#8220;Having it your way” has taken on a regal air at Burger Kings everywhere across the globe. According to its website, Burger King, as of Nov. 7, is offering kids meals called “BK Crown Meals” which are packaged in vivid, king-themed boxes complete with wearable cardboard crowns, food and interactive […]
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Jupiter network crash
Monday morning, millions of people were forced to go offline as a software glitch in the “Border Gateway Protocol” crashed data networks around the world. Early Monday, a set of updates triggered a software glitch in the routers of Juniper Networks. When these routers crashed, key Internet pathways shut down […]
Biofuel to reduce carbon emission in aviation
According to research by McKinsey & Co., the aviation sector was responsible for 2 percent of total carbon dioxide emissions in 2000, and it will increase its share to about 3 percent by 2030. Starting with biofuel, the aviation sector is taking steps to decreasing those emissions. On Nov. 7, […]
MMBS Hosts Kris Heath of Morphius Records
The distribution sales manager of Morphius Records met with students on Thursday to give insight on his career and share some of his experiences in the music industry. The Maryland Music Business Society hosted the event featuring Kris Heath, who delivered his presentation at the business school. Heath clarified […]
TerpAMA – “The Hands We Shake” with Bennett Resnik
Every seat in a Van Munching Hall classroom was filled Tuesday to hear Bennett Resnik’s lecture series “The Hands We Shake”. Sponsored by TerpAMA, the lecture was geared to help students turn social networking into social capital in order to build strong business relationships. According to Resnik, social networking […]
terpAMA hosts UMD Sports Marketing
The Assistant Director of Marketing for UMD Sports Marketing spoke to terpAMA and the Sports Business Society about her experiences with UMD sports and also available internship opportunities for students. Katie Thompson, who has been working for UMD Sports Marketing since she finished graduate school at Eastern Michigan […]
France, Germany reach agreement to fix Europe’s debt woes
France and Germany’s leaders have announced that they have reached an agreement on a plan to help recapitalize Europe’s struggling banks and counter area’s debt crisis. French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German chancellor Angela Merkel have come to a consensus on a “long-lasting, complete package.” However, they refused […]
Two university professors win Nobel Prize in economics
Two university professors won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences Monday. Christopher A. Sims of Princeton University, 68, and Thomas J. Sargent of New York University, also 68, won their awards for their separate research. They both examined the cause and effect relationships between economic policies enacted […]
Kodak shares fall amidst restructuring
Eastman Kodak Co. saw its shares drastically fall after hiring a restructuring advisory firm Friday. The news that Kodak had hired the law firm Jones Day kindled fears that company may file for bankruptcy in the near future. Jones Day’s restructuring lawyers are […]
Grant Thornton LLP visits the Smith School
Representatives from Grant Thornton LLP gave business school students a taste of who they are and offered networking tips during an in depth presentation last Tuesday. Grant Thornton LLP is the U.S. member firm of Grant Thornton International Ltd, a worldwide tax, audit and advisory organization. The […]