Business News
Research: Tax-increment financing debate needs new approach
Published Date:February 9, 2012
Robert Bruno, a professor of labor and employment relations, says a tax-increment finance program that can equally serve to bolster both the city of Chicagos economic development and the needs of public school children is not likely to arise from the current approach to the issue.
Published Date: February 9, 2012
Jon S. Davis appointed head of accountancy
Published Date:February 8, 2012
Jon S. Davis has been appointed head of the department of accountancy and the R.C. Evans Endowed Chair in Business at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, pending approval by the U. of I. Board of Trustees.
Published Date: February 8, 2012
Study: Quebec ban on fast-food ads reduced consumption of junk food
Published Date:January 19, 2012
An outright ban on junk food advertising aimed at children would be more effective than the current industry-led ban, according to research by University of Illinois economist Kathy Baylis.
Published Date: January 19, 2012
Family debt hurts children's chances for success in college, study says
Published Date:January 9, 2012
Families that have high amounts of unsecured debt, such as outstanding credit card balances and payday loans, diminish their childrens prospects of attending or graduating from college, according to a new study by social work professors Min Zhan at the University of Illinois and Michael Sherraden, the founder of the Center for Social Development at Washington University in St. Louis.
Published Date: January 9, 2012
Expert: Mandate 'FEMA premiums' for disaster-prone areas
Published Date:December 6, 2011
Tatyana Deryugina, a lecturer of finance in the College of Business, says one way to limit the amount of money the federal government doles out to repair damage would be to mandate disaster-prone areas pay "FEMA premiums."
Published Date: December 6, 2011
