“The truth is the economy is doing much better than you think it is,” Peter Ricchiuti, a business professor at Tulane University, told members of the Gulf Coast Business Council at the annual economic outlook last week at the Beau Rivage Resort & Casino.

In 1975, while in graduate school at Tulane University, Bud Brimberg had to come up with a project for a business class.

Greg R. Oldham is a professor emeritus at Tulane University.

Tulane University announced a new sustainability concentration area in revamping its own curriculum to focus on tech and data, BestColleges previously reported

But even as technology evolves, experienced accountants are needed for analytics, problem-solving, interpretation, and communication, says Christine Smith, senior professor of practice in the accounting department at Tulane University’s A.B. Freeman School of Business.

The Ceres team won $10,000 in cash and up to $10,000 in marketing support from Amazon Launchpad, according to a report from Tulane University, where Simmerman is getting his MBA.

“It’s just kind of a sad way for it to end because it was such a great company for Baton Rouge and Louisiana,” said Peter Ricchiuti, a Tulane University finance professor who tracks Louisiana’s publicly traded companies.

The government usually arranges a sale of a failed bank over the weekend, so it can open for business as usual on Monday, said Amanda Heitz, an assistant professor of finance at Tulane University.

Tulane University recently announced a revamped MBA curriculum with a focus on data-driven decision-making and experiential learning.

“People tend to glump these banks all in together,” said Peter Ricchiuti, a finance professor at Tulane University who tracks regional stocks across the South through the university's Burkenroad Reports.