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Ballooning Trade Deficits Demand Bold Remedies, Economists Argue in Latest Milken Institute Review
Tariffs are an anathema to modern economists, right? Not when the alternative is global recession, s
ay three economists writing in the latest Milken Institute Review.
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Financial innovations can help produce new medicines through funding of early-stage drug development, Milken Institute report says
Despite the enormous potential of biomedical research to cure disease, public and private funding ha
s declined — a trend that could jeopardize efforts to find improved treatments for people with life-threatening illnesses.
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Tobacco settlement robs Peter to pay Paul, says economist in latest Milken Institute Review
When the major tobacco companies agreed in 1998 to settle a series of lawsuits filed by eight state
attorneys general, the agreement was hailed as an historic event that would add hundreds of billions of dollars to state coffers and give millions of smo
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Milken Institute receives $270,000 grant from Jewish Community Foundation of L.A. to help foster economic development in Israel
The Milken Institute today announced it has received a $270,000 grant from the Jewish Community Foun
dation of Los Angeles (The Foundation) to help foster greater knowledge of new ways to finance Israel′s economic development.
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Tech Start-ups Provide Key to Regional Growth, Say New Reports on Pittsburgh's Economic Future
If Pittsburgh is to grow economically and compete with other regions in the U.S., it must create mor
e technology-based start-up companies, according to two new reports — one from the Milken Institute and the other from Battelle Memorial Institute.
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Ethanol Won't Help America Lose Its Appetite for Oil, Say Experts in Latest Milken Institute Review
Magazine also looks at critical learning from past guest-worker programs, seeks to neutralize the ne
t-neutrality debate and exposes hedge fund demographics
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MAD Indicator shows increasing reliance on equity capital financing among Chinese companies
NEW YORK/SHANGHAI, February 1, 2007 - Xinhua Finance and Milken Institute today released updated val
ues for the Market Adjusted Debt (MAD) Indicator for the second and third quarters of 2006, both of which dropped from the first quarter 2006 and were lo
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Milken Institute Economic Impact Report Shows Benefit of Proposed Nemours Children's Hospital
Hospital would bring investment, jobs and increased patient satisfaction to region and bolster Orlan
do′s developing life-sciences industry
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Hong Kong Recaptures Top Spot in Milken Institute Capital Access Index
LOS ANGELES — If access to capital is the key to a thriving business sector, then the strongest regi
on in the world today is Hong Kong, the leader on the 2006 Milken Institute Capital Access Index.
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World's Decision-Makers Gather to 'Shape the Future' at 10th Anniversary Milken Institute Global Conference
LOS ANGELES — World leaders in business, finance, education, health care, philanthropy and public po
licy gather in Los Angeles on April 23-25 for what has become one of the premier intellectual, cultural and social events of the year: the Milken Institu
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Sumner M. Redstone Charitable Foundation Awards $35 Million Grant to FasterCures/The Center for Accelerating Medical Solutions
Washington, DC-- To support work in promoting medical innovation, accelerating medical research and
addressing barriers that slow the search for cures, the Sumner M.
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BioBank Central Launches Online Forum to Drive Global Connectivity Among Biobanking Community
Washington, D.C., May 30, 2007 — BioBank Central, a web-based portal that provides information and
news about the importance of biospecimens to research, announced today the launch of its BioBank Forum, an online forum to frame the debate and en
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