Timothy Anderson ’73 recently spoke to members of the BC community about his experience bringing technology to children around the world through the nonprofit organization he founded.  The event, held in the Murray Function Room, was organized by the Winston Center for Leadership and Ethics as part of the Winston Forum on Business Ethics lecture [...]

Founded in spring 2010, the Boston College Chapter of Smart Woman Securities (SWS) has been an active force on campus-  mentoring, educating, and providing opportunities for young women interested in investing. Laura Travers (CSOM ’12) is co-founder and Co-Chief Executive Officer for BC SWS.  She says of the organization’s inception:  “Our founding team saw a [...]

With ever-increasing tuition costs among top universities across the country, many question if the investment is worth it in the long run.  In the past, it has gone without saying that college is a phenomenal investment in one’s future, since research studies have found that college graduates make almost $1.6 million more in a lifetime [...]

In case you missed the news, billionaires in the United States have decided that Warren Buffett will be speaking on their behalf from now on- or at least that’s what it might seem like if you’ve checked your Facebook feed or watched the news.  For whatever reason, people around the world have wrongly assumed that [...]

On September 20th, Standard & Poor’s cut Italy’s credit rating from A+ to A with a negative outlook.  It was not the downgrade to A that was shocking to investors, however; rather it was who initiated the downgrade.  Investors had been expecting Moody’s to be the first to issue a credit downgrade, so when S&P [...]

Under the three-stage “liquidity” plan recently announced by the Federal Reserve and other European officials, the U.S. central bank will print money to bail out the EU.   The goal of the program is to supply dollars Europe can use to buy its own bonds in an effort to prevent the entire European economy from [...]

Students who are serious about finding jobs know the importance of networking.  A study published in the Wall Street Journal found that 94 percent of successful job-searchers cited networking as critical to obtaining their current positions.  Students might not realize, however, that they could be missing a crucial aspect of the networking process:  the exchange [...]

The Chinese Bull economy is on the brink of collapse because investors are finally getting past the blinding glare of the belief that China is synonymous with growth and realizing the numerous problems that are plaguing the massive global economy. Corporate fraud is rampant, government conspiracies abound, and barely honest economic and business practices are [...]

As a senior reflecting on the past three years at Boston College and looking forward to my final year on the Heights, I believe it is important to give underclassmen some advice on how to make their time at BC and at the Carroll School the best it can be.  After talking to some incoming [...]

Times change.  Companies evolve and grow.  Markets shift.  The changes that take place over the course of a company’s history are indicative not only of a natural developmental progression, but also of the cultural and technological factors shaping the company’s future. In anticipation of the upcoming April 26th lecture by Susan Gianinno, ’70, entitled “Mad [...]