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Mr. Z-Score says that GM and Ford are "On the Verge of Bankruptcy"

Ed Altman, the finance professor at NYU's Stern School of Business famed for creating the Z-Score bankruptcy predictor model that so many business school students and finance professionals have studied for decades, says that GM and Ford are in big trouble.  He told Bloomberg TV that his model indicates that "both are in very serious shape and the markets reflect that", and that the model shows that the two companies are "on the verge of bankruptcy"....

Private equity is sexy so MBA programs are dishing up more courses

The flood of LBO deals sponsored by private equity is having a direct impact on business schools, who in turn are offering more courses designed to attract and educate the next generation of private equity bsd's:

Amid the recent flurry of deals to take public companies private, M.B.A. programs are offering more intensive private-equity courses and strengthening their connections with buyout firms to help students land jobs. At the same time, schools are trying to lure junior employees of buyout shops to their M.B.A. programs to groom them for higher-level positions in private equity.

"Private equity is the sexy industry where the money is being made and where many of our applicants want to be," says Rose Martinelli, associate dean for student recruitment and admissions at the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business.

Stanford GSB Students behaving badly?

Did Stanford Graduate School of Business Students attending a formal charity function behave so badly that the party had to be shut down?  BankersBall shares an email from an alum that recounts some of the details from the event, held at a vineyard where the students were said to have acted abusively toward the bartenders -- even throwing things at them -- and were said to be stealing bottles of wine. 

Columbia Business School Fall 2006 Follies: Crocodile Hunter

A mockumentary spoof (& tribute to Steve Irwin) where the Croc Hunter visits a business school to track an environmentalist .  This was one of our favorites (4:10)

Columbia Business School Fall 2006 Follies: Pimp My Laptop

Columbia Business School Follies spoof of the MTV show "Pimp My Ride"   This was one of our favorites. (5:24) 

Columbia Business School Fall 2006 Follies: Confessions of Ethical Violators

It's Columbia Business School Follies time again!  Confessions of Ethical Violators  (3:34)

Columbia Business School Fall 2006 Follies: "Top 10 Lies We Tell Prospectives"

The Top 10 Lies they tell prospective Columbia Business School students  (2:46)

Columbia Business School Fall 2006 Follies: Superfly

Video about Professor Ralph Biggadike at Columbia Business School  (4:16)