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  Huntsman Business Intelligence Group Gains Valuable Experience Mining Big Data

  USU Jon M. Huntsman School of Business and Steve Eaton

  With the news that the National Security Agency has been sifting through massive amounts of phone data to try to thwart potential terrorist plots, more people are becoming aware of a term frequently being used in the IT industry – “big data.”

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  Huntsman Business Intelligence Group Gains Valuable Experience Mining Big Data

  USU Jon M. Huntsman School of Business and Steve Eaton

  With the news that the National Security Agency has been sifting through massive amounts of phone data to try to thwart potential terrorist plots, more people are becoming aware of a term frequently being used in the IT industry – “big data.”

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  Huntsman Professor's Research Sparks Discussions About "Organizational Virtue"

  USU Jon M. Huntsman School of Business and Steve Eaton

  A presidential candidate in the last election cycle took flack when he said: “Corporations are people, my friend.” And yet, a Huntsman professor is arguing that corporations can, in fact, behave just like people and his research is generating discussion in the academic management community.

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  Jay Price Retires After a 25-Year Second Career

  USU Jon M. Huntsman School of Business and Steve Eaton

  The “Price Is Right” coffee mug Jay Price used to keep on his desk is gone. His office is empty.

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  Logan Ranked Number One Small U.S. City for Technology and Business

  USU Jon M. Huntsman School of Business and Steve Eaton

  For the second year in a row, Logan was named as the best-performing small city in the country by the nonprofit Milken Institute. The prize is calling attention to the growing number of international high-tech firms attracted to Logan and Cache Valley.

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  Recent IRS Actions are Part of a Pattern, Says Huntsman Professor William F. Shughart II

  USU Jon M. Huntsman School of Business and Steve Eaton

  Professor William F. Shughart II, of the Huntsman School of Business, said the recently reported IRS action of auditing non-profit groups based on their political leanings is not new, but rather it is part of a historical pattern in which the federal agency’s practices have been influenced by political considerations.

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  School of Accountancy is Ranked 46th in the Nation by Public Accounting Report

  USU Jon M. Huntsman School of Business and Steve Eaton

  A publication widely read within the accounting profession, Public Accounting Report, has ranked the School of Accountancy at the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business in the top 50 among accounting schools nationwide.

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  Two Huntsman MIS Teams Make it to Finals in Global Competition

  USU Jon M. Huntsman School of Business and Steve Eaton

  Two teams of Huntsman students have made it to the finals of a systems information contest that drew 82 teams from some of the best universities in the world.

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  Two Huntsman Teams Take Top Honors at Walmart IT Summit

  USU Jon M. Huntsman School of Business and Steve Eaton

  Two teams from the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business recently placed first and second in an information systems competition in Bentonville, Ark., that pitted 82 teams from top universities around the world against each other, testing their IT skills and their ability to find innovative solutions.

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  USU "Sales Jedi" Enter State-Wide Competition and Leave With Top Prizes

  USU Jon M. Huntsman School of Business and Steve Eaton

  When the Utah State University students walked into the room for the competition, the judges had no idea they were dealing with Aggie "Sales Jedi."

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  Comcast Launches New X1 Service in Utah to Compete in Innovative Industry

  USU Jon M. Huntsman School of Business and Whitney Evans

  SALT LAKE CITY — Many Utahns received the latest Comcast technology Tuesday in what company executives hope will revolutionize the television experience.

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  Marketing Experts: Important Tips on Avoiding “Green Marketing Myopia”

  USU Jon M. Huntsman School of Business and Lowell F.

  Recently, I read a fascinating article on green marketing (Promoting the Value of Sustainably Minded Purchase Behaviors) by Professors Cathy Hartman and Edwin R. Stafford of the Center for the Market Diffusion of Renewable Energy and Clean Technology at Utah State University. The gist of the argument Stafford and Hartman are making is threefold.

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  Logan Metro Ranked No. 1 Small City for Technology, Business

  USU Jon M. Huntsman School of Business and Charles Geraci

  The Logan metropolitan area has — for the second straight year — been ranked No. 1 in the Milken Institute’s best-performing small cities list. A nonprofit, nonpartisan economic think tank, the institute notes that the 2012 results in general were driven by “better performance in short-term technology output and wage increases.”

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  Jon Schmidt of The Piano Guys Details His Road to 217 Million YouTube Views

  USU Jon M. Huntsman School of Business and Klydi Heywood

  The Piano Guys' videos have attracted more than 217 million views and 1.2 million YouTube subscribers. Jon Schmidt, the pianist for the group, said it all started by daring to do something that had never been done before.

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  Nathaly Ramirez Succeeds in the Classroom, Despite Disease

  USU Jon M. Huntsman School of Business and Klydi Heywood

  In October 2012, Nathaly, a Huntsman MBA student on scholarship from the Dominican Republic, was diagnosed with Lupus, an autoimmune disease where the immune system becomes hyperactive and attacks healthy tissues. But this hasn't slowed Nathaly down.

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  Peruvian Company Honored for Work Done with the SEED Program

  USU Jon M. Huntsman School of Business and Klydi Heywood

  For five years USU students have been teaming up with a Peruvian agricultural company to help entrepreneurs launch new ventures. The firm's successful work is not going unnoticed; in fact, the company has just received national recognition for the good it has accomplished.

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  Ryan Taylor is Driven by Big Goals

  USU Jon M. Huntsman School of Business and Klydi Heywood

  It would be easy to imagine the path to vocational success for Ryan Taylor as being clear and unobstructed. After all, his father owns multiple, successful Chevrolet dealerships.

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  Steve Gould Completes Five Internships in Two and a Half Years

  USU Jon M. Huntsman School of Business and Klydi Heywood

  Five. That’s how many internships Huntsman student Steve Gould has completed in the last two and a half years--in Houston, Spokane, St. George, and Cache Valley. He has interned in an oil pipeline company's investor relations department, in redesigning a tire factory's website, with the CFO of an expanding cancer care company, in marketing a software company's presentation program, and in the finance department of a high-end theater and home-automation company.

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  USU Athletics: Aggies Recognize 189 Student-Athletes at Annual Whitesides Luncheon

  USU Jon M. Huntsman School of Business and Doug Hoffman

  Utah State’s athletics department recognized 189 student-athletes for achieving a 3.2 grade point average at the 20th annual Joe E. and Elma Whitesides Scholar-Athlete Luncheon on Tuesday. To be eligible for the honor, student-athletes must have a cumulative 3.2 grade point average or have posted a 3.2 GPA during the last two semesters.

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  Entrepreneur Leadership Series is Hosting Weekly Speakers

  USU Jon M. Huntsman School of Business and Allie Jeppson

  Many people dream of launching their own business. Getting a new venture off the ground, however, is not easy.

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  Ethics Bowl Competition Tests Students As They Wrestle With Troubling Issues

  USU Jon M. Huntsman School of Business and Allie Jeppson

  It’s not often that most people have the opportunity to argue with each other in front of a crowd of people and a panel of judges, but on Feb. 21, students from across the USU campus did just that.

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  Huntsman Club, Beta Alpha Psi, Wins Two First-Prize Awards at Deloitte Best Practices Competition

  USU Jon M. Huntsman School of Business and Allie Jeppson

  Huntsman students and officers of the accounting club Beta Alpha Psi recently traveled to Denver, Colo., to attend a Deloitte Best Practices competition and took first place in two out of three categories. They competed against teams from Brigham Young University, the University of Utah, the University of Denver, and other schools from six states in the Rocky Mountain Region.

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  Huntsman Club, Beta Alpha Psi, Wins Two First-Prize Awards at Deloitte Best Practices Competition

  USU Jon M. Huntsman School of Business and Allie Jeppson

  Huntsman students and officers of the accounting club Beta Alpha Psi recently traveled to Denver, Colo., to attend a Deloitte Best Practices competition and took first place in two out of three categories. They competed against teams from Brigham Young University, the University of Utah, the University of Denver, and other schools from six states in the Rocky Mountain Region.

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  Huntsman Graduate, Jordan Phillips, Gets Education at USU and Iraq

  USU Jon M. Huntsman School of Business and Allie Jeppson

  Before attending Utah State University, recent Huntsman graduate Jordan Phillips gained a less formal education —one that involved Howitzer guns, a journey to Iraq, and proved to be every bit as valuable as his business administration degree.

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  Huntsman Graduate, Jordan Phillips, Gets Education at USU and Iraq

  USU Jon M. Huntsman School of Business and Allie Jeppson

  Before attending Utah State University, recent Huntsman graduate Jordan Phillips gained a less formal education —one that involved Howitzer guns, a journey to Iraq, and proved to be every bit as valuable as his business administration degree.