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If you’re feeling unsure about the U.S. stock market, try looking Down Under.
The high unemployment rate has actually benefited one industry– private-sector education. For-profit education has seen an increase in enrollments across the board and Chicago-based DeVry Inc. is no exception. It has seen a boost in enrollment numbers that has generated extra cash to continue to invest in the company, making it appealing to investors.
BY MICHAEL BELLER – MEDILL NEWS SERVICE
The Olympic torch arrives in Vancouver Friday, where thousands of athletes from around the world want to strike gold. Companies looking to do the same should be right there alongside the athletes, as a new study found the Olympics could be the perfect venue to spend advertising [...]
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BY BRIDGET MACDONALD - MEDILL NEWS SERVICE
Not only does Belgium boast over 450 varieties of beer – each served in a specific glass designed to showcase its flavor – it is home to the largest brewer in the world.
Budweiser calls itself the king of beer, but parent company [...]
BY CONOR O’TOOLE, MEDILL NEWS SERVICE
Sara Lee Corp., a Downers Grove, Ill.-based food company, suffered a loss for the fourth quarter Thursday due to goodwill write-downs at [...]
BY BENJAMIN MIRASKI, MEDILL NEWS SERVICE
I owned 20 shares of XM Satellite Radio and let’s just say that 20 shares of XM Satellite Radio did not make me a millionaire.
Instead, I apparently owe trillions of dollars to… someone, enough to cover the debts of XM, its merger with Sirius Satellite Radio, and [...]
Don’t play with your food: Are hedge funds to blame for rising food prices?
By Frank Carlson
May 29, 2008
How would you like to earn a million dollars today, just to have it disappear tomorrow? Worse, how would you like it if this happened every day?
That’s exactly what grain elevators are experiencing as record commodity prices [...]
BY ARCHI SARKAR -MEDILL NEWS SERVICE
No matter what the economists reckon or how the GDP looks like, everyone knows that the economy has taken a beating and apparel retail sales are hurting the most.
Even Big Daddy is calling for help!
Sears Holdings Corp. has roped in Hip-Hop [...]
BY PATRICK TEMPLE-WEST – MEDILL NEWS SERVICE
In light of Bear Stearns investigation of short selling, is such an investigation required by shareholders?
CME cannot respond directly to specific questions like that, Donohue said. We would refer that to the proper authorities, but as a matter of policy, we do not comment on that.
Should the [...]