The rumor mill got fired up a mere 14 days ago when the Wall Street Journal reported EY was considering splitting its audit and advisory arms (pesky regulators and conflicts of interest and whatnot). As interns and accounting students who aren’t even going to Meet the Firms yet blew up […]
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CMU and Western Colorado Win Big at Go Code Colorado 2022 Awards
Three teams from Grand Junction took home a total of $40,000 in prizes at this year’s 2022 Go Code Colorado Awards sponsored by the Colorado Secretary of State’s Business Intelligence Center In Denver on Friday, May 27, CMU’s Maddie Vickers and Samuel Tufts were handed a $25,000 check by Go […]
Despite the Fed’s big rate hike, most banks won’t pay much in interest
Jerome Powell, Federal Reserver Governor. Katie Kramer | CNBC The Federal Reserve just raised its benchmark interest rate by half a percentage point, its largest such move in more than two decades, as it seeks to tame inflation. The central bank’s actions mean that, in an era of sharply rising […]
Unemployment rate fell to 3.6% in March as jobs report showed big gain
U.S. employers added a booming 431,000 jobs in March as tumbling COVID-19 cases more than offset concerns about soaring inflation and the war in Ukraine. The unemployment rate fell from 3.8% to 3.6%, the Labor Department said Friday. That puts it just above the 50-year low of 3.5% just before the pandemic upended […]
Swiss gov’t proposes public liquidity backstop for big banks
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A Swiss flag is pictured on the Swiss Parliament Building (Bundeshaus) in Bern, Switzerland September 29, 2021. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register ZURICH, March 11 (Reuters) – The Swiss government wants to set up a new backstop allowing the provision of state-guaranteed cash should […]
Big Consulting Firms Pull Out of Russia
Three consulting giants joined the corporate retreat from Russia, adding to the pressure on other professional-services firms to follow suit. The moves came after a backlash against the firms’ earlier compromise positions. Accenture PLC said it was discontinuing its entire 2,300-people strong business in Russia. Rival consulting firms McKinsey & […]
These firms are paying $200K to Dartmouth MBA grads: Why Tuck is a big consulting feeder school
BY Sydney LakeFebruary 03, 2022, 9:30 PM The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H., in October 2021. Bing Guan—Bloomberg/Getty Images Dartmouth College’s Tuck School of Business is not only regarded as having one of the best MBA programs in the country (Fortune ranks it as No. […]
Big consulting’s big payday: $200K starting packages await Northwestern MBAs
BY Sydney LakeJanuary 27, 2022, 5:42 PM Weber Arch at Northwestern University campus in Evanston, Illinois, as seen in July 2020. (Jose M. Osorio—Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service/Getty Images) In 2021, MBA graduates earned a median salary of $115,000—which is 77% higher than workers who hold only a bachelor’s degree, according […]