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Oracle of Omaha hosts Wharton Trekkers
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Which of your classmates will be the most successful in life? Would you like to have 10% of the success of that classmate? What are the qualities about that classmate that made you select him or her? Make a list of those qualities on the left-hand side of a piece of paper.
Kraft Co-CEO emphasizes corporate responsibility
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For the second time in as many weeks, one of Fortune's top 10 most powerful businesswomen addressed the Wharton Student body. And for the second time, no one left disappointed. On Thursday, October 9, Betsy Holden, Co-CEO of Kraft Foods shared her thoughts on corporate social responsibility and the importance of work-life balance, courtesy of Wharton's Leadership Lecture Series.
WWIB celebrates businesswomen with fifth annual conference
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On Friday October 31st, Wharton Women in Business (WWIB) will be hosting its 5th Annual Conference. The 2003 WWIB Conference will celebrate the accomplishments of women who are trailblazers in a variety of fields including Finance, Media and Entertainment, Global Consumer Product Retail, Non-Profit, Entrepreneurship, Marketing and Technology.
Students meet with gurus of value investing
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Yes, efficient market lovers, there are value investors at Wharton. And they enjoyed quite a treat by participating in the 2003 Omaha Trek earlier this month. For the forty second-year MBA students who participated, the climax of the 2003 Omaha Trek was the two-hour question-and-answer session with the greatest investor of all time, Mr.
Industry tycoon talks oil
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Will the US change the price of oil now that it controls the Iraqi oil supply? Are the OECD oil importing countries in conflict with the OPEC oil cartel about prices? How do you escape a prisoner's dilemma over the production of a commodity good? It was this set of questions that Nawaf Al-Sabah, manager of the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation USA, addressed when he spoke to Wharton students on Wednesday October 8th.
Lauder panel debates resiliency
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A panel hosted by the Lauder Institute on Thursday, October 2nd on the eve of the Institute's Board of Governors Meeting debated the resilience of the world economy to shocks such as war and pestilence. Entitled "SARS and the War in Iraq: What have we learned about the fragility of global economic integration?," the panel featured four distinguished members of the Lauder Institute's Board of Governors: Edgar Bronfman, Jr.
It's your MBA
WGA welcomes elected First Years, seeks ideas
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"Now your pictures that you left behind Are just memories of a different life - Some that made us laugh, some that made us cry, One that made you have to say goodbye..." -Jon Bon Jovi, sung to Vance Hall on the opening of JMHH One School I love the aspects of Wharton that other MBA programs just can't touch - Huntsman Hall's classroom technology, the breathtaking diversity and scale of student clubs and events, and the magnitude of Anjani Jain's vocabulary are just a few of our uniquely differentiating features.
It's your money
WGA announces new asst. treasurer, store mgr.
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WGA Assistant Treasurer I am happy to announce the election of Graham Balch WG'05 as the new WGA Assistant Treasurer. Graham will be working to streamline the WGA finances and make your money work harder for you. He will also be working with the WGA Cohort Treasurers and the First Year class to make sure your voice is heard.
Getting down with the Dean
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While Dean Harker would love to sit down for an hour or two with every Wharton student and shoot the breeze over a couple of tall frosty pints, he'd be too tipsy and tired to get much done. Cognizant of this reality and in the interest of our esteemed Dean's health and well-being, the Wharton Journal took the liberty of representing your stool at the bar alongside Dean Harker this past Wednesday morning.