School of Business Faculty Media Activities
January and February, 2002
Dr.
George Hoffer, Economics
January 8, Baltimore Sun “0% financing creates used-car glut”
January 26, USA Today “Circuit City plans to push CarMax out of the nest; Split lets car seller stand on own merit so electronics store can grow”
February 26 and 27 - Reuters News Service: New York Times and Reuters.com A Future for High-Speed Rail?
February 23 Inside Business Guaranteed to Fly Dr. Hoffer, discusses saving struggling airports.
March 4 Automotive News “Makers boost production plans” and “CarMax shows there’s life in big-box concept”
Dr. Hoffer also made a presentation before the National Automobile Association’s annual convention.
Dr.
Neil Murphy, Finance
Presentation at seminar of the International Monetary Fund. The presentation,
“A Model for Testing the Viability of a Deposit Insurance Scheme,”
was made to a group of senior staff members of the IMF and the World Bank.
It was based on a paper prepared by Dr. Murphy and Dr. Leonard Lapidus,
an independent consultant based in Washington, D.C. The model was developed
for a project funded by the World Bank, and drew heavily on the skills
developed in VCU classes by a graduate student, Cameron Cross.
Dr.
Michael Pratt, Economics
January 26 – Richmond Times-Dispatch “Nothing’s
guaranteed, but..” comments on Richmond’s diversified economy
Dr.
Gabriel G. Ramirez, Finance
January 22, Richmond Times Dispatch “Residents react to Kmart’s
plight” He suggests Kmart needs “to revamp their business strategy
for them to succeed, They need to do some homework and reposition themselves.
They have a much harder task ahead.””
Dr.
Wallace Stettinius, Management
February 28 Dr. Stettinius awarded the Lettie Pate Whitehead Evans Distinguished
Volunteer Award from Westminster Canterbury, Richmond. He has been coaching
them in strategic planning.
Frances E. Altman
Public Relations Specialist
School of Business
Virginia Commonwealth University
fealtman@vcu.edu. (804) 827-1801