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Excerpt from Bloomberg -- "China’s economy will slow in 2012, prompting policy makers to reduce interest rates and ease lending restrictions, Nouriel Roubini, an economist who predicted the 2008 financial crisis, said last week."

Leading academics and marketing professionals from around the world convened for NYU Stern’s Center for Measurable Marketing conference. Attendees explored the latest research on social media metrics, social media’s impact and the integration of social media into the marketing mix.

Excerpt from Associated Press -- "Nouriel Roubini, Professor of Economics and International Business, Leonard N. Stern School of Business, New York University speaks during a panel session on the first day of the 42nd Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum, WEF, in Davos, Switzerland." Additional coverage appeared in Financial Times blog, CNN blog, Business Insider, and The New York Times Dealbook blog.

Excerpt from Reuters -- "Having 15 percent tax on carried interest, or capital gains or dividends, is something that is creating a wedge in the country, so that's an issue that has to be addressed. So politically it's going to help Obama this year."

Excerpt from Foreign Policy -- "I felt quite positive about Indonesia when I visited there recently, and I am going to go soon again. Another rising power outside of the BRICS is Turkey. It is rising economically and flexing its diplomatic muscle throughout the Middle East."

Excerpt from Downtown Express -- “A lot of the people who were going to pre-k at P.S. 89 that were put into the 276 [due to the rezoning] preferred going to 276 because it was closer to where they lived."

Excerpt from Bloomberg TV -- "Martin Sorrell, chief executive officer of WPP Plc, Paul Walsh, CEO of Diageo Plc, and Michael Spence, a 2001 Nobel Prize winner, talk about investing in emerging markets and Western Europe, and the outlook for the US and European economies in 2012."

Excerpt from BigGovernment.com -- "Nobel Prize-winning economist Michael Spence and co-author Sandile Hlatshwayo estimate that from 1990 to 2008 all net job creation has been in the 'non-tradable sector,' chief among them health care and government jobs."Excerpt from BigGovernment.com -- "Nobel Prize-winning economist Michael Spence and co-author Sandile Hlatshwayo estimate that from 1990 to 2008 all net job creation has been in the 'non-tradable sector,' chief among them health care and government jobs."

Excerpt from This is Money -- "Nobody knows how well we’re going to respond both on the public and private-sector side and restore competitiveness. Does his set of policies do it? My answer would be no."

Excerpt from The Huffington Post -- "It can help households and businesses make decisions and make fewer decisions that are costly. [Americans] won't be buying houses they can't afford, or businesses won't be hiring workers they have to fire later."

Excerpt from NY1 -- "There have been some dissents to a tentative settlement that's been announced. Mr. Schneiderman was one of the dissenters. This may be an effort to try to bring him back into the fold, see if there can be a settlement."

Excerpt from Reuters India -- "Our number is closer to a trillion dollars for European banks and that is as of last week. This is what they would need to withstand a financial crisis kind of like the last one."

Excerpt from The Huffington Post -- "In fact, an ongoing study by the Volatility Institute at New York University's Stern School of Business confirms the danger posed by the bank. Of all U.S. financial institutions, Bank of America contributes the most to systemic risk."

Excerpt from Forbes -- “If investors are going to rely on these firms the way they rely on credit agencies, we’re in for the same outcome."

Excerpt from CNBC -- “There’s an important connection between social unrest and economic trouble, which we are seeing now. There are major inequalities coming from the effects of the financial crisis.” Additional coverage appeared in CNN blog.

Excerpt from CNBC -- "Europe needs 'massive monetary easing' to end the debt crisis, says economist Nouriel Roubini." Additional coverage appeared in The Guardian and Bloomberg.

Excerpt from Bond Buyer -- “The economy is still pretty sluggish and the Fed has promised to keep its target fed funds rate close to zero into 2013, if not longer. And the Obama administration seems to want to raise marginal tax rates on 'the rich,’ however defined; that by itself would make munis more appealing to investors.”

Excerpt from INC Magazine -- " ... specializing in a single product is hardly a new idea: Dunkin' Donuts has been around since 1950, Baskin & Robbins since 1945, pizza shops it seems like forever, and the current cupcake craze is endemic worldwide."

Excerpt from ANSA -- "I think that Italy has a good chance of completing the reforms by the new government (Italian to English translation)."

Excerpt from The Economist blog -- "THIS week's interesting economics research: ... International capital flows and house prices (Jack Favilukis, David Kohn, Sydney C. Ludvigson, and Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh)."

Excerpt from Harvard Business Review blog -- "A misconception: Dealing with funds providers is part and parcel of running the company. You should not spend excessive time on investors but they need attention and guidance."

Excerpt from Bloomberg -- “The contemplated restructuring isn’t likely to be sufficient to make Greece a viable, going economic concern in the future."

Excerpt from Financial Times -- "In these markets, any individual can propose an idea that requires funding, and interested others can contribute funds to support the idea. These markets have recently emerged as a viable alternative for sourcing capital to support innovative, entrepreneurial ideas and ventures."

Excerpt from Clear Admit -- “The challenge, which drew an unprecedented 211 teams in 2011, consists of three separate competitions: the NYU Stern New Venture Competition; the NYU Stern Social Venture Competition; and, new in 2011, the NYU Technology Venture Competition, divided into Life Sciences and IT & Clean Tech tracks. Winners of the three competitions are awarded a combined $250,000 in seed money and in-kind support."

Excerpt from Slate -- "You could imagine Paul Romer getting permission to start setting up aCharter City somewhere five years from now, with part of the start-up conception being that autonomous vehicles will be the exclusive motorized transportation option."Excerpt from Slate -- "You could imagine Paul Romer getting permission to start setting up aCharter City somewhere five years from now, with part of the start-up conception being that autonomous vehicles will be the exclusive motorized transportation option."