August 27, 2009 at 11:11 am
With no shortage of potential hopefuls who might seek Ted Kennedy’s U.S. Senate seat, it appears the Mass. governor and legislature will amend the law to allow for an interim apointee pending a special election. Professor Fred Bayles, a former AP and USA Today reporter who directs the BU Statehouse journalism program, says it will […]
August 27, 2009 at 10:36 am
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August 26, 2009 at 3:19 pm
The first official forecast that the global swine flu pandemic, expected to return to the USA this fall, could lead to two million people hospitalized and between 30,000 and 90,000 deaths are “suspect” and contribute to a “climate of scaremongering and shaky science,” claims Al Ozonoff. He is a School of Public Health associate professor of […]
August 26, 2009 at 8:31 am
Available for comment on the legacy of Senator Ted Kennedy is Boston University political expert and a long time Kennedy watcher, Thomas Whalen. Contact Whalen at 617-353-2240.
August 25, 2009 at 4:17 pm
Stars & Stripes reports that the Rendon Group PR firm is screening journalists who request to be “embedded” with U.S. combat troops in Afghanistan. The Pentagon acknowledges Rendon rates the reporters based on their prior coverage of the military, but insists they’re not rejecting embed requests based on negative coverage. Journalism Professor Bob Zelnick, a former […]
August 25, 2009 at 12:36 pm
President Obama says he is seeking stability at the Federal Reserve by nominating Ben Bernanke to a second term as chairman, which must be approved by the Senate. School of Law Professor Cornelius Hurley, a former counsel to the Fed Board of Governors and now director of the Morin Center for Banking and Financial Law, […]
August 24, 2009 at 2:26 pm
Nokia, the world’s largest cell-phone maker, is getting back in the PC industry, announcing a new wireless netbook with a 10-inch screen running on Microsoft software. School of Management Professor N. Venkat Venkatraman, head of the Information Systems Department, says Nokia is making sure it isn’t left out of the tablet/netbook segment, especially with Apple […]
August 24, 2009 at 10:50 am
Proctor & Gamble has agreed to sell its prescription drug business for $3.1 billion to the Irish pharmaceutical firm Warner Chilcott. School of Law Professor Kevin Outterson, an authority in pharma law and marketing, says the deal is evidence of further consolidation in the prescription drug industry. “P&G evidently decided they couldn’t compete at at […]
August 24, 2009 at 10:42 am
With experts still debating if the program will have had any significant positive environmental impact, the govenment’s “Cash for Clunkers” rebate program comes to an end with about a half million vehicles sold. School of Management Dean Lou Lataif, a former Ford executive, says the initiative had some positive value. Contact Lou Lataif, 617-353-2668, lelataif@bu.edu
August 21, 2009 at 11:32 am
Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. reportedly has been meeting with major newspaper publishers nationwide about creating a consortium to charge for news distributed online and on portable devices. Journalism Department Chairman Lou Ureneck, an authority on the business of news, can discuss this latest proposal to wring revenue from Internet readers to help finance the cash-strapped […]
