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Investors have their ups and downs in the market, but when it comes to resolving disputes with Wall Street brokers, they seldom win, according to a critical study to be released next week. For years investors and their lawyers have complained the little guy doesnt get a fair shake from the arbitration system, blessed by the U.S. Supreme Court two decades ago, when pursuing complaints about faulty research, unauthorized trades and other claims against brokers. Next week Daniel Solin, a lawyer who represents investor cases against brokers, and Edward ONeal, an assistant finance professor at Wake Forest Universitys Babcock Graduate School of

Its not official, but the preliminary results of a recent study are showing what many in the industry have suspected for a while: that brokers have the upper hand in arbitrations versus investors. The 10-year study--which includes data from nearly 14,000 cases--was compiled by Daniel R. Solin, an attorney for investors who is also a registered investment advisor, and Edward S. ONeal, an assistant professor of finance at Wake Forest Universitys Babcock Graduate School of Management. The duo analyzed every client-versus-broker arbitration case that had been brought before either the New York Stock Exchange or the NASD from 1995 through

The Chambers Family Fund for Entrepreneurship at Wake Forest has awarded a $3,000 grant to Chaohao Hou, an MBA student at the Babcock Graduate School of Management, to help him launch a nanotech business. Hou, who has a background in chemical engineering and computers, is working with a colleague in Europe to develop nanomaterials blended with copper, gold and aluminum. We can improve conductivity by at least 10 times using a special electrical adhesive, Hou said. The result of this technology is that you could have a cell phone that is thinner and lighter with much better performance and vastly

The University of Colorado at Boulder Leeds School of Business MBA program has been ranked in the top 20 in two surveys released this week. The Aspen Institute has ranked the Leeds School 20th for social and environmental stewardship in its 2007-08 Beyond Grey Pinstripes rankings. The biennial global ranking evaluates business school efforts to prepare graduates for new business realities demanding social and environmental stewardship. Beyond Grey Pinstripes also ranked the Leeds School eighth among small schools with spring 2007 enrollments of less than 100 students. Entrepreneur magazine and the Princeton Review partnered in a survey of entrepreneurship programs

he recent cheating scandal involving students in Duke Universitys MBA program should serve as a clarion call for colleges and universities to wake up, smell the coffee and start emulating the ethics policies of the private sector, according to at least one expert who closely follows ethics-related issues. Yet, another ethics expert says the universitys response should serve as an example to colleges and corporations alike -- in that the institution publicized the infractions and its response to them, thereby reminding everyone that it takes violations of its honor code seriously. Both agree, however, that the episode illustrates the tendency

Fortune Small Business magazine reports that both the undergraduate and MBA programs offered by Indiana Universitys Kelley School of Business are among the top programs nationally for aspiring entrepreneurs. While Fortune Small Business did not rank the programs, Kelley was one of two schools that were singled out in presentations of the top four MBA and top five undergraduate programs in the magazines September issue. The report also is featured at CNNMoney.com. The magazine based its findings on interviews with hundreds of entrepreneurs, professors, students, alumni, university administrators and venture capitalists. More : newsinfo.iu.edu

Hong Kong team wins WFU elevator competition Students from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology took top honors in Wake Forest University's annual MBA Elevator Competition for their plan for a device that distinguishes between acute bacterial or viral infections. The Hong Kong team is the first international competitor to enter the seven-year-old event, during which budding entrepreneurs pitch their business ideas to judges in a two-minute elevator ride meant to simulate the need to be clear and concise when dealing with investors. A team from Wake Forest University also made the finals with its pitch for AudioFusion, which

They might be in competition over the top jobs in finance, but the students of the top three B-schools in the country have put their heads together to publish a magazine on the subject. The finance clubs of the Indian Institutes of Management at Ahmedabad, Bangalore and Calcutta are bringing out a pan-IIM magazine called Money Manager, with articles from B-schools across the country. A lack of avenues for students to publish their original ideas and research work has prompted the launch of the publication. Each of the IIMs has a magazine on finance but we wanted one with wider participation and

The masters in business administration program at Clemson University has been listed in Princeton Reviews Best 290 Business Schools. The universitys MBA program has a two-page profile in the guide, which outlines academics, admissions, financial aid, campus life and career information. Native South Carolinians will have a hard time beating the ratio of value to quality that theyll find at Clemson University, according to a story by Princeton Review editors. Palmetto State residents can earn a highly regarded business degree for a small fraction of what their peers elsewhere in the country spend. More : independentmail.com

Students entering Lancaster University Management School in October 2007 can look forward to joining a university showing many signs of robust financial health and soundness, and benefiting students in a number of ways. The Universitys financial health was confirmed in June 2007 when Standard & Poors raised its credit rating from A- to A. Lancaster is one of only a few UK universities to have a public credit rating. The new rating reflects its reputation for teaching and research, consistent overall student demand, and strong financial performance relative to its peers. Other indicators of Lancaster Universitys growing success are: More : lums.lancs.ac.uk

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