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BusinessWeek.com --
- Is It Good to Apologize for Greed? What would J.P. Morgan have said about regret expressed by Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein? History tells us the apology was a savvy investment
- Wall Street Plays Hardball
- Lending Is Back Just in Time Fewer banks are tightening their lending standards, funds are flowing more freely through the financial markets, and strong corporate profits are reducing the need to borrow
- Cisco's Extreme Ambitions CEO John Chambers is chasing market share in 30 different categories, making powerful enemies
- Business Exchange: Cisco Systems
Business Source
- Need notes to the financial statement? If you need to see the notes that accompany a company’s financial statements in order to read their accounting policies or the auditor’s letter, you’ll need to go to the company’s 10-K. This is a document that every publicly-traded company must file with the SEC annually. To find it, point your browser to [...]
- Need financial statements? If you need financial statements, I recommend the database Thomson One Banker. Be sure to use Internet Explorer with Thomson - Firefox won’t work. Enter your company’s ticker symbol in the companies box in teh upper left-hand corner. Don’t know the ticker? click on the magnifying glass to look it up. When you enter the [...]
- Credit Crisis Impacts Student Loans The credit crisis, spurred by the the collapse in the sub-prime mortgage sector, is having spill-over effects on student loans. Credit is becoming less available to businesses and consumers alike, making it more difficult and more expensive to obtain loans to pay for college. If you’ll need a student loan for the fall [...]
- A spoof on Chairman Bernanke to the tune “I’ll Be Watchin’ You”
- Business School Rankings Business schools are ranked by four publications: BusinessWeek, U.S. News & World Reports, The Economist and the Wall Street Journal. They present national rankings of MBA programs, while Business Week presents their rankings by region, as well. Business Week and U.S. News & World Reports also rank undergraduate business schools and again, Business [...]
ZSR | New Items: New Books
- Intercultural communication in a transnational world editors, Lisa A . Flores, Mark P. Orbe, Brenda J. Allen. -- HM258 .I56x vol.31
- Studies in the psychology of sex by Havelock Ellis. -- HQ21 E48 1921
- Woman in science; with an introductory chapter on woman's long struggle for things of the mind, by H. J. Mozans HQ1397 .Z3 [pseud.]
- State and society responses to social welfare needs in China : serving the people edited by Jonathan Schwartz and Shawn Shieh. -- HV418 .S73 2009
- Stay close : a mother's story of her son's addiction Libby Cataldi. -- HV5805.C37 A3 2009
BusinessWeek.com -- Business Schools
- MBA Traditions: Creating Lifetime Bonds Pub crawls and athletic competitions may seem like distractions, but they serve an important B-school purpose: turning MBA grads into active—and generous—alumni
- Wacky Business School Traditions
- Top Employers for Global Business Undergrads A new generation of college grads around the world wants international work that will take them abroad. For many, that means U.S.-based multinationals
- Most Attractive Employers
- A Brutal Wakeup Call for Part-Time B-Schools The economic crisis has hit executive MBA and non-degree programs hard, but the savviest are adapting to the new market
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