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Prof. Joel Hasbrouck on how high-speed trading is changing the stock market

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Excerpt from Voice of America -- "In normal circumstances, high-frequency traders act as market makers. That is, they stand by passively waiting to buy or sell from whoever comes into the market needing to trade. In that capacity, they actually help stabilize the market."  Additional coverage appeared in States News Service, Lincoln Tribune and Thai News Service.
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Prof. David Poltrack on Digital Video Recording (DVR) as a transitional technology

Excerpt from MediaPost -- "David Poltrack, Chief Research Officer at CBS, has said over the years that Digital Video Recording (DVR) is a transitional technology. I believe he's right ..."
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Prof. David Poltrack on the decline of US households with at least one TV

Excerpt from Variety -- "Kids who were normally in an apartment in (New York City) and counting as a new household were now staying home with ma and pa."
School News

The NYU Stern New Venture Business Competition is highlighted

Excerpt from States News Service -- "The Berkley Center of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at NYU's Stern School of Business: The NYU Stern New Venture Business Competition challenges aspiring entrepreneurs and those excited by the new venture creation process to take their ideas from concept to market."
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Prof. Roy Smith on John Mack and Oswald Gruebel's joint leadership of Credit Suisse Group

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Excerpt from The Wall Street Journal blog -- "'People who haven’t worked closely together in the past are asking for trouble,' warns Roy Smith, a professor of finance at New York University, about the joint-leadership structure."
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In an op-ed, Prof. Edward Altman says the ECB must focus on fixing the Italian economy

Excerpt from Outlook Profit -- "We should not underestimate hedge funds who see an opening in an attack on Italy."
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MBA student and Miss Massachusetts 1999 April Thibeault is featured

Excerpt from Bloomberg Businessweek -- "I've been operating my own public relations firm for the past nine years. I love my job. However, one auspicious night back in 2009, I realized that I wasn't reaching my full potential. I recognized the skills I was lacking and I knew an MBA would help me master them."
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Katie Shea (BS '09) and Susie Levitt (CAS, BA '10) on CitySlips, a business they started at Stern

Excerpt from Bloomberg Businessweek -- "After watching countless women walk home barefoot at the end of a long night in heels, New York University finance students Susie Levitt and Katie Shea started a company to make easily portable shoes. Working with contract designers and manufacturers in the U.S. and China, they created a pair of flats that fold up to fit into a pocket-sized zip pouch."
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Prof. Amir Malin is cited as a co-founder of Qualia Capital LLC, a private media investment fund

Excerpt from Indie Wire -- "Prior to Austin’s engagement with Indomitable, she was outside counsel to Qualia Capital LLC, the private media investment fund founded by Amir Malin and Ken Schapiro."
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Prof. Vasant Dhar discussed the "Impact of Technology in Business" at the University of Kashmir

Excerpt from Kashmir Images -- "Prof. Dhar a world renowned professor in the area of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Economy talked extensively on role of technology in developing digital models for predicting the financial markets."  Additional coverage appeared in Greater Kashmir and RisingKashmir.com.
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Prof. Edward Altman's Z-Score, a formula for predicting bankruptcy, is highlighted

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Excerpt from TheStreet.com -- "One way to test if a company poses any threat of filing for bankruptcy is through the Altman Z-Score, a formula developed by New York University professor Edward Altman in 1968."
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Member of the NYU Stern Executive Board and Prof. Richard Bernstein (MBA '87) is featured

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Excerpt from CNBC -- "Two of Wall Street's top strategists weigh in on the latest market moves, with Richard Bernstein, Richard Bernstein Advisors and Thomas Lee, JPMorgan."  Additional coverage appeared in a Wall Street Journal blog.
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Prof. Nouriel Roubini on the ECB's policy actions

Excerpt from Bloomberg -- "Some economists including Nouriel Roubini have accused the ECB of making a mistake by increasing rates at a time when spending cuts in debt-strapped nations and a cooling global economy are hampering growth."
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NYU Stern is cited for collaborating with the NYU Courant Institute's new Risk Economics Lab

Excerpt from Washington Square News -- "The Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences announced that it could open a new lab for socioeconomic, geopolitical and financial research as early as 2012."
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Undergraduate student Lindsay Kelbe on launching her fashion label, Lindsay Rose

Excerpt from Washington Square News -- "Kelbe, now a sophomore in the Stern School of Business, began experimenting with different fabrics and techniques, finally gathering her sketches for dresses, skirts and jewelry to launch a fashion show that donated proceeds to the American Cancer Society."
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Undergraduate student Alexandra Sorrentino on the Undergraduate Stern Women in Business organization

Excerpt from Washington Square News -- "Over the past three years the organization has built out [initiatives]" to serve women in the industry."
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Prof. Jonathan Haidt will participate in a discussion with Gordon Brown at NYU on September 21

Excerpt from States News Service -- "Former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown will lead a discussion at NYU on "How the Moral Mind Helps and Hinders Large-Scale Cooperation," the second lecture in NYU Dialogues on the Global Civil Society series."
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Prof. Scott Galloway's digital IQ ranking of luxury brands in China is featured

Excerpt from The Independent -- "Prestige 100: China IQ is a study conceived by New York University Stern Professor Scott Galloway along with Doug Guthrie, from GW's School of Business and China and a panel from the L2 digital innovation think tank."  Additional coverage appeared in Travel & Leisure Close-Up.
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Prof. Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh advises eliminating government housing subsides

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Excerpt from CNBC -- "Van Nieuwerburgh, who co-authored the book 'Guaranteed to Fail,' advocates gradually ending all government subsidies, including mortgage interest rate deductions and the wind down of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac."
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Prof. Scott Galloway discussed the blogosphere at Lucky Magazine's FABB Conference

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Excerpt from The Huffington Post -- "'Figure out how to turn my passion into a living. The blogosphere is very powerful & underpaid,' said Scott Galloway, an NYU Professor."
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Prof. Richard Sylla on Alexander Hamilton

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Excerpt from The Wall Street Journal -- "'Hamilton has a lot to contribute to today's discussion,' said Richard Sylla, the chairman of the Museum of American Finance and an economics professor at New York University who is working on a book about Hamilton's foresight."
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Post-Doctoral Scholar Moran Cerf on how our brains react to digital product placement

Excerpt from Slate.com -- "Our brains generally are a mechanism that is supposed to make sense of the world. ... Many times when we see something for the first time our brains kind of have a signal flag that says, 'this is the first time I'm seeing it and it doesn't make sense.'"
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Prof. Vicki Morwitz's research on consumer decisions and socioeconomic status is featured

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Excerpt from Science Daily -- "The authors discovered that under certain circumstances higher status consumers are more likely to emulate the choices of lower status people, a phenomenon called the 'low status user effect.'"  Additional coverage appeared on Eurekalert, UPI.com, TruthDive.com and Daily Mail.