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On November 5, the NYU Stern Military Veteran's Club will kick off Veterans Week.

Excerpt from The New York Post -- "And like the overall economy, New York state has a trade deficit with China, according to Joseph Foudy, an economics professor at New York University."

Excerpt from Bloomberg -- "'There was a general perception that they would take money from anyone,' said Arun Sundararajan, a professor at New York University’s business school who wrote a book called The Sharing Economy."
 

Excerpt from Advisor Perspectives -- "I am not optimistic about reversing the trend of the ever-rising estimates, but I found a way of substantially improving their accuracy and reliability, thereby enhancing the usefulness of reported earnings and asset values to investors."

Excerpt from VICE News -- "'It's way too soon to say that American elections are secure from online attacks,' Paul Barrett, the deputy director of the Center for Business and Human Rights at the NYU Stern School of Business, told VICE News."

Excerpt from Providence Business News -- "Gotta Have Sole is very important to me and while I am definitely focusing on my studies, I have incorporated it into my college life. I am the philanthropic chair of my fraternity and [fellow members] will be assisting with footwear deliveries to shelters in New York City."

On November 2, prospective doctoral candidates are invited to attend an Open House to learn more about the Stern PhD Program and meet Stern faculty and current PhD students.

On Friday, November 2, the Stern Graduate Marketing Association will host its annual conference entitled, "Unraveling Big Data: How Marketers Use Big Data and AI to Connect with Consumers."

Excerpt from BizEd -- "[Sosulski] presents clear information about why data visualization is essential and what types of tools are available, before explaining what features users should look for in visualization graphics and how companies and individuals can use the information they uncover."

Excerpt from The Week -- "'Infinite scroll basically eradicates the stopping cues that usually tell us to move on to something else,' explains Adam Alter, the author of Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked. 'Traditionally, when you got to the bottom of a particular screen you had to click to release more information. With infinite scroll there is no click so your default is to just continue ad infinitum.'"

Excerpt from CNN -- "'These are band aids,' Adam Alter, author of 'Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked,' tells CNN. 'Instead of actually producing tech that's good for us -- that helps us live better lives -- these tools basically suggest that the tech itself can't be improved, so we're stuck with trying to discourage or curb usage.'"
 

Excerpt from the Epoch Times -- "The legislation is an important step in the right direction, according to Ralph Gomory, a research professor at New York University and a National Medal of Science laureate. 'The great service of this bill—whether it ever gets passed or not—is that it has raised the issue. It has become a public issue,' he said."
 

Excerpt from MarketWatch -- (:12) "...What we try to get across in the course is that the finance industry itself is migrating toward incorporating this technology into everybody's applications..."

Excerpt from the Financial Times -- "'Politics has become so polarised that you as the executive of a company have such a risk of blowback,' said Maria Patterson, clinical associate professor at the NYU Stern School of Business. 'You need to be really sure the candidate you’re supporting is not also speaking for positions that are going to upset your customers, your employees and your stockholders.'"

Excerpt from Just Style -- "We are deeply concerned about the shrinking space for labour leaders to operate freely in Cambodia, which is part of a broader pattern of restrictions of civil society. The Fair Labor Association stands ready to work with the government and all other stakeholders in Cambodia to ensure that the rights of of workers are protected and that companies can confidently do business in this country."
 

Excerpt from Accounting Today -- "'The distributed ledger reduces the need for audit by 97 percent,' he said. 'Auditors in the future will be competing on the basis of productivity, which will essentially mean who has the fastest hardware and software. And fraud, in the classical sense, will be all but impossible.'"

Excerpt from The Wall Street Journal -- "Alibaba, Tencent and other large Chinese firms, more so than their American counterparts, have sought to innovate through acquisition rather than with in-house research, said Sabrina T. Howell, an assistant finance professor at New York University’s Stern School of Business who researches American and Chinese innovation. 'Some of what you see in R&D is the outsourcing of innovation in China,' she said."

Excerpt from Forbes -- "While their work has always been extremely important and benefited global citizens in many different ways, it has never more relevant or needed than today. As a marketing organization, when so many legacy institutions are dropping by the wayside or merging with others, the ways the Ad Council has grown and evolved with the times and changing needs can be instructive."

Excerpt from The Wall Street Journal -- "'A fixed mindset says: "I am not racist or sexist."' Dr. Chugh says. 'A growth mindset, which is open to change, says: "I know there is always room to grow in this area."'"

Excerpt from BusinessBecause -- "The 18-month program covers entrepreneurship, marketing, negotiation analysis, fintech, and climate change, among others. You can also engage in the Capstone Project, developing a business idea from inception to launch, all the while drawing on expertise from alumni, faculty, and peers."
 

Excerpt from Consumer Reports -- "'We get excited by the prospect of a big price reduction, so we don’t do the math very carefully on these sales,' says Vicki Morwitz, professor of marketing at New York University’s Stern School of Business. 'We think we’re getting a 50 percent discount off the entire order, but of course we’re not.'"

Excerpt from the Financial Times -- "'If nobody — let’s call that fewer than 5 per cent of users — can get an even partial understanding' of the terms of a transaction, then Romer says companies simply shouldn’t be doing them. What’s more, 'we should put the burden of proof on the companies themselves' rather than allowing them to circumvent responsibility via 'phoney disclosures.'"

On October 29, NYU Stern's Vincent C. Ross Institute of Accounting Research hosted a Roundtable on the impact of new technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain, big data and machine learning, on accounting, financial reporting and business more generally.

On October 29, the NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights and The Rockefeller Foundation will host a conversation moderated by Professor Michael Posner, Director of the Center for Business and Human Rights, with special guest Dr. Rajiv J. Shah, President of The Rockefeller Foundation.

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