GD eNews | Vol. 4, No. 20 | October 29, 2005
Rosa Parks Remembered as Civil Rights Champion and Praised for Her 'Pathways to Freedom' Program Created to Help Disadvantaged Kids Learn of Their Heritage
Rosa Parks, who died Monday (24) at 92 was the U.S. civil rights movement's most famous heroine. But little known was her humanitarian "Pathways to Freedom" program, which she created with her Rosa Parks Foundation to help disadvantaged children learn about their heritage by taking them to ancestral sites throughout the U.S. Continue»
Posted on October 30, 2005 to People | Comments (0)
As Many as 20 Percent of Wives Make More Money than Husbands
Between 13 and 20 percent of wives out-earn their husbands, according to recent Saint Louis University research. “We had become so used to the Leave It to Beaver household, and not all households fit into that,” said Timothy McBride, Ph.D.,... Continue»
Posted on October 28, 2005 to Career News | Comment
Civil Rights Pioneer Rosa Parks Dies at 92
Charlotte, NC -- Rosa Parks, a black seamstress whose refusal to relinquish her seat to a white man on a city bus in Montgomery, Ala., almost 50 years ago grew into a mythic event that helped touch off the civil... Continue»
Posted on October 25, 2005 to Dynamic People | Comment
CEO Selection: Improving the Odds Using Science
Once upon a time and not in the very distant past, CEOs decided who their successors would be and asked their boards to ratify their choice. Those days have long passed. Boards of Directors now take the lead in selecting... Continue»
Posted on October 28, 2005 to Moving Forward | Comment
Holiday Shopping Forecast: The Good, the Bad and the Squeezed
A Purdue University retail expert says consumers will have deals galore early and late as retailers adjust to gas prices that will likely limit shoppers' trips to the mall. "While consumers have adjusted to $3 per gallon gas and have... Continue»
Posted on October 28, 2005 to Consumer Ed | Comment
Conference Board Help-Wanted Online Data Series Declines in September
The number of new online job ads declined to 2,038,500 in September, according to The Conference Board Help-Wanted OnLine Data Series™. This latest monthly figure is down 4.4 percent from August, with fewer jobs being offered in all 9 major... Continue»
Posted on October 28, 2005 to Career News | Comment
Peer Nominations: A Simple Way to Predict Executive Success
Allen Kraut likes to tell the story about former GE CEO Reginald Jones who asked key executives who would replace him should he get killed in an airplane accident. The most common answer was “Jack Welch.” Kraut, an industrial-organizational psychologist... Continue»
Posted on October 28, 2005 to Moving Forward | Comment
Executive Coaching: An Industry Coming of Age
Executive coaching is largely an unregulated industry and it is difficult to determine its effectiveness. Yet, executive coaching has exploded in recent years with American companies spending more than $1 billion annually, according to a Harvard Business Review article. A... Continue»
Posted on October 28, 2005 to Moving Forward | Comment
Justice at Workplace and Reduced Risk of Coronary Heart Disease
A sense of fair treatment in the workplace was associated with a reduced risk of coronary heart disease in a large long-term study of British office workers published in the October 24 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of... Continue»
Posted on October 28, 2005 to Keeping The Job | Comment
Annual Business Ethics Forum to Focus on Ideals of Benjamin Franklin
Baylor University will host its annual Business Ethics Forum entitled “Benjamin Franklin: Entrepreneurship, Effectiveness, and Ethics” on November 1-4 at the Hankamer School of Business. The forum will concentrate on ethical issues in the workplace today and will feature several... Continue»
Posted on October 28, 2005 to Education Resources | Comment
Denny's Awards Scholarships to 85 Latino Students
Version en Español -- The HCF scholarship program provides a merit and financial need-based scholarship to Hispanic students. To be eligible students must be: -- A US citizen of Hispanic/Latino heritage
-- Pursuing a bachelor's degree in a major related to business, engineering, technology, entrepreneurship or that leads to a career in business
-- In good academic standing with a minimum 3.0 GPA
-- Enrolled as a full-time undergraduate student for a full academic year
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Posted on October 27, 2005 to Education Resources | Comment
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Google's WiFi Bid for San Francisco
San Franciso, Calif. -- With its bid to provide all of San Francisco with free wireless Internet access, Google -- the "search engine" company that has grown up into so much more -- has changed the conversation about what it... Continue»
Posted on October 27, 2005 to Technology | Comment
UATV Broadcast Services to Utilize Adtec Products to Expand Its Corporate B2B Private Video Network Capabilities
Fort Worth, TX -- Urban Television Network Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: URBT) is positioning itself to lead minority companies supplying Private Video Network's (PVN's) services to Fortune 500 Companies. "We are very excited about utilizing our excellent broadcast distribution infrastructure,... Continue»
Posted on October 21, 2005 to Technology | Comment
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