07 July 2010
By Sunny Wong Although careers in fashion are typically associated solely with clothing design, there is a large business component to fashion as well. Possessing the business acumen needed to identify fashion trends, understand costs, and, more importantly, developing a network are crucial to succeeding in this industry. Consequently, more and more of today’s students [...]
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07 July 2010
By Steven Laird As the consulting field has become increasingly popular among undergraduate business students, many students commonly ask themselves two important questions: how can I differentiate myself and how do I break into the consulting industry? Are you among the many who are interested in landing that consulting job with prestigious firms such as [...]
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07 July 2010
By David Vayzner Ernst & Young along with Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. Chief Executive Officer Richard Fuld, and other top executives of the Lehman firm were sued on April 9th by the Retirement Housing Foundation for an accounting gimmick known as the Repo 105 which allows companies to classify borrowing activities as revenue.
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07 July 2010
Hudson Caslte: Fortress for Fraud or Unknowing Estate? A New York Times article released April 14 sparked huge controversy in the banking world when it accused Lehman brothers of using the firm Hudson Castle to convert its volatile assets into safer looking securities. Numerous transactions indicate that Lehman was selling its dangerous assets, such as [...]
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