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Wednesday, January 9, 2013 by
UIC Liautaud new student orientation is this Friday! Orientation is
a great way for new students to connect with each other - as well
as with current students, faculty and staff - while preparing for
the academic year ahead. Our goals for orientation are that
students will learn about our various programs and will have the
opportunity to refine skills that will help them become successful
students, valued classmates and networking professionals. The
schedule for the day is as follows: Friday,...
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Thursday, December 6, 2012 by
President Obama has another four years, and there is a good
probability that bipartisan cooperation will prevent the economy
from going over the federal budget fiscal cliff. The current
presumption is that the politicos do not want a replay of Thelma
and Louise. There will likely still be some brinksmanship. but it
is most probable that some agreement will be reached. The economy
will be enabled to breathe more comfortably and move to a growth
rate in GDP of about 2 percent for the rest of 2012...
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Thursday, October 11, 2012 by
Financial calamities have been perpetuated upon citizens all over
the world for most of history. There was the tulip frenzy in
Holland in 1637, the United States bank panic of 1907. The Great
Depression of 1929 required ten years before the economy rebounded.
Recently there have been such debacles as Lehmann Bros, Merrill
Lynch, Countrywide Financial as well Bernie Maddoff, and then the
Great Housing Bubble followed by the Great Recession of 2008 which
has very long legs still stretching out as...
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Friday, September 7, 2012 by
There has been a lot of discussion and especially misinformation
about the 3.8% tax which is a component of the Affordable Health
Care Act. The following information will clarify the issue. The tax
will have a very minor impact, if any, on most home sales. Top Ten
Things You Need to Know About the 3.8% Tax Published by the
National Association of Realtors 1) When you add up all of
your income from every possible source, and that total is less than
$200,000 ($250,000 on a joint tax return), you...
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Tuesday, September 4, 2012 by
Welcome Back UIC Liautaud Students! The UIC Liautaud Office is
excited to invite you to participate in the Fall 2012 Liautaud
Assurance of Learning Case Competition event. Test your
business acumen, prepare for case interviews and network with
company reps and Liautaud alums - all in one Saturday! All
students who participate will be entered into a raffle to win an
iPad! Please read the information below and to join us at the
event on Saturday, September 15, 2012 in Douglas Hall. What is...
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Thursday, August 16, 2012 by
Tom Bothen is a guest blogger on real estate news for the UIC
Liautaud Loop. He is the associate director of the Center for Urban
Real Estate at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Bothen is an
instructor teaching undergraduate and graduate real estate finance
courses, and he is also the director of the Masters of Arts in
Real Estate program at UIC. Follow Bothen's blog this fall for
all the latest in real estate industry updates and...
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Friday, August 10, 2012 by
As the start of the school year is rapidly approaching, I am
excited to welcome our incoming UIC Liautaud students. To
help our new students prepare for success at UIC Liautaud, I would
like to share some helpful tips. If you are an incoming
student for Fall 2012 in the MBA, MSA, MRE, or MIS programs, please
read the list below and keep these things in mind as you get ready
to start classes in a few weeks! Top 5 Tips for New Liautaud
Students 1. Come in for advising! All new students...
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Tuesday, July 24, 2012 by
In an effort to enhance the UIC Liautaud application experience and
improve our processing time, all application documents can now be
easily uploaded to the online application starting today, July 24,
2012. Applicants are discouraged from mailing application documents
to our office and are encouraged to limit their documents to those
listed on our application checklist. To access our online
application, click here. To review our application checklists,
click here. If you have any additional...
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Friday, June 15, 2012 by
The admission deadline for Fall 2012 is today! All applications
must be complete and submitted, along with a $60 application fee,
tonight by 11:59 PM central time. Any supplemental documents can be
submitted up to two weeks after the deadline (this includes
official GMAT scores, transcript, and letters of recommendation).
So for all of you that have already submitted your applications, or
are ready and planning to do so by tonight, congratulations! If you
have not started your application at...
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Friday, June 1, 2012 by
It's not too late to start your master's program this fall - we
have extended our deadline to accommodate you! With the Fall 2012
deadline approaching, I would like to encourage you to submit your
completed application. We are very excited about the quality of
applicants admitted for the upcoming semester and hope that you
will join this group of exceptional students. Please plan to submit
your application and application fee by June 15, 2012, to
ensure consideration for the Fall semester. The...
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Tuesday, May 29, 2012 by
Choosing the right business school is an important decision. The
absolute best way to learn more about UIC Liautaud's degree
offerings is to attend an information session. Each session begins
with a short presentation by Caroline LaTorre, Director of
Recruiting and Enrollment, followed by an open Q&A forum with
current students and program personnel. Our last info session
before the summer break is tomorrow night, so you don't want to
miss this event! UIC Liautaud Information Session...
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