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Prof. April Klein's research on reverse stock splits is referenced

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Excerpt from Barron's -- "April Klein of the Stern School of Business at NYU, along with Seoyoung Kim and James Rosenthal, both of Emory University's Goizueta School of Business, tracked more than 1,600 reverse splits done from 1962 through 2001."
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Prof. Robert Gordon on "tax-loss harvesting"

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Excerpt from The Wall Street Journal -- "New York's billionaire mayor Michael Bloomberg disclosed earlier this year that he will declare no net capital gains on his 2010 tax return. Robert Gordon, who heads Twenty-First Securities, believes that, in part, is due to wise loss harvesting during the 2008 meltdown."
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Prof. Nathan Pettit on shopping to restore happiness

Excerpt from Miami Herald -- "'There are 100 ways to restore your self worth,' says Nathan Pettit, an assistant professor at NYU’s Stern School of Business."
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Nobel Laureate Prof. Michael Spence and Prof. Nouriel Roubini on the global economy

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Excerpt from The Australian -- "Economic guru Nouriel Roubini, predictor of the global financial crisis, says 'most advanced economies are on the brink of a double-dip recession' ... US Nobel laureate economist Michael Spence, visiting Australia, warns the world is facing a 'pretty tough decade.'"
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Prof. Viral Acharya on the European banking crisis

Excerpt from International Herald Tribune -- ‘‘'In a crisis, spreads widen because no one wants to lend long term,’' said Mr. Acharya, who has studied the interbank market."
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Prof. Richard Sylla's book, "A History of Interested rates," is referenced

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Excerpt from The Wall Street Journal blog -- "As Sidney Homer and Richard Sylla point out in their wonk classic 'A History of Interest Rates': During the years 1932-1936 business recovered substantially and commodity prices rose 35%."
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Prof. Richard Sylla on the US credit rating

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Excerpt from Marketplace Radio -- "Longer run, if we don't get out from under the AA rating, we may have to pay a slightly higher interest rate, but it's not the end of the world."
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An interview with Nobel Laureate Prof. Michael Spence on his book, "The Next Convergence"

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Excerpt from The Washington Post -- "I don’t think there’s a solution to the employment problem in the short run."  Additional coverage appeared in India PR Wire, Asia Sentinel and BusinessFinance Magazine.
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N R Narayana Murthy's NYU Stern pre-commencement speech is cited

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Excerpt from Times of India -- "NRN then is a template to follow. He is best typified in his own words, culled from a pre-commencement address he made at the New York University, Stern School of Business a few years ago: 'I believe that we have all at some time eaten the fruit from trees that we did not plant...'"
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Nobel Laureate Prof. Robert Engle's research on financial risk management

Excerpt from Economics Week -- "Financial risk management has generally focused on short-term risks rather than long-term risks, and arguably this was an important component of the recent financial crisis."
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Prof. Nouriel Roubini on the global economy

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Excerpt from BBC -- " ... continued pursuance of present policy is threatening a double dip recession (Morgan Stanley, the Bank of England's Andy Haldane), a 1930s-style monetary collapse (Fed dissenter Richard Fisher), Eurozone breakup (Nouriel Roubini) and political mayhem (Jeff Sachs)."  Additional coverage appeared in The Telegraph, Seeking Alpha, Coffee House Spectator blog, FXStreet.com, Benzinga.com, Times Union blog, Motley Fool and BusinessWorld Online.
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The Stern Consulting Corps partnership with the CFDA fashion incubator is featured

Excerpt from Elle -- "Target’s renewing their contract to sponsor the space and NYU’s Stern School of Business will give the designers a chance to partner with MBA students on finance and business plans."  Additional coverage appeared in Woman's Wear Daily, Fashionista.com and a New York Magazine blog.
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Prof. Amir Malin on paying a premium for 3D movies

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Excerpt from New York Post -- “In a difficult economic environment, consumers may pay 3D premiums for compelling entertainment but ignore others, for example, ‘Drive Angry 3D.'"
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Prof. Amity Shlaes's book, "The Forgotten Man," is cited

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Excerpt from Detroit News -- "Amity Shlaes writes in 'The Forgotten Man,' Roosevelt denounced the 'economic royalists' for trashing the economy."  Additional coverage appeared in Town Hall and The Washington Examiner.
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Prof. Richard Sylla on the investigation of S&P

Excerpt from The Atlantic Wire -- "Richard Sylla, a professor at NYU, told the Times a case from the Justice Department would have, 'a major impact if there was a successful fraud case that would suggest there would be momentum for legislation that would force them to change their business model.'"
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Prof. Amir Malin on 3-D movies

Excerpt from ContactMusic.com -- "Amir Malin of Qualia Capital told the New York Post in a difficult economic environment, consumers may pay 3D premiums for compelling entertainment but ignore others.'"
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An op-ed by Prof. Roy Smith on the dilemma of government bailouts

Excerpt from The Independent Review -- "The basic argument for bailing out large banks is that a single failure of such a firm can contaminate the whole financial system, which is a public good that the government must safeguard."  Additional coverage appeared in Heartlander.
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NYU Stern's new Abu Dhabi campus is referenced

Excerpt from BusinessDay -- "New York University’s Stern School recently set up a campus in Abu Dhabi; and so have many universities in the United States and Australia that are tapping into governments eager and serious to raise standards and willing students (not unlike their Nigerian counterparts) focused on getting foreign degrees."
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A speech at NYU Stern, made by Craig Mundie, Microsoft Senior VP is referenced

Excerpt from ITWord -- "Mundie's remarks were made in a speech to The New York University Stern School of Business, and it is one of the earliest trial balloons for the Microsoft concept of shared source, where just a little source code is opened to select customers and not really shared with anyone else."
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Prof. Scott Galloway's Digital IQ ranking of magazine brands in featured

Excerpt from CampaignAsia.com -- "In all, the study measured the online impacts of 87 magazine brands according to the quality and integration of their respective websites, digital marketing, social media and mobile presences." Additional coverage appeared on CampaignAsia.com.
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Profs Richard Sylla and Lawrence White on ratings agencies

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Excerpt from The New York Times -- "Professor Sylla said that the ratings agencies could be forced to stop making their money off the entities they rate and instead charge investors who use the ratings. ... The ratings agencies lost a bit of ground on their First Amendment protections in the recent financial reform bill, which put the ratings firms on the same legal liability level as accounting firms, Professor White said." Additional coverage appeared on CNBC, Sacramento Bee, Herald T ribune, Gainsville.com and Seattle Times.
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Prof. Paul Romer on social inclusion in South Africa

Excerpt from Times Live -- "The CDE report quotes the Treasury and internationally-renowned growth economist, Professor Paul Romer, who both argue that inequality is not the best measure of social inclusion."
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Nobel Laureate Prof. Michael Spence spoke at the National Press Club in Canberra on August 17

Excerpt from The Australian -- "In Canberra today Nobel Laureate economist Professor Michael Spence will address the National Press Club on 'The Next Convergence: The Future of Economic Growth in a Multispeed World.'"  Additional coverage appeared in The Sydney Morning Herald.
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Prof. Nouriel Roubini on Obama's presidency

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Excerpt from The Huffington Post -- "Roubini reminded of the obvious: 'We destroyed our fiscal sustainability before [President Obama] came to power.'"  Additional coverage appeared in International Business Times.
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Prof. Edward Altman on the eurozone's credit ratings

Excerpt from Euromoney -- "In an August interview with Euromoney Ed Altman, Max Heine professor of finance at the Stern Business School at NYU, warns that all triple-A rated eurozone sovereigns could be downgraded before the crisis is over."

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