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Malaysian Reserve
9 hours ago
- Business
- Malaysian Reserve
UT Haslam in Top Five Among U.S. Public Schools in Major International Ranking for Ninth Year
Haslam holds the No. 5 place among U.S. public institutions in The Financial Times' 2025 Custom Executive Education Ranking. KNOXVILLE, Tenn., June 2, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — In The Financial Times' 2025 Custom Executive Education Ranking released today, the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Haslam College of Business placed No. 5 among U.S. public institutions. Marking nine years of excellence, Haslam's custom executive education programs continue to rank in the top five among U.S. public institutions. Haslam ranked No. 7 among all public and private U.S. schools, and No. 53 among all business schools worldwide. In the rankings' growth subcategory, Haslam rose above all other U.S. public universities, ranking No. 1 for the second consecutive year. Focused on Students, Delivering Value Amy Cathey, Haslam's associate dean for graduate and executive education and interim vice provost and dean of the UT Graduate School, described the rankings as a testament to the college's ability to deliver timely and impactful executive education through impactful and rigorous academic experiences. 'Our faculty and staff make every effort to provide our students with the most current and relevant experiential learning possible,' she said. 'The expertise they acquire in these programs equip them to deliver significant value to their organizations. We are mindful that the business professionals who choose to augment their skills with Haslam have busy career demands, and we strive to accommodate their schedules by meeting them where they are with many programming options.' Haslam offers a full portfolio of customized executive education programs, open enrollment short courses, multiple MBA programs and several specialty masters' programs. About the Financial Times' Custom Executive Education Ranking The Financial Times' Custom Executive Education Ranking is widely acknowledged as an authoritative source, respected for the thoroughness and balance of its methodology. The rankings are derived from a client survey and a school survey and consider many factors. These elements include the quality of instruction, flexibility of program design, relevance to the workplace of new skills learned, follow up with students and several other data points. A total of 101 institutions from around the globe were included.
Web Release
18 hours ago
- Business
- Web Release
Dubai Retains Global Top Spot for attracting Greenfield FDI Projects in cultural and creative industries in 2024
(Dubai Culture) Dubai has maintained its first place as the world's leading destination for greenfield foreign direct investment (FDI) in the cultural and creative industries (CCI), topping the Financial Times' fDi Markets ranking for the third consecutive year. The 2024 report, which assessed 233 cities under the 'Creative Industries Cluster' classification, placed Dubai ahead of global hubs such as London and Singapore. During the year, the emirate attracted 971 CCI projects—an 8% increase from 2023—bringing in AED 18.86 billion in capital inflows, up nearly 60% from 2023, and generating 23,517 new jobs, a 9% year-on-year rise. All major CCI subsectors saw stronger performance, with notable growth in advertising and PR, film and media production, gaming, education, and advanced software design. According to the Dubai FDI Monitor, greenfield, wholly-owned ventures made up 76.5% of all projects, while new forms of investment represented 15.4%, reinvestment 5.6%, and mergers & acquisitions (2.4%). Data from the Dubai FDI Monitor and the Dubai Framework for Cultural Statistics show that the United States accounted for the largest share of capital inflows in 2024, at 23.2%, followed by India (13.4%), the United Kingdom (9.4%), Switzerland (7.6%), and Saudi Arabia (4.8%). India led in both the number of projects (18.8%) and jobs (18.5%), while the UK, US, Germany, Italy, and France also featured prominently across both metrics. Investor confidence continues to be driven by Dubai's pro-business reforms, including Executive Council Resolution 11 of 2025, which enables free zone businesses to operate onshore, expanding commercial flexibility. The city's Zero Government Bureaucracy programme is also reducing red tape across more than 2,000 federal procedures. Combined with strong intellectual property protections and advanced digital infrastructure, these initiatives have helped establish a regulatory framework marked by efficiency, transparency, and ease of doing business. Insights from the 'Creative Dubai: Navigating Tomorrow's Creative Landscape' report illustrate how this ecosystem is scaling with demand, pinpointing investment opportunity hotspots in design, immersive media and AI-driven production. Dubai continues to offer investors access to top-tier talent, competitive setup costs, and strategic connectivity. The 2024 FDI results underscore the city's rise as a global hub for innovation and one of the world's most attractive environments for creative enterprise.
Business Upturn
19 hours ago
- Business
- Business Upturn
Dubai Retains Global Top Spot for Attracting Greenfield FDI Projects in Cultural and Creative Industries in 2024
Dubai, United Arab Emirates: (Dubai Culture) Dubai has maintained its first place as the world's leading destination for greenfield foreign direct investment (FDI) in the cultural and creative industries (CCI), topping the Financial Times' fDi Markets ranking for the third consecutive year. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: Results of Foreign Direct Investment in Cultural and Creative Industries for the Year 2024 (Infographic: AETOSWire) The 2024 report, which assessed 233 cities under the 'Creative Industries Cluster' classification, placed Dubai ahead of global hubs such as London and Singapore. During the year, the emirate attracted 971 CCI projects—an 8% increase from 2023—bringing in AED 18.86 billion in capital inflows, up nearly 60% from 2023, and generating 23,517 new jobs, a 9% year-on-year rise. All major CCI subsectors saw stronger performance, with notable growth in advertising and PR, film and media production, gaming, education, and advanced software design. According to the Dubai FDI Monitor, greenfield, wholly-owned ventures made up 76.5% of all projects, while new forms of investment represented 15.4%, reinvestment 5.6%, and mergers & acquisitions (2.4%). Data from the Dubai FDI Monitor and the Dubai Framework for Cultural Statistics show that the United States accounted for the largest share of capital inflows in 2024, at 23.2%, followed by India (13.4%), the United Kingdom (9.4%), Switzerland (7.6%), and Saudi Arabia (4.8%). India led in both the number of projects (18.8%) and jobs (18.5%), while the UK, US, Germany, Italy, and France also featured prominently across both metrics. Investor confidence continues to be driven by Dubai's pro-business reforms, including Executive Council Resolution 11 of 2025, which enables free zone businesses to operate onshore, expanding commercial flexibility. The city's Zero Government Bureaucracy programme is also reducing red tape across more than 2,000 federal procedures. Combined with strong intellectual property protections and advanced digital infrastructure, these initiatives have helped establish a regulatory framework marked by efficiency, transparency, and ease of doing business. Insights from the 'Creative Dubai: Navigating Tomorrow's Creative Landscape' report illustrate how this ecosystem is scaling with demand, pinpointing investment opportunity hotspots in design, immersive media and AI-driven production. Dubai continues to offer investors access to top-tier talent, competitive setup costs, and strategic connectivity. The 2024 FDI results underscore the city's rise as a global hub for innovation and one of the world's most attractive environments for creative enterprise. *Source: AETOSWire View source version on Disclaimer: The above press release comes to you under an arrangement with Business Wire. Business Upturn takes no editorial responsibility for the same.
Global News
3 days ago
- Business
- Global News
Trump lashes out at claim he's a ‘chicken' when it comes to trade
U.S. President Donald Trump may be many things, but he wants the world to know he's no 'chicken' when it comes to fiscal policy, despite what appears to be a tendency to recoil in the face of resistance from economic partners and foes — a behaviour financial analysts have coined 'TACO' trade. The president's propensity to threaten and then momentarily impose outrageous import taxes on U.S. trade partners, only to retreat when met with retaliation, paved the way for the acronym created by the Financial Times' Robert Armstrong. It stands for 'Trump Always Chickens Out,' and has come to encapsulate what Trump says is a legitimate form of negotiation. Under conditions created by his erratic manoeuvres, markets tend to sell off when a new tariff threat emerges and then recover after the president backs down. Story continues below advertisement When asked about the unfavourable phrase during a press conference in the Oval Office on Wednesday, the president appeared offended and rejected the notion that he has made a habit of backing out of deals. Get breaking National news For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen. Sign up for breaking National newsletter Sign Up By providing your email address, you have read and agree to Global News' Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy 'You call that chickening out?' Trump said. 'It's called negotiation.' The author of The Art of the Deal added that he sets a 'ridiculous high number and I go down a little bit, you know, a little bit,' doubling down on his position that it's an effective bargaining strategy. 'Six months ago, this country was stone-cold dead, we had a dead country, we had a country that people didn't think was going to survive, and you ask a nasty question like that,' he added. Trump defended his decision to raise tariffs on China to 145 per cent, only to reduce them to 30 per cent for 90 days during negotiations. Similarly, last week, he threatened to impose 50 per cent levies on goods from the European Union as of June — but swiftly delayed the start date until July 9 for negotiations, while the 10 per cent continues. Trump claims that the EU would not be negotiating if not for his threat of high tariffs. Similar debacles unfurled over electronics and the universal tariffs that Trump announced on April 2, which were based partially on individual trade deficits with other countries. Story continues below advertisement View image in full screen President Donald Trump speaks during an event to announce new tariffs in the Rose Garden at the White House on April 2, 2025, in Washington. Mark Schiefelbein/ Getty Images His see-sawing antics caused chaos in global stock markets, which have been forced to weather drastically fluctuating conditions. Trump claims that his global economic policy has created US$14 trillion in new investments in the U.S., a figure that appears to be inflated and is not sufficiently supported by official data. 'We have $14 trillion now invested … when Biden didn't have practically anything, Biden,' the president said. 'This country was dying, you know, we have the hottest country of anywhere in the world, I went to Saudi Arabia, the king told me,' the President concluded. As of Wednesday afternoon, the S&P 500 stock index was up slightly so far this year. But it was down as much as 15 per cent year over year, a reflection of the volatility that Trump's changing policies have created. Story continues below advertisement — With files from The Associated Press
Time of India
5 days ago
- Business
- Time of India
Trump Responds To ‘TACO Trade' Jab & 'Trump Always Chickens Out' Acronym In High-Drama WH Presser
/ May 29, 2025, 01:20PM IST Wall Street traders have dubbed President Donald Trump's tariff policy the 'TACO Trade,' meaning 'Trump Always Chickens Out.' Coined by Financial Times' Robert Armstrong, this term describes how markets crash on Trump's tariff threats but quickly recover once he softens or reverses them. Traders and analysts criticize his inconsistent approach as causing economic uncertainty and dubbed it 'tariff theatre.' When asked about the nickname, Trump angrily lashed out at reporters. His shifting tariffs have targeted China, the EU, Mexico, Canada, steel, and autos, making 'TACO Trade' a popular phrase among investors tracking his unpredictable trade moves.
