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Excerpt from Business Insider -- "'My mind is blow [sic] over Elon tweet today. I think the Thomas Edison of our age has come off rails. "Funding Secured" means he has the money lined up or he's guilty of market manipulation. His animus toward short-sellers have gotten the better of him,' [Galloway] said."

Excerpt from Poets & Quants -- "'We’ve always been really proud of having strong numbers of women given the format and culture of our program,' explains Paula Steisel Goldfarb, associate dean of MBA admissions, financial aid and academic affairs. Steisel also shares that 34% of the cohort are under-represented minorities. ... 'I think that what we’re observing in D.C. is a new reality that people want different roles. They want leadership roles in strategy in all kinds of organizations, tech firms, entrepreneurial firms, NGOs, etc.' [says Prof. Salomon].... 'With a wife and three children, the ability to balance work, career and school is very important to me,' says Fabrice Coles."

Excerpt from The Economist -- "Using aggregated and anonymised data, the authors find that Americans with tightly clustered social networks comprised mainly of friends located within a short distance of their home tend to have lower incomes, lower levels of education and lower life expectancies. Those with more geographically dispersed social networks tend to be richer, more educated and healthier."

NYU Stern posted its inaugural class profile for its new NYU Stern Executive MBA (EMBA) Washington, D.C., program.

Excerpt from TheStreet.com -- "'The default setting for Facebook data sharing should be to opt out, not in,' [Economides] said. "Regulation could impose this and Facebook would then have to induce users to opt in to this program to have data shared.'"

Excerpt from AdExchanger -- “'We still don’t know how all of this is going to play out,' said Thomas Pugel, a professor of economics and global business at NYU’s Stern School of Business. 'One of the main challenges here is uncertainty, a shift toward caution and some amount of risk aversion.'"

Excerpt from Poets & Quants -- "[Professor Robert Salomon] created a curiosity and 'empathy' that resonated throughout the semester, says Michelle Enkerlin. ... 'Professor Rubin embodies the rich wisdom and nurturing spirit that is intrinsic of Stern professors, and he is someone who made me feel prepared and confident to embark on my journey through business school.' - Shobhit Jain."

Excerpt from BusinessBecause -- "The inaugural Module 7 was set up and organized by class of 2011 graduate, Miguel de Almeida, in Cascais, Portugal. 'The thinking behind it was that TRIUM is an intense program, […] and there’s a real camaraderie, and that’s something you want to carry on!' he says. ... Since its creation, Miguel says he’s been enriched by Module 7, grown his knowledge, and built stronger ties with the TRIUM alumni network."

Excerpt from The Wall Street Journal -- "'Most Americans have limited familiarity with how foreign-exchange markets work,' says Richard Levich, professor of finance and international business at New York University’s Stern School of Business."

Excerpt from The New York Times -- “'These platforms are an integral part of the geopolitical landscape, because in some ways and for a different set of reasons their power is approaching the power historically held by nation states,' Arun Sundararajan, a professor at New York University’s Stern School of Business and author of 'The Sharing Economy,' said."

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Excerpt from The New York Times -- "'This is not a one-time event limited to the 2016 election,' said Michael Posner, the director of the Center for Business and Human Rights at New York University’s Stern School of Business, which recently published a report about Russian influence campaigns. 'It’s a daily drumbeat. These are entities trying to disrupt our democratic process by pushing various forms of disinformation into the system.'"

Excerpt from Bloomberg -- "...Central Banks have been given the mandate to maintain price stability and The Bank of Japan is doing its best to try and achieve the stated numerical goal of two percent inflation. They haven't gotten there yet, they can't declare that they have accomplished the mission and for that reason they're maintaining the very aggressive, ultra accommodative posture that they implemented years ago."

Excerpt from Bloomberg -- "I think the transparency is a big plus. Think of it this way, by being transparent they condition us to anticipate their behavior. We know the things that drive them, whether it's strong growth or rising inflation, we know what changes their policy, we know that when they're running a very accommodating policy, they are going to be uncomfortable with it if the economy is already doing well, they are going to want to get back to something like normal. Because we know that, we can anticipate it and it shows up in market prices long before they act."

Excerpt from The New York Times -- "'Keep your social media habits contained to your desktop computer,' Dr. Barasch suggested. Delete apps like Facebook and Instagram from your phone, and share your photos when you get home."
 

Excerpt from Inc. -- "According to Adam Alter, associate professor of marketing at New York University and author of the recent book Irresistible, more screen time tends to make people less happy and healthy. In fact, a recent study found that people who use multiple social media platforms have three times the risk of depression and anxiety."
 

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Excerpt from The Citizen -- "A paper titled, 'Mobile Money in Tanzania' by Nicholas Economides and Przemyslaw Jeziorski published on July 29, 2016, notes that 'in developing countries, mobile telecom networks have emerged as major providers of financial services, bypassing the sparse retail networks of traditional banks.'”

Excerpt from The New York Times -- “'Just being a functional brand is not enough anymore — it’s very tough to differentiate yourself as a brand in the clutter we have out there,' said Tülin Erdem, a professor of marketing at New York University’s Stern School of Business."

Excerpt from News India Times -- "The talk was moderated by New York University’s Stern Business School’s Professor of Strategy Praveen Nayyar, who like Banga, is an alum of IIM Ahmedabad."

Excerpt from NBC Philadelphia -- "Companies that issue voluntary recalls before anyone gets sick will likely be viewed by customers in a positive light, said Tom Meyvis, an NYU marketing professor who studies consumer behavior. 'There’s an advantage to [the recall being connected] to one supplier,' Meyvis said."

Excerpt from Bankrate -- "'Banks are in a hard place because they tend not to be the innovators in financial technology, they’re just not set up to do that,' Dhar says. 'They’re basically doing what they absolutely need to do, and a lot of their budgets get taken up just by that.'"

Excerpt from The New York Times -- "Uber, which arrived in New York in 2011, has been known for its aggressive tactics and for pushing boundaries. But Mr. Sundararajan said the idea of rolling out another “de Blasio view” feature would undermine the company’s attempt to show that it had grown up. 'I don’t think that kind of response would be consistent with Uber’s attempt to remake its image and project the image of a more mature company,' he said."

Excerpt from CNBC -- "...It's a supernova business model and I don't see it slowing down. And by the way, I am not a fan of Facebook. I think this was punishment for a series of half-measures and weak leadership about some of the very real issues they faced and the market had some pent up fury that they unleashed last night on Facebook."