{"id":4697,"date":"2011-02-18T17:11:05","date_gmt":"2011-02-18T21:11:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/?p=4697"},"modified":"2013-02-05T11:13:17","modified_gmt":"2013-02-05T15:13:17","slug":"business-students-faculty-to-attend-international-trading-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2011\/02\/business-students-faculty-to-attend-international-trading-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Business students, faculty to attend international trading conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Business students and faculty will put their financial trading skills to the test when they travel to Toronto, Canada on February 17<sup>th<\/sup> through the 20<sup>th<\/sup> for the annual Rotman International Trading Competition (RITC).<!--more--><\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2011\/02\/Toronto-Team.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"520\" data-attachment-id=\"4711\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2011\/02\/business-students-faculty-to-attend-international-trading-conference\/toronto-team\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2011\/02\/Toronto-Team.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1280,651\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot SD1400 IS&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1297582125&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.04&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Toronto Team\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Business students attending the RITC&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2011\/02\/Toronto-Team-1024x520.jpg\" class=\"size-large 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