We all know that is sitting on vast amounts of cash: we all also know that US corporations in general are cash rich at present. This is something of an economic problem as, of course, we would rather see this money being put to work. Either invested by the companies themselves in new activities or ...

pubblicato il: 15/03/2012 - 11:54

As the second and final weekend of SXSW approaches, we caught up with Chris Perry, 's VP Global Marketing, to understand why sponsoring the music, film and interactive festival in is so important to the automotive manufacturer and how they increased their commitment to give back further this year. According to Perry, being an actively ...

pubblicato il: 15/03/2012 - 11:54

In business schools, there has been a longstanding battle over area studies. Area studies - fields such as Asian Studies and Latin American Studies - have been a tradition in academia, especially in the humanities. Supported by federal initiatives such as the Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowships Program and the Fulbright Scholarship Program, area ...

pubblicato il: 15/03/2012 - 11:54

While there is concern that foreign parents may be hoodwinked into thinking that educational quality at an American public high school is as strong as at a top U.S. boarding school, the flip side, notes Simon, is that foreign parents are not sending their kids to America simply for the academics. Foreign parents believe that the cultural and language experience is just as important, however hard the adjustments to diet, climate, and remote locales. Moreover, foreign parents believe that a recommendation from an American high school teacher could make all the difference in their child gaining acceptance to a top U.S. university.

pubblicato il: 15/03/2012 - 11:54

Sadly we?re talking about prescription drugs here, not the fun kind. But it is a nice object lesson in the basic economic proposition first put forward by David Ricardo as the Iron Law of One Price. The basic point is that you just cannot mix free trade and price fixing. Bloomberg has a nice piece ...

pubblicato il: 15/03/2012 - 10:19

Both Julian Robertson, in 2009, and , in 2011, backtracked for being early on macro moves in U.S. Treasuries. But the latest shift for 10-Year Treasury yields above 2.3% even has technicians declaring a break out. Last August, long-term Treasury exchange-traded funds soared amid concerns around the debt ceiling debates and Eurozone worries. Even those ...

pubblicato il: 15/03/2012 - 10:11

Mac Miller has a song called "Party On Fifth Ave," and on Tuesday evening, that phrase couldn't have been more apt. That night a remarkable 113 of the 360 names on the Forbes 30 Under 30 descended upon the magazine's headquarters at 60 Fifth Avenue in New York to celebrate their inclusion.

pubblicato il: 15/03/2012 - 09:57

Finding food in an unfamiliar place can be difficult. Whether you?re traveling in a new city or just wandering around a new neighborhood, deciding where to dine isn?t easy ? especially if you?re alone or with friends who don?t know the territory either. Over the years, mobile apps such as Urbanspoon, Yelp, Foursquare and even ...

pubblicato il: 15/03/2012 - 08:54

As is noted here, IRS Still Fighting??Conservation??Tax Breaks, the IRS doesn't much like conservation easements. A conservation easement is a legal right to enforce the preservation of the land. Isn't that a good thing? Maybe, but because putting a conservation easement on property restricts its future development, it has qualified for a tax deduction. Easements ...

pubblicato il: 15/03/2012 - 08:23

StubHub this morning is officially launching its ticket reselling service in the U.K. this morning, the eBay unit?s first market outside of North America. StubHub President Chris Tsakalakis, in an interview from London, noted that the service has been operating in beta for the last few months, and already has about 150,000 listings. The U.K. ...

pubblicato il: 15/03/2012 - 08:23