“All things are possible.” This message resonated for the 30 students brought to campus recently by the Big Brothers Big Sisters organization to participate in the daylong “Open Minds/Open Doors” event. According to Garth D. Headley (MS ’07), director of programs, Center for Leadership, College of Business Administration, the campus visit marks the first of […]
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Stefan Schins, network/security manager in the College of Business Administration’s Technology Center, was named the “Florida International University (FIU) Information Technology Employee of the Month” on February 4, 2010. The award, which came from the FIU Information Technology Administrators (ITA) Committee, recognized Schins for his continued contribution to the business school and the recent execution […]
Capital Markets Lab Weekly Market Wrap Up, February 01–05, 2010
Economic Data – ISM Non-Manufacturing Business Report On February 3, the U.S. Non-manufacturing Report on Business was released with data on January’s actions. As seen in the chart above the NMI Index number for the month of January was 50.5, indicating expansion. The index oscillates above and below 50 to indicate expansion or contraction among […]
Women on the Move event helps women tap into leadership potential.
As more women move up the organizational ladder, they need to bring strong leadership skills along with them. Last November, 21 women came together for the fifth “Women on the Move” program to bolster their upwardly mobile professional journey with new insights and tools. The Center for Leadership and the office of Executive and Professional […]
Capital Markets Lab Weekly Market Wrap Up, January 25–29, 2010
Economic Update This week was ripe with political and economic events. The president delivered the State of The Union address to congress, GDP expanded by 5.7%, Ben Bernanke was reappointed as chairman of the Federal Reserve, new homes sales declined and existing home sales also declined. In his State of The Union address to Congress […]
Capital Markets Lab Weekly Market Wrap Up, January 18–22, 2010
Currencies – EUR/USD This week the global currency market had heavy activity, specifically with the Euro and USD. The overall trade was Dollar strength and Euro weakness, which could be observed in the EUR/USD pair. Since January 12, the pair declined 3.38% (as of January 21); a considerable move for the pair of currencies. A […]
Capital Markets Lab Weekly Market Wrap Up, January 11–15, 2010
Google to Potentially Exit Chinese Markets Google users in China gathered outside the Google Beijing office to place flowers and candles after the company stated it may leave the world’s biggest Internet market. In what Google calls a “highly sophisticated attack” on their corporate infrastructure, a cyber attack involving 20 other large companies, including Yahoo! […]
Capital Markets Lab Weekly Market Wrap Up, January 04–08, 2010
Chairman Bernanke Speech Sunday The Chairman of the Federal Reserve spoke Sunday and addressed specific claims that monetary policy leading up to September of 2008 contributed to the creation of asset bubbles by allowing the free-flow of easy money. He denounced the Taylor rule as a guideline for monetary policy rather than a precise measurement […]
Florida's job market got ice cold during the recession.
When the job market gets tough, the tough get going—back to school. With Florida’s unemployment rate the highest since Gerald Ford was president in the mid 1970s, thousands of state residents are going back to school. Take Barbara Ferreira as an example. After being laid off as an accounting manager — and realizing that accounting […]
ExxonMobil generously donates to College of Business Administration . . . again.
“ExxonMobil has a commitment to educational activities wherever we do business around the world,” said Bennett P. Hansen, president and sales director, ExxonMobil Inter-America Inc. and new member of the Dean’s Council in the College of Business Administration at Florida International University (FIU). While that commitment shows itself in such activities as a partnership with […]