Archive for May, 2011

Which B-schools have the most satisfied alumni? »

There is one telling number to judge the strength of a school’s alumni network: the percentage of graduates who give money to a school every year. Here are the schools with the most alumni donors.One of the most valuable assets of a top-ranked business school is its alumni network. It’s a major Dartmouth’s Tuck School […]

Home prices ‘double-dip’ »

Home prices fell below the 2009 housing bust bottom in the first quarter, dropping 4.2% from the prior three months, according to an industry report released Tuesday.
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How housing could rebound - in 2025 »

House prices have fallen further in the past five years than they did in the Great Depression — and there’s no sign the free fall is about to stop.
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Margarita mix for beginning investors »

I’m 19 and have hopes of lying on the beach drinking margaritas for the most part of my life. But I’d plus like to start investing the small amount of money I have. How do I get started? — Peter N., Los Angeles, Calif.
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Home prices at lowest level since bubble burst »

Home prices fell below the 2009 housing bust bottom in the first quarter, dropping 4.2% from the prior three months, according to an industry report released Tuesday.
Original post by Technology news - Business 2.0 Magazine

Help your aging parents »

Face it. Mom and Dad are getting up there. And their finances aren’t getting any simpler. Some of life’s trickiest money tasks — managing a large but basically fixed nest egg, figuring out how to spend it down while never running out — are in the hands of society who at some point may not […]

Do you need a retirement coach? »

Bud Robertson is 62, recently retired, and wealthy adequate after a enlarged business career that he doesn’t have to work another day in his life. He’s in great shape, is full of energy, and lives in a big house in Groton, Mass., that looks like an antebellum mansion uprooted from a Georgia plantation. Divorced for […]

Surprise! Some companies are cutting prices »

As most consumers adjust to paying more for the things they buy every day, lower prices are a welcome surprise.
Original post by Technology news - Business 2.0 Magazine

Surprise! Some companies are cutting prices »

As most consumers adjust to paying more for the things they buy every day, lower prices are a welcome surprise.
Original post by Technology news - Business 2.0 Magazine