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News Briefs
MBA Students Win Fisher Invitational Case Competition
 For the first time in its 20-year history, a Tippie MBA student team took home the top prize in this annual competition in Columbus, Ohio (formerly the Big Ten Case Competition).
Romney Most Probable GOP Nominee on IEM Since September 2011
 According to the IEM, Mitt Romney has been the frontrunner for the Republication nomination since Sept. 11, 2011.
Marketing Students Help Iowa City Company Expand to the Web
 A team of University of Iowa marketing students is helping a 19th-century Iowa City business expand its market using 21th-century technology.
Students Help Yellowstone Association Gain Edge in Competitive Tour Market
 A nonprofit group that runs educational tours in Yellowstone National Park worked with a group of UI marketing students to improve its share of visitors to the park.
Fifth Tippie Build Home Dedicated
 This year's Iowa Valley Habitat for Humanity dedication brought together the Tippie community with new homeowners, Mahamadou Traore and Aissata Diallo and their three daughters.
Investors Put Their Faith in Finance
 A new study by a University of Iowa researcher Amrita Nain suggests that investors put more faith in venture capitalists and other private financial firms than they do in corporations when it comes to evaluating mergers and acquisitions.
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Tippie Student Team Among Winners of Pappajohn New Venture Business Plan Competition
 Ross Johnson, Aidan Murphy, and Anith Mathai won $5,000 for their business, Mazira, a cloud-based web service with a search engine for storing and searching massive amounts of data and documents.
Student Designs Earth Day T-shirt While Serving in Afghanistan
 A UI student now deployed to Afghanistan with the Air National Guard is helping to save the planet while serving his country.
MIS Students Win 2012 Student Innovation Award
 Steven Ausman and Fredrick Galoso received the award at the Technology Association of Iowa's 2012 Prometheus Awards dinner.
Tippie in the News
Duplicate Regulation Drives Up Commercial Premiums
(Insurance Journal, May 8)
 According to new research, buyers of commercial liability insurance pay as much as 31 percent more in insurer compliance costs if their insurance company has to comply with regulations from multiple states.
Youth's Business Ideas Could Win Cash
(Des Moines Register, May 3)
 A business competition will showcase high school entrepreneurs and reward the best of them with some cash.
Tech Startups Say Iowa Offers Perfect Environment
(Iowa City Press-Citizen, April 23)
 University of Iowa students Fredrick Galoso and Stephen Ausman knew they wanted to start their own business, and when they couldn't find a web hosting service they thought would be useful to support their new venture, they decided to build their own.
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