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Accounting Gets Extreme in PWC xACT Competition

Accounting Gets Extreme in PWC xACT Competition

Twelve teams of Freeman School students put their skills to the test in October as participants in the PricewaterhouseCoopers xACT Competition, one of the nation’s leading case competitions for accounting and business students.

Fund Hopes to Jump-Start Early-Stage Ventures

Fund Hopes to Jump-Start Early-Stage Ventures

John Elstrott and Ralph Maurer are part of the management team behind the New Orleans Startup Fund, a new nonprofit venture capital fund created to provide local high-potential ventures with seed capital.

Bringing Back Circle Food Store

Bringing Back Circle Food Store

Circle Food Store served the New Orleans community until 2005, when Hurricane Katrina filled the historic structure with five feet of water. Now, thanks in part to the efforts of four Freeman School MBA students, Circle Food Store may finally be on the verge of a rebirth.

BP Spill Puts Faculy in the Spotlight

BP Spill Puts Faculy in the Spotlight

Since April 20, when an explosion on BP’s Deepwater Horizon rig in the Gulf of Mexico triggered the worst accidental oil spill in history, journalists from around the world have looked to Tulane for scholars to comment on the spill and its aftermath.

ConocoPhillips Donates $35K to Trading Center

ConocoPhillips Donates $35K to Trading Center

ConocoPhillips, the nation’s third-largest integrated energy company, has donated $35,000 to the Freeman School over the last year to support the school’s energy trading program.

Symposium Explores Emerging Technologies

Symposium Explores Emerging Technologies

For the 17th Burkenroad Symposium on Business and Society, nationally respected experts in the areas of nanotechnology, alternative energy and regenerative medicine offered their thoughts on what it takes to bring cutting-edge technologies to market.

Freeman Ranked 35th By AmericaEconomia

Freeman Ranked 35th By AmericaEconomia

In its latest ranking of global MBA programs, leading Latin American business magazine AméricaEconomía has ranked the Freeman School 35th internationally and 22nd among U.S. business schools. The ranking appeared in the magazine’s June 2010 issue.

Burkenroad Conference Spotlights Recovery

Burkenroad Conference Spotlights Recovery

What a difference a year makes. At last year’s Burkenroad Reports Investment Conference, 33 of the 34 companies that participated posted negative returns for the preceding 12 months. This year, 28 of 33 companies posted positive returns.

Business Plan Competition Winners Have a Bright Idea

Business Plan Competition Winners Have a Bright Idea

Poverty and lack of access to safe, affordable lighting are two of the biggest challenges facing populations in the developing world. A startup company hopes to solve both of those problems with an innovative new product, and now, with the help of the Freeman School, it’s a little closer to achieving that goal.

Callais Family Honored as Outstanding Family Enterprise

Callais Family Honored as Outstanding Family Enterprise

The Callais family, whose businesses include marine transportation, banking and waste management services, was named the 2010 Outstanding Family Enterprise by the Tulane University Family Business Center.

Students Team Up for New Orleans Entrepreneur Week

Students Team Up for New Orleans Entrepreneur Week

Jack and Jake’s Market plans to bring locally grown food to customers in underserved neighborhoods within three days of harvest, but to achieve that goal, the company first needs a top-notch distribution system. That’s where a team of MBA students from Tulane, Loyola and UNO comes in.

Tidewater Chairman Highlights 2010 Tulane Business Forum

Tidewater Chairman Highlights 2010 Tulane Business Forum

Dean E. Taylor, president and chairman of Tidwater Inc., will talk about how Tidewater distinguishes itself in an increasingly commoditized business as luncheon keynote speaker at this year’s Tulane Business Forum.

Wilson Family, Hall-Trujillo Honored as Entrepreneurs of the Year

Wilson Family, Hall-Trujillo Honored as Entrepreneurs of the Year

The Wilson family, owners of Barriere Construction Co., received the Tulane Distinguished Entrepreneur(s) of the Year Award and Kathryn Hall-Trujillo, founding director of Birthing Project USA, received the Tulane Social Entrepreneur of the Year Award at the 2010 Tulane Council of Entrepreneurs Awards Gala.

MBA Students Make Waves at “Investor Idol”

MBA Students Make Waves at “Investor Idol”

Rebirth Financial, a new company started by the second-year MBA students, was one of four finalists chosen from among more than 30 applicants to participate in Investor Idol, a showcase for New Orleans small businesses seeking investors.