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NEW YORK, June 2 (UPI) -- U.S. markets ignored General Motors Corp.'s bankruptcy filing Monday, but the denial may come back to haunt Wall Street, economists said. The Dow Jones industrial average gained 221.11 points, or 2.6 percent, on the day GM ...
2009-06-02 08:49:00
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Mathematics was EMC sales manager Robin Whitaker’s first career calling, but computers threw up a roadblock and diverted him into IT. Originally from Balclutha, he went to Otago University and received an honours degree in mathematics, which led to ...
2009-06-02 06:40:00
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"I am thrilled to be a part of such a beneficial, proven concept whose mission is to provide every student with the skills, habits and attitudes needed for lifelong success," said Skene. "This Salt Lake City center has been operating for more than ...
2009-06-02 09:54:00
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SAN DIEGO -- Economist Clive W.J. Granger, who shared a Nobel Prize for work that changed how analysts look at financial data, has died in San Diego. He was 74. Granger died Wednesday, according to a news release from the University of California ...
2009-06-02 09:39:00
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RALEIGH — Gov. Bev Perdue, State Board of Education Chairman and CEO Bill Harrison and State Superintendent of Public Instruction June Atkinson on Monday announced that North Carolina has joined 48 other states in a national effort to develop a ...
2009-06-02 08:06:00
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WASHINGTON -- Although women are still underrepresented in the applicant pool for faculty positions in math, science, and engineering at major research universities, those who do apply are interviewed and hired at rates equal to or higher than those ...
2009-06-02 09:32:00
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Just as boys tend to gravitate to toy trucks and girls usually prefer dolls, the gender differences in math performance have more to do with culture than aptitude. That's according to a new review of relevant studies. Such findings challenge the ...
2009-06-02 10:22:00
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Far from saying that girls do not get math, a new scientific study actually shows that females have just the same amount of inclination towards understanding complex equations and fractions as males do. The paper proves that it's culture that ...
2009-06-02 06:40:00
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Towson University gets $1M gift Hackerman donates $1M to Baltimore Washington Medical Center expansion Blog and pony show Whiting-Turner Contracting picked for $516M North Carolina project Pepco Energy Services wins $55M contract from Baltimore ...
2009-06-02 10:37:00
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Jack Brimberg and Bill Hurley of The Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston, Ontario, point out that sports commentators will often argue the importance of scoring the first goal and often suggest that a team improves its chances of winning ...
2009-06-02 10:01:00
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Elmore selected for award Royal Elmore has been selected to receive a 2009 National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship (GRF) award. The National Science Foundation aims to ensure the vitality of the human resource base of science, technology, engineering and mathematics in the United States and to reinforce its diversity by offering approximately 900 to 1,600 graduate ...
2009-06-02 09:10:12
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LITTLE ROCK - Arkansas joined 45 other states Monday in plans to develop common national standards for English-language arts and mathematics.
2009-06-02 10:30:44
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THE Group of Eight universities has launched a review into the declining state of mathematics at schools and universities, concerned they will have to make increasing numbers of students take additional catch-up courses to compensate for the low-level maths with which they are leaving school.
2009-06-02 09:00:00
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Hoggard High School Problem solver Student excels in national linguistics, math competitions By Carolyn Bowers, StarNews Correspondent
2009-06-01 02:22:15
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Jack Brimberg and Bill Hurley of The Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston, Ontario, point out that sports commentators will often argue the importance of scoring the first goal and often suggest that a team improves its chances of winning considerably by scoring it. This kind of punditry more commonly arises during playoff games which tend to be played more defensively.
2009-06-02 10:22:36
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