In its most recent rankings of business schools for Hispanics, Hispanic Business ranked the College of Business Administration at Florida International University (FIU) eighth in the country for the second consecutive year. The annual listing looks at the percentage of Hispanic student enrollment, the percentage of Hispanic faculty and what it calls “progressive programs aimed […]
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FIU’s Pino Global Entrepreneurship Center to host first Americas Venture Capital Conference
Investors, entrepreneurs and experts to convene in Miami for “Latin America: The New Mainstream” MIAMI (Sept. 24, 2010) – Leading venture capitalists, international business experts and entrepreneurs will convene in Miami this November for the first venture capital conference of its kind to focus on Latin American enterprises. The 2010 Americas Venture Capital Conference, presented […]
Capital Markets Lab Weekly Market Wrap Up, September 20 – September 24, 2010
Fed Funds Target Rate Unchanged The Federal Reserve Open Market Committee voted to keep the target interest rate at .25% on Wednesday, September 16th. The vote was nearly unanimous with only Thomas Hoenig dissenting. The press release, similar to other releases this year, presented the picture of a fragile economy with moderate growth prospects. The […]
Capital Markets Lab Weekly Market Wrap Up, September 13 – September 17, 2010
US Economy Crude Oil This week crude oil data was released in the Summary of Weekly Petroleum Data by the U.S. Energy Information Administration. For the week ending September 10th, crude oil refinery inputs rose 15 million barrels. Refineries were operating at 88% of capacity. For the same period, crude inventories decreased by 2.5 million […]
Capital Markets Lab Weekly Market Wrap Up, September 6 – September 10, 2010
US Economic Data Initial and Continuing claims Initial claims came in better than expected for last week. The estimate was that 470 thousand jobs would be lost and instead only 451 thousand jobs were lost. Continuing Claims came in worse than expected. The expectation was of continuing insurance benefits for 4,450,000 unemployed Americans and instead […]
Capital Markets Lab Weekly Market Wrap Up, August 30 – September 3, 2010
US Economic Data This week the market saw the release of numerous US economic indicators. On Tuesday, August 31st the consumer confidence level was released, at 53.5 versus the consensus median of 51.0. Some believe this increase in confidence is in line with Ben Bernanke’s view that he exuded in his speech last week; which […]
Capital Markets Lab Weekly Market Wrap Up, August 23-27, 2010
US Market Existing Home Sales This week the NAR (National Association of Realtors) released the July data for existing home sales – which are completed transactions that include single-family, townhomes, condominiums and co-ops. The number came out much lower than expected at 3.83 million units sold versus the estimated 4.65 million, and below the lower […]
FIU #15 in undergraduate international business in U.S.News 2011 rankings.
Since 2005, U.S.News & World Report’s “America’s Best Colleges” has ranked undergraduate international business programs in the College of Business Administration at Florida International University (FIU) among the 15 best in the nation, three times in the top 10. In 2011, this specialty within the college’s programs ranked #15. “It’s phenomenal that we’re in the […]
Capital Markets Lab Weekly Market Wrap Up, August 16-20, 2010
US Economic Data Jobless Claims and Philadelphia Fed Index This week the US economy saw an unexpected large increase in unemployment claims (for the week ending August 14th) as reported by the US Department of Labor. Jobless claims rose to 500,000 which was 16,000 more than were lost last week, before any revisions. Economists were […]
Capital Markets Lab Weekly Market Wrap Up, August 2-6, 2010
US Market As of Thursday, August 5th, the US equity markets continued in their respective rallies behind mixed economic data and earnings. This week we saw the ISM manufacturing index (Institute for Supply Management, Purchasing Managers’ Index) drop to 55.5 from 56.2, however still higher than the expected level of 54.2. When the index is […]