital cable boxes and Internet-delivered television that will allow it to show commercials tailored for each viewer.Full Text Word Count:667D

Gunning for Google. (17 Jun 2006)
Presents updates on Google as of November 8, 2005. Amount of sales posted by the firm on the third quarter of 2005; Progress of its competitors, including Yahoo!; Threat being posed by Microsoft on the partnership of Google with America Online.Full Text Word Count:856D

Just Spending a Lot of Money Won't Do Much to Advance Social Justice. (17 Jun 2006)
Argues that the obstacle to social-justice grant makers in the U.S. is the fact that they are too invested financially and philosophically in obsolete ideas. Comparison of the expenditures of conservative and liberal foundations; Increase in the number of social-justice foundations and the number of projects they supported; Perceptions of grant makers on the large amount of money being spent to promote social justice.Full Text Word Count:1088

Tufts University received a $100-million gift last week, the largest in its history, and plans to use the money in an unusual way: to make small loans throughout the developing world. (17 Jun 2006)
The article presents information Tufts University that has received a $100-million gift, the largest in its history. The university plans, to use the money in an unusual way by making small loans throughout the developing world. The strategy is designed not only to yield good returns, but also to spur economic growth in impoverished regions. The donation was made by Pierre Omidyar, a Tufts alumnus, and his wife. He is the founder of eBay. Tufts received and immediately liquidated $100-million in shares of eBay stock. The money would be managed as part of the endowment, with half of the income from investments going to the university to support financial aid, scholarships, and other programs.Full Text Word Count:218D

Right on the money. (17 Jun 2006)
The article reports on a pay-for-performance demonstration project of the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services that is being coordinated by hospital alliance Premier in the U.S. Bypass surgery is one of the clinical areas included in the project. A percentage of bonus will be given to top performers for patients they have treated. Michael Dowling, president and CEO of North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System, made views on the advantages of the project.Full Text Word Count:1595

Google's Glitchy Picasa. (17 Jun 2006)
Reviews the Google Picasa software for editing, sharing and printing digital photographs.Full Text Word Count:1071

Google Thinks Small. (cover story) (17 Jun 2006)
The article looks at the corporate culture of Google Incorporated under Chief Executive Officer Eric Schmidt. Schmidt and other insiders believe they may have found a world-changing way to run a company. Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, children of the Internet, have built a world where a well-chosen elite accommodates flexibility, shifting roles and urgency. Google shares all the information it can with as many employees as possible, encouraging debate but insisting on like-minded cooperation. This ideas-and-data approach lets Google use fewer managers.Full Text Word Count:1517

Money Machine. (17 Jun 2006)
The article discusses the success of Michael Neal, the head of General Electric (GE) Commercial Finance. Neal runs one of the largest nonbank lenders in the world: GE Commercial Finance, with $233 billion in assets, $24 billion in annual revenue and aftertax profit of $4.5 billion last year. GE Commercial Finance was one of four major divisions carved out when GE Capital was split up in 2002. Neal's division owns the largest commercial real estate lending business in the world. One key weapon: GE Commercial Finance hands out millions of dollars in free advice to its clients each year.Full Text Word Count:1644

It's Google vs. the World, Part XXXVI. (17 Jun 2006)
This article reports on the search engine Google. The author suggests that John Battelle, an author and Web log writer, knows as much as any outsider about what happens at Google and its search site. Battelle reports that Google has added a new, simpler way to search for airline flight on its site. Google is also considering providing free classified ads that would rival eBay and Craigslist.Full Text Word Count:339D

AAP Sues Google Over Scan Plan. (17 Jun 2006)
The article reports that the Association of American Publishers (AAP) has filed suit against Google Inc. over its digital library program. AAP insists Google is infringing on copyright with its Google Print for Libraries Project. The AAP is seeking to ban Google from scanning any books covered by copyright without permission from the copyright owner. Yahoo and Microsoft have developed the Open Content Alliance (OCA). The OCA members will digitize public domain books.Full Text Word Count:514D

Analyzing Google's Analytics Strategy. (17 Jun 2006)
Presents an analysis on the possible impact of the decision of Google to make its Urchin Web Analytics software free on search-engine optimization companies. Decline in financial performance of WebSideStory following the acquisition of Urchin by Google; Aim of the free-software move of Google.Full Text Word Count:905D

No money for college? One town's reply. (cover story) (17 Jun 2006)
HUMAN CAPITAL

Alcorn State First to Receive Endowment Money From Ayers Settlement. (17 Jun 2006)
The article reports that Alcorn State University in Lorman Mississippi has received endowment money as part of the settlement of Mississippi's college desegregation lawsuit. The state College Board approved the distribution in October 2005. According to the settlement agreement, African American universities in the state will get endowment if they achieve 10 percent non-African American enrollment for three consecutive years. Recruiting in and around the location of the school increased the university's diversity.Full Text Word Count:424D

Is Google Flying Too High? (17 Jun 2006)
This article focuses on the valuation of Google in the stock market. Google has an annual profit of more than $1.3 billion on revenue that exceeds $5 billion. Its sales are soaring at just under 100% a year. The company has nearly $8 billion in cash and no debt. Shares are trading at a lofty 89 times earnings over the past 12 months. The future price-to-earnings ratio is 47. That is more than twice the market average, but headed toward more reasonable levels. To forestall overdependence on advertising sales, Google hopes to diversify its revenue. It plans to build its own wireless networks, but it is unlikely to dominate the telecommunication industry the way it has dominated the Internet search industry.Full Text Word Count:1005

Google has resumed scanning copyrighted books, Mr. Smith said. It had temporarily stopped scanning those works to give publishers a chance to give the company lists of books that they did not want scanned. (17 Jun 2006)
This article reports that Google Inc. has resumed scanning copyrighted books. It had temporarily stopped scanning those works to give publishers a chance to give the company lists of books that they did not want scanned. Nathan Tyler, a spokesman for Google, said that from now on they are going to be constantly adding new books to their index as they become available. The books now in full-text form on Google include government documents from Stanford University's collection, works by Henry James from Harvard University's libraries, and biographies from the New York Public Library's holdings.Full Text Word Count:231D

Google has entered the initial batch of scanned books to its searchable online index, the first fruits of the company's controversial partnership with five major research libraries. (17 Jun 2006)
This article reports that Google Inc. has entered the initial batch of scanned books to its searchable online index. The books are the result of the company's controversial partnership with five major research libraries. The Library Project, part of the company's Google Print program, has been digitizing books for nearly a year in an arrangement with Harvard and Stanford Universities, the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, Michigan, and the University of Oxford, in England, as well as the New York Public Library. Adam M. Smith, a senior business-product manager at Google who is working on the book-scanning project, said that thousands of library books are now in the index.Full Text Word Count:247D

A group of 20 students at the University of Wisconsin at Madison is managing $40-million of the system's endowment funds -- and it's not play money. (17 Jun 2006)
The article reports that last month the Board of Regents voted to allow students in the Applied Security Analysis Program at the University of Wisconsin to manage $20-million of investments in treasuries and about $11-million in Treasury Inflation-Protection Securities. The allotments are in addition to $10-million in fixed income that the students have managed since 1998. The pool of funds is believed to be the largest managed by students at any university in the United States. Since 1998 the group has earned a 6-percent return on its investments, which meets the benchmark set by the board.Full Text Word Count:219D

College Presidents on Company Boards: Prestige, Money, and Risks. (17 Jun 2006)
The article reports that a president of Stanford University, John L. Hennessy made $562,177 in salary and benefits in 2003-4. But his annual pay from Stanford is only a small part of how he has added to his net worth. As a corporate-board member of three Silicon Valley technology companies, Hennessy, a computer scientist, is worth millions in stock options. Hennessy, who exercised the option, paid $1.3-million for shares that early this month were worth about $24.8-million. Hennessy clearly represents the glamorous side of corporate-board membership, but he is not alone in the practice among his fellow college presidents.Full Text Word Count:745D

'BETTER' COULD TIE URBAN'S CAREER BEST. (17 Jun 2006)
This article focuses on U.S. country singer Keith Urban's album Better Life. The single becomes Urban's third title to lead the Billboard music chart for at least five weeks ended November 19, 2005. It collects 32.8 million audience impressions during the tracking week. Earlier in 2005, Urban topped the chart for five weeks with Making Memories of Us.Full Text Word Count:186D

MONEY WATCH. (17 Jun 2006)
The article presents the author's views on economics and financial markets in the United States as of November 21, 2005. The author discusses how American corporations beat low to modest earnings expectations for the fourth quarter. The results of a study by the mortgage firm Freddie Mac shows that homeowners extracted $60.4 billion out of their homes in the third quarter through cash-out refinancing. A study showing that consumers with higher-than-average debt are more likely to postpone purchases than other shoppers is also discussed.Full Text Word Count:511D

The money game. (17 Jun 2006)
This article focuses on campaign fundraising among political parties in Canada. If money is the mother's milk of politics, the Liberal Party of Canada needs a wet nurse. Elections Canada returns for the third quarter revealed the Conservatives are out-fundraising the Liberals by a three-to-one margin -- extracting $3.2 million from 32,714 donors between July and September, compared to $1.1 million from 6,943 donors for the Liberals. So far this year, the Tories have raised $10.8 million, versus $4.2 million for the Grits. It's an advantage that could prove critical during the unofficial election campaign now on. And the Tories have Jean Chrétien to thank for it. The Grits increasingly rely on their "Laurier Club" fundraising strategy. A $1,000 donation buys club membership; a $5,100 contribution earns the donor a so-called Laurier Plus status. Still, the Liberals are nearly $1 million in debt, and they have promised to pay back $1.14 million in Adscam money.Full Text Word Count:563D

The Smart Money In Healthcare. (17 Jun 2006)
Focuses on the status of the healthcare industry in the U.S. in 2005 based on views of Brandi Allen, co-portfolio manager of Live Oak Health Sciences Fund. Factors that contribute to the long-term growth of the healthcare sector; Role of the fund in the development of new drugs used to clone genes; Features of implantable medical devices developed by Medtronic.Full Text Word Count:1160

Journey to the Center Of Google Earth. (17 Jun 2006)
The article presents information on the Web service Google Earth from the search engine firm Google Inc. Google Earth, the search engine's geographical mapping software application, debuted in June, and anyone who wishes to fly around the world virtually can do so for free. Yet the service has emerged as more than a tool for directions and maps. Google Earth is a Windows client application that you download to your computer. At 10MB, the download is not very large, because all the images are streamed from the Internet as people navigate around the globe. Google has posted a list of cities with high-resolution photos and the dates the pictures were taken. To take advantage of this mesmerizing service, you need a good computer and a high-speed Internet connection for the intensive graphics. To take advantage of this mesmerizing service, users need a good computer and a high-speed Internet connection for the intensive graphics. users system requirements include a Pentium III 500-MHz system, 30 graphics with 16MB of VRAM.Full Text Word Count:2459

Where the Money Is. (17 Jun 2006)
The article mentions the salary or compensation given to people who worked in the medical field or a related industry. R. Blane Walter worked in the pharmaceutical advertising business at InChord Communications, his Westerville, Ohio firm. Dan S. Wilford retired from his nonprofit hospital chief position with $4.7 million. William McGuire is the highest-paid health care executive in the United States. Mary Ann Carr makes $55, 502 as a nurse practitioner. Others mentioned are Nicholas Perricone, Phu (Peter) Luong, Ansbert Gadicke, Garth Fisher, Setty Viralam, Robert Levin, Edwin Mac Crawford, W. J. (Billy) Tauzin, and Mark Bogart.Full Text Word Count:1578

Today's hot new career handbook? The Bible. (cover story) (17 Jun 2006)
JOB SEEKERS

South Carolina Launches Career-Preparation Initiative. (17 Jun 2006)
This article reports that South Carolina lawmakers have adopted a career education program this year that they hope will prepare the state, and its young people, for the needs of a rapidly shifting economy. The Education and Economic Development Act of 2005 requires each high school student, starting with next fall's freshmen, to choose a "career major," with guidance counselors' help. Under the law, all of the state's public high schools must offer three or more clusters of courses focused on different types of work by the fall of 2007. The new program shows that politicians and business leaders are becoming more interested in the career training that students receive in high school, according to Richard Kazis, the senior vice president of Jobs for the Future, a Boston-based group that works with states on education and workforce policies.Full Text Word Count:1357

Idaho Board Softens Career Focus Following Criticism. (17 Jun 2006)
This article reports that Idaho high school students will be adding more math and science courses to their transcripts, under rigorous new standards approved by the state board of education. Board members celebrated their unanimous adoption of the plan on November 16. Rod Lewis, the president, called the recommendations, a strong foundation in preparing students for post secondary education or entry into the workforce. The task force deleted much of that plan after quick and stinging public criticism of the recommendations. The change of course provides a lesson to other states on the volatility of attempts to retool high school, as many political leaders want to do. INSET: Change of Plans.Full Text Word Count:1615

Jack Carter Begins Raising Money For Senate Bid. (17 Jun 2006)
This article reports that Jack Carter, the son of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter has launched a Web site soliciting donations for a possible Senate run. Carter, called the site part of his "listening tour'' designed to gauge support for a potential bid to challenge GOP Senator John Ensign. It would be the Las Vegas investment consultant's first personal foray into politics. Carter will not announce his decision until after the first of the year, but he said that response to the site, which was posted last week, was "excellent." He does not have to disclose contributions until January. Ensign, a first-term senator, has reported $2.1 million in campaign contributions and has said he is prepared to raise as much as $10 million if the race heats up.Full Text Word Count:202D

Google, Inc. (17 Jun 2006)
This article focuses on the accomplishments of Google, Inc. In 2005, Google introduced Google Earth, which not only maps terrain and finds routes but allows flight-like movement over three-dimensional landscapes. Google's services and software are all free because it has exploited revenue derived from subdued and unobtrusive advertising. The search engine was launched in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Stanford University computer science graduate students.Full Text Word Count:517D

IRA's online Career Center proves popular. (17 Jun 2006)
The article focuses on the new online Career Center launched by the International Reading Association in October 2005. The Career Center makes it easy to find or post jobs, and the service is free to job seekers. Advertisers can post jobs related to literacy education. The Career Center is designed to assist visitors in their search for new opportunities in literacy education.Full Text Word Count:209D

2029: Google Your Vitals With Skin Displays. (17 Jun 2006)
This article describes the computerized dermal displays implanted just beneath the skin. Patients can have instant, 24-hour access to their personal health statistics. Tap a precoded sequence into the display, and it will boot up more than 5,000 searchable body stats, including blood pressure, heart rate and calorie consumption. It will even alert you to the presence of dangerous infectious microbes, such as flu viruses and stomach bugs, enabling you to seek treatment before illness sets in. The scrollable display is made of billions of biocompatible, light-emitting pixelbots that network with a fleet of nanoscopic robots. These robots swim through the body and relay data back to the pixelbots, which then release photons to form text and graphics directly on the skin.Full Text Word Count:174D

Money 50. (17 Jun 2006)
This section presents a list of recommended mutual funds. T. Rowe Price New Era took a dive in the month ending October 21, 2005. Over two-thirds of this fund's holdings are in the energy sector, which fell 14 percent over the same period. FPA New Income was up for the month, mainly because the fund has a large cash position and thus avoided the bond market's decline.Full Text Word Count:546D

Are Your Kids Normal About Money? (17 Jun 2006)
The article focuses on children and money, and offers tips to parents. If you find it difficult to say no to your child on purchases, trying giving him a specific dollar amount to spend. The typical nine- to 14-year-old gets over nine dollars a week allowance. Close to half of all high school students have part-time jobs, working about 20 hours a week. Many teenagers do not understand that loans need to be repaid with interest. About a quarter of young teens own stocks. Giving a child stock in a familiar company can be a smart way to introduce him to investing concepts.Full Text Word Count:1179

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