Duke in the News: Jan. 9, 2003
Demand for Dividends May Curb Buybacks | Man Lucky Doctor Walked Into Casino | Spaced Out | Why Johnny Can't Write | U.S. Students Come for a Close-Up Look, and more...
Thursday, January 9, 2003
DEMAND FOR DIVIDENDS MAY CURB BUYBACKS
Reuters, Jan. 8 -- John Graham, associate professor of finance at
Duke University, says President Bush's plan to get rid of the tax
that individuals pay on dividend yields could have investors
clamoring for more. ...
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MAN LUCKY DOCTOR WALKED INTO CASINO
Joliet (Ill.) Herald News, Jan. 9 -- Duke doctor Steve
Leinenweber's practiced hands come to the aid of a casino patron
over the holidays. ...
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SPACED OUT
Newsweek, Jan. 13 -- The Raelians remarkably managed to unite
both theologians and scientists in outrage. Whether true or not,
"the very attempt to clone a human being is evil," pronounced
Stanley M. Hauerwas, a professor of theological ethics at Duke
University. (Article is not online; link provided to related
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WHY JOHNNY CAN'T WRITE
Chronicle of Higher Education, Jan. 3 -- Some universities, like
Duke and Princeton, have started over from scratch to improve
undergraduate writing courses. ...Full
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U.S. STUDENTS COME FOR A CLOSE-UP LOOK
The New Zealand Herald, Jan. 9 -- Twenty MBA students from Duke are
spending about two weeks in Australia and New Zealand looking at
the business and political environment. ...
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BIODEFENSE NICHE GROWS IN TRIANGLE
Triangle Business Journal, Jan. 3 -- Medical researchers at Duke
and UNC-Chapel Hill are collaborating to land one of about a dozen
biodefense research facilities that the Bush administration has
proposed to fund. ...
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STUDENT LECTURES ON STAY IN BOLIVIA
Albany Times-Union, Jan. 9 -- Duke junior Matt Schewel brought
along maps, pictures and souvenirs for a talk about his five-month
stay in Bolivia. ...
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