Nuffield College, Oxford

Type: Organization

Name: Nuffield College, Oxford

First Reported Jul 28 2010 - Updated Jul 28 2010 - 1 Documents

Mary MacKinnon: 1959-2010

By McGill Reporter Staff On July 25, Mary MacKinnon, a professor of Economics and the former Associate Dean of the Faculty of Arts, passed away at age 51 after a battle with cancer Born on July 4, 1959 in Ottawa, Ontario, MacKinnon earned a B.A. (Econ) ... [Published Jul 28 2010 by McGill University]

Entities: Nuffield College, Oxford, Queen's University, Doctor of Philosophy, Ottawa

First Reported Jul 24 2010 - Updated Jul 24 2010 - 1 Documents

Federal Reserve System

Predict the future? We can’t even say what’s happening now

On New Year’s Eve 2007, the Financial Times, in its customary look at the year ahead, declared that “the US will skate along the brink of recession in early 2008, but should avoid tipping over the brink”. In retrospect, we can ruefully enjoy that forecast ... [Published Jul 24 2010 by Tim Harford]

Entities: Unemployment, Federal Reserve System, Nuffield College, Oxford, Google Inc

First Reported Jul 08 2010 - Updated Jul 08 2010 - 1 Documents

Shami Chakrabarti

UK to honour Shami Chakrabarti with honorary degree

Shami Chakrabarti, an Indian-origin director of a human rights organisation, is among the leading individuals to be awarded an honorary degree by a prestigious UK university.Since her inception as in-house counsel of Liberty, an independent human rights ... [Published Jul 08 2010 by Indian Express]

Entities: Shami Chakrabarti, Human Rights, United Kingdom, Nuffield College, Oxford

First Reported Feb 14 2010 - Updated Feb 14 2010 - 1 Documents

Alistair Darling

Leading economists call for rapid deficit cut

An array of eminent academics and policy-makers put their names to an open letter urging that borrowing had to be reduced more quickly than Chancellor Alistair Darling has set out.They urged whoever won the forthcoming general election to present a ''detailed'' ... [Published Feb 14 2010 by Telegraph]

Entities: Alistair Darling, Gordon Brown, University of Cambridge, George Osborne, House of Lords

First Reported Feb 07 2010 - Updated Feb 07 2010 - 1 Documents

Nuffield College, Oxford

Likely targets of terrorist attack

Diego Gambetta, a professor of sociology at Nuffield College, Oxford, asks why terrorists especially concentrate on attacking aircraft from among the many vulnerable targets they could choose. His initial answer is that it's a low-cost means of hitting ... [Published Feb 07 2010 by normblog]

Entities: Acts of Terrorism, Nuffield College, Oxford, Terrorists, hypothesis

Quotes

"Inger Andersen, a Danish national, moves into her new role from the position of Sustainable Development Network’s Sector Director in the Africa Region, which she took up in 2008. Since Andersen joined the Bank in 2001, she has worked in a number of capacities including Sector Manager Water and Urban Development in Africa; Director for the Water, Agriculture and Social Development Department in the MiddleMiddle East and North Africa Region; and Director of Sustainable Development in the MiddleMiddle East and North Africa Region" World Bank reported

World Bank Names Three New Vice Presidents at the End of its Biggest Lending Year Ever [Finchannel.com - Jul 02 2010]

"The issue is that we didn't know what was going on in banking" she said. Instead, the ESRI relied on assurances from the Central Bank and the Financial Regulator that all was well with the banks

buck stops here [Irish Independent - Jun 26 2010]

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UK to honour Shami Chakrabarti with honorary de... [Published Jul 08 2010 by Indian Express]
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buck stops here [Published Jun 26 2010 by Irish Independent]
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Parties clash over format of historic TV debate [Published Apr 15 2010 by Observer]
Parties clash ahead of key television debate [Published Apr 15 2010 by Observer]
Leading economists call for rapid deficit cut [Published Feb 14 2010 by Telegraph]
Likely targets of terrorist attack [Published Feb 07 2010 by normblog]