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Collegiate Entrepreneurs teaches how to run own business

September 29, 2011 Marketplace

By Phil St. Pierre Some of the biggest players in the business world today are entrepreneurs, and although it requires some risk, effort and a little luck, becoming successful as an entrepreneur can be a satisfying and rewarding career path. One area that Bentley doesn’t seem to put as much emphasis on is entrepreneurship, and [...]

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Supply-side vs. Keynesian: What you think you believe

September 29, 2011 Marketplace

By James Pini Without getting very technical (and I couldn’t get technical on this subject even if I wanted to), I’d like to spend a couple of paragraphs fleshing out a long-running economic debate business students should have a good feel for – what’s preventing “economic growth?” And then I’d like to make a point [...]

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Quantitative Easing: What it is & how it works

September 22, 2011 Marketplace

By James Pini With recurrent talk of “Quantitative Easing,” or “QE,” in the news ever since the Federal Reserve came out with a plan to buy $600 billion more in treasury securities last August, dubbed “QE II,” it is somewhat surprising that many people don’t quite understand what the central banking policy tool exactly is. [...]

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Market Overview: Markets up in Europe

September 22, 2011 Marketplace

By James Pini Headlines out of Europe were the main driver of stock market action last week. The S&P 500 was up 5.4 percent, and the Dow Jones was up 4.7 percent, as previous fears of an imminent Greek default were postponed, and news steadily broke over various government responses. On Monday, investors maintained a [...]

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Not Your Usual Business

April 28, 2011 Marketplace

By Kat Webber The last few days of classes are dwindling, projects are coming to a close, papers and potential exams are piling up. Add in a job or internship search, finding a place to live this summer, perhaps missing your mom’s cooking and your stress level could be at an all time high. Here [...]

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PwC’s hosts development program to get students’ feet in the door

April 28, 2011 Marketplace

By Phillip St. Pierre As the semester comes to a close, you may be scrambling to find that internship or business-related job, and for some students, a full-time internship for this summer may not be possible. Want to find a way to gain that type of knowledge and experience without having to travel to the [...]

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Not Your Usual Business

April 21, 2011 Marketplace

By Kat Webber Watching the news may seem like a waste of time, or you may think that you can find something better to watch. A lot of the time, it seems as though there is nothing but horrible world events being shown, but the news really is worth watching if you take the time [...]

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Federal shutdown averted, now it’s time to tackle the long-term deficit

April 21, 2011 Marketplace

By Phillip St. Pierre How to deal with the federal budget has been one of the most discussed and argued recently, but it finally seems as if some progress is being made. The first shutdown of the federal government and its agencies was avoided when President Barack Obama proposed a last-minute budget plan to the [...]

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Not Your Usual Business

April 14, 2011 Marketplace

By Kat Webber As business students, it is important to be well rounded in all things, not just current events and newspapers, or finance and marketing. Striving to be competitive in tangible ways can be a challenge, but by simply reading a few books, you could create an advantage over your fellow applicants. A book [...]

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Looking for job opportunities? Think entrepreneurship

April 14, 2011 Marketplace

By Phillip St. Pierre As the semester is coming to a close, students are working hard to stay ahead in classes and prepare themselves for summer internships or jobs. Although a good internship or job is critical to a successful future, what students do outside of the workplace is what really sets them apart. One [...]

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Not Your Usual Business

April 7, 2011 Marketplace

By Kat Webber You can spend four years at Bentley and still not know much about it. Here is an insider’s guide to some of the lesser known areas of expertise on campus. These are places it would be helpful to know about. The library is one of the most underutilized resources on campus. Students [...]

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Looking at the facts in discrepancies in university rankings

April 7, 2011 Marketplace

By Justin Temple Two weeks ago, The Vanguard published an article titled “Bentley BusinessWeek ranking slips.” In the article, Lacey Nemergut explained to readers that in the most recent release of Bloomberg BusinessWeek’s Best Undergraduate Business Schools of 2011, Bentley University dropped from 21 to 32 in the overall ranking. The Marketing Department attributes this [...]

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