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NEWS ABOUT: MBA

MBA stories: 5 news summaries

Business Grads Promise a More Ethical Future

MBA Class of '09 pledges to remember that greed isn't good

May 30, 09 6:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - The next generation of business school grads may change the face of finance for the better, the New York Times reports. MBA programs across the country are seeing an explosion of interest in ethics courses, and at Harvard Business School a full 20% of this year's grads have signed a... More »

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ethics • business • business school • MBA • universities

It's Bad: NYC Cabbie With MBA Posts Résumé in Taxi

La Salle grad drives taxi while awaiting dream job

Dec 7, 08 10:23 AM CST
(Newser) - A recent MBA grad who can’t find a job does have a captive audience: his taxi passengers. After four months of job hunting, James Williamson got his taxi license and posted his résumé in his New York City cab. There aren’t any offers yet, but the 25-year-old... More »

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New York • taxi • unemployment • MBA • taxi driver • resume • recession depression

MGM Mirage Chief Quits
Amid Fake MBA Flap

Lanni denies sudden resignation related to degree fib

Nov 14, 08 2:04 AM CST
(Newser) - The CEO of MGM Mirage has announced his resignation, but denied it had anything to do with lying about having an MBA, reports the Wall Street Journal. J. Terence Lanni, one of the most powerful figures in the gambling world, has long claimed to have an MBA from the University... More »

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Kirk Kerkorian • gambling • Las Vegas • CEO • MGM Mirage • resignation • casino • University of Southern California • MBA

Wanted: Museum Director
to Marry Art, Commerce

Unique job description complicates search for Guggenheim, Met, others

Jul 15, 08 2:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - American museums are facing a shift in leadership, Newsweek reports, with 20 of the most prominent fine-art institutions—including New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art and Guggenheim Foundation and the Philadelphia Museum of Art—in search of directors. A "generational shift" has left institutions seeking specific qualifications: "Ideally... More »

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art museum • art • museum • MBA • Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum • management • Metropolitan Museum of Art • Philadelphia Museum of Art

Recruiters
Pick Top 10
Biz Schools

WSJ's annual rankings come up with some surprising choices

Sep 18, 07 8:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ivy Leaguers and Mormons round out this year's eclectic list of top MBA programs.  To come up with the rankings WSJ and Harris Interactive asked 4,430 recruiters to rank M.B.A. programs on 21 attributes, including leadership potential, and communication skills.  National Rankings:
  1. Dartmouth College
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education • Columbia University • list • UC Berkeley • school • business school • Wake Forest University • Dartmouth • Recruiters • Brigham Young University • Ohio State University • MBA • Indiana University

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