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Prof. Joel Hasbrouck's research on high frequency trading is highlighted

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Excerpt from Livemint -- "Joel Hasbrouck of New York University and Gideon Saar of Cornell University, after studying NASDAQ’s trading data in 2007-08, came to the conclusion that low-latency trading improves traditional market quality measures such as short-term volatility, spreads and displayed depth in the limit order book."
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Prof. Amir Malin is pictured in an article remembering Bingham Ray

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Excerpt from Los Angeles Times -- Photo: Bingham Ray, left, with fellow October Films co-managing executives John Schmidt and Amir Malin in 1996.
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Prof. Arun Sundararajan says CIOs must use social media to increase their presence in the boardroom

Excerpt from Information Week -- "CIOs must definitely not sit on the sidelines, but instead use social media to increase their presence in the executive conversation."
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Prof. Stephen Brown's research on hedge fund diversification is cited

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Excerpt from Financial News -- "Research produced by Stephen Brown, professor of finance at New York’s Stern School of Business, adds that investors should not try to protect themselves by diversification."
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Prof. Thomas Philippon on the banking industry's share of GDP

Excerpt from El Cronista Comercial -- "Thomas Philippon, a professor at the Stern School at New York University, estimates that the sector's share of U.S. GDP increased from about 3% in 1950 to over 8% in 2010 (Spanish to English translation)."
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NYU Stern faculty authors of "Guaranteed to Fail" are referenced

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Excerpt from USA Today -- "The NYU team says Fannie's and Freddie's federal subsidies should be phased out, turning mortgage finance gradually over to the private sector, even though it will mean more mortgage rates will resemble those for jumbo loans, usually about half a percentage point more."
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The 20th Annual Stern Women in Business Conference on February 3rd is highlighted

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Excerpt from Crain's New York Business -- "NYU Stern School of Business presents the 20th Annual Stern Women in Business Conference. This year's conference, 'Leading With Purpose, Making an Impact,' will give attendees insight into the values and motivations that inspired women across various industries to become successful leaders."
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Writing by Research Scholar Robert Frank on why we compare ourselves with others is referenced

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Excerpt from The Chronicle of Higher Education -- "We compare ourselves with relevant others (the economist Robert Frank has written several books about this over the years). We compare ourselves today with ourselves yesterday."
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Prof. Baruch Lev's book, "Winning Investors Over," is highlighted

Excerpt from The Economist -- "In his excellent new book 'Winning Investors Over,' Baruch Lev of New York University’s Stern School of Business writes that in this new world 'the lonely CEO now often faces a ‘team of rivals’, sometimes adversaries.'"
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Nobel Laureate Prof. Michael Spence on the speed of global economic growth

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Excerpt from The Australian -- "(Developing) economies are now the main engine of global growth. The advanced economies face slow growth, high unemployment, fiscal distress and a lengthy period of unwinding high levels of debt."
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Prof. Nouriel Roubini's participation in the World Economic Forum at Davos is highlighted

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Excerpt from The Guardian -- "R is for Roubini Back in 2007, Nouriel Roubini was one of the few economists to see the global crash coming. Dr Doom, as he has come to be known will set the tone on Wednesday in a session called The Seeds of Dystopia. Not one for the faint-hearted." Additional coverage appeared in Bloomberg and Financial Times.
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Prof. Jonathan Haidt on the divide between US liberals and conservatives

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Excerpt from Toronto Star -- “Liberals think if you’re opposed to having the government protect people you want to leave individuals on their own. But conservatives favour a minimal role for government in mid-level institutions. Government needs to be the referee, but it shouldn’t be a partner in your economic affairs.”
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Prof. Edward Altman on Carl Icahn's practice of distressed investing

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Excerpt from The Wall Street Journal -- " ... the field has expanded in the world of distressed investing ... but Icahn has practiced it longer and more successfully than most."
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Prof. Robert Salomon on Kodak filing for bankruptcy

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Excerpt from Xinhua -- "As film began its path to obsolescence, Kodak missed the opportunity on several occasions to jump into the digital world. It first underestimated the impact that digital would have on its business and then it ignored what it might mean for its business."
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An interview with Prof. Nouriel Roubini on his economic outlook

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Excerpt from The Globe and Mail -- "Without economic growth, the debt is not sustainable. It becomes a vicious circle. Markets force you into austerity, which makes the recession worse, which deepens the fiscal deficit, requiring more austerity."
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Prof. Robert Gordon on Mitt Romney's potential tax benefit from carried interest

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Excerpt from The Wall Street Journal blog -- “It’s hard to say with certainty. But if he is or was a general partner in deals, it’s safe to say he has benefitted from carried interest."
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NYU Stern will participate in the QS World MBA Tour in February

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Excerpt from Clear Admit -- "Participating schools include Columbia Business School, the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management, IE, NYU’s Stern School of Business, Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business, the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business, Cornell’s Johnson School and many more."
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Prof. Robert Salomon on Kodak's recent bankruptcy filing

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Excerpt from CNC World -- "Unfortunately, when the digital revolution occurred, film became something that increasingly became obsolete. And as film began its path to obsolescence, Kodak missed the opportunity on several occasions to jump into the digital world."
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Prof. Nouriel Roubini predicts China's economy will slow in 2012

Excerpt from Bloomberg -- “It’s going to be a significant growth slowdown this year. Housing is deflating. Export growth is slowing down." Additional coverage appeared in Bloomberg Businessweek, Forbes, Taipei Times, Financial Post and another Bloomberg piece.
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Prof. Sinan Aral is featured for his research on product contagion

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Excerpt from MIT Sloan Management Review -- "Although active-personalized viral messages are more effective in encouraging adoption per message and are correlated with more user engagement and sustained product use, passive-broadcast messaging is used more often, generating more total peer adoption in the network."
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NYU Trustee and Member of the Board of Overseers Chandrika Tandon is cited

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Excerpt from Forbes -- "While the percentage of female leaders remains dismal, you don’t have to look far to find that in several industries power women come in pairs. ... beloved PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi has a sister, Chandrika Tandon, who is a Grammy-nominated artist and trustee of New York University."
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Prof. Nouriel Roubini says the global financial markets will remain volatile

Excerpt from Bloomberg -- “If you think about all these tail risks about the global economy, the reality is many of them are not temporary. Many of them are not transitory and many of them are not random events. They’re going to be sources of volatility.”
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Prof. Ralph Gomory's warning that US competitiveness is declining is cited

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Excerpt from Foreign Policy -- " ... former Intel chief Andy Grove, former HP CEO John Young, Dow Chemical CEO Andrew LIveris, former IBM Chief Scientist and Sloan Foundation President Ralph Gomory, Harvard Economist Dani Rodrik, and author Pat Choate have warned of declining U.S. competitiveness and its devastating economic and security implications."
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Prof. Edward Altman's new Z-Score smartphone App is featured

Excerpt from Finance Professionals' Post -- "This smartphone App provides the client with timely assessments of the credit risk and probability of default of companies on a global basis based on the famed and well tested Altman Z-Score family of models." Additional coverage appeared in Business Insider.

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