August 26, 2008
Library Orientations for Saunders Business Students
Four library orientation presentations for business students are now available at http://library.rit.edu/saunders-library-orientations.html. Each of these is geared to a specific population (First Year Students, Transfers, MBA's and EMBA's) with some crossover information which can help everyone. Each of these presentations requires PowerPoint to view and can be downloaded or viewed right away.
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August 19, 2008
SEC Announces Successor to EDGAR Database
"Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Christopher Cox today unveiled the successor to the agency’s 1980s-era EDGAR database, which will give investors far faster and easier access to key financial information about public companies and mutual funds." The full press release is available at http://www.sec.gov/news/press/2008/2008-179.htm
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August 14, 2008
Beverages & The Olympics
CNBC highlights three beverage giants and China. Video for three stories on Anheuser-Busch, Coca-Cola and Starbucks is available from this page. Tony Ponturo, Global Media & Sports Marketing VP for Anheuser-Busch and Joe Tripodi, Coca Cola's Chief Marketing Officer are interviewed in separate segments. Both give insight into Olympic advertising and promoting products in China. In the last piece Carl Quintanilla of CNBC visits a Starbucks in China and shows the similarities and differences. CNBC posts free video daily here.
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June 21, 2008
India Rising
The PBS show NOW just broadcast an episode on the rise of the middle class in India. The show provides an in-depth look at both the impact on the world's economy and the changes in India from various points of view. Click here to view the episode and review extra materials including a report from McKinsey & Company on "The Rise of India's Consumer Market." A transcript for this show will be added within 1-3 business days from the broadcast date. Interviews in the episode include Robyn Meredith, author of The Elephant and the Dragon: The Rise of India and China and What it Means for All of Us. Her book is available from our Connect NY partners. Gurcharan Das, former CEO of Procter & Gamble India, and current columnist and intellectual is also interviewed. His book India Unbound is available from the RIT Library in print and electronic format. His blog can be accessed here.
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May 3, 2008
Imagine RIT: Innovation + Creativity Festival
Welcome to the RIT Library and Imagine RIT! The Festival takes place from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. today and is designed to demonstrate what can be accomplished when, as RIT President Bill Destler likes to say, “the right and left brain collide.” In the Library visit the Idea Factory on the 1st floor to see "Libraries of the Future" and the "Edible Books Fair." Head up to the 2nd floor to "Celebrate Great Innovators in Graphic Design" and to see a "Coptic Book Binding Demo" at 10:30am and 1:30pm. To see the full Festival Program click here.
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January 21, 2008
What's a Recession?
The Wall Street Journal has a nice FAQ for folks who know nothing about recessions.
For more articles on recessions check out this search in ABI.
And of course take a peek at the books on recessions
available from the RIT and the Connect NY Libraries.
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December 7, 2007
Country Etiquette Information
Many assignments in international business require you to find basic country or cultural etiquette. The library has a number of resources for this. Start in the database CountryWatch. Look up your country and then go to the link "Cultural Etiquette" under the section "Social Overview." Also take a look at the book Kiss, bow, or shake hands : the bestselling guide to doing business in more than 60 countries which is available at the Circulation Desk. We also have a series of Culture Shock books for individual countries. These books are written to help business travelers and tourists get up to speed on the countries they are visiting. Click here to see the list. All of these books can be checked out. A few free web sources also offer etiquette information such as Kwintessential, International Business Etiquette, Country Insights, and Executive Planet.
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October 15, 2007
Rochester's Subprime Mortgages and The Trauma of Foreclosure
The New York Times has an interactive map showing the various percentages of mortgages throughout the state that are based on subprime loans. In most neighborhoods in the city of Rochester more than 50% of the mortgages are subprime and in some neighborhoods it is as high as 83%. Next August most of these mortgages will readjust again (most likely upward) putting pressure on each individual homeowner's ability to make payments on time in order to prevent foreclosure.
The Times has also put together a powerful photo essay illustrating the trauma of foreclosure.
Click on these ABI/ProQuest subject headings to read more about subprime lending, mortgages, foreclosures.
Edward Gramlich's book Subprime Mortgages: America's Latest Boom and Bust contains a "comprehensive assessment of the subprime mortgage market."
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