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...thing Fed Chairman-nominee Ben Bernanke does not lack for is a paper trail - an accomplished academic economist and former Dean of Economics at Princeton, Bernanke has published several scholarly works, three college textbooks and scores of academic and policy speeches. Read through his works and you'll quickly discovers that he shares many similar views with his predecessor, Alan Greenspan. But he's also an independent thinker who at times crosses swords with those on the left and right. We've stacked up some of Bernanke's views on three key topics and given you links around...
President Bush's nomination of Ben S. Bernanke to replace Fed chairman Alan Greenspan seems - so far, at least - mercifully free of controversy. The U.S. stock market rallied on the announcement, as foreign-exchange buyers drove up the value of the dollar against the Euro and other currencies. Market reaction reflects Bernanke's status as conservative, but hardly radical economist, whose views on inflation, taxes, interest rates and monetary policy are not deemed markedly different from those of Greenspan...
Solar wi-fi is ideal for regions where electricity is scarce--from archaeological digs to disaster scenes, says Sally Lyon, co-founder of Boulder-based Lumin Innovative Products, which invented the system. Fellow founder and former Air Force engineer Ben Adams, who hatched the idea three years ago as he lugged a generator through the Nevada desert to hook up a communications system, is negotiating this month with U.S. and Australian forces to market solar wi-fi in Iraq. Each solar-paneled access point can relay wireless signals as far as 25 miles to other stations and can connect...
...Ben Ladner in many ways is the Richard Nixon of A.U. He has done a few great things, but in the end his tenure will be marred with scandal,” Brusoe writes...
Despite a cult following, Ben & Jerry's ice-cream business has been flat in the fat-free 1990s. Odak will take out a salary of $300,000 a year to dream up new products and turn the management team into what he calls "a well-oiled machine." It remains to be seen how well his approach will meld with a company whose Peace Pops bars help support causes like gun control. But investors foresaw more bang for their bucks: Ben & Jerry's stock closed at $12.75 a share on Friday, up $1.38 for the week...