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Business Research: Which Source Should I Use?

It’s the start of a new semester, and as you look at your syllabus you might see some assignments that seem like they’ll be a lot of work. Perhaps you’ll have to write a marketing plan or conduct a feasibility … Continue reading

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New Stuff Tuesday: April 14, 2015

How to Speak Money: What the Money People Say – And What It Really Means by John Lanchester PR6023.A66 Z54 2014 New Arrivals Island, 2nd floor Anyone who has taken a finance or economics class or regularly listens to NPR’s … Continue reading

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New Stuff Tuesday – November 23

The Cheapskate Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of Americans Living Happily Below Their Means by Jeff Yeager HG179 .Y426 2010 New Book Island, 2nd floor Thanksgiving: a time when we reflect on our lives and appreciate all that we are … Continue reading

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Test & improve financial literacy

How’s your financial IQ? According to the executive summary of the FINRA Investor Education Foundation‘s 2009 report “Financial Capability in the United States,” respondents to a national survey demonstrated a low level of financial literacy. Here are couple of places … Continue reading

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New Stuff Tuesday – January 26

This Time Is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly by Carmen Reinhart & Kenneth Rogoff HB3722 .R45 2009 New Book Island, 2nd floor The financial crisis that we are experiencing: it’s unlike every other economic crash that we’ve ever known, … Continue reading

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New Stuff Tuesday – March 24

The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World By Niall Ferguson HG171 .F47 2008 New Book Island, 2nd floor Money, money, money. You can’t live with it, can’t live without it. It makes the world go round and … Continue reading

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New Stuff Tuesday – September 23

Investment Banking Explained: An Insider’s Guide to the Industry by Michel Fleuriet HG4534 .F57 2008 New Book Island, 2nd floor I’m not sure that the country expected such a shakeup in the financial services sector and the possible congressional bailout … Continue reading

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