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Real Estate Portfolio Magazine Q&A with William Hardin
November 10, 2009 – 1:45 pm | No Comment
Real Estate Portfolio Magazine Q&A with William Hardin

Q&A with William Hardin, Florida International University
William Hardin is professor of finance and real estate and director of real estate programs at Florida International University, and a member of the board of directors of the …

Newcomers to give Florida banks a run for the money
October 30, 2009 – 1:34 pm | No Comment
Newcomers to give Florida banks a run for the money

New bank names are popping up around South Florida. As the strong replace the weak and the economy stabilizes, the changes should help ease the credit crunch.
A series of bank takeovers, spurred by the recent …

Homeowners walking away from underwater mortgages
October 26, 2009 – 9:28 am | No Comment
Homeowners walking away from underwater mortgages

Many South Florida homeowners who can afford to make their mortgage payments are choosing not to, forcing the lender to foreclose. It’s called strategic default.
Andres Duque thought he got a real steal when he paid …

Commercial loans’ health key to banking recovery here.
October 22, 2009 – 1:16 pm | No Comment
Commercial loans’ health key to banking recovery here.

Full recovery of the banking industry in South Florida depends on the extent of losses from commercial real estate loans now coming due and on how much capital banks are able to come up with, …

Faculty Notes
October 21, 2009 – 2:38 pm | No Comment
Faculty Notes

Department of Decision Sciences and Information Systems
Irma Becerra-Fernandez (PhD ’94) gave the keynote speech on the first day of the 10th European Conference on Knowledge Management (ECKM) on September 3, 2009. She delivered her talk, …

Faculty gathers to celebrate achievements.
October 16, 2009 – 10:54 am | No Comment
Faculty gathers to celebrate achievements.

On September 25, 2009, the Faculty Awards Luncheon reinforced that students truly appreciate the efforts that faculty members in the College of Business Administration make on their behalf. Undergraduate and graduate students as well as …

Finance seminar series continues to attract renowned presenters.
October 2, 2009 – 1:11 pm | No Comment
Finance seminar series continues to attract renowned presenters.

Since 2006, Suchi Mishra, a member of the Finance and Real Estate Department, has organized seminars at which leading scholars present to faculty and PhD students.
The 2009 season got off to a strong start on …

Two business school faculty members honored at 2009 Faculty Convocation.
September 28, 2009 – 3:38 pm | No Comment
Two business school faculty members honored at 2009 Faculty Convocation.

Donald Roomes, Department of Management and International Business, and Laureano Martinez, Department of Finance and Real Estate, were among a very select group recognized at the annual Faculty Convocation, held on September 17, 2009.
Roomes was …