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By Staff WriterWhen they're not sharing their pearls of wisdom in print with IA readers, our columnists still find plenty of ways to keep busy. Larry Chambers was...
February 24, 2004
Senate Debates ObGyn Malpractice LimitsNU Online News Service, Feb. 24, 2004, 1:09 p.m. EST, Washington -- Some members of Congress want to protect baby doctors from sky-high malpractice ...
February 01, 2004
(No) Performance AnxietyFund Type 1YR 3YR 5YR 10YR 20YR Early VC-26%-22%48%38%20% Later VC-45%-22%7%20%14% All Venture-27%-20%24%26%16% Buyouts3%-6%6%9%12% Mezzanine4%2%6%8%10% All PE-7%-10%6%14%14% Nasdaq11%-26%-3%9%13% S&P 500-2%-13%-3%8%12% Source: Thomson Venture...
December 15, 2003
Principal To Take $70 Million Mortgage Unit ChargeNU Online News Service, Dec. 15, 2003, 11:03 a.m. EST -- Principal Financial Group Inc., Des Moines, Iowa, says it will write down the ...
December 09, 2003
JHA Publishes Disability Fact BookNU Online News Service, Dec. 9, 2003, 3:23 p.m. EST -- John Hewitt Associates Inc., Portland, Maine, has published its 2003/2004 JHA Disability Fact ...
November 18, 2003
S&P Explains Why No U.S. Banks Are Top RatedNU Online News Service, Nov. 18, 2003, 10:45 a.m. EST -- There is nothing in Standard & Poor's Ratings Services' scoring methods or its ...
September 25, 2003
Fox Succeeds Corbin As BISYS CFONU Online News Service, Sept. 25, 2003, 1:44 p.m. EDT -- The BISYS Group Inc., New York, has promoted James Fox to chief financial ...
August 03, 2003
The Recession Is Over. Now What?Now we know. The recession ended in November 2001.That word comes to us courtesy of the National Bureau of Economic Research, the Cambridge, Mass., nonprofit ...