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The third Annual Columbia Business School Real Estate Symposium was a success, with more than 150 alumni representing classes from 1961-2010 in attendance. The day proved to be a great opportunity for the exchange of information, the discussion of deals (past, present, and future), and the building of both professional and personal connections.

The rich are anxious these days with the possible expiration of the Bush-era tax cuts. Banks and private-wealth-management companies are responding by offering seminars and financial boot camps to ease the worries of the super-wealthy.

Professors Eric Johnson and Elke Weber's research on the impact of labels triggering cognitive and emotional processes underlying decision making was mentioned in Crain's Insider.

Professor Donna M. Hitscherich has been appointed as director of the Private Equity Program.

An exciting new Engineering program in conjunction with Columbia Business School. Applications are currently being accepted for Fall 2011.

A proposal coauthored by Paul Calello '87, head of Credit Suisse's investment bank, to recapitalize failing banks with shareholders' and creditors' money is gaining momentum in Europe.

Samuel Palmisano, chairman and CEO of the IBM Corporation, is the inaugural recipient of the Deming Cup, which recognizes a business practitioner who demonstrates and promotes excellence in operations.

For the third year in a row, Columbia MBA students captured a first-place award in the case study category of the Turnaround Management Association's Carl Marks Student Paper Competition.