Editor's page.
The new year begins with a tribute to Corinne Kirchner, one of the guiding lights in research for the field of visual impairment and blindness. Dr. Kirchner, who retired from her position as the head of the Policy Research and Program Evaluation Department of the American Foundation for the...

Radian Announces Earnings Release Dates for Year-end 2006 and 2007.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Radian Group Inc. announced today that it will release its financial results for the fourth quarter and year-end 2006 on Tuesday, January 23, 2007, after the U.S. financial markets close. The news release will be immediately available on the company's website at...

Got the work permit for job-hopping?
Byline: K Yatish Rajawat MUMBAI: India plans to propose that workers' movement in the services sector be monitored by global work permits not covered under the current immigration or tourist visa quotas in the US and EU. The new global work permit will be issued...

Overworked, undernourished.
Thank you for the May cover story, "Time crunched: How busy schedules are sapping our spirit" by Thomas Billitteri. I was surprised, and also appreciative, to see that he talked about the partnership between the Seattle-based "Take Back Your Time" (TBYT) movement and the Massachusetts Council of Churches' "Take...

Governor Rendell Tells York, Adams County Business Leaders State Investments are Working to Grow Pennsylvania's Economy.
State Continually Working to Improve Business Climate, Spur Additional Growth HARRISBURG, Penn., Dec. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Governor Edward G. Rendell today told business leaders from south central Pennsylvania that that commonwealth's economy has rebounded sharply since January 2003 with the help of strategic state investments that are...

IT Employment Resumes Climb in November; Tight Supply Hampers Even Greater Growth.
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- After the first pullback in IT Employment in more than a year in October, IT employment resumed its climb in November. According to the National Association of Computer Consultant Businesses (NACCB), there were 3,674,300 IT workers, an increase of 0.14%, or 5,300, from...

Marching on: if Martin Luther King Jr. were alive today, he'd find many black Chicagoans living in conditions similar to those he witnessed here 40 years ago.
For much of 1966, Martin Luther King Jr. worked closely with members of Chicago Council of Community Organizations in the Chicago Freedom Movement. His first northern campaign focused on ending slum living conditions and opening housing markets as a way to help African Americans realize America's promise of equal...

Radian Applauds President Signing Mortgage Insurance Tax Deductibility Law.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- President Bush today signed into law a bill making mortgage insurance premiums tax deductible. The legislation allows borrowers earning less than $100,000 a year to deduct the full amount of their mortgage insurance premiums paid in 2007. Borrowers making between $100,000 and $110,000 will...

ILO focuses on trade growth in India, China.
NEW DELHI: CEOs, CFOs and the top executives of companies may be looking at the fastest growth in wages in current times and the government may be focussing on quantity rather than quality of employment generated, but the world's top body on labour, the International Labour Organisation (ILO), has...

Radian Asset Assurance Limited Assigned Aa3 Rating from Moody's.
LONDON, Nov. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Radian Group Inc. , a global credit risk management company, today announced that Moody's Investors Service has assigned a Aa3 insurance financial strength rating to Radian Asset Assurance Limited, one of the company's financial guaranty subsidiaries. This rating helps Radian continue to build its...