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Excerpt from The Hub Magazine -- "Companies that do a great job with the retail experience enjoy greater loyalty than those that don’t. The great thing about Apple stores — and other retailers like Abercrombie and Fitch and Disney — is that they replicate the consumer experience with the products (or in Disney’s case, at the parks) in the store."

Excerpt from Monthly Review -- "New York University economist Michael Spence argues in 'The Next Convergence' that China’s 'labor-intensive export sectors that have been a major contributor to growth are losing competiveness and have to be allowed to decline or move inland and then eventually decline.'"

Excerpt from Reuters -- "[Martin Feldstein] joins former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, Christopher Thornberg, an expert in the study of regional economies, and credit and debt markets expert Edward Altman, on Paulson's advisory board."  Additional coverage appeared in Business Insider and a Barron's blog.

Excerpt from The Atlantic -- "If you've read Jonathan Haidt's excellent "The Happiness Hypothesis," as you should have, this system maps roughly to the metaphor of the elephant."  Additional coverage appeared in Winona Daily News and Los Angeles Times blog.

Excerpt from DNAinfo -- "The new space at Peck Slip would have met Downtown's kindergarten space needs this year, but lower Manhattan's birth rate is still growing, Greenleaf said."

Excerpt from The Japan Times -- "What Nobel-winning economist Michael Spence calls non-tradable goods, such as hairdressers, plumbers, dentists, not easily outsourced because you have to have the customer present."

Excerpt from The Huffington Post -- "Nicolas Berggruen is president of the 21st Century Council and Nathan Gardels is Sr. Advisor. The Council met in Paris October 26-27 to prepare recommendations for the G-20 Summit in Cannes this week. Among others, Council members include ... Nobel economist Michael Spence ... "

Excerpt from Associated Press -- "Roubini, a New York University economist who runs a research firm, thinks China's authorities will use all those tools to keep the economy growing briskly through 2012."  Additional coverage appeared in Atlanta Journal Constitution, Yahoo! News, Albany Times Union and more than 17 additional outlets.

Excerpt from Foreign Affairs -- "The U.S. economy is certainly subject to powerful internal technological forces. But globalization is increasingly making its mark."

Excerpt from MIT Technology Review -- "As Poltrack explained, real-world and online chatter—the 'exponential movement of a conversation through the population'—drives the success or failure of TV shows."  Additional coverage appeared in Warc.

Excerpt from Harvard Magazine -- "Seven alumni have been honored with 2011 Nobel Prizes. ... Thomas J. Sargent, Ph.D. ’68, of the Hoover Institution and Berkley professor of economics and business at NYU, and doctoral classmate Christopher A. Sims ’63, Ph.D. ’68, Helm professor of economics and banking at Princeton, shared the prize in economics."

Excerpt from The Huffington Post -- "For me the most remarkable thing about Occupy Wall Street is that it is not protesting against the government. ... they believe that Wall Street and the major corporations have Congress in their power; so they are going to where the power is and where they believe the problem originates."

Excerpt The Wall Street Journal -- "'It was never expected to be easy for the government to get out' of companies it rescued, says George Smith, a professor at New York University's Stern School of Business."

Excerpt from France24 -- "Following a crunch summit of eurozone leaders which led to an agreement on Greek debt, Michael Spence, Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences, tells Stéphanie Antoine why he thinks there is still a lot of work to be done and why the euro has still not been completely saved."

Excerpt from Luxury Daily -- "The consumer is the center of a company’s business and an 'omni-channel presence' must be implemented to ensure that the customer experience is at its peak, the top Neiman Marcus Group executive said at the NYU Stern School of Business Luxury & Retail Conference 2011."

Excerpt from CNBC -- "I don't think you can say today is as a result of anything in europe. Just like you can't say today is totally the result of MF [Global]."  Additional coverage appeared on VodPod.com, Frequency.com and CNBC.

Excerpt from The Hoya -- "The Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs also took in $5 million from its original backer William Berkley, also a member of the board."

Professor Arun Sundararajan was interviewed by NDTV (New Delhi TV), India's most popular news network about the criminal charges filed against former McKinsey CEO and Goldman director Rajat Gupta.

This is the second in a series of lectures sponsored by the NYU Dialogues on the Global Civil Society, which focus on the extent to which a universal moral sense, capable of underpinning a global society, is either evolving or can be created. Professors Bloom and Haidt will explore the development and application of moral thought, moral judgment, and moral feeling as a foundation for transnational cooperation.

Excerpt from AP Planner -- "10th annual Future of Television Forum - executive conference presented by NYU Stern School of Business, Digital Media Wire, and Consumer Electronics Association, designed for decision-makers from cable and broadcast networks, cable and satellite operators, high-tech and advertising."

Excerpt from The New York Times -- "Professor Sargent described himself as a scientist, a 'numbers guy' who is 'just seeking the truth' as any good researcher does."

Excerpt from Truthout -- "Another leading economist, William Baumol, calculated that 'nearly 90 percent ... of current GDP [gross domestic product] was contributed by innovation carried out since 1870.'"

The fifth annual Luxury & Retail Conference, themed “From Retail to Me-tail: Delivering to the Connected Consumer,” will explore how the retail customer has evolved in light of changing technological platforms, and what brands are doing to keep up with the trend. Confirmed speakers include Karen Katz, CEO, Neiman Marcus Group; Carol Hamilton, President of Luxury Products Division, L’Oréal; Deanna Berkeley, President, Alice + Olivia; John McDonnell, COO, The Patrón Spirits Com; Annbeth Eschbach, Founder & CEO, Exhale Spa; Neil Blumenthal, CEO, Warby Parker; Daren Hull, VP of Luxury Direct, L’Oréal; Apar Kothari, VP, Rue La La; Deirdre McGuigan, US Retail Director, Indego Africa; Susan Heaney, Global Director of Corporate Responsibility, AVON; Ida Liu, Managing Director, Fashion Financing Group, Citi Private Bank; and Sal Khokhar, Principal, Koka Consulting.

Excerpt from Financial Times -- “The recent decisions will calm the markets but only in the short run. What needs to be addressed for a longer-term return to stability are strategies and implementation of means to address the fundamental issues like growth.”  Additional coverage appeared in Q Finance.

Excerpt from Xinhua -- "The politicians are trying to tell the markets: Look, we are prepared to step up... And so, markets, you should believe we will do the same thing with Portugal, with Spain, if necessary with Italy."