finance

Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness

November 7th, 2008

Every day, we make decisions on topics ranging from personal investments to schools for our children to the meals we eat to the causes we champion. Unfortunately, we often choose poorly. The reason, the authors explain, is that, being human, we all are susceptible to various biases that can lead us to to

Barack H. Obama: The Unauthorized Biography

November 7th, 2008

Written by the author of the legendary 1992 expose of Bush the elder, this book works from a New Deal point of view. Obama is exposed as a foundation operative and agent of Wall Street finance capital, controlled by Zbigniew Brzezinski, George Soros, and Goldman Sachs. Obama’s mother was an official of the Ford [...]

New MMU-Motorola Wireless Broadband Technology Lab Opens at Multimedia University in Malaysia

October 29th, 2008

Motorola Inc. announced that Motorola Technology Sdn Bhd (”Motorola Penang”) has set up a new MMU-Motorola Wireless Broadband Technology Lab at Multimedia University (”MMU”), Cyberjaya, providing a conducive wireless network environment for students and faculty members to conduct applied research on the latest wireless broadband technologies. The Wireless Broadband Technology Lab is the first [...]

The Analyst Exchange Provides Training Assistance to Recent Graduates and Professionals in the Financial Job Market

October 18th, 2008

The financial industry is in crisis, but thousands of recent graduates and professionals are still in the market for jobs in banking, private equity and asset management.
Despite the state of the economy, high quality jobs are still available in these industries. But job seekers may need to consider additional training that sets them apart from [...]

Prospective Business Students Likely to Seek Admission to MBA Programs as a Result of Recent Layoffs in the Financial Sector

October 16th, 2008

Among the casualties of Lehman Bros., AIG and others who have recently lost their jobs in finance, many are expected to step out of the workforce for a couple of years and reset their career paths in business school to become better qualified when they reenter the industry. However, financial refugees seeking admission into a [...]

Lagunitas School District to Host West Marin’s Largest Solar Energy Facility

August 7th, 2008

The Lagunitas School District will unveil a new solar facility this August, showing how sustainable energy in California schools can become a reality. Solar Power Partners, Inc. (SPP™) a Mill Valley, California-based renewable energy company, developed the solar facility that will be hosted at the Lagunitas School District and that will provide an estimated 65% [...]

Financial aid packages still available

April 28th, 2008

As many colleges, including ISU, have begun mailing their financial-aid award letters this month, students can still consider their options to obtain more monetary assistance for the upcoming school year.
Although a House committee approved increasing the four-year undergraduate loan limit from $23,000 to $31,000, help is unlikely to come quick enough to impact those [...]

Rogers Scholarship Information

March 31st, 2008

Rogers High School students should see Sharon Schrantz in the Guidance Center for information about the following scholarships:
Local Scholarships
The Rick & Michael Bertschy Memorial Scholarship will award $5,000 over four years to a Rogers High School senior with financial need. The applicant’s grade point average will be considered. Deadline is Tuesday.
The Rogers Education Scholarship Fund [...]

ITT Educational Services, Inc. Announces Availability of Additional Student Funding Options

January 23rd, 2008

ITT Educational Services, Inc. (NYSE: ESI – News), a leading provider of technology-oriented postsecondary degree programs, announced today that it has arranged for Bank of America, Chase Education Finance and Citibank, The Student Loan Corporation to provide federal and private education loans to qualified ITT Technical Institute students and their parents for the remainder of [...]

Student Funding Group Announces New Private Loan Products

January 23rd, 2008

Student Funding Group, LLC (StuFund) announced that it will be offering a number of new private student loan products. Some of these loans will feature no fees and are designed for students looking to finance their college education or consolidate private loan debt.
The StuFund Solutions Loan will have zero fees and offer competitive rates. “Our [...]