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EMBA AND CENTER FOR GLOBAL BUSINESS LEADERSHIP OPEN IN BUCKHEAD
 The Office of Executive Education and the Center for Global
Business Leadership have relocated to their new headquarters in the
heart of Atlanta’s Financial District at 200 Tower Place on Peachtree
Road in Buckhead.
The new facility, with easy access to Interstate 85, Georgia 400, and
Peachtree and Piedmont Roads, expands Robinson’s executive
education offerings while providing a more convenient location for
business executives who live and work in the Buckhead area.
The new facility houses two large-tiered classrooms, a flexible
classroom, four break-out rooms, two conference rooms, a student
lounge, and administrative offices. It also features state-of-theart
technology, including wireless internet access throughout and
the latest audio-video capture technology with multiple LCD
projection capabilities.
CENTER HOSTS NIGERIAN EXECUTIVES
The Center for Global Business Leadership hosted the Nigerian Leadership Institute, a
two-week leadership program held at the new Buckhead Executive Education Center.
Participants included more than 15 Nigerian business executives representing Yankari
Savings and Loans Ltd, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, This Day Newspapers,
and other businesses and government agencies.
In addition to center director, Jim Senn,
who organized the program, Robinson faculty members Wes Johnston, Debby Cannon,
David Bruce, Andy Sumner, and Pedro Carrillo participated in the program and made
presentations on topics ranging from the role of hospitality in airport operations to new
business opportunities in Africa.
WELCOME WAL-MART SHOPPERS
 Recently Wal-Mart Stores announced that it would begin to
sell prepaid Visa debit cards. The move follows that of other
retailers that want to reach consumers who buy mostly
with cash but who want the convenience of using “plastic.”
Robinson’s Associate Professor and Director of Graduate
Personal Financial Planning Programs Conrad Ciccotello told
the Associated Press that prepaid debit cards can be a boon
to low-income consumers who might otherwise be unable
to make such basic transactions as paying bills online. “In
today’s society that is more and more cashless, somebody
who doesn’t have access to cashless transaction vehicles is at
a disadvantage.”
LET’S MAKE A DEAL
In a deal that has rocked the media industry, Dow Jones
announced that it was ready to approve a $5 billion deal
that would give News Corp CEO Rupert Murdoch control
of the parent of the Wall Street Journal. The only thing
holding it up was the approval of the Bancroft family, which
controls 64 percent of the voting shares. In a USA Today
article, Robinson’s Finance Professor James Owers correctly
predicted, “They [the Bancroft family] will face immense
pressure and questions about fiduciary responsibility if they
turn it down. If the deal goes away, the stock price will sink
about $20. It would cause something of a furor should they
chase this offer away.”
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