by Usha on December 8th, 2009
“I didn’t get into engineering because I don’t like math!” OR “I dropped out of engineering because of math!” We have heard these remarks hundreds of times.
While parents and mentors guide students to go with what they are passionate about, people who enjoy math are likely to come out winners, going by the current trend. [...]
Tags: college degrees that earn high salaries, computer engineering, computer science, degree in chemical engineering, degree in petroleum engineering, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, mining engineering
by Usha on November 9th, 2009
The term “white collar crime,” is not just some crime conducted by people in white-collar jobs; it is a crime of artful lying. White collar criminals use persuasion and deceit to achieve their end. Not all crime is illegal, a person can be deceitful and unethical while not committing any illegal acts, according to law.
Spinning [...]
Tags: accounting fraud, accounting scams, cheating the auditors, chief financial officer, financial fraud, sam antar, white collar financial fraud, white-collar fraud
by Jennifer Mattern on July 24th, 2009
It’s no secret that the U.S. economy is in bad shape. The housing bubble burst. The stock market crashed. People lost a lot of their retirement savings.
Tags: banksbanking, Economy, Featured, housing market, interest rates, Recession, us economy
by Hasan on July 19th, 2009
The rising unemployment woes are giving way to some cheer, thanks to the retail giant, considered to be an unscathed entity in the current financial turmoil – Wal-Mart Stores.
At a time when the major retailers, including Costco, Target and Best Buy are struggling to beat the recession and the retail industry seeing extensive layoffs, Wal-Mart [...]
Tags: employment, wal-mart, walmart
by Hasan on April 11th, 2009
Here are the ten most powerful brands in the world brought out by Millward Brown research company, which takes into account the measure of brand equity combined with the performance of the company. According to the report, the top five remained the same, with all the five companies showing an increase in brand valuation between [...]
Tags: Apple, China Mobile, Google, Microsoft, Most Powerful Brands In The World
by Hasan on March 2nd, 2009
The US government, as part of its stimulus plan to revive the depression in the US economy, recently decided on including an amendment that imposes a ban on firms receiving government bailouts, from hiring workers from other countries. Microsoft has recently been asked to remove foreign workers that are employed under the H-1B Visa [...]
Tags: h-1b visas, outsourcing, Us Government
by Hasan on October 25th, 2008
Even in the business world, what goes up sometimes comes down, and if the company is big, the sound of the fall is louder and clearer. Chapter 11 bankruptcies in the United States have been many. Chapter 11 allows a company to reorganize by allowing the debtor to keep a part or all [...]
Tags: bankrupt, bankruptcy, chapter 11, fraud
by Hasan on September 22nd, 2008
The faltering economy and tight credit have forced many U.S. companies to lay off staff. Families furiously job hunt and it does not take long to see consequences pile up, leading to a situation where any extra money is more than welcome.
Cornered without a job and young kids to look after, many women are [...]
Tags: Economy, falling dollar, fertility clinics, financial plans
by Hasan on September 16th, 2008
There has been and continues to be a lot of debate over outsourcing and while supporters say that it is good for the US economy, detractors argue otherwise.
Proponents insist that outsourcing will save money for companies, will open up opportunities and will lead to more Americans holding jobs at a higher level. They feel [...]
Tags: conomy, falling dollar, outsourcing, us economy
by Hasan on May 7th, 2008
Germany’s top international investment bank, which has been widely recognized for its progress, and had won a great deal of praise and notable envy in the financial circles for appearing to weather the storm of the credit crisis better than the others, has reported its first loss in many years as the credit crunch crumbled [...]
