11/22/2008
LOCAL INSTITUTIONS TOLD TO BRING HOME MALAYSIAN PROFESSIONALS WHO LOST THEIR JOBS ABROAD (Bernama via Yahoo! Malaysia News)
PASIR GUDANG, Nov 22 (Bernama) -- Local institutions of higher learning (IPT) should exploit the current global economic slow down to attract Malaysian professionals, whose services abroad had been terminated, to return home under the "brain gain" programme.
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11/21/2008
Financial Institutions cuts quarterly dividend (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Financial Institutions Inc. on Friday said its board reduced its quarterly cash dividend by 33.3 percent to 10 cents per share.
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11/23/2008
Banking on safe & sound financial institutions in Central Ill. (The Pantagraph)
BLOOMINGTON -- In light of recent bank troubles and failures, consumers are worried about their money.
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11/21/2008
Financial Institutions cuts quarterly dividend (INO News)
(AP:WARSAW, N.Y.) Financial Institutions Inc. on Friday said its board reduced its quarterly cash dividend by 33.3 percent to 10 cents per share. The company paid a 15-cent dividend in the previous quarter.
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11/22/2008
Asian, American leaders urge free trade to halt crisis (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Leaders from Asia and the Americas pledged on Saturday to push for a global free trade deal and reform international lending institutions in an effort to keep the world from sliding into a deep recession.
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11/23/2008
'Redemption' sets up new '24' season (Detroit Free Press)
Spending six days with Jack Bauer has not only entertained us, but also taught us a lot. We have learned to trust no one, least of all a close associate or lover. He assured us that our lack of faith in business, government and other institutions is well-advised. And his Things to Do list makes ours seem like child's play by comparison.
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11/22/2008
Non-university tertiary institutions need expansion (Sunday Observer)
A text of a speech delivered by Prof. Wiswa Warnapala, Minister of Higher Education at Business Management Conference organized by the Society of Certified Management Accountants of Sri Lanka at the Taj Samudra Hotel, Colombo.
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11/21/2008
Financial Institutions Declares Cash Dividend (GlobeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance)
WARSAW, N.Y., Nov. 21, 2008 -- Financial Institutions, Inc. announced that its Board of Directors declared a cash dividend of $0.10 per common share. The dividend was reduced from $0.15 per common share in the previous quarter in order to preserve and strengthen the Company's capital base.
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11/23/2008
20% cuts may be ahead for state colleges, universities as bottom falls out of budget (Seattle Times)
The University of Washington and other institutions are trying to figure out ways to plug a yawning budget gap. Officials at several universities are already talking about raising tuition by 10 to 15 percent next year — perhaps $1,000 per student. That would require lawmakers to lift the current limit on schools of 7 percent in tuition increases annually.
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11/21/2008
Rwanda: More Stringent Conditions Needed for Tertiary Institutions (AllAfrica.com)
Knowledge is a powerful tool and driver of both growth and development globally. Tertiary institutions are the centres of knowledge.
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