Weekly Market Wrap Up March 5 – 9, 2012 Early this week U.S. stocks had their worst one-day decline since November 23rd 2011. However data showing stronger than forecast growth in payrolls last month helped advance the S&P 500 to a fourth weekly gain; the S&P 500 is up 9 percent overall for 2012. The […]
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The challenges, the excitement, the path to success: panel describes life as a PhD student.
Why did you decide to pursue a PhD? What advice would you give someone considering a PhD? What type of financial assistance do you receive? What courses do you take? What surprises have occurred? Those questions and others were answered by a lively group of panelists during “The Life of a PhD Student Information Workshop” […]
Want more customers to hit the “Like” button? Experts at Marketing Roundtable tell audience how.
“We are building a Web where the default is social,” Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg announced at a 2011 conference. He was right. More than ever, companies are scrambling to incorporate social media into their marketing, using an array of web-based and mobile technologies. Perhaps that is why attendance was high at the second lunch in […]
French and Italian added to 4th Annual Language for Business Conference, one of the largest in the nation.
Two additional language tracks—French and Italian—made the 4th Annual K-12 Language for Business Conference even more representative of today’s international business world. These added languages, as well as Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese and Japanese, were featured in the conference hosted on January 14, 2012, by the Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) at Florida […]
Miami-Dade County officials participate in intense one-day leadership program at FIU.
Imagine a meeting of busy government officials where everyone arrived on time, came prepared, weren’t checking their electronic devices constantly, participated enthusiastically, stayed for the entire all-day event—and best of all, left with substantial new knowledge about leadership. That describes the Leadership Development Program for Miami-Dade County mayor Carlos Gimenez and his team, presented by […]
Most recent commencement brings sense of achievement to all.
Nearly 1,000 students in the College of Business Administration at Florida International University (FIU) graduated in Fall Commencement ceremonies on Tuesday, December 13, 2011. In the morning, 582 business students received their bachelor’s degrees; 411 graduate students, two of them new PhDs, graduated in the afternoon. College has strong presence among Worlds Ahead Graduates. Three […]
Family Business Forum provides opportunity for generations to share, learn.
Family businesses lie at the heart of South Florida’s economy. They’re built and nourished with the benefit of hard work, shared vision and traditions. At the same time, they possess a unique set of challenges: sibling rivalries, cross-generational misunderstandings and complex transition planning issues that can derail even the most successful of enterprises. The Family […]
Top business, community and civic leaders convene at FIU to chart Miami’s course.
Nearly 100 influential community leaders gathered at The Miami Leadership Summit to discuss positioning the region as a global competitor economically, culturally and socially. The event, presented by Florida International University’s (FIU) Center for Leadership on January 17, 2012, was the brainchild of FIU’s president emeritus Modesto A. Maidique, who serves as the center’s executive […]
FIU Business announces new executive and assistant directors.
The College of Business Administration at Florida International University is pleased to welcome four new administrators to its staff. Angel Burgos joins FIU business as executive director, MBA programs. In his role as executive director, MBA programs, Angel Burgos will manage the college’s portfolio of MBA offerings including the Executive (EMBA), Professional (PMBA), International (IMBA) […]
Weekly Market Wrap Up, February 6-10, 2012
As of Thursday, February 9th the S&P 500 gained 7.5 percent for the year and as of noon on Friday, February 10, it dropped 0.7 percent, snapping a five-week rally. Gasoline prices rose 22 cents per gallon, making households feel that even with declining unemployment a boost in income has yet to see an increase, […]