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Excerpt from ValueWalk -- "To the question of 'Do activists make high returns?' both parties seem to agree that the answer is yes. That conclusion, though, may be based not only upon looking at the most successful, high profile investors in the group but also listening to the hype around them. Bill Ackman, Carl Icahn and Nelson Peltz have all had their share of bad investments, and looking collectively at all activist investors, the returns to activism are modest. In fact, given the cost of being activist, a large proportion of activist investors barely break even."

Excerpt from The Huffington Post -- "... The initial experience confirms that the Fed can raise interest rates even though the banking system is awash in excess reserves. By offering to pay interest on reserves, the Fed is placing a floor on the rate banks are willing to lend to households and firms. And, by offering to accept nonbank financial intermediaries overnight reverse repos in large volume, they are creating a floor under the market federal funds rate. If this pattern persists as policy rates rise, the new policy mechanics will be judged remarkably effective."

Excerpt from The Wall Street Journal -- "'It’s most important to have diversity of experiences,' said Karen Brenner, a professor at New York University’s Stern School of Business. 'You don’t necessarily need duplicative skills.'"

Excerpt from Poets & Quants for Undergrads -- "'Massimiliano (Max) Bonacchi. Even though I’ve never taken a class with him, I was fortunate enough to be his Teaching Assistant. His passion for accounting is evident through the way he teaches, but that is not uncommon amongst professors at NYU Stern. ...' – Teri Tan ... 'My favorite professor is Matt Statler, Richman Family Director of Business Ethics and Social Impact Programming and Clinical Assistant Professor of Management and Organizations. He makes the classroom feel like a community and creates an atmosphere that allows for meaningful discussions around the issues that matter most. ...' – Samir Goel"
 

Excerpt from Poets & Quants for Undergrads -- "'Don’t let yourself feel boxed in by what everyone else is doing. Instead find out what you want and let yourself follow that passion.' – Samir Goel ... 'Focus on your business classes, but if you have other interests beyond business, do not neglect them. Business can intersect with most other interests and the result of the mix can be something beautiful.' – Teri Tan"

Excerpt from The New York Post -- "'The majority of these sites are gone or dying,' said Scott Galloway, founder of L2 Inc. and a professor of marketing at New York University’s Stern School of Business."

Excerpt from The New York Times -- "'The United States may not have incredibly robust economic growth and has plenty of problems you can point to,' said Ian Bremmer, president of the Eurasia Group, a geopolitical consultancy. 'But from a stability perspective, when things are more unstable, the United States in some ways gets stronger' as both people and investment dollars gravitate to the nation’s relative stability."

Excerpt from The Huffington Post -- "... Both sides have strong reasons to avoid war. The Saudis know the cost of direct conflict with Iran would be devastating at exactly the wrong moment for the Saudi economy, and the near-term benefits of higher oil prices would do little to strengthen its untested Sunni military, particularly because war could make it impossible for the Saudis to export their product. Losing a war with Iran would put the regime's survival at stake."

Excerpt from Poets & Quants -- "The graduating MBAs at New York University’s Stern School of Business saw a 4.8% increase in total starting compensation packages last year, reaching a new record of $144,199, from $137,582 in 2014. The rise was largely driven by a $10,000 boost in median base salaries of $120,000, up from $110,000 in 2014 and $100,000 in 2013."

Excerpt from TIME -- "'There’s something nice about getting a regular paycheck,' says Arun Sundararajan, a business professor at New York University, 'but we’ve got to get away from thinking that that is the only model.'"
 

Excerpt from Marketplace -- "This sounds like a good thing, but the catch is this free internet access is restricted to only a few sites that Facebook will allow these people to access... I think that the fear here is that the Internet is much more about Facebook. And so having a corporate entity controlling what you can and can't do over your Internet connection can be potentially damaging to inclusiveness in a country."

Excerpt from Bloomberg -- "I think it's moved beyond leadership at this point. I think this is, 'this is over, it's time to sell or spin, and if we need new leadership and a new board, fine.'"

Excerpt from Forbes -- "Currently brand manager for Newcastle Brown Ale and Amstel at Heineken and previously associate brand manager at Unilever for brands including Knorr, Dove Men+Care and Axe."

Excerpt from Ethisphere -- "Each year, Ethisphere recognizes 100 individuals that have made a material impact in the world of business ethics and compliance through the annual 100 Most Influential People in Business Ethics list."

Excerpt from The New York Times -- "Many American voters, Haidt wrote, perceive that the moral order is falling apart, the country is losing its coherence and cohesiveness, diversity is rising, and our leadership seems to be suspect or not up to the needs of the hour.'"

Excerpt from The Washington Post -- "Horton and Zeckhauser expect companies to design more products in the future with an eye to making them more easily shareable – for example, building cars and houses that you can lock and unlock remotely. They also say that more products could be linked to the internet of things to help platforms figure out when they aren’t being used and allow others access to them."

Excerpt from TheStreet.com -- "'Though global brands assert they have strict policies against subcontracting, in reality, millions of workers and thousands of smaller factories are producing their goods,' said Sarah Labowitz, co-director of the Stern Center for Business and Human Rights."

Excerpt from The Atlantic -- "As a new National Bureau of Economic Research paper documents, tweaking taxes can also play a role in determining the degree of risk companies are willing to take on. The paper’s authors, Alexander Ljungqvist of New York University, Liandong Zhang of City University of Hong Kong, and Luo Zuo of Cornell, took a look at the impact that fluctuations in state taxes had on a company’s earnings, using increased earnings volatility as a signal of having taken on more risk."

Excerpt from Behind the Thread -- "Our research is on the nature of the supply chain in Bangladesh. And what we found is there are so many more factories than anyone had previously understood. And moreover that the global fashion industry, the fashion brands that rely on Bangladesh as a major sourcing destination are only really acknowledging those factories at the tip of the iceberg. In some ways, they're kind of cherry-picking the best factories and doing a lot of monitoring and having relationships with those factories. But those factories are supported by a wide network of indirect sourcing factories, subcontractors that, in our metaphor, are really below the surface."

Excerpt from Crain's New York -- "Breaking up the banks would be massively inefficient, Smith said, adding that 'you have a bigger chance of being run over by a stampede of wild buffalo on Fifth Avenue than this going through. ... If investment banking were to be spun off from the banks, it would mean all the banks could do 'is give you a house mortgage and an auto loan,' according to Smith."

Excerpt from Bloomberg View -- "There is a lot of casual talk about how Ferrari will command a premium because of its name and some have suggested that you should add that premium on to estimated value. In an intrinsic valuation, it is double counting to add a premium."

Excerpt from Fast Company -- "According to Beth Bechky, who teaches courses in managing high-performance teams at New York University’s Stern School of Business, it’s easy for a team to assume that if the members of a team are still the same, nothing has actually changed. But now that you’re in a new position, even though you’re working with the same people, 'that’s a moment at which everyone needs to reflect on what they’re doing,' Bechky says."

Excerpt from ValueWalk -- "There are certainly instances of good and bad activism, but each case is unique and should be evaluated on its own merits. To me, it’s undeniable that the trend of shareholders having a greater voice is a positive change that is long overdue."

Excerpt from WIRED -- "... That flagging optimism may, for good reason, extend to tech. For one, investors may be worried that overvalued tech startups could subject markets to more less-than-stellar IPOs, says New York University business school professor Roy Smith."

Excerpt from CNN -- "I think, 2016 from a geopolitical perspective, is the worst risk environment that we've been exposed to. You've got the most powerful terrorist organization in history, you have six failed states in the broader middle east, you have a refugee crisis that is unprecedented. All three of those things will get worse, and that's before you count the weakness and vulnerability of the Saudi Regime, which has, of course, led to the conflict we now have with Iran."