Global MBA Rankings 2012

Rank	School name	Country	Salary (US$)
1	Stanford Graduate School of Business	US	192179
2	Harvard Business School	US	178249
3	University of Pennsylvania: Wharton	US	172353
4	London Business School	UK	152981
5	Columbia Business School	US	166497
6	Insead	France / Singapore	144355
7	MIT: Sloan	US	157337
8	IE Business School	Spain	156658
9	Iese Business School	Spain	133888
10	Hong Kong UST Business School	China	127600
11	Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad	India	175076
12	University of Chicago: Booth	US	152585
13	IMD	Switzerland	144045
14	University of California at Berkeley: Haas	US	146811
15	Duke University: Fuqua	US	139405
16	Northwestern University: Kellogg	US	145834
17	New York University: Stern	US	134093
18	HEC Paris	France	121061
19	Dartmouth College: Tuck	US	151182
20	Indian School of Business	India	129512
20	Yale School of Management	US	142455
20	University of Oxford: Saïd	UK	134805
23	National University of Singapore Business School	Singapore	97625
24	Ceibs	China	123058
24	Cornell University: Johnson	US	141727
26	University of Cambridge: Judge	UK	132758
27	Warwick Business School	UK	118151
28	CUHK Business School	China	100408
29	University of Michigan: Ross	US	129649
30	Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University	Netherlands	103628
31	Manchester Business School	UK	117016
32	UCLA: Anderson	US	136331
33	Esade Business School	Spain	114988
34	Nanyang Business School	Singapore	102350
35	Carnegie Mellon: Tepper	US	132325
36	Cranfield School of Management	UK	125196
37	University of Hong Kong	China	106720
38	University of Virginia: Darden	US	134936
38	City University: Cass	UK	111552
40	Emory University: Goizueta	US	124832
41	Australian School of Business (AGSM)	Australia	118943
42	SDA Bocconi	Italy	102854
43	Georgetown University: McDonough	US	123290
44	University of Toronto: Rotman	Canada	94255
45	Rice University: Jones	US	118617
46	Imperial College Business School	UK	104619
46	Melbourne Business School	Australia	110701
46	Indiana University: Kelley	US	113217
49	Pennsylvania State University: Smeal	US	109114
49	University of Rochester: Simon	US	112992
51	Coppead	Brazil	110103
51	Texas A & M University: Mays	US	108606
51	University of Texas at Austin: McCombs	US	121170
54	Peking University: Guanghua	China	79914
54	University of Cape Town GSB	South Africa	141490
56	University of North Carolina: Kenan-Flagler	US	118959
57	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	US	105726
58	University of Maryland: Smith	US	109375
59	York University: Schulich	Canada	88283
59	Purdue University: Krannert	US	103304
61	Washington University: Olin	US	106668
61	Vanderbilt University: Owen	US	114265
61	University of Southern California: Marshall	US	121060
61	McGill University: Desautels	Canada	89623
65	Hult International Business School	US / UK / UAE / China	100631
66	Sungkyunkwan University SKK GSB	South Korea	100779
66	Ohio State University: Fisher	US	105426
68	University of Western Ontario: Ivey	Canada	100738
69	Boston College: Carroll	US	109440
70	Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School	Belgium	94661
71	Lancaster University Management School	UK	97124
72	University of Minnesota: Carlson	US	108994
73	University of Washington: Foster	US	109088
74	Georgia Institute of Technology: Scheller	US	110118
74	Wisconsin School of Business	US	108990
76	Incae Business School	Costa Rica	84411
77	Michigan State University: Broad	US	98784
77	Boston University School of Management	US	106762
79	George Washington University	US	104814
80	Wake Forest University: Babcock	US	108737
81	University of California at Irvine: Merage	US	99333
82	University of British Columbia: Sauder	Canada	80898
83	University of Pittsburgh: Katz	US	88783
83	University of Edinburgh Business School	UK	97733
85	University of Notre Dame: Mendoza	US	106171
86	Northeastern University	US	93824
86	Birmingham Business School	UK	87274
86	University College Dublin: Smurfit	Ireland	102026
89	Thunderbird School of Global Management	US	100803
90	University of Iowa: Tippie	US	92978
91	Aston Business School	UK	83286
91	S P Jain School of Global Management	Dubai / Singapore	79809
93	University of St Gallen	Switzerland	91106
94	Durham Business School	UK	91718
95	University of South Carolina: Moore	US	93053
95	Ipade	Mexico	90900
95	Bradford University School of Management	UK	87228
98	Brigham Young University: Marriott	US	101189
98	SMU: Cox	US	101286
100	Babson College: Olin	US	106506

Source: http://universityreport.net 

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The new tablet line, named Surface, includes a consumer device aimed directly at the Apple iPad, and another, larger machine designed to compete with lightweight laptops. Both include a keyboard that doubles as a cover, and both will be powered by versions of the new Windows 8 operating system.

The move breaks with Microsoft's operating model of the past 37 years, which has relied on computer manufacturers to make and market machines running Windows. It could throw the world's largest software company into direct competition with its closest hardware partners such as Samsung Electronics Co Ltd and Hewlett-Packard Co.

However, the success of Apple in recent years has underscored the benefits of an integrated approach to hardware and software, and Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer said on Monday that the company "didn't want to leave anything uncovered" as it rolled out Windows 8.

The new software is the biggest overhaul of Windows in years, and features a new touch-friendly interface dubbed "Metro." It is scheduled to be available for the Christmas shopping season.

The lighter, thinner version of the Surface tablet, built on an Nvidia Corp chip designed by ARM Holdings, will be the first to market at the same time as the general release of Windows 8, and will feature Microsoft's popular Office suite of applications.

It is comparable to Apple's new iPad, heavier but slightly thinner. It has a 10.6in screen and comes in 32GB and 64GB memory sizes.

A second, heavier tablet aimed at the new generation of lightweight laptops called "ultrabooks", running on traditional Intel Corp chips, will come in 64GB and 128GB models. That will be available about three months after the ARM version, Microsoft said.

The company gave no details on pricing, except that they would be competitive with comparable ARM tablets and Intel-powered Ultrabooks. They will be on sale online and in Microsoft's new brick-and-mortar stores in the United States.

Microsoft shares rose 0.8% in after-hours trading, making up for a 0.6% drop to US$29.84 (RM89.52) in the regular Nasdaq session.

Industry watchers were generally impressed by the devices' specifications, but doubted they were a sure-fire hit.

"I don't see this as an iPad killer, but it has a lot of potential," said Sarah Rotman Epps, an analyst at tech research firm Forrester. "This raises more questions than answers. The story that Microsoft told today was incomplete. They focused on the hardware innovation but didn't talk about the services, the unique Microsoft assets that could make this product amazing."

Contrary to expectations, Microsoft made no mention of integrating content and features from its top-selling Xbox game console, the Skype video calling service it bought last year, or Barnes & Noble's Nook e-reader, its new partner in the electronic books market.

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