The College of Business Administration is pleased to announce the following new staff members. Frinee Berrios is a program assistant for the Master of Science in Finance (MSF) and the Master of Science in International Real Estate programs (MSIRE). She fields phone calls, greets visitors, maintains logs, schedules appointments and provides basic information on both […]
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Weekly Market Wrap Up, July 18-22, 2011
Caterpillar Falls Short of Estimates; European Leaders Agree To A Second Bailout Package For Greece U.S. stocks on Friday interrupted a global stock rally as the market impact of Caterpillar’s disappointing quarterly results outweighed the euro zone’s agreement to a second bailout package for Greece. The DJIA and S&P500 started the day in negative territory […]
Miami-Dade County principals receive intensive leadership enhancement.
With almost 35 years in education and as principal of a top-performing high school of 3,000 students, Nick JacAngelo might be a hard man to impress. But the 2011 Principals Leadership Development Program at Florida International University (FIU) made a huge impact on him. “I say without hesitation that this was one of the more […]
Experience is king with new BK Management Trainee Program.
“Have it your way.” We are all familiar with the popular Burger King slogan. Now graduates participating in Burger King Corporation’s new BK Management Trainee Program might want to adapt this slogan to something like: “Experience coming your way.” Recently selected to participate in the new, yearlong management training program, Kelly Rock Gomes (MBA ’11, […]
Weekly Market Wrap Up, July 5-8, 2011
U.S. Jobs Report Reveals Worse Than Expected Job Growth In June The stock market ended the week on Friday with a plunge after the Labor Department’s nonfarm payrolls reported an increase of 18,000 jobs for the month of June. The figure was substantially below economists’ expectations which forecasted a rise of 125,000. On top of this, the […]
Ana Estevill retires.
Ana Estevill retired in May 2011 after 21 years of service to the School of Accounting in the College of Business Administration at Florida International University (FIU). She began as senior secretary in 1990 and in 1999, was promoted to office manager. She was the assistant to Mort Dittenhofer, then the school’s director, and worked […]
Mercedes LaRue joins Pino Center as director of the Family Business Forum.
With entrepreneurship as one of its strategic areas of focus, the College of Business Administration is happy to welcome Mercedes LaRue to the Eugenio Pino Global Entrepreneurship Center as the director of the center’s Family Business Forum.
College welcomes new employees.
The College of Business Administration is pleased to announce the following new staff members. Alwyn Malachi Berkeley Jr. (BS ’11) is an assistant programmer in the college’s Tech Center. He assists in the college-wide implementation and rollout of the business school’s CRM application Intelliworks. Also, he provides support for the college’s faculty and staff with […]
Weekly Market Wrap Up, June 27 – July 1, 2011
Stocks End The Week With Light Volume Trading; Sharp Gains U.S. stocks endured significant gains on Friday amid a report showing an expansion of the manufacturing sector for the month of June. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) ended the trading day at 12,582.77 with a 5.4% weekly gain. The DJIA had its best performance […]
Officials from China’s Qufu Normal University visit FIU.
A delegation from Qufu Normal University, a major university in China’s Shandong Province, visited Florida International University (FIU) on June 18, 2011. It was the first time representatives from the two institutions had met. One of the stops on the tour was the College of Business Administration, where the group from China had conversations with […]