College Park could be about to become part of the cake craze created by shows like Cake Boss and Ace of Cakes, as a student entrepreneur looks to capitalize on the campus cupcake market. Freshman marketing and supply chain management major Melia Stuppy is starting up College Park Cupcakes, […]
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American Apparel suffers from low funds
The board of American Apparel has approved a motion to receive $15 million from a group of private investors because of low funds, Bloomberg reported. The Los Angeles clothing company has plans to “double sales to $1 billion by expanding its brand, improving its distribution network and boosting wholesale […]
Chipotle’s first quarter profits surpass expectations
Chipotle Mexican Grill’s first-quarter profits rose 23%, surpassing the company’s expectations and raising projections for the year’s total profits. The news of the profit rise comes only months after the government investigation of the restaurant for its use of illegal immigrants as employees. The investigation forced the […]
OMS and SSWS event helps students tailor resumes, interview prep to consulting
Two speakers from the prominent consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton on Tuesday, April 19 took questions from Smith students and talked about interviewing and resumes. The Operations Management Society and Smith School Women’s Society hosted Maryland alumna Anya Kroupnik and Dickinson College graduate Luda Palei who conducted a […]
Facebook seeks to expand into China
Facebook is still blocked in China, but with the help of Chinese internet company, Baidu, the two giants are looking to release a similar social networking website in China. Early this month, several meetings with Facebook Chief Executive Office Mark Zuckerberg and Baidu CEO Robin Li have indicated negotiations […]
TEPCO stock suffers as a result of Japanese nuclear disaster
Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) has announced a plan to deter the nuclear crisis at its Fukushima Dai-Ichi power plant within the next six months. The disaster caused TEPCO stocks to drop to a 60-year low and the company still has enormous compensation claim payments in the future. […]
Apple and Google dominate the gaming market
Apple and Google have 34 percent of the portable gaming market, thanks to cell phone users, according to a report from the mobile analytics firm Flurry. “It makes sense from a finance perspective because they’re creating a whole new market, considering that people are buying more cell phones and getting […]
Finance field day
The Robert H. Smith School of Business welcomed high-schoolers from across Prince George’s County for the school’s eighth Finance Field Day on Friday, April 15, 2011. Students from Eleanor Roosevelt, Suitland, Fairmont Heights, Largo, Northwestern, Charles Herbert Flowers, Bladensburg and Potomac High Schools sent a combined total of 140 students to […]
Minecraft’s success surprises the indie gaming world
Indie video games are rarely a huge success. They typically grow a niche crowd and maintain a small but loyal fanbase. Small time developer Markus Perssons has begun to change this pattern though with the release of his first game, Minecraft, which is solely developed by him. The computer game has […]
Yahoo Inc. keeps up with competitors
According to the Los Angeles Times, Yahoo Inc. announced that they will begin keeping their users’ search engine queries for 18 months instead of three. The retention of search engine queries has been a topic of debate for quite some time, as they often contain very personal matters including illnesses […]