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Prof. Roberto Blogspot: Can Burger King be saved?
Business Week reports that we will have yet another change in ownership structure for Burger King. According to the magazine, “Now, merely 18 months after the venerable Home of the…
Biz Snipz: the current happenings of the business world
• Ping, the golf company has sold over 5000 pink drivers the first half of this week. The pink driver is a distinct calling card for Bubba Watson. This happened…
The impending cost of the Afghan war
The Afghan war has been a topic of discussion for just slightly over a decade. And in the present day, no discussion of the war appears to be complete without…
The current happenings of the business world
• On Wednesday, March 28th, Annie’s Inc. (makers of the popular organic pasta and mac & cheese) saw stocks soar 89% to close at $35.92. Their IPO, which was the…
Leaving college with a degree and thousands in debt
Americans are graduating from college today with mountains of debt that will take years to dig out from under. Two-thirds of 2011 graduates of four-year colleges accumulated an average of…
China’s economic growth slows
For years, China has been associated with an economy that is rapidly on the rise. But, according to US News online, the Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has recently announced that…
Graph of the week: Our world through numbers
As Presidential election near, the most important topic for Americans is jobs. With the unemployment rate at 8.3% (YTD -.8%) there has been a major focus on which political party…
The Federal Reserve turns $77 billion profit in 2011
Call it the most profitable bank in the world. The Federal Reserve once again made a hefty profit in 2011, as the central bank went on a bond buying binge…
Prof. Roberto blogspot: Learning from our success and others’ failures
Scholars KC Diwas, Bradley Staats, and Francesa Gino have conducted a new study about how we learn and improve (or fail to do so). They examined Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery…
Biz Snipz: the current happenings of the business world
• Apple’s iPad3 has already shattered sales records. With over 3 million units sold, this release has been one of the most sucessful ever for the tech giant. The new…