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2006

06/23/06	Leading Internationalist Named to Bickley Teaching Chair of Insurance, Financial Services at UA
06/21/06	Population Estimates Show Big City Losses, Suburbs Gaining, According to UA Data Center
06/21/06	Addy Named Director of UA’s Center for Business and Economic Research
05/11/06	CBER’s Ferguson Retiring; Hardin Named New Associate Dean for Research at UA Business School
05/02/06	State’s Housing Market Starts Strong During First Quarter of 2006, According to UA’s Real Estate Research Center
04/20/06	UA’s State Data Center Reports on New Census Data that Looks at Alabama's Black-Owned Businesses
04/04/06	Alabama’s Housing Market Rebounds in February, According to UA’s Real Estate Research Center
03/09/06	State Housing Market Starts New Year with Whimper, Not a Bang, According to UA Real Estate Center
02/15/06	Intel Corp. Director of Diversity Headlines UA’s M.B.A. Week
02/03/06	2005 Another Record Year for Housing in Alabama, According to UA’s Alabama Real Estate Center
01/23/06	Home Sales Continued to Slow Near End of 2005, According to UA’s Real Estate Center
2005
12/09/05	Housing Market Slows as End of Year Draws Close, According to UA Real Estate Center Numbers
12/07/05	Lindsey Blumenthal Named Director of UA Business School’s Commerce Executive Society
11/05/05	Alabama Housing Affordabilty Down Again as Market Shows Signs of Slowing, According to UA Real Estate Center
11/03/05	UA’s Agrawal Co-Authors FMA’s ‘Best Paper;’ Research Examines Analyst Conflicts and Stock Recommendations
11/02/05	UA’S 2006 Economic Conference Scheduled
10/31/05	UA Professor Co-Authors Book Applying Business Principles to Terrorism Activity
10/05/05	Mixed Signals Coming From the Housing Sector, According to UA's Real Estate Center
09/07/05	Alabama Home Sales Decline Slightly in July; Still Near Record Levels
08/11/05	Rising Home Prices Drop Affordabilty in Second Quarter of 2005
08/09/05	Existing Home Sales set Record in June; Average Sales Price also Reaches Record
06/17/05	Regions Financial Corporation Establishes Carl E. and Ann K. Jones Regions Endowed Scholarship at UA
06/02/05	Alabama Housing Market Shows Continued Strength
05/19/05	Income Growth Offsets Increased Home Prices in First Quarter
05/11/05	Deborah Hamilton Receives UA's Miles Excellence Award
05/04/05	Existing Home Sales Post Another Double-Digit Increase
05/03/05	Wall Street Journal’s Rick Brooks Featured as Business Reporters’ Seminar Luncheon Speaker
04/14/05	One-Third of State's Counties See Population Growth, According to Census Estimates
04/12/05	Alabama Housing Market Rebounds in February
04/01/05	U.S. News Ranks UA School of Law, Business School Among Best Once Again
03/23/05	UA's Alabama Entrepreneurial Research Network to Offer Workshop to Affiliates
03/09/05	State Housing Market Sending Mixed Signals for 2005
02/17/05	Hoover Named an Assistant Dean at UA’s Culverhouse College of Commerce
02/16/05	Housing Affordability Increases in Last Quarter of ’04
02/07/05	State Housing Market Sets Yet Another Record
02/04/05	Alabama Economy, Employment Stronger in 2005
01/13/05	November Sales Down But 2004 Still on Track for Another Record

2004

12/13/04	Housing Market Gets a Good Start on Year’s Fourth Quarter
12/07/04	Census Shows One County in Alabama Without Double-Digit Poverty; State’s Poverty Grows
12/06/04	Red Bay Family Establishes Faculty Support Fund for UA Business School
12/06/04	UA’s State Data Center Indicates There’s a Pickup for Every Five Folks, an SUV for Every 10
11/18/04	State’s Housing Affordability Drops; Appreciation, Rising Mortgage Rates Increase Costs
11/17/04	Carver Appointed Assistant Dean of UA Business School; Focus Will Be on Manderson Graduate School Programs
11/12/04	UA Real Estate Center Reports Third Month of Declining Home Sales, This Time Substantial
11/02/04	Bronner Set as Keynote Speaker for 2005 Economic Outlook Conference
10/25/04	UA's Data Center Sheds Light on Those Eschewing 9 to 5 Jobs in Favor of Stay-at-Home Work
10/25/04	UA's Entrepreneurial Research Network Receives Grant to Foster Business in State's Rural Areas
10/20/04	Economics Professor Walter Enders Selected for UA's Prestigious Blackmon-Moody Award
10/11/04	State Housing Market Continues Mixed Message
10/11/04	UA’s Institute of Business Intelligence to Play Major Role in World Data Mining Conference
09/29/04	Five prominent business leaders to be inducted into Business Hall of Fame
09/23/04	UA's MBA Program in U.S. Top 5 for Professors, Facilities and Program Administration
09/15/04	State Home Sales Decline, Stats From UA Center Indicate; Is Housing Market Slowdown Ahead?
09/01/04	UA’s Manderson Graduate School of Business Welcomes MBA Class of 2006
08/24/04	Ho-Hum – Just Another Record Month for Alabama Housing
08/10/04	UA Business School Names Chair of Ethics
07/14/04	State Housing Market Continues on Record Pace
06/24/04	Pine Apple Grows Fastest, Huntsville Posts Largest Population Gains in Census Bureau Estimates
06/17/04	Data Center Makes State Census Information Available with the Click of a Mouse
06/14/04	Charlie Adair Named Development Director for UA Business School
06/07/04	Sales of Existing Homes in Alabama Increase in April
05/27/04	UA Entrepreneurial Network Aids Small Rural Businesses; Food Network to Feature Demopolis’ Smokin’ Jack’s BBQ
05/19/04	UA’s Real Estate Center Stats Indicate Housing Affordability Sets Record, But Is the Party Over?
05/04/04	State’s Housing Market Shows March Strength
04/23/04	UA Business School Names Ole Miss Professor to Camp Endowed Chair in Finance and Investments
04/09/04	UA’s Manderson Graduate School of Business M.B.A. Program Ranked 61st Nationally by U.S. News & World Report
03/26/04	Home Sales Surge in February; Selling Price Jumps
03/18/04	Ingram Named Senior Associate Dean at UA’s Culverhouse College of Commerce
03/17/04	Data Shows Only Two-Thirds of State’s Children Live in Traditional Married-Couple Households
03/10/04	UA’s State Data Center Looks at the Latest Census Estimated Breakdown for the State
02/19/04	State’s Housing Affordability Index Jumps 6 Points
02/02/04	Sales of Existing Homes Reach Record Levels in State, Nation
01/29/04	Census Meeting to Be Held at UA
01/14/04	Chairman of Financial Accounting Standards Board to Meet with Business Leaders, Students on UA Campus
01/12/04	UA Professors Among Top 15 Most Prolific Authors in Accounting
01/08/04	Global Insight Director to Present National Outlook at UA Economic Conference
01/07/04	Home Sales Fall in November But Still on Record Track

2003

12/19/03	That Darned Drive to Work Might Not Be as Bad as You Think; State Commute Times
12/18/03	Alabama’s Population Tops 4.5 Million in 2003, According to Census Bureau
12/15/03	2004 Economic Outlook Conference to Be Presented by UA January 15
12/11/03	Home Sales in State Drop Again in October
12/11/03	President of Mortgage Bankers of America to Be Keynote Speaker at UA Real Estate Conference
11/05/03	UA Business School Now the Repository of Original Sculpture Recognizing Impact of Internet
11/05/03	September Home Sales Drop But Still Fourth Highest
11/03/03	Assistant Secretary of Commerce to Address UA’s International Advisory Board on Thursday
10/28/03	Alabama Productivity Center to Present 2003 Quality Awards
10/14/03	CBER Website Named "Website of the Year" by Association for University Business and Economic Research
10/10/03	Management Science Student Receives National Award from Supply Chain Management Research Center
10/08/03	C&BA Business Hall of Fame to Induct Five New Members in UA Ceremony; CEO of Textron Keynote Speaker
10/07/03	UA Business School, SAS Institute to Host Major Business Intelligence Symposium on Campus
10/02/03	Alabama Homes Sales for August Highest on Record
09/19/03	Latest Census Numbers Shows County Population Estimates by Age, Sex, Race and Hispanic Origin
09/15/03	Diverse Group of Speakers Featured at UA Retailing Day 2003
09/05/03	July Home Sales Highest on Record with 4,872 Units
08/06/03	Home Ownership Fair Coming to UA Campus
08/04/03	State Housing Market Slows, Still on Track to Set Record
08/01/03	Every County in State Has Some Rural Population
07/09/03	Census Bureau Releases Population Estimates for Alabama's Cities and Towns
06/05/03	Low Interest Rates Continue to Buoy Housing Market
05/07/03	Housing Strong in State, But Shows Weakness Nationally
04/24/03	Census Info Shows Growth Rate of Two Alabama Rural Counties Exceeds National Average
04/04/03	UA Manderson Graduate School of Business Ranked 65th by U.S. News and World Report
04/04/03	UA Entrepreneurship Program Ranked in Top 100
04/02/03	State Housing Market Rebounds in February
03/17/03	Homeland Security Offers UA Grads a Way to Fight Terrorism
03/12/03	Winners Named in Sixth Annual High School Computing Olympiad Hosted by The University of Alabama
02/25/03	Health Care Management Student Wins National Competition
02/12/03	Fourth Quarter Housing Affordability Index a Record
02/12/03	2002 Is Record Year for Alabama Housing
01/10/03	National Academy of Sciences Names UA’s Enders Co-Recipient of Award for Work to Reduce Nuclear War Risk
01/07/03	UA Professor of Management Visits Taiwan as Part of State Department’s Fulbright Program
01/06/03	UA Undergraduate Accounting Program Ranked 19th by Public Accounting Report
01/06/03	Third Annual Alabama Real Estate Conference Set for Jan. 15 at UA Conference Center
01/03/03	Uncertain Times, Threat of War Add Emphasis to 2003 UA Economic Outlook Conference Jan. 16

2002

12/20/02	UA Business School Team Receives Major Awards for Research on Entrepreneurship
12/04/02	Housing Affordability Sets Record in Third Quarter
12/04/02	Alabama Housing Market Straddling Fence
11/21/02	2003 Economic Outlook Conference to Be Presented by UA January 16
10/31/02	State Housing Market Cools but Remains Very Strong
10/07/02	State Housing Market Sets Another Record in August
10/02/02	Alabama Business Hall of Fame to Induct Five New Members in Ceremony at UA
09/24/02	Annual Retailing Day at UA to Focus on Ethics in Retailing
09/09/02	State Single-Family Housing Sales Bounce Back after June Decline
08/30/02	State Housing Market Sees Mild June Correction
08/29/02	State's Housing Affordability Drops for Consecutive Quarter, Remains Near Record Level
08/28/02	UA Business School Plans to Create Endowment to Establish Insurance Chair Honoring John Bickley
07/19/02	Executive Series on Creativity, Innovation in the Workplace
07/09/02	State Housing Market Sets Another Record for May
05/23/02	Misiolek Named Interim Dean
05/08/02	Mason Named Interim President of The University of Alabama
05/06/02	State Housing Market on Track for Another Record
04/11/02	Sales of Existing Homes in Alabama Show February Surge
04/08/02	Housing Affordability in State at All-Time High
02/06/02	Record Number of Existing Homes Sold in State, Nation
01/31/02	Program to Help Business Execs Cope with Today’s Turbulent Economy

2001

12/20/01	Second Annual Real Estate Conference Set for January 23
12/20/01	One-fourth of State's Children Live in Poverty
12/18/01	UA Accounting Grad DiPiazza Named Global CEO of PricewaterhouseCoopers
11/26/01	Marketing Professor Receives Distinguished Scholar Award
11/21/01	2002 Economic Outlook Conference Scheduled for Jan. 17
11/05/01	Alabama Housing Market Showing First Signs of Decline
11/05/01	'Control and Growth' Topics at Upcoming Family Business Forum
11/05/01	UA Health Care Management Program Planning Conference on Information Technology Use
11/02/01	UA's Economic Impact on State Exceeds $1.1 Billion
10/18/01	Delta Air Lines Chief Delivers Hall of Fame Address; Recalls Air Line's Actions Following Terrorist Attacks
10/18/01	David Hale Named Winner of Blackmon-Moody Award
10/18/01	Retailing Day 2001 at UA Presents Championship Lineup
10/10/01	UA Business School Names New M.B.A. Program Director
10/08/01	Housing Markets Continue to Confound
10/05/01	Business Hall of Fame to Induct Six New Members; Chairman of Delta Air Lines Slated as Speaker
09/13/01	July Home Sales, Selling Price Decline Slightly
08/31/01	Education, Job Training Remedies for State's High Child Poverty Ranking
08/30/01	UA Business School Names New Director for EMBA Program
08/16/01	Alabama Housing Affordability Continues to Set Records
08/02/01	Alabama Housing Rolls on Despite National Decline
07/09/01	Housing Market Flexes Its Muscles in May
07/02/01	State Shows Increase in Overall Housing Units, Second Homes, and Black Homeowners
06/26/01	State's Hispanics Probably Undercounted in Census
06/04/01	Has The Sluggish Economy Reached The Housing Market?
05/25/01	UA Business Professors Take Top Prize in Finance Journal
05/23/01	New Census Numbers Paint Complicated and Changing Picture of State's Families
05/14/01	UA Center: Alabama Housing Affordability Index Hits Record High for Second Consecutive Quarter
05/01/01	Target Corporation, UA join in Rural Internet Access program
04/04/01	Alabama MBA Case Competition Team Takes Honors in International Meet
03/21/01	African American-Owned Business in Alabama Generate $1 Billion in Revenues
03/19/01	Census Figures Show Population Growth Centered in State's Suburban Areas
03/01/01	Housing Affordability Rebounds, Hits New High for State
02/26/01	Year-End Housing Numbers Show Some Erosion in Market
02/22/01	Ingram Named New Director of UA's Culverhouse School of Accountancy
02/13/01	UA Finance Student Gets Honorable Mention on USA Today's All-Academic Team
02/13/01	UA's Real Estate Center, Litho Publishing Announce Major Joint Database Project
01/17/01	New Alabama Economic Outlook 2001 Predicts Slowdown in GDP Growth, Drop in Consumer Spending, Increase in Exports
01/02/01	UA’s CBER Presents 2001 Economic Outlook Conference, Atlanta Federal Reserve Executive to Speak
01/02/01	UA Finance Doctoral Students Third Nationally in Research Publication
01/02/01	First Alabama Real Estate Conference Set for January at UA

2000

12/15/00	UA's Tom Howard Receives Merit Award
11/27/00	State Housing Affordability Index Posts Third Consecutive Drop, According to UA Center
11/20/00	Census Bureau Releases Poverty Rate Estimates for State; Shelby is Most Affluent, Black Belt Counties Poorest
11/09/00	Mixed Signals in the Housing Market, According toUA Center
10/19/00	Hoover Leads Alabama Cities’ Population Gain; Birmingham, Gadsden Post Losses
10/16/00	UA Accounting Professor Named One of Profession's Most Influential People
10/16/00	Prominent Speakers, Awards to Highlight UA’s Retailing Day
10/06/00	Business Hall of Fame to Induct Six New Members in Ceremony at UA; President of Coca-Cola Slated asSpeaker
10/02/00	Winners of Alabama Quality Awards
09/25/00	Alabama Power's Grill named to UA Real Estate Center Board
09/20/00	Quintet of E-Commerce Experts Headline UA Conference
09/15/00	Existing Home Sales Drop; Prices Rise, According to UA Center
09/14/00	Alabama Shows Dramatic Improvement In Education Attainment
09/05/00	UA Ranked in U.S. News’ Second Tier with Business School in Top 50, Accounting Ranked 21^st
08/29/00	UA Graduate Accounting Program Ranked 17^th
08/23/00	UA Healthcare Management Faculty Receives Awards
08/17/00	Hochwarter Named Head of UA’s Human Resource Institute
08/14/00	UA’s MBA Orientation Means Lots of Challenges for Participants
08/04/00	PricewaterhouseCoopers Names Culverhouse Grad Samuel A. DiPiazza New U.S. Chairman and Senior Partner
08/01/00	Existing Home Market Just Keeps Rolling Along in June
07/03/00	Where’s the Housing Market Slow Down?
05/31/00	April Housing Statistics Suggest Market Beginning to Slow
05/08/00	Housing Affordability Index Remains High Despite Increase in Home Prices and Mortgage Rates
04/06/00	Economic Abstract of Alabama Now Available
04/04/00	Manufacturing Management Experts Gather at UA to Discuss Future of Enterprise Resource Planning
02/29/00	Year Ends with Alabama Housing at Most Affordable Level Since ‘93
02/21/00	Two From UA Named "Voices of Quality for The 21st Century"
02/11/00	UA Computing Olympiad Offers High School Students Entry into Fast-Paced World of Computing
02/10/00	State Housing Market Shows Signs of Slowing
01/24/00	Forbes Magazine Ranks UA MBA Program 21^st for Return on Investment
01/13/00	UA Professor Named Editor-Elect of Quality Journal
01/10/00	UA’s Alabama Economic Outlook Offers Glimpse of 2000; Conference Set for Jan. 27

1999

12/14/99	Overall State Housing Market Remains Steady Despite an October Slump in Sales
11/29/99	Siegelman to Keynote UA’s 2000 Economic Outlook Conference
11/29/99	UA Retail and Consumer Expert Forecasts Record Sales for 1999 Holiday Season
10/28/99	Winners of 1999 Quality Awards Announced
10/18/99	UA’s 18^th Annual Retailing Day Features Top Execs; Will Recognize Retailers of The Year
10/14/99	Unique UA Program Offers Help to Small Business Owners Worried about Y2K Problems
10/13/99	Alabama Housing Sales Remain Strong Through End of Summer; Units Moving More Quickly
09/27/99	UA MIS MBA Program Ranked 4th by Computerworld
09/02/99	UA’s Productivity Center, Pickens County Citizens Team Up to Get County on More Efficient Footing
09/01/99	UA Business School Ranked 45^th by U.S. News and World Report
09/01/99	Housing Affordability Index Drops Slightly, But Still Remains High
08/17/99	MBA Orientation at UA Means Challenges for Participants
06/29/99	Jefferson County Has Most Dynamic Population
06/11/99	Ferguson Named Associate Dean in UA Business School
06/09/99	Top UA Business Students Receive Honors
05/27/99	Income in Jefferson, Shelby Counties Keeps Pace with National Average
05/24/99	Crown Named Miles-Rose Professor of Leadership at UA
05/18/99	State Housing Affordability Reaches Record; Price for Single-Family Home Also Jumps
05/13/99	UA Finance Professor Ranks Eighth in Insurance Publishing
05/05/99	UA Senior Receives Prestigious Fellowship
05/05/99	A Fourth of State's Children Living in Poverty, UA Data Center Reports
05/05/99	C&BA Recent Appointments
04/22/99	Professor from Jamaica Finds Success at UA
04/21/99	UA's Economic Impact at $677 Million
04/16/99	UA MBA Students Start After-School Learning Programs at Two Elementary Schools
03/24/99	Corporate Finance Specialist to Hold UA's Powell Chair
03/12/99	State's Metro Area Counties, Led by Shelby, Show Population Jump; Populations in Rural Areas in Black Belt Decrease
02/26/99	Texas Tech Professor Named Scrushy/HealthSouth Professor of Healthcare Management at UA Business School
02/22/99	UA's Real Estate Research and Education Center First to Offer Certified Distance Learning Program to Brokers, Salespersons
02/22/99	Family Business Expert to Speak at Family Business Forum
02/18/99	UA Computing Olympiad Offers High School Students Entry Into Fast-Paced World of Computing
02/08/99	State's Housing Affordability Index Highest Since '94
01/27/99	Alabama Shows Improvement in Black Education; Two Counties National Leaders in Percent of Black Citizens
01/12/99	UA/AUBURN Study Shows Strict Advertising Regulation May Reduce Objective Information
01/07/99	Alabama Economic Outlook 1999 Contains Info - State Business People Will Find Invaluable

1998

12/21/98	EMBA Students at UA Give Program High Marks
12/09/98	Alabama Shows Dramatic Improvement in Education Attainment; State Remains Below National Average But Is Catching Up
12/04/98	Annual UA Outlook Conference Set for Jan. 14, 1999; 'State of The South, Alabama' to Be Discussed
12/02/98	Euro Promises to Bring Confusion, Abuse to European Countries
11/23/98	UA Expert: Holiday Shopping Outlook a Mixed Bag for Retailers
11/17/98	Annual Tax Clinic at UA Will Focus on New IRS Regulations
11/12/98	UA's '98 MBA Grads Post Salary Increase over '97 Class
11/12/98	UA Announces Creation of Ehney Camp, Jr. Endowed Chair
11/05/98	Alabama Economic Outlook Wins National Award
10/27/98	Spanish-American War Centennial Observance at UA Features Business Perspective of Event
10/23/98	UA's Culverhouse School of Business Faculty Ranks High in Financial Publishing
10/12/98	Holiday Retailing Outlook Tough to Call, Expert Says
09/30/98	Alabama Business Hall of Fame to Celebrate 25th Anniversary; Former Vice President DAN QUAYLE Slated as Keynote Speaker
09/28/98	"Partnershipping for The New Millennium" is Theme of UA Retailing Day Oct. 6-7
08/18/98	UA Business Student Receives National Water Skiing Scholarship
08/06/98	UA Business School Names Interim Director For Research Center
08/05/98	Housing Affordability Remains High for Second Quarter; Index Sees County-Specific Changes
08/03/98	UA Doctoral Student Receives International Scholarship
07/29/98	UA Accounting School Makes Big Gain in Number of Big Six Partners
07/27/98	First Adair Scholarship Recipient Named at UA College of Commerce
07/27/98	Team Approach Helps Alabama Exporters
07/21/98	UA Alumnus Establishes Scholarship Fund in Wife's Memory
07/21/98	UA Business School Names New Director of International Business Programs
07/13/98	Three Named Phifer Fellows at UA Business School
07/13/98	UA Business Professor to Speak to National Governing Board of Accountants
06/30/98	UA Business School Fills Prestigious Durr-Fillauer Ethics Chair With Nationally Renowned Scholar
06/29/98	Oh, Say Can You See. . .A Revolutionary War Connection to The State of Alabama?
06/24/98	UA Business Dean Key Speaker at Annual AACSB Meeting
06/23/98	UA Business School Names New Management Science/Stats Head
06/22/98	UA Business School Increases Degrees Awarded by 6 Percent: 943 Awarded for 1997-98
06/11/98	Culverhouse Gift Means Immediate Opportunity
06/10/98	UA, Culverhouse Trust Reach Agreement
06/05/98	SBDC Column: How to Have a Successful Family Business - For More Than One Generation
05/19/98	Housing Affordability at Highest Point in Three Years
05/14/98	First Alan Bruno Scholarship Recipient Named at UA College of Commerce
05/07/98	UA Business School to Host Nobel Laureate
05/05/98	Graduating Twins Make Accounting A Family Affair
04/20/98	Top UA Business Students Receive Honors in Annual Ceremonies
04/17/98	SBDC Column: Credit Scoring Major Factor Now in Small Business Loans
04/15/98	Banker Gives UA $1 Million for Visiting Executives Series
04/14/98	UA Statistics Director to Receive International Engineering Award
04/07/98	Alabama MBA Takes Honors in National Competition
03/13/98	SBDC Column: Starting a Business
03/02/98	UA Culverhouse Endowed Chair of Accountancy Named 1997 Burnum Award Winner
02/11/98	UA Study Says Women More Likely to Perceive Certain Business Behaviors Unethical
02/10/98	Three Named Phifer Fellows