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Prof. Aswath Damodaran's data on treasury bill returns is cited

Excerpt from Bloomberg -- "Before inflation, a bill investor would have had $1,099.09 at the end of last year. The nominal return of about 11-fold is based on data compiled by Aswath Damodaran, a finance professor at New York University."
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Prof. Aswath Damodaran on stock dividends and buybacks

Excerpt from Motley Fool -- "To trot out my favorite dividend one-liner, professor Aswath Damodaran has said 'dividends are like getting married; buybacks are like hooking up.'"
School News

NYU Stern's Concourse Project is featured

Excerpt from MBA Mission -- "The project was completed in early 2010, and a first-year student we interviewed expressed that the 'building looks very modern,' while a second year offered, 'The new lobby is very nice, and the new lounges are great places to gather and study.'"
Faculty News

Prof. Nouriel Roubini on the recent stock market rally

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Excerpt from The Huffington Post -- "The stock market has been drifting higher for months, recently convincing many skeptics, including Dr. Doom himself, Nouriel Roubini, that the rally could be long-lasting." Additional coverage appeared in The Wall Street Journal blog and CNBC.
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NYU Social Innovation Symposium: Innovative Thinking for Social Good

The second annual Social Innovation Symposium - a collaboration between the Social Enterprise Association (SEA) at Stern, Bridge at Wagner and LSEA at NYU Law - will be themed ”Innovative Thinking for Social Good.” The event will feature a keynote address from Chris Hughes, co-founder of Facebook and founder of Jumo, as well as interactive sessions, panel discussions and networking opportunities.
Faculty News

Prof. Adam Alter's research on how our names can determine our success is featured

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Excerpt from Fox Business -- "People simply aren’t aware of the subtle impact that names can have on their judgments." Additional coverage appeared in Marie Claire UK, Daily Mail, The Telegraph, Business News Daily, Deccan Herald, TruthDive.com, Business Insider, PerthNow.com, Yahoo! Shine, Business Review Australia, CorpComms Magazine, Mid Day, Express.co.uk, Independent Online and Sydney Morning Herald.
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Prof. Nouriel Roubini is cited for his current bullish economic outlook

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Excerpt from CNBC -- "I think [Roubini's] at a minimum neutral and probably positive. I think what he thinks is that the economy's going to do all right for a while." Additional coverage appeared in The Wall Street Journal blog, Forbes and MSN Money.
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Prof. Arun Sundararajan on vocational training in India

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Excerpt from Knowledge@Wharton -- “We have embarked on an ambitious project to train 500 million people and the National Skills Development Corporation has been set up to follow this mandate. It is, of course, essential to maintain the present rate of growth in the Indian economy. But adequate resource generation holds the key.”
School News

NYU Stern's Charity Ball is featured

Excerpt from MBA Mission -- "Each fall, the student government association at New York University’s (NYU’s) Stern School of Business, known as Stern Student Corporation, or SCorp, hosts the Charity Ball, a night of dinner, drinks and dancing to benefit a New York City–area charity (the charity recipient changes each year)."
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Executive Board Member and Prof. Richard Bernstein on Greek debt

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Excerpt from CNBC -- "Richard Bernstein, CEO of Richard Bernstein Capital Markets, said the market has mostly factored in a Greek deal, but not entirely and there could be some upside."
Faculty News

Prof. Edward Altman's Z-Score is applied to coal stocks

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Excerpt from TheStreet.com -- "Coal stocks are at significant balance sheet risk based on the Altman Z bankruptcy risk ratio, which was invented by New York University professor Edward Altman in 1968."
Faculty News

Research by Prof. Adam Alter finds people with easy-to-pronounce names are favored

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Excerpt from International Business Times -- "Dr Simon Laham at the University of Melbourne and Dr Adam Alter at New York University Stern School of Business, analysed how the pronunciation of names can influence impression formation and decision-making." Additional coverage appeared in Asian Scientist Magazine, Times of India, TopNews, The Herald Sun, Adelaidenow.com.au and News.com.au.
School News

NYU Trustee and Prof. Maria Bartiromo's class, “Global Markets and Normative Frameworks," is cited

Excerpt from NYU Local -- "Dealbreaker reported in September of 2010 that [Bartiromo] taught a Stern class that fall that was filled up within ten minutes, titled 'Global Markets and Normative Frameworks.'"
Faculty News

Prof. Lawrence White on the role of credit rating agencies

Excerpt from The Kojo Nnamdi Show -- "Do the coveted triple AAA ratings issued by Standard & Poor’s, Fitch and Moody’s really represent the gold standard of creditworthiness? As countries struggle with massive debt, these 'seals of approval' are being retracted, prompting calls for reform around the globe."
Faculty News

An op-ed by Prof. Amity Shlaes on Clint Eastwood's Super Bowl ad for Chrysler

Excerpt from Bloomberg -- "What’s wrong with the auto industry is not that it failed to create jobs. What’s wrong is that it emphasizes jobs over general growth itself." Additional coverage appeared in San Francisco Chronicle.
Faculty News

Prof. Sinan Aral's research on creating viral marketing campaigns is cited

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Excerpt from MIT Sloan Management Review -- "Recommendations from friends are effective at creating viral campaigns. But research by Sinan Aral and Dylan Walker shows that automated messages are surprisingly effective, too."
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Prof. Jonathan Haidt's book, "The Happiness Hypothesis," is cited

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Excerpt from Harvard Business Review blog -- "Do everything you can to initiate contact or prepare for interviews, but don't get overly committed. You'll do better in meetings. ... (For a fuller discussion, I recommend The Happiness Hypothesis by Jonathan Haidt.)" Additional coverage appeared in St. Louis Beacon and InsideVandy.com.
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Prof. Nouriel Roubini sees equities as a positive investment right now

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Excerpt from The Wall Street Journal blog -- "Roubini reportedly believes the recent action by the Fed and ECB will continue to make equities an attractive investment over the next few months." Additional coverage appeared in CNBC and another Wall Street Journal blog piece.
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Profs Emiliano Pagnotta and Thomas Philippon's paper on trading speed is featured

Excerpt from Hedgeweek -- "The basic premise of the paper is that everything else constant, trading speed is desirable for everyone: all investors are happier if they can execute trades faster. Demand, however, is heterogeneous."
Faculty News

Prof. Baruch Lev's book, "Winning Investors Over," is featured

Excerpt from Professional Manager -- A highly readable book, "Winning Investors Over" is packed full of first-class ideas and supported by research on how top managers should deal with their investors.
Faculty News

Prof. David Poltrack on targeting TV commercials based on age

Excerpt from Big Hollywood -- “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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A seminar on the US and European bank recovery plans, featuring Prof. Viral Acharya, is highlighted

Excerpt from International Finance Law Review -- "IFLR, Morrison & Foerster and the NYU Stern School of Business recorded a free web seminar on February 1 looking at the differences between European and US bank recovery and resolution plans."
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Prof. Jonathan Haidt's book, "The Happiness Hypothesis," is cited

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Excerpt from Forbes -- " ... books I originally found in the self-help section and consider among the best on my bookshelf: 'Stumbling on Happiness' by Dan Gilbert; 'The Happiness Hypothesis' by Jonathan Haidt; and 'Flow' by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi."
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An op-ed by Prof. Evan Shapiro on TV remakes

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Excerpt from The Huffington Post -- "I claim that TV Remakes are bad juju, because I have done the research, and it is simply, conclusively, unquestionably, factually true."

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