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Alumni Notes: February 2011

Alumni Notes: February 2011

TotalBank has hired Rafael Cabrera (BBA ’82) as senior vice president and mortgage loan originator.
Pacific National Bank has named Gonzalo Vicente (BACC ’84) senior vice president, chief risk management officer.
Lynette Pineiro (BBA ’93) has recently …

Free Trade Agreements are Just Band-Aids for Real Latin America Investment Reform

Free Trade Agreements are Just Band-Aids for Real Latin America Investment Reform

Exclusive:  Look at investment, regulation and tax schemes as core drivers of economic cooperation, says leading LatAm expert
Jerry Haar, Professor at Florida International University, does not have a very high opinion of the various FTAs …

State Farm career event succeeds on many levels.

State Farm career event succeeds on many levels.

When Florida International University (FIU) and State Farm recently strengthened their relationship with a plan for more activities between the university and the company, everyone involved was excited. And now, after the first of those …

State Farm Financial Literacy Lab Weekly Market Wrap Up, February 14-18, 2011

State Farm Financial Literacy Lab Weekly Market Wrap Up, February 14-18, 2011

Obama’s New Budget
The road to recovery out of the recent recession has been tough and filled with mixed feelings on the future. Many initiatives have come to fruition since the credit crunch of 2008. Financial …

Graduate students learn how to convert raw data into meaningful health information.

Graduate students learn how to convert raw data into meaningful health information.

With the availability of raw health data growing at phenomenal rates, one enormous challenge is disseminating statistics so people can actually use the information.
Last fall, graduate students in a course focused on health informatics, working …

Latin America: A Year of Recovery Ahead

Latin America: A Year of Recovery Ahead

Latin American firms like Odebrecht (Brazil), and Grupo Bimbo (Mexico) will be in the vanguard of global FDI in 2011.
While economists may forecast and governments legislate and mandate, it is producers, consumers, and investors who …

Lawmakers debate cutting a key tool for insurance regulators

Lawmakers debate cutting a key tool for insurance regulators

Legislators on a House budget committee debated an idea Wednesday to eliminate the state’s public model to predict hurricanes that regulators use to check how insurers calculate premiums.
Some asked why the state should pay for …

Social Media Does More Than Support Revolutions

Social Media Does More Than Support Revolutions

News media and the blogosphere have been filled with the argument that the revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt were made possible by Twitter and Facebook. It’s a compelling argument. Why is it that after 30 …

Students discover how well $500,000 would last during a recession.

Students discover how well $500,000 would last during a recession.

For high school students and college undergraduates, the recent recession may only be something about which they read. But members of the Future Business Leaders of America–Phi Beta Lambda (FBLA-PBL), a student organization in the …

State Farm Financial Literacy Lab Weekly Market Wrap Up, February 7-11, 2011

State Farm Financial Literacy Lab Weekly Market Wrap Up, February 7-11, 2011

Pandora Files with SEC for IPO
On 11 February 2011, Pandora Media Inc. officially filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the Securities Exchange Commission. The investment banks underwriting the shares are Morgan Stanley and …

Decision-Making 101: Rules of Thumb

Decision-Making 101: Rules of Thumb

Whether you are a hardened executive or a fresh-faced intern, successfully navigating the obstacles of your daily life requires making decisions. And when it comes to managing people, the burden of decision making takes on …

ICEF Fair and FAM tour builds new global connections.

ICEF Fair and FAM tour builds new global connections.

You could call it speed networking—with a global collegiate twist.
The recent International Consultants for Education and Fairs (ICEF) event held at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Key Biscayne, Florida, gave representatives from the Chapman Graduate …

FIU alumna sees finance at the heart of every business.

FIU alumna sees finance at the heart of every business.

FIU alumna sees finance at the heart of every business. Elizabeth Izquierdo (MACC ’01), CPA, is chief executive officer of HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital of Miami, and a graduate of the Master …

Job creation focus of upcoming FIU conference

Job creation focus of upcoming FIU conference

Job creation, especially through partnerships with Latin America, is the focus of the Florida International University’s 2011 Americas Venture Capital Conference scheduled Nov. 16-17 at the Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables.
As part of the two-day …