Business & Economy
Businesses, Consumers Should Prep Contingency Plan for Potential UPS Strike
The United Parcel Service could be facing one of its largest strikes in decades. The International Brotherhood of Teamsters, which covers roughly 260,000 UPS workers, reports the overwhelming majority of UPS members have given the green light to strike if…
Latest Sears鈥 Announcement is Really About Private Brand Portfolio
Sears announced today that it plans to close 72 non-profitable stores as 鈥減art of ongoing efforts to streamline the company鈥檚 operations.鈥 The list of exact stores that will be impacted will be announced later on today. Ray Wimer is an…
Whole Foods Discount for Amazon Customers is Logical Next Step in 鈥楥yber-Physical Strategy鈥
This week Whole Foods launched a loyalty program for Amazon Prime members, offering them special discounts at their grocery stores. The specials are available now in Florida and will roll out to all other stores starting this summer. Associate professor…
University Holds New York City Career Fair
The University will be hosting the New York City Career Fair on Tuesday, May 22, from 2-5 p.m. at Lubin House in Manhattan. This event provides 黑料不打烊 students and recent graduates a chance to meet directly with employers based…
黑料不打烊 Teams Capture Awards at NY Business Plan Competition
Once again, 黑料不打烊 student entrepreneurship teams took home awards at the ninth annual New York Business Plan Competition (NYBPC), which took place on Friday, April 27, in Albany. The event, cosponsored by Upstate Capital Association of New York, the…
Engineering and Computer Science Students Win Panasci Business Plan Competition with Wearable Inhaler
College of Engineering and Computer Science students Kayla Simon 鈥19 and Elizabeth Tarangelo 鈥19 took first place and a $20,000 prize in the 2018聽Panasci Business Plan Competition聽with their In-Spire wearable asthma inhaler. The competition is hosted by the聽Martin J. Whitman…
Deutsche Bank鈥檚 Graham Warner 鈥02 G鈥13 to Deliver 2018 VPA Convocation Address
Graham Warner 鈥02 G鈥13, chief operating officer of Deutsche Bank鈥檚 Global Transaction Bank (GTB) Americas, will deliver the 2018 convocation address to bachelor鈥檚 and master鈥檚 degree candidates of the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) at the college鈥檚 convocation…
All Signs Point to Success: Wivi, TCLP Collaborate to Drive an ASL Interpreter App to Market
When entrepreneurs talk about 鈥渄isruption,鈥 they are typically referring to the disruptive potential of their technology. They hope, that is, that their invention might have the power to shake up a long-established market and become the next Airbnb or GoFundMe….
University of Michigan Professor to Give Jerry Miner Lecture April 12
The Jerry Miner Lecture will take place on Thursday, April 12, from 3:30-5 p.m. in 426 Eggers Hall. This year鈥檚 speaker, Susan Dynarski of the University of Michigan, will present 鈥淚ncreasing Economic Diversity at a Flagship University: Results from a…
Whitman Seniors Featured among Poets & Quants for Best and Brightest Business Majors
Catherine Cummings and Justin Harris, both seniors at 黑料不打烊鈥檚聽Martin J. Whitman School of Management, were featured as two of the 鈥渂est & brightest undergraduate business majors,鈥 by Poets & Quants for Undergrads, a news website for undergraduate business education….