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Excerpt from Pacific Standard -- "After viewing each ad, participants rated it for believability and bias, and assessed the sponsoring candidate in terms of honesty, sincerity, and qualifications for the job. For the second study, the 338 participants read and evaluated fictional campaign ads that did or did not conclude with the tagline. The results: 'Not only did the "stand by your ad" tagline enhance the perceived believability of policy attack ads,' the researchers write, 'it also produced more positive evaluations for the ads' sponsoring candidates.'"

Excerpt from The New York Times -- "'When companies go on acquisition sprees like this, they can suffer from what some call indigestion,' said Robert Salomon, an associate professor at the Stern School of Business at New York University. 'Deals are incredibly complex,” he added. “The real work is what happens after you buy something.'"

Excerpt from C-SPAN -- "In 2010, when Steve Jobs was looking very thin, students started asking me, 'What's going to happen?' How much of that magic is in the man himself, or how much of it is actually just a myth and it's really at Apple? Is that innovation capacity embedded in the organization structure, in the routines of Apple, or was it really him? Will we lose it? Is there a successor, can it be handed down? And fundamentally what people wanted to know was, 'Can I do it? How can I have that innovative capacity?'"

Excerpt from Delta Sky Magazine -- "Like NYU Stern's traditional full-time MBA, the Andre Koo Tech MBA targets students with several years experience, but it has a more specialized focus: 'We are looking for people with a very, very deep interest in technology and a background in technology,' [Sundaram] says. 'It is aimed at people who are very clear that this is the career path they want to follow.'"

Excerpt from Stamford Advocate -- "'RBS is generally pulling back, and I don’t think there’s a lot the governor or state Legislature can do to avoid the pulling back,' said Lawrence J. White, a professor of finance at New York University. 'Trying to give them subsidies to stay is a losing bid. You can’t turn back the clock.'"

Excerpt from Mic -- "Now, there are few investments that grow as much or as quickly as stocks: $100 invested in Treasury bonds in 1928 would be worth about $7,000 today, according to calculations from New York University finance professor Aswath Damodaran. That same money invested in the stock would be worth nearly $400,000."

Excerpt from The Sun -- "Discovered in 1999, the effect was identified when a Mr McArthur Wheeler robbed two banks in Pittsburgh, USA, in broad daylight without a balaclava masking his face. Later that day, clear footage of Wheeler was all over the local news. He had smeared lemon juice on his face, thinking it would make him invisible to security cameras. Wheeler knew that lemon juice was used as invisible ink in letter writing but was stupid enough to believe it would hide his identity. This case came to the attention of David Dunning, a Cornell University psychology professor and his student Justin Kruger. And eventually it became the first recorded example of the Dunning-Kruger Effect."

Excerpt from Livemint -- "The recent restrictions placed by Indian exchanges are against our own long-term interests: providing fair, competitive markets for our own investors. Investors will gravitate towards venues that provide best execution, greatest liquidity through the lowest transaction costs, minimal frictions in terms of regulatory costs."

Excerpt from Harvard Business Review -- "Research by management professors Andrew Hargadon of UC Davis and Beth Bechky of NYU shows that those volunteering ideas in such companies do not mindlessly spit back answers to the questions posed; they respectfully build on the comments and actions of others, considering 'not only the original question but also whether there is a better question to be asked.' As they do this over and over, new solutions emerge."

Excerpt from CBC News -- "'It's corporate identity and corporate image,' he said. 'When Dick's Sporting Goods does this, it's very much linked to what their business is about … and a customer base that's more closely aligned with NRA interests.' Whether this represents an inflection point is hard to tell, though Schenkler said the company 'has opened the door' for gun retailers to reconsider their policies."

Excerpt from BBC Capital -- "'This is a generation that has actively had entrepreneurial opportunities growing up – in many ways, if you’ve grown up managing your personal brand on Instagram, you’re much better wired to think of yourself as an individual brand instead of a cog in an organisational machine,' says Arun Sundararajan, a business professor at New York University."

Excerpt from The Wall Street Journal -- "That shift has stoked subtle stereotypes about older workers’ performance and willingness to learn, which can have tangible effects on their careers, said Michael North, assistant professor of management and organizations at New York University’s Stern School of Business."

Excerpt from Hitachi Research Institute -- "So, companies should set public targets, incentives to employees tied to targets, reporting and assessment on those targets and training for employees in sustainability. They can also bring in partners, such as NGOs, other corporations, corporate associations, and government agencies that are working on the issues that are important to them so that their employees can get exposure to different ideas and assistance with implementation."

Excerpt from the Stamford Advocate -- "'The good news for NBC Sports is they beat the competition handily. The bad news is overall ratings are down,' said Sam Craig, director of the entertainment, media and technology program in New York University’s business school. 'But those trends reflect a general decline in TV ratings.'"

Excerpt from CNBC -- "'I think of the four big players: Apple, Alphabet, Facebook and Amazon, Apple is the best value play,' [Damodaran] says. 'It is a cash machine. I never seen a company generate as much cash as Apple has over the last six or seven years.'"

Excerpt from the Harvard Business Review -- "In the 2016 book The End of Accounting, NYU Stern Professor Baruch Lev claimed that over the last 100 years or so, financial reports have become less useful in capital market decisions. Recent research lets us make an even bolder claim: accounting earnings are practically irrelevant for digital companies. Our current financial accounting model cannot capture the principle value creator for digital companies: increasing return to scale on intangible investments."

Excerpt from The New York Times -- "'It’s where you go on vacation, what you do and what technology you have,' said Allen Adamson, one of the founders and managing partners of Metaforce, a brand marketing and consulting firm, and one of the authors of 'Shift Ahead: How The Best Companies Stay Relevant in a Fast Changing World.' Those experiences need to be 'Instagram-worthy,' too. The quirkier, flashier and more offbeat the experience, the better, he said."

Excerpt from the Economic Times -- "Ghose says the world needs to recognise the innovativeness of some of the Chinese tech companies and shake off the mental image of Chinese knockoffs. 'Chinese companies are setting global trends in various areas such as technology-enabled transportation, digital payments, mobile economy and artificial intelligence,' he says."

Excerpt from Crowdfund Insider -- "The New York Federal Reserve has published a staff report pertaining to 'The Role of Technology in Mortgage Lending'. Authored by Andreas Fuster, Matthew Plosser, Philipp Schnabl, and James Vickery, the research asserts that Fintech is improving the mortgage lending market by making it more efficient and faster."

Excerpt from NBC News -- "'The most valuable person in world of consumer business is an 18 year old. They have influence over what the rest of us believe is "cool" and have a lifetime of discretionary spending ahead of them,' Galloway told NBC News. 'Their recent galvanization against the issue has made the NRA very uncool and an easy target for firms wanting to say to the most important cohort "Hey, we get it, and are with you."'"

Excerpt from VentureBeat -- "AI is the next era of computing, and it’s important for the business world to understand just how to unlock its potential. In a recent Facebook Live event, I talked with Amy Webb, professor of strategic foresight at NYU Stern School of Business and founder of the Future Today Institute, about how AI is not a silver bullet and how real value comes from a tailored combination of tools designed to address a specific business problem."

Excerpt from CNBC -- "..internet service is an interstate service across states and is regulated by the federal government so I don't think the states are going to be successful. What might happen is that congress might pass a rule, a law, that says net neutrality is okay and reverses the present regulation.."

Excerpt from WalletHub -- "If someone desperately needs credit, then an unsecured credit card may make sense; but the risks are that he/she will find repayment difficult, and then will face mounting late fees and penalties, which can greatly increase the debt burden. Further, he/she ought to explore other (potentially lower-cost) possibilities, such as borrowing from a credit union -- or even borrowing from friends or family. If he/she does use the credit card, focusing on repayment as soon as possible can help reduce the burden of those fees and penalties."

Excerpt from PolitiFact -- "'Data on other states indicate that a majority of individuals in jails (as opposed to prisons) are present due to failure to make bail, and so are awaiting criminal trial prior to sentencing,' said Arpit Gupta, an assistant professor of finance at NYU's Stern School of Business who has researched the bail system and its impact on low-income defendants."

Excerpt from CNNMoney -- "Russell Winer, a marketing professor at NYU's Stern School of Business, said low-cost competitors aren't going away anytime soon, but established companies have a key ingredient new ones lack: brand power."