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Professor Richard Sylla on the value of credit ratings agencies, such as S&P.

Students, alumni and faculty from across the University will have an opportunity to learn about Stern's 13th Annual New Venture Competition and Ninth Annual Social Venture Competition, as well as NYU's Second Annual Technology Venture Competition. Attendees will also hear from previous winners and past judges.

Excerpt from Bloomberg TV -- "The reason why there's such compensation of CEOs and it's so exorbitant, is they are so incredibly important in terms of the right guy or gal, and having stability at the top."  Additional coverage appeared on Bloomberg.

Excerpt from Project-Syndicate -- "As the American economy continues to sputter three years after the global financial crisis erupted, one thing has become clear: the United States cannot generate higher rates of growth in GDP and employment without a change in the mix of the economy’s domestic and export-oriented components." Additional coverage appeared in China Daily, Global Public Square, Sunday's Zaman, Joins.com, The Independent and The Daily News Egypt.

Excerpt from American Enterprise Institute -- "'My own profession, economics, has not distinguished itself in recent decades,' Henry Kaufman sadly wrote."

Excerpt from The Harbus -- "In the third-place match, HBS faced the tournament organizers, NYU Stern."

Excerpt from The Huffington Post -- "According to Jonathan Haidt's 'The Happiness Hypothesis,' 'When husbands and wives estimate the percentage of housework each does, their estimates total more than 120 percent.'"  Additional coverage appeared on HometownAnnapolis.com and Jewish Journal.

Excerpt from Variety -- "CBS research guru David Poltrack keeps trying to find novel ways to change the conversation about ratings and demographics."

In an interview, Professor Thomas Pugel discusses the economy.

Excerpt from USA Today -- "In her book, The 11 Laws of Likability, Lederman outlines some ways to bolster your self-image and help you project an authentic image that will attract others and help lead you to the success you desire."

Excerpt from Washington Square News -- "If the idea takes off, it will be pretty easy for competitors to replicate the business model. In fact, Amazon has been thinking about a similar idea using 7-11 stores."

Excerpt from SYS-CON -- "Watch the interview below with Scott Galloway, a thought leader in consumer trends and digital innovation (he's with L2 Think Tank), as he explains the implications of bifurcation."

Excerpt from Bloomberg -- "New York University economist Nouriel Roubini said at a forum in Shanghai on July 26 that chances of a 'hard landing' in China will increase after 2013 as the nation grapples with a rising debt burden."

Excerpt from American Thinker -- "Yet it is generally recognized today that by pursuing these policies FDR prolonged the Great Depression by another 5-7 years. (See Amity Shlaes: 'The Forgotten Man.')"

Excerpt from Bloomberg -- "Nouriel Roubini, co-founder and chairman of Roubini Global Economics LLC, and Absa Group Ltd. Chief Executive Officer Maria Ramos are due to speak at a leadership summit hosted by Discovery Holdings Ltd."

Excerpt from US News & World Report -- " ... most freshmen have at least a basic idea of what they want to study when they enroll in one of NYU's 10 undergraduate colleges, schools, or programs. Each of these, from the Leonard N. Stern School of Business to the Tisch School of the Arts, offers a unique academic experience."

Excerpt from Financial Times -- "Nouriel Roubini of the Stern School, New York University, has argued in the Financial Times this week that Greece should both default and exit."  Additional coverage appeared in two CNBC pieces, The Wall Street Journal, BBC, Financial Post, Reuters blog, NPR, Business Spectator, Bloomberg, Bloomberg Businessweek and a TIME blog.

Excerpt from DNAinfo -- "Plans by architect David Helpern, who designed the SoHo Grand Hotel and NYU's Stern School of Business, call for four single-family townhouses of five stories each, Community Board 2 land use chair Sean Sweeney said."

Excerpt from The Moderate Voice -- "In the Wall Street Journal survey, if you look at the extreme outcomes, either extremely bad outcomes or extremely good outcomes, you see that those people who correctly predicted either extremely good or extremely bad outcomes, they’re likely to have overall lower level of accuracy."

Excerpt from MIT Technology Review -- "Another important discovery Ipeirotis made is that there is a significant disparity between what people talk about in reviews and what actually moves product."

Excerpt from CNBC -- "I think the politics are such that the Fed is basically hog tied. 'Operation Twist' is not new stimulus. It's carrying on. What the Fed is trying to do is flatten the curve so they bring longer term rates down."  Additional coverage appeared in Business Day.

Excerpt from Rapid City Journal -- "'A crisis is a terrible thing to waste,' according to the famous quote by Stanford economist Paul Romer, pointing out that in a contentious democracy such as ours, competing interests suspend their differences only when they have to confront a common threat." Additional coverage appeared on DAWN.com and Business Insider.

Excerpt from Globalresearch.ca -- " ... the title of Akerlof and Romer’s article says it all, 'Looting: The Economic Underworld of Bankruptcy for Profit.' The firm fails but the executives walk away rich."

Excerpt from Bloomberg -- "Republicans can't stop talking about the vaccine for human papilloma virus. Governor Rick Perry of Texas, a presidential candidate, is under fire for having issued an executive order in 2007 that allowed his health commissioner to mandate inoculation against the virus for girls entering sixth grade."  Additional coverage appeared in Kaiser Health News, Cincinnati.com and Bloomberg.

Excerpt from The Press Trust of India Limited -- "As I look back over the past 13 years as a member of the Infosys board, I feel a great sense of satisfaction. During this period, the company's revenues, profits and employee strength has grown one hundred times."