Author Archives: Lauren Iacocca

With hectic class schedules, many college students find it hard to think of leisure time in the near future, let alone plan for the leisure they expect in roughly four decades: retirement. But Gabriel Leung, a fourth-year business economics and psychology student, is starting to look ahead to the days of relaxation that await him. […]

Correction Appended For UCLA students born and raised in now-booming information technology economies such as India and China, debates concerning outsourcing ““ the process of shipping jobs out of the country ““ strike close to the heart. Many of these students experience mixed emotions as they witness their homelands benefitting from a growing number of […]

For the patient investor, stocks offer potentially enormous returns. In 1981, $10,000 invested in the Dow Jones would have grown to about $150,000 of the same purchasing power today, assuming all dividends were reinvested. And had that $10,000 been invested in Microsoft, it would have skyrocketed to millions of dollars. So why doesn’t everyone invest […]

Gov. Schwarzenegger can breathe a sigh of relief with the passage of Proposition 57: the Economic Recovery Bond Act and Proposition 58: the California Balanced Budget Act. When he entered the political arena, one of the governor’s perceived strengths was that his Hollywood fame would allow him to look to the people for support. The […]

The U.S. dollar to euro exchange rate has been unfavorable for Americans for some time now, and the dollar’s relative value continues to decline. Last February, one U.S. dollar was worth .927 euro; now it is worth .788 euro. This is disappointing news for students who plan to study abroad in European Union countries. “As […]

Students can say “sayonara” to yet another Westwood business, as Circuit City, located on Gayley Avenue, leaves the Village this Sunday. Circuit City will do its best to offer its Westwood employees work at alternative locations, but this trend of business closures makes students concerned about local work options. “I always worry that maybe my […]

U.S. organic food sales for 2003 topped $13 billion, according to the Organic Trade Association ““ up from just under $1 billion in 1990. Fifty-four percent of Americans have tried organic foods, and 29 percent said they are now consuming more organic foods than in the past, reported a study sponsored by Whole Foods Market. […]