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Hannah Montana Poisoning Fans - A Top Story This Week

Hannah Montana Poisoning Fans was a top story on Friday. Here it is again: (antiMusic) Gene Simmons gave the music business a very lucrative message: mass merchandising works! A lot of today's "stars" have taken this to heart and are now licensing their names to whole lines of different products. Take tween sensation Miley Cyrus/Hannah Montana for instance, who has multitudes of young fans with their parents credits card lining up to buy anything associated with their idol.

The problem is that most of these products are made in countries that don't care about silly things like safety. Now the lead paint problem that plagued the toy industry during last year's holiday season has reportedly hit the Disney star and her "products".

Idolator reported this little tid bit of info: "Vinyl backpacks, a vinyl purse and other Hannah Montana items purchased from Wal-Mart (WMT, Fortune 500), Target (TGT, Fortune 500) and Toys 'R' Us stores contained the toxic metal, some of them in excess of the federal standard for lead paint, the CEH said. more

New rocket aims for space tourism market

Entrepreneurs of the new commercial space age plan to start test flights in 2010 of a practical four-engine rocket ship that will take people on Mach 2 thrill rides up to 200,000 feet and which also has the interest of the Air Force.

The design of the Lynx rocket was shown off Wednesday by Xcor Aerospace, a Mojave, Calif.-based company that has spent nine years developing rocket engines.

Fueled by liquid oxygen and kerosene, the two-seat ship - a bit more slender than a small executive jet - is intended to operate like an airliner, making up to four flights a day while using runways for takeoffs and landings like a normal airplane.

CEO Jeff Greason withheld specifics of costs and technical details at a news conference but said he was certain investors will finance construction of the Lynx, which he estimated from will cost "south of $10 million," not including previous development costs. more

Alnylam Forms New Agreement with Tekmira Related to the Planned . (2º) Tekmira-Protiva Business Combination

Tekmira-Protiva Business Combination 30/03/2008 22:10:00 Business Wire MicroRNA, and Non-Coding RNA" Keystone Symposium held March 25-30, 2008 in Whistler, British Columbia.
Alnylam also has rights to use Protiva SNALP formulation technology in the advancement of its other systemically delivered RNAi therapeutic programs, including ALN-PCS for the treatment of hypercholesterolemia.
About RNA Interference (RNAi) RNAi (RNA interference) is a revolution in biology, representing a breakthrough in understanding how genes are turned on and off in cells, and a completely new approach to drug discovery and development.
Its discovery has been heralded as "a major scientific breakthrough that happens once every decade or so," and represents one of the most promising and rapidly advancing frontiers in biology and drug discovery today which was awarded the 2006 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine. more

Halliburton opens Malaysian manufacturing center

Halliburton Co. has officially opened a manufacturing center in the Malaysian province of Johor, the company's sixth in the Eastern Hemisphere.

The 215,000-square-foot facility will manufacture completion equipment and cementing tools to significantly expand Halliburton's supply chain capabilities in the region, and is the latest move to further narrow the gap between Eastern and Western Hemisphere operations.

About 100 employees are currently employed at facility, located in Senai, 37 miles northwest of the capital city of Singapore, and 250 are expected by year's end.

"The addition of the Johor facility is another step in our company's strategic plan to concentrate more of our investments and supply chain resources to our key growth areas," said David King, president of Halliburton's Completion and Production division. more

National business briefs: Newspapers join online ad network

A group of 26 newspaper companies is joining an industry-backed online advertising sales network, QuadrantOne, aimed at winning more business from national advertisers. QuadrantOne will create a centralized pool of standardized ad units from newspapers across the country that can be sold in blocks to large advertisers.

Members of the venture include McClatchy Co., which owns The Kansas City Star; A.H. Belo Corp., owner of the Dallas Morning News; and Media General Inc. They effectively double the size of the network to about 250 newspapers. The venture was launched last month by Gannett Co., Tribune Co., Hearst Corp. and The New York Times Co.

Newsday interestThree of New York's biggest moguls reportedly are in discussions to buy Newsday, the Long Island newspaper, from the Tribune Co. more

Latest Thunderbird International Business News

Resolved Question: Who is Cecelia Lee the Marketing Director of HOK office in Beijing?

Cecelia Lee Ms. Xiaoxi Li is a Director located in Beijing, China of Hellmuth, Obata and Kassabaum (”HOK“), the U.S.-headquartered architecture, interior design, engineering, planning and consulting firm. Known to the Western World as Cecilia Lee was born in the Northern part of China in 1969 under the name Xiaoxi Li. Cecilia Lee has routinely engaged in questionable, evasive and deceptive legal tactics; when she was persecuted in US court for crimes and for corrupt practices she did not show up in person in court, event not once or stepped on American soil, she was fearful of being arrested. Cecelia Lee claims that she has obtained Master Degree from Thunderbird School of Global Management (“Thunderbird”), a private business school in the United States, and the first and oldest graduate school specializing in international management and global business and another Master from Arizona State University. When she was challenged in court to produce proof of high education, she did not have any information that can support such claims. In fact, pursuant to an order of the court by which the subpoena was issued to Thunderbird School of Global Management for an order to compel the production documentations relating to Lee’s educational background, Thunderbird response dated to July 10, 2008 indicates that once upon a time in America Cecilia Lee has taken total of 15 curses of prerequisite-classes. Moreover, when she was challenged to prove fraudulent health related claims during pre-trial court hearings, Cecelia Lee provided the court with fraudulent medical records that she obtained by bribing hospital officials in China. Since 2005 Cecelia Lee facing civil charges in the United States of America on attempt to murder, make false statements, and commit perjury; false statements (2 counts); libelous posting of slanderous articles, abduction, and grand theft crime, just to name a few and in a way of example. Her trail dates not set as yet. In 2009 the 40-years-old Cecilia Lee started to prepare for her new cyber crime adventure and she recruited the 20-years-old John Travis Flynn who also known to the public as J. T. Flynn to act as her proxy to execute the “perfect cyber crime” with the help of the 60-years-old photographer, Lou Juaneza, the President of Westhoff Studios. Historical criminology has described the underworld role of Fagin-an adult who forces, seduces or teaches minors to commit crimes for him. In contemporary debates, it is sometimes feared that adolescents cunningly evade criminal law by recruiting younger children to commit offences for them. Cecilia Lee is old enough to be Flynn’s mother and Lou Juaneza, the President of Westhoff Studios, is old enough to be Flynn’s grandmother or perhaps Flynn is young enough to be Lou’s grandchild. more

Resolved Question: Best online university...?

I am looking for a quality online university. I've been looking up Penn State online, Capella, University of Phoenix... I wish to go back to school, get an associate's in business. I am currently studying other courses from Gemological Institute of America, and my goal from that school is to earn the bachelor's of business. But in order to do that, I need an associate's in business. I am interested in business management, international business, marketing. I want something that will help me get into the Thunderbird School of Global Management. My goal is to work in the diamond, jewelry trade. more

Resolved Question: Best MBA Program You Never Heard of...?

Thunderbird...www.thunderbird.edu. This is probably one of the top 10 programs in the USA, especially for International Business. more

Resolved Question: What are the best colleges in the United States to major in International Business?

I've read Thunderbird School in Arizona is one of the best graduate schools for international business. But what colleges offer the best I. B. programs? I also live in Houston, Texas, and colleges around this region would be helpful. more

Resolved Question: I am worrying about grad school costs. Which program would you choose?

I was accepted into two graduate programs for International Business. One is the MBA program for Thunderbird (arizona) and the other is University of Maryland for a MIM (Master of International Mgmt). Both are basically business degrees, but I opting to do the programs ONLINE so I can stay with my job while I do them. I have been so stressed out over which program to choose. Thunderbird has an extremely good reputation, one of the best for international MBA, however is costs $75,000 for the program. The U of Maryland costs $18,000. I know thunderbird has a better reputation, but I am not sure bcs. I really dont know what I want to do when I graduate and I get really scared thinking about that humongous debt I will have. It really scared me, especially bcs. I am not sure what I will be doing afterwards and if I will be making alot of money. I am 31 years old, just dont know if I wnat to risk all that money. Any ideas? more

Resolved Question: What concentration in a MBA would suit me best if I want to travel a lot?

Hi, I have a BA in ANthropology, I'm italian, I've travelled extensively around the World and I've studied one year in Finland and one summer semester in the USA. I wanna take a MBA and I wanna find afterwards a job that allows me to travel a lot! What concentration would you suggest me? Would international business be ok or as I lack a business background it would be too generic? And what about Thunderbird's Gavin Global MBA? Thanks! more

Resolved Question: I'm thinking about applying to the International University of Japan for an MBA, good idea?

I want to work in Japan upon graduation, so I think this would be a great way to do that. Also the school seems to be very international, attracting students from all over the world and providing a curriculum with a global focus. The school seems comparable to Thunderbird or other internationally focused business schools. My biggest concern is if I ever leave Japan, will having an MBA from this school cause problems? It seems that if a school is accredited by certain groups, it doesn't matter. Example, London Business School. If I went there I know I wouldn't have a problem. Any information about the school, career opportunities, recognition, etc. would be helpful. more

Resolved Question: Is Thunderbird a good place to get my MBA if I'm interested in working internationally, most likely at I-bank?

They seem to have an excellent reputation in regards to international business, but I would like to get opinions about the school and the program beyond what is listed in rankings, etc. I plan on working in corporate finance for an investment bank, internationally and want to know if this school will give me the opportunities to do so. Any knowledge that can be passed on about the school, such as admissions, career, etc. beyond what is on their website, U.S. News, etc. would be great. more

Resolved Question: What are the prospects after MBA from Thunderbird University in International business?

Resolved Question: Does any body know about Thunder bird school of international management at Glendale near Phoenix?

Is there any better international business school than Thunderbird, I heard that it is ranked as No.1 by WSJ, is going to a state university a better option than going to Thunderbird, pls. help more