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Prof. David Poltrack on relying on demographic data for marketing

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Excerpt from The Huffington Post -- "... reliance on the 18 to 49 demographic is hazardous to all media and marketers... There is no link, none, between the age of the specified demographic delivery of the campaign and the sales generated by that campaign."
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Prof. William Silber on the policy actions of President Franklin Roosevelt

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Excerpt from Financial News -- "Taken together, the moves brought confidence back to the banking system and enabled cross-border transfers to recommence, according to William Silber of New York University, saving the American monetary union."
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NYU Stern is highlighted for participating in the 2011 Consulting Conference and Case Competition

Excerpt from Daily Targum -- "RMCA competed against eight teams from the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Toronto, Harvard University, Yale University and New York University Stern School of Business, said Karan Chadha, RMCA co-head of Strategic Development."
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In an interview, Prof. Hal Hershfield discusses his research on retirement savings

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Excerpt from Reuters Video -- "Across a couple of research studies we've found that people put about twice as much money into a hypothetical retirement account when they're exposed images of their future selves compared to when they're not." Additional coverage appeared on Bankrate.com and Investment Weekly News.
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Prof. Irving Schenkler on Bank of America's follies

Excerpt from MSN -- "Given the feelings out there about banks, and particularly banks that took taxpayer money, it was not a well considered decision. ... It's one of those things that pares back reputation."
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Prof. Lawrence White on financial regulation

Excerpt from Bloomberg -- “Regulators started telling their financial institutions, starting with the banks, you must pay attention to only these handful of entities. ... That gives the NRSROs a lock.” Additional coverage appeared in NCPA, Bloomberg Businessweek and San Francisco Chronicle.
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Prof. Nouriel Roubini is cited as a member of Patriotic Millionaires for Fiscal Strength

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Excerpt from Los Angeles Times blog -- "The group says it has about 200 members in all, including more than a dozen current and former Google employees, actress Edie Falco and economist Nouriel Roubini."
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Prof. Yakov Amihud on the proposed tax on stock trades

Excerpt from NewsMax -- "Every few years, the idea of imposing a 'sin tax' on Wall Street makes a comeback, and the idea is back again in the wake of the financial crisis."
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Prof. Dolly Chugh's research on negotiation is featured

Excerpt from Harvard Program on Negotiation -- "Division heads may attempt to overclaim credit when scarce resources are being negotiated within an organization. What may appear to be selfish behavior may actually be ordinary unethical behavior that lies outside the negotiator’s conscious awareness."
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Nobel Laureate Prof. Michael Spence on China's growth model

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Excerpt from Xinhua News Agency -- "The very labor-intensive process of manufacturing export will eventually die off. They will be replaced."
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Prof. Joseph Foudy on the limits to government job creation

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Excerpt from The New York Times -- “Economies are big things, governments have trouble changing things, and state governments, in particular, have limits."
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In an op-ed, NYU Stern Prof. Roy Smith warns bank layoffs come at a cost

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Excerpt from Financial News -- "This time banks need to be especially careful. They could be facing a business bonanza without enough staff to do the work."
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Nobel Laureate Prof. Michael Spence on the benefits of innovation

Excerpt from Bloomberg TV -- "[Innovation] can make a major contribution - I guess I wouldn't go up 200%, I think we'll be left with some distributional problems and employment challenges for the middle-income group, but it would be a big help."
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In an op-ed, Nobel Laureate Prof. Michael Spence recommends pragmatic & adaptive policymaking

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Excerpt from Reuters blog -- "Whether it is Europe or the US, the welfare of citizens – indeed, the well-being of the global economy – requires much better pragmatic and adaptive policymaking." Additional coverage appeared in The Huffington Post.
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Overseer Henry Kaufman & Profs Nouriel Roubini and Richard Sylla on where to invest

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Excerpt from CNN -- "Though the economy is healing, some long-standing bears are still bracing for Armageddon. Yet each has a different take on how to prepare for the fallout."
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The NYU Stern Systemic Risk Rankings are featured

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Excerpt from Seeking Alpha -- "Bank of America has continued to place #1 on NYU Stern's systemic risk rankings. I have to hand it to them. It's a tough race, but someone's got to win it and they've been in first place since I can remember."
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NYU Trustee & Board of Overseers Member Chandrika Tandon is featured

Excerpt from India Post -- "The weekend culminated with Grammy-nominated world music artist, Chandrika Tandon, performing a stunning sold-out benefit concert at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre."
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Prof. Yannis Bakos's paper on the predictive value of bundling is cited

Excerpt from Bloomberg -- “It is easier for a seller to predict how a consumer will value a collection of goods than it is to value any good individually." Additional coverage appeared in The Vancouver Sun.
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Prof. Michelle Greenwald on co-branding

Excerpt from Transworld Business -- "Brands are judged by the partners they keep. Innovative partnerships can make brands seem hipper, more modern, more distinctive, more interesting, and more noteworthy."
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Prof. Scott Galloway says jewelry brands lack digital competence

Excerpt from JCK Online -- "Some of the [jewelry] industry's greatest icons are losing relevance as they fall further and further behind."
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Prof. Michael Spence is cited for winning the 2001 Nobel Prize in Economics

Excerpt from Bloomberg -- "Stiglitz, along with George Akerlof and Michael Spence, won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2001." Additional coverage appeared in Bloomberg Businessweek, Economic Policy Journal, and Forbes.
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Prof. Nouriel Roubini on China's economy

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Excerpt from Forbes -- "A number of fund managers like Jim Chanos and economists, including Nouriel Roubini, say that China’s economy is either crash landing, or risks a crash landing within the next three years if it does not control spending on fixed investment like real estate." Additional coverage appeared in Forbes.
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Prof. Nouriel Roubini on Russia's economic growth

Excerpt from Bloomberg Businessweek -- "Growth in Russia has been 'disappointing' since the 2008 crisis, lagging behind its emerging-market peers, Nouriel Roubini, co-founder and chairman of Roubini Global Economics LLC said in Moscow Nov. 11." Additional coverage appeared in Bloomberg.