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Chapman Graduate School recognized again as one of the best business schools by The Princeton Review.
For the fourth consecutive year, the Alvah H. Chapman Jr. Graduate School of Business at Florida International University (FIU) is ranked in a publication of The Princeton Review: Best 300 Business Schools: 2011 Edition.
“For this …
State Farm Financial Literacy Lab Weekly Market Wrap Up, October 18–22, 2010
New York Fed in Support of Mortgage Buybacks
Some of the nation’s leading banks have come under fire recently on two fronts related to misreporting on foreclosures and poor underwriting standards for mortgages. Bank of America, …
Peruvian graduate students explore international business at FIU.
They came from the first academic institution in the Spanish-speaking world to specialize in business administration for graduate students.
Twenty-four graduate business students from Peru’s Escuela de Administración de Negocios para Graduados (ESAN), a partner in …
Research underway to develop medical passport for foster care kids.
Being a foster kid brings many struggles. Getting proper medical care shouldn’t be one of them.
Two faculty members in the College of Business Administration at Florida International University (FIU) are conducting research, including focus …
Capital Markets Lab Weekly Market Wrap Up, October 11 – 15, 2010
Technology Sector Updates:
Today, the technology sector saw some action with the Wall Street buzzing notions and speculations on a possible buyout bid for Yahoo involving AOL and some private-equity firms which sent Yahoo’s stock price …
Capital Markets Lab Weekly Market Wrap Up, October 4 – 8, 2010
Geithner Calls for More Flexible Currency Regimes
With US unemployment still hovering at ten year highs, congressional leaders and economists are pushing the debate further on pressuring the Chinese to appreciate their undervalued …
Capital Markets Lab Weekly Market Wrap Up, September 27 – October 1, 2010
BHP Files Motion to Dismiss Potash Suit
In response to BHP Billiton’s unrelenting takeover bid, Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc. filed a complaint for injunctive and other relief last week in the US District Court for …
FIU’s business school ranked #8 for Hispanics.
In its most recent rankings of business schools for Hispanics, Hispanic Business ranked the College of Business Administration at Florida International University (FIU) eighth in the country for the second consecutive year. The annual listing …
FIU's Pino Global Entrepreneurship Center to host first Americas Venture Capital Conference
Investors, entrepreneurs and experts to convene in Miami for “Latin America: The New Mainstream”
MIAMI (Sept. 24, 2010) – Leading venture capitalists, international business experts and entrepreneurs will convene in Miami this November for the first …
Capital Markets Lab Weekly Market Wrap Up, September 20 – September 24, 2010
Fed Funds Target Rate Unchanged
The Federal Reserve Open Market Committee voted to keep the target interest rate at .25% on Wednesday, September 16th. The vote was nearly unanimous with only Thomas Hoenig dissenting. The press …
Capital Markets Lab Weekly Market Wrap Up, September 13 – September 17, 2010
US Economy
Crude Oil
This week crude oil data was released in the Summary of Weekly Petroleum Data by the U.S. Energy Information Administration. For the week ending September 10th, crude oil refinery inputs rose 15 …
Capital Markets Lab Weekly Market Wrap Up, September 6 – September 10, 2010
US Economic Data
Initial and Continuing claims
Initial claims came in better than expected for last week. The estimate was that 470 thousand jobs would be lost and instead only 451 thousand jobs were lost. Continuing Claims …
Capital Markets Lab Weekly Market Wrap Up, August 30 – September 3, 2010
US Economic Data
This week the market saw the release of numerous US economic indicators. On Tuesday, August 31st the consumer confidence level was released, at 53.5 versus the consensus median of 51.0. Some believe this …
Capital Markets Lab Weekly Market Wrap Up, August 23-27, 2010
US Market
Existing Home Sales
This week the NAR (National Association of Realtors) released the July data for existing home sales – which are completed transactions that include single-family, townhomes, condominiums and co-ops. The number came …
