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News Bulletin


August 15th, 2008

EUROPEAN CERTIFICATION IN THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE (NYSE)

It is a pleasure to welcome you to the international SAEJEE, one of the global leader’s centers for long distance formation of executives.

I send the New York Stock Exchange brochure for your interest where you will have access to see the study plan, the program’s objectives and institutional information about us.

This program is designed for investors interested in investing in the New York Stock Exchange in any of the exchange indexes such as NASDAQ, the three versions of the SP and Dow Jones, including connection software for the NYSE for the acquisition of the prices of stocks, mutual funds, bonds and information about the sector.

The program also includes the practice for the opening of an account with a stock broker in the stocks in internet (ameritrade.com) and the development of a mathematical analysis model for optimizing the portfolio using Excel by calculating risks, 		profitability, covariance matrices, correlation, and formulating the programming of a quadratic equation that solves an investment model due to risk and profitability parameters.

The enrollment requirements are the following:
1. ID photocopy
2. Color photo, passport size with any background
3. Professional title photocopy ( any area)
4. Online enrollment form:

http://www.altosestudios.es/inscripcion.html

Attached to the present you will find an information brochure about the program in the stock market and the discount program and the financing from International SAEJEE so that you can save money when enrolling to the program because there are several discounts by group starting from 2 people (22%) as you may observe in the attached brochure.

BROCHURE: http://wwww.altosestudios.es/bolsa/bolsa.pdf
New HP Labs Configuration

HP announced that it reconfigured its central research group, HP Labs, to address the most complex challenges facing technology customers in the next decade. HP Labs was reorganized into 23 focused labs spanning its seven worldwide locations. Collectively, HP Labs will focus on five main research areas: information explosion, dynamic cloud services, content transformation, intelligent infrastructure and environmental sustainability. More details are at http://www.hpl.hp.com/

Furthermore, HP Labs has established an Open Innovation Office responsible for funding strategic collaborations and deepening our relationships with researchers in academia, government and
industry. We expect these collaborations to result in mutually beneficial, high-impact research.

An exciting development is the new manner in which HP Labs will fund university research collaborations. Under the leadership of our new HP Labs Director and Senior Vice President, Prith Banerjee, yesterday HP made it possible for colleges, universities and research institutions worldwide to participate in joint research with HP Labs through an open and competitive process. Details about the HP Labs Innovation Research Program are at:
http://www.hpl.hp.com/open_innovation/irp/

Please review the website for all the details (including “frequently asked questions”). http://www.hpl.hp.com/
XXII Postgraduate National Congress
Postgraduate Internationalization and Involvement

Postgraduate Expo 2008:
During the XXII Postgraduate National Congress different educational institutions, research centers, government agencies, companies and related organizations will meet in the Central Courtyard of the President’s Office of Universidad Autónoma de Yucatan, this meeting has been named:

POST GRADUATE EXPO 2008:
This congress has been designed to disseminate and communicate to all the congress members, students who would like to enroll in the postgraduate program, the community that participates in the program, the personnel of the 3 government divisions, and to the entire society, what Mexico has to offer on diverse study programs, and also all the products and services related to the postgraduate degree.

INVITATION
The Mexican Education Council A. C., COMEPO has committed, as part of its vision and mission, to maintain and promote the communication of experiences, analysis, and dialogue that will later derive in concrete actions and proposals.

This commitment is shared with the Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán (UAY, and derives in the joint organization of the XXII Postgraduate National Congress, XXII CNP, and the POST GRADUATE EXPO 2008 that will take place in the Central
building (President’s Office) of the UAY. The address is: Calle 60 No. 491-A por 57 (Centro Histórico) Mérida, Yucatán, México C.P. 97000.

We are glad to cordially invite the national postgraduate community, the personnel of the 3 divisions of the government, and the society in general to participate in the following events:

Main Topic:

The papers, articles, debates and discussions must be related to the following subjects:

Associations and National and International Networks
• Knowledge, study, analysis and promotion of the postgraduate degree in international and national contexts
• Cooperation strategies

Evaluation, Recognition, and Accreditation
• Instances, mechanisms and agreements relative to the evaluation and recognition of national and international programs.
• Mobility of students and professors

Postgraduate involvement with Industry and Social Sectors
• Successful involvement strategies
• Social impact, work market and relevance of the postgraduate degree

Program Internationalization
• Internationalization models
• Experiences in international programs
XV National Seminar of University Libraries (SNBU)
10th - 14th of November, 2008
Palácio de Convençòes do Anhembi
Av. Olavo Fontoura, 1209 – São Paulo

The XV National Seminar of University Libraries (SNBU) will be held for the first time in the city of Sao Paulo, in November 2008 and will be on Entrepreneurship and Innovation: the challenges of the university library. The coordinators mark the commemoration 		of 30 years of the event, initiated in 1978 and succeeded by biennial initiatives in different Brazilian states.

The SNBU 2008 was organized by the Consórcio CRUESP Bibliotecas, which was formed by the Library System of the Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Universidade de São Paulo (USP) and Universidade Estadual Paulista “Julio de Mesquita Filho” (UNESP).

For more information please visit the SNBU site here
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