Word: optional
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Despite the demand for anticorrosion expertise, Schutt says the barriers to entering the field are rising because of clients' requirements for insurance, operator qualifications, strict quality control and a documented safety program. It's not surprising, then, that companies wanting to enter the fray see acquisition as a viable option. In early 2005, Det Norske Veritas (DNV), an independent Norwegian foundation that's a global provider of risk management, acquired CC Technologies (CCT), a corrosion-engineering company with a strong research division, based in Dublin, Ohio. With 2006 revenues of $20.6 million--a $10 million increase over its 2003 sales...
...Shelby. The new concentration policy, approved in the spring of 2006, is part of a larger transition in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, as the Core Curriculum is jettisoned in favor of a new general education program. Current sophomores will likely be the first class to have the option of fulfilling General Education requirements instead of Core requirements, according to the Gen Ed’s committee’s chair, Jay M. Harris. —Staff writer Carolyn F. Gaebler can be reached at cgaebler@fas.harvard.edu...
...side.“College provides an important service to families and many of them can easily pay,” he says. “We have a wonderful system of public universities, so already we have guaranteed almost everyone a low-cost or zero-cost higher education option. I don’t think there is any reason private universities have an obligation to provide free services to everybody.” Avery is not alone in his belief, as both Summers and Bok echo his sentiments.“I don’t think the best...
...splitting the anticipated $100 million in start-up costs over the first two years with NBC, McMahon isn't risking nearly as much as the USFL did. By owning all the teams and offering all the players the same $45,000 one-year contract with a one-year option (quarterbacks get $50,000; kickers, $35,000), he can control his costs; the entire XFL payroll is less than half that of a single NFL team. And the league needs only to deliver a mediocre 4.5 Nielsen rating to make its 10-week 8 p.m. Saturday time slot...
...until now have failed to force Iran to suspend uranium enrichment, and new moves by Tehran to cooperate with the International Atomic Energy Agency - though falling far short of the demand by the U.S. and its allies for an end to enrichment - have postponed discussion of further sanctions. The option of military strikes to stop Iran's nuclear activities, while kept "on the table" by the Administration - and loudly championed by its more hawkish associates - remains prohibitive in light of the uncertain prospects of success and the backlash it would trigger. And many old diplomatic hands in Washington...