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  Proposed bank tax targets revenge, not reform, economist says

  Jan 19, 2010 9:00 am0 views

  CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - A proposed $90 billion tax on the nation's largest banks is more about revenge than regulation, a University of Illinois banking expert says.

• U. of I. Flash Economic Index now at highest level in eight years

  Feb 1, 2006 9:00 am0 views

  The University of Illinois Flash Index surged ahead in January, rising to 107.1 from its 106.6 reading in December.

• Illinois Flash Index up slightly in January

  Feb 3, 2003 9:00 am0 views

  The Illinois economy began the first month of 2003 with a slight uptick in activity.

• Deal ending writers strike scores rare victory for unions, expert says

  Feb 12, 2008 9:00 am0 views

  CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - A deal that ended a three-month strike by Hollywood writers also scored a rare victory for unions by giving workers a financial stake in new technology, a University of Illinois labor expert says.

• Stanford professor to give Kinley lecture March 7

  Feb 19, 2002 9:00 am0 views

  CHAMPAIGN, Ill. Thomas J. Sargent, a professor of economics at Stanford University, will deliver the David Kinley Lecture in Economics at the University of Illinois March 7 (Thursday).

• Conference at Illinois focuses on police activities as they relate to terrorism

  Mar 1, 2005 9:00 am0 views

  CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - The University of Illinois College of Law will sponsor a conference Friday and Saturday (March 11 and 12) on the regulation of police activities aimed at fighting terrorism and other forms of international crime.

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  Expert: BP settlement right step, but won't curtail corporate greed

  Mar 12, 2012 9:00 am0 views

  CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -The recent settlement of claims by BP from the Deepwater Horizon oil disaster of 2010 is a step in the right direction, but it won't solve the most pernicious problem of the entire debacle - corporate greed, says a University of Illinois expert in maritime law and corporate and government relations.

• UC-Berkeley biochemist to lecture on realizing promise of research

  Mar 28, 2006 9:00 am0 views

  CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Edward Penhoet, a biochemist and a former dean of the School of Public Health at the University of California at Berkeley, will give the Arnold O. Beckman Lecture in Science and Innovation April 4 (Tuesday) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

• Labor balladeer to lecture and sing April 9

  Mar 30, 2001 9:00 am0 views

  CHAMPAIGN, Ill. Noted labor balladeer Joe Glazer will deliver a lecture on music and labor organizing and sing some of his songs on April 9 (Monday) at the Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations, 504 E. Armory Ave., Champaign.

• UI Flash Economic Index jumped to its highest level since August

  Apr 3, 2000 9:00 am0 views

  CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- The University of Illinois Flash Economic Index jumped last month to its highest level since August.

• Flash Index of Illinois economy dips slightly

  Apr 3, 2008 9:00 am0 views

  A key indicator of the Illinois economy has dropped to its lowest level in more than three years. The UI Flash Index for March fell to 103.4 after rising the previous two months.

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  Summer gasoline price surge unlikely, U. of I. expert says

  Apr 29, 2010 9:00 am0 views

  CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Gasoline prices could creep past $3 a gallon this summer, continuing a slow climb but still below record prices of just two years ago, a University of Illinois energy policy expert says.

• U. of I. Economic Index indicates economy growing, but at slower pace

  May 1, 2006 9:00 am0 views

  CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - The University of Illinois Flash Economic Index fell again last month to 105.1 from its 105.9 reading in March.

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  Conference to explore implementation of climate policy

  May 10, 2010 9:00 am0 views

  CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Twenty of the world's top academic experts on energy and environmental economics will share research on how best to implement possible U.S. climate regulations during a conference this week for federal policy analysts.

• Seriously ill people cheated by ban on unapproved treatments

  May 25, 2007 9:00 am0 views

  CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - It's time for Congress to re-examine the ban on experimental or alternative medicine that is not approved by federal regulators, especially drugs and devices aimed at seniors who suffer from life-threatening diseases, a legal scholar says.

• Flash Index of Illinois economy rebounds, ending three-month slide

  Jun 1, 2006 9:00 am0 views

  CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - The University of Illinois Flash Economic Index ended its three-month slide, increasing to 106.2 from its 105.1 level in April.

• U. of I. slates forum to examine economic downturn

  Jun 3, 2009 9:00 am0 views

  CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - A panel of University of Illinois business experts will explore the roots, consequences and lessons of the nation's deepest economic collapse since the Great Depression during a June 13 forum in downtown Chicago.

• Illinois Flash Economic Index Remained Constant at 103.2

  Jun 5, 2000 9:00 am0 views

  CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- The University of Illinois Flash Economic Index showed no sign of a letdown in the month of May.

• Flash Index: Illinois economy continues slide

  Jun 5, 2008 9:00 am0 views

  The UI Flash Index - first indicator of the state's economy each month - continued its downward trend in May, falling to 102.3. The index dropped five-tenths of a point from its reading in April and reached its lowest point since September 2004, when it was at 102.2.

• UI Flash Index rises slightly; slowdown is moderating, economist says

  Jul 1, 2002 9:00 am0 views

   The University of Illinois Flash Economic Index rose last month to 95.0 from its 94.2 level in May.

• Flash Index of Illinois economy expanding, albeit at slower pace

  Jul 3, 2006 9:00 am0 views

  CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - June was an uneventful month for the University of Illinois Flash Economic Index. The index retreated to 106.0 from its 106.2 level in May.

• Illinois Flash Economic Index declines slightly last month

  Aug 1, 2000 9:00 am0 views

  CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- The University of Illinois Flash Economic Index declined slightly for the month of July to 102.6 from its 102.8 level in June.

• Flash Index of Illinois economy indicates growth, albeit at slower pace

  Aug 1, 2006 9:00 am0 views

  The July University of Illinois Flash Economic Index remained virtually unchanged, rising to 106.1 from its 106.0 reading in June.

• Flash Index's falter mirrors state, national economies

  Aug 2, 2004 9:00 am0 views

  CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - After steady increases for much of the last year, the University of Illinois Flash Economic Index fell to 100.0 in July from a 100.3 level in June.

• Princeton economist to lecture about global labor market

  Aug 25, 2005 9:00 am0 views

  CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Orley C. Ashenfelter, a professor of economics at Princeton University, will deliver the David Kinley Lecture in Economics at 3:30 p.m. Sept. 9 (Friday) at 134 Temple Hoyne Buell Hall, 611 E. Loredo Taft Drive, Champaign.

• August flash index of economic growth holds steady at July reading

  Sep 3, 2002 9:00 am0 views

  The University of Illinois Flash Index remained flat for the month of August with the same 95.4 reading of July.

• Flash Index dips slightly; unemployment below 7 percent

  Sep 4, 2014 9:00 am0 views

  The U. of I. Flash Index fell slightly in August to 106.0 from its 106.2 level in July. The index has fluctuated in this narrow range (106.0 to 106.2) for the past four months.

• 'Modest slowdown' revealed in latest Flash Economic Index

  Sep 5, 2000 9:00 am0 views

  CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- The growth rate of the University of Illinois Flash Economic Index dropped slightly last month, giving further evidence of a modest slowdown in the Illinois economy, possibly the long awaited "soft landing."

• Flash Index of Illinois Economy rose moderately in August

  Sep 5, 2006 9:00 am0 views

  The U. of I. Flash Index of the state economy moved up in August to 106.4 from its 106.1 reading in July.

• Princeton professor to deliver David Kinley Lecture in Economics

  Sep 17, 2007 9:00 am0 views

  CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - A Princeton University professor who studies the global economy will be at the University of Illinois next month to talk about whether health and happiness could be rooted in prosperity.

• Lecture Monday on effects of three Central Illinois strikes

  Sep 26, 2001 9:00 am0 views

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• Flash Index of Illinois economy unchanged, indicating strong growth

  Oct 2, 2006 9:00 am0 views

  CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - The University of Illinois Flash Economic Index for September remained unchanged from its August level at 106.4.

• Williamson to give David Kinley Lecture

  Oct 11, 2001 9:00 am0 views

  CHAMPAIGN, Ill. Jeffrey G. Williamson, an economist at Harvard University, will deliver the David Kinley Lecture in Economics at the University of Illinois on Oct. 26 (Friday).

• Bankruptcy reforms aimed at curbing filings may wind up increasing them

  Oct 24, 2006 9:00 am0 views

  CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - If history is any guide, last year's changes to the bankruptcy law aimed at reducing individual bankruptcy filings may have the opposite effect - a long-term surge in personal filings, according to a study by a University of Illinois expert.

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  How more immigrants might save Social Security

  Oct 31, 2006 9:00 am0 views

  A Minute With™... Joseph Finnerty, who teaches at the College of Business

• Flash Index of Illinois economy fell slightly, indicating slowing of growth

  Nov 1, 2006 9:00 am0 views

  The University of Illinois Flash Economic Index for October fell to 106.0 from its 106.4 level in September.

• Flash Index of Economic Growth indicates gradual slowing

  Nov 2, 2000 9:00 am0 views

  The University of Illinois Flash Economic Index fell in October to 102.8 from its 103.5 reading in September, suggesting that despite some ups and downs, the state is experiencing a gradual slowing of economic growth.

• Nation's foremost African-American labor leader to speak Wednesday

  Nov 18, 2002 9:00 am0 views

  CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Reg Weaver, the president of the National Education Association and the nation's foremost African-American labor leader, will speak Wednesday night (Nov. 20) at the Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

• Flash Index of Economic Growth continues gradual slowing

  Dec 1, 2000 9:00 am0 views

  The University of Illinois Flash Economic Index dropped again in November, giving fresh evidence that the Illinois economy is slowing.

• U. of I. Flash Index up sharply, sign of growing state economy

  Dec 1, 2006 9:00 am0 views

  The University of Illinois Flash Economic Index for November increased strongly to 106.8 from its 106 level in October.

• Flash Index indicates Illinois economy continues to stall

  Dec 3, 2002 9:00 am0 views

  The Illinois economy continues to be stalled.

• Flash Index indicates Illinois economy stuck in neutral

  Jan 2, 2003 9:00 am1 views

  The Illinois economy ended 2002 the same way it began - flat.

• Flash Index of Illinois economy up slightly in December, latest data show

  Jan 3, 2006 9:00 am1 views

  The University of Illinois Flash Economic Index rose slightly in December to 106.6 from its 106.4 level in November.

• Importing medicines from abroad carries risks, legal scholar says

  Jan 16, 2007 9:00 am1 views

  CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Importing prescription drugs from overseas, a plan advocated by Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich and many senior citizen groups, may lower the price of drugs, but poses serious safety risks, according to a University of Illinois scholar.

• U.S. economy teetering, but could still avert recession, U. of I. experts say

  Jan 29, 2008 9:00 am1 views

  CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - The U.S. economy is sputtering amid a lingering housing slump and growing jitters on Wall Street, but whether a recession lies ahead is still anyone's guess, a trio of University of Illinois economic experts say.

• U. of I. Flash Index rose slightly in January, continuing upward trend

  Feb 1, 2005 9:00 am1 views

  The University of Illinois Flash Economic Index continued its recent strong performance by rising slightly to 103.1 last month from 103.0 in December.

• Flash Economic Index for January rose slightly

  Feb 2, 2000 9:00 am1 views

  The University of Illinois Flash Economic Index rose slightly to 102.2 in January from its 102.1 level in December.

• Experts to discuss finding work in a sour economy

  Feb 4, 2009 9:00 am1 views

  CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - "Positioning Yourself to Meet Challenges of a Down Economy," a panel discussion on finding work in a tight job market, will take place Feb. 11 at the University of Illinois.

• Study: Web sites influence users, even when they don't communicate directly

  Feb 7, 2008 9:00 am1 views

  CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Web surfers may get more than just the music, videos and news updates they were looking for when they log onto trendy next-generation sites such as Last.fm, YouTube and Digg, according to new research by a University of Illinois business professor.

• U. of I. professor nominated as trustee for social security, medicare programs

  Feb 12, 2008 9:00 am1 views

  CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - University of Illinois finance professor Jeffrey R. Brown will be nominated by President Bush to serve on the board of trustees for the nation's Social Security and Medicare programs, the White House announced Tuesday.