Bernanke Addresses Monetary Policy Makers At Central Bank Conference In Jackson Hole Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke addressed a group of global monetary policymakers at the annual Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City Economic Symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming on Friday. In this much anticipated event, Chairman Bernanke fell short of satisfying hopeful investors looking […]
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College welcomes new employees.
The College of Business Administration is pleased to announce the following new staff members. Lynette A. Diaz (BS ’07) is the program coordinator for the Downtown MBA. She oversees logistics; plans, implements and monitor student services; and coordinates admissions, registration, billing and graduation activities. Her undergraduate degree is in communication and she is pursuing a […]
FIU faculty members help Norwegian Cruise Line go from “Good to Great.”
Combine the vision of Norwegian Cruise Line CEO Kevin Sheehan; a team of academics in the College of Business Administration at Florida International University (FIU); consultants and practitioners who partner with the business school; and Jim Collins’ stimulating book Good to Great and you have the makings of an exciting, effective program to enhance the […]
Weekly Market Wrap Up, August 15-19, 2011
Bank of America Announces Job Cuts; European Banking Crisis Continues To Worry Investors The Dow ended Friday with a 172-point fall after losing 419 points on Thursday; this was a losing week for the index. August has been the Dow’s worst performing month in more than two years. Along with the Dow, the S&P 500 […]
Weekly Market Wrap Up, August 8-12, 2011
Dow Makes Historic 4-day, Triple-Digit Swings The world witnessed a roller-coaster stock market last week. One of the most notable headlines was the historic weekly activity of the Dow Jones Industrial Average: Monday, August 8th: down 634 points Tuesday, August 9th: up 420 points Wednesday, August 10th: down 519 points Thursday, August 11th: up 423 […]
FIU’s Becerra-Fernandez shares expertise on Latin American venture development, promotes Americas Venture Capital Conference.
As Florida International University (FIU)’s College of Business Administration gears up for the second Americas Venture Capital Conference (AVCC), November 16-17, 2011 at the Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables, word continues to spread about the event’s central role in promoting Latin American entrepreneurship. At the 2011 Endeavor Entrepreneur Summit in San Francisco in June, FIU […]
Better together: Business Partners Program engages community with students and faculty.
The College of Business Administration’s new Business Partners Program creates what you might call a win-win scenario for all who participate. Alumni and business community members welcome the opportunity to share experiences, insights and plans. And students and faculty get to learn more about winning companies (and the people who lead them) in the South […]
Weekly Market Wrap Up, August 1-5, 2011
U.S. Loses Its AAA Credit Rating For The First Time In Nation’s History Credit rating agency Standard & Poor’s downgraded U.S. long-term sovereign debt from AAA to AA+ for the first time in America’s history of holding the AAA title (since 1917). In past weeks the credit rating agency expressed dissatisfaction of the U.S. government’s […]
Two FIU Business students complete summer management program at Yale.
Between June 12th and 25th, 2011, Gabriel Mendoza (BACC ’11) and Mohales Deis, a junior majoring in management and international business, got an up-close view of what an MBA curriculum at an Ivy League school looks like. As part of the highly selective Yale School of Management Pre-MBA Leadership Program, they immersed themselves in classes—sometimes […]
Weekly Market Wrap Up, July 25-29, 2011
Agreement On Debt Deal Reached; Markets Expect Deal To Become A Bill Minutes before making his way to the White House briefing room to announce to the world that a deal had been made on addressing the nation’s debt woes after weeks of political confrontation, President Obama issued a conference call with leading Democrats and […]