Deloitte's Salzberg Takes MPA Students
Down the Yellow Brick Road to Success
 “The
Wizard of Oz” helped Barry Salzberg, CEO of
Deloitte & Touche USA, define the characteristics of great
leadership when he spoke at the Lyceum Speaker Series Nov. 7.
While in Austin, Salzberg also took the opportunity to give the
final payment for the Deloitte & Touche Chair in Accounting,
which was established in 2002 in recognition of the superior
achievement in accounting education and research at The
University of Texas at Austin.
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GE CEO Jeffrey Immelt to Host Live
Satellite Broadcast on “What Awaits Your Next”
 GE’s
Chairman and CEO Jeffrey Immelt will host a
live satellite broadcast from Cornell University to six business
schools across the country, including McCombs. The McCombs
broadcast will be from 4 p.m. - 5 p.m. on Nov. 12, in UTC
2.112a. Come early as doors close at 3:50 p.m. Join in a
conversation with Immelt as he takes questions and speaks on
“What Awaits You Next, ” including a discussion of major
macroeconomic trends for the next generation, success factors
for next generation business leaders and the importance of
“meaningful” work.
Get more information.
In
the News:
Doggett on Dell’s $1.4 Billion Deal
for Data
Storage Provider
KUT-Radio, Nov. 5,
2007
 John Doggett, senior management
lecturer, commented on Dell’s plans to acquire the data storage
provider EqualLogic on KUT.
EqualLogic’s service
is important in today’s
computing market because it allows customers to use multiple operating
systems.
“We now have laptops and
PCs that have far more computing capacity than any of us use,”
Doggett said.
“And so it gives us the ability to connect these laptops
to massive data banks or storage farms that will allow us to do
much more with our computers than we have been able to do in the
past. But to do that efficiently we need a way to be able to use
whatever operating system makes the most sense.”
Listen to the story.
Sixth Annual National Real Estate Challenge
Brings Top Schools to McCombs
The National Real Estate Challenge held at McCombs and organized
by the Real Estate Finance and Investment Center took
place Nov. 1-2, with Northwestern taking the top prize. The team
from McCombs, made up of second-year MBA students Luis Castellanos,
Ted Egner, Benton Love,
Andrew Lusk, Amy Sta.
Maria and Adam Williams, received a
Second Place “Honorable
Mention” in the first round.
 In
the News:
Ronn Analyzes Gas and Oil Prices
KEYE-TV, Nov. 5,
2007
If you think gas prices are high now, brace
yourself. Local experts say there’s
more bad news coming.
“In the short term, the bad news is, I
expect prices to go up anywhere from 15 to 20 cents,”
said Ehud Ronn, finance professor and director
of the
Center for Energy Finance Education.
“And in the long term, meaning as long as year from today,
it looks like prices will come back down.”
Watch the story.
Undergraduate Business Council Goes
Global During Annual Business Week
The Undergraduate Business Council’s annual Business
Week is upon us with a full menu of activities. This year’s
theme is
“Going Global,”
and accordingly Tuesday’s
McCombs birthday bash featured a massive world cake. The cake’s
head baker and co-creator, UBC Vice President Lauren Bonds
(below) said it was constructed from 16 separate cakes. Business
Week culminates with
the McCombs @ McCombs softball challenge
this Sunday, where there will be free lunch and
concessions, door prizes and much more. Come on by!
McCombs School Job Postings:
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