National conference in Ohio focuses on teachers
22 May 2012, 2:02 am
Educators including the U.S. secretary of education, teacher union leaders and school administrators will focus this week on ways to transform the teaching profession with such targets as better recruiting, preparation and career development, and evaluations based on effectiveness.

conference shuffle creating room for upstarts to make jump to FBS
22 May 2012, 12:38 am
In college football's realignment shuffle, it's go big or get left behind. Tony Barnhart says that's why, ready or not, fledgling programs like UNC Charlotte, Georgia State, Old Dominion and UTSA are making the jump to FBS.

Thunder Race Past Lakers and Into conference Finals
22 May 2012, 12:11 am
The end for Kobe Bryant and the Lakers came against an Oklahoma City team that was younger, deeper and ready for its own moment in the Western conference spotlight.

Judges conference in Maui scrutinized
21 May 2012, 11:50 pm
Come August taxpayers will fund nearly 700 trips to the Hyatt Regency Maui Resort and Spa.  It's all part of this year's Ninth Circuit Judicial conference that has senators questioning coming to the Aloha State...

The conference Board Leading Economic Index® for China Increased in April
21 May 2012, 9:00 pm
BEIJING, May 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for China increased 0.8 percent in April to 232.4 (2004 = 100), following a 0.8 percent increase in March and a ...

GOP Blasts Million Dollar Judicial conference in Hawaii
21 May 2012, 3:09 pm
In a scolding letter, two Republican senators blasted the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals for holding a lavish tax-payer funded judicial conference scheduled for this August in Maui, Hawaii, that “reads more like a vacation than a business trip.” “We are concerned that using the...

Sponsorship Opportunities Available for Advanced Energy 2012 conference
21 May 2012, 9:00 am
NEW YORK, NY-- - For the last five years, Advanced Energy has firmly established its position as one of the nation's foremost conferences on the future of energy. This year's conference, Advanced Energy ...

4th conference on "Russian Bond Market-2012: Step Into the Future" to be Held on 7-8 June 2012 in Moscow
21 May 2012, 3:00 am
MOSCOW, May 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --The 4 th international conference "Russian Bond Market-2012: Step into the Future" ( http://www.bondcongress.uralsibcap.ru ) will gather investors and issuers ...

The conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for France Increases
21 May 2012, 3:00 am
BRUSSELS, May 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for France increased 0.4 percent in March to 113.8 (2004 = 100), following a 0.6 percent increase in February, ...

Celtics Throw Eastern conference into Even Greater Uncertainty: A Fan's Analysis
19 May 2012, 8:22 am
The Philadelphia 76ers were supposed to have no chance to win the Eastern conference. In fact, Sixers fans like myself were all but resigned to the Sixers being stepping stones for the Boston Celtics to take one last conference title. With the Chicago Bulls out and the Miami Heat collapsing against the Indiana Pacers, the Celtics seemed ready to fill the void in the East one last time.