Richard M. Bracken, president and COO of HCA, the world's largest private operator of health care facilities, highlights a wide-ranging lineup of speakers scheduled to present at the 29th annual Tulane Business Forum.

The Freeman School jumped five spots to No. 43 in the latest U.S. News & World Report ranking of undergraduate business programs. The ranking appeared in the magazine's Sept. 1, 2008, issue.

America's energy policy took center stage at a special congressional debate hosted by the Freeman School's Entergy-Tulane Energy Institute, but despite the organizers' goal of fostering a constructive dialog between parties, the participants in large part stuck to familiar partisan scripts.

Innovators take note: If you're thinking of launching a revolutionary new product, plan a two-phased marketing strategy that first emphasizes the product's benefits and later focuses on the practical aspects of using it.

With oil prices hovering around $120 a barrel, it doesn't take much imagination to guess what the hot ticket was at this year's Burkenroad Reports Investment Conference.