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Nobel Laureate Prof. Michael Spence on the impact of globalization on employment

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Excerpt from Foreign Policy -- "Spence emphasizes further that because of the on-going restructuring of the global supply chain, 'the range of employment opportunities available in the tradable sector is declining, which is limiting choices for U.S. workers in the middle-income bracket.'"
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Nobel Laureate Prof. Michael Spence on US unemployment

Excerpt from McKinsey Quarterly -- "Michael Spence ... sees structural changes in the economy that present major challenges to job creation."
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Stern undergraduate students are featured for helping with post-Hurricane Irene clean-up

Excerpt from Prospect Heights Patch -- "On Tuesday, the Prospect Park Alliance and about 150 young volunteers from the New York University Stern School of Business gathered at Grand Army Plaza to help with post-Hurricane Irene cleanup in Prospect Park."
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Prof. Baruch Lev's research on value-creating investments is referenced

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Excerpt from Fortune -- "Pusillanimous managers complain that they're forced to make these cuts by short-term oriented investors. But research by New York University's Baruch Lev and others shows that it isn't so."
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Prof. Adam Alter on the Arthritis Foundation's new marketing campaign

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Excerpt from The New York Times -- "Adam Alter, an assistant professor of marketing at New York University’s Stern School of Business, said the campaign’s use of 'weapon as a metaphor seemed difficult to grasp.'” Additional coverage appeared in Sarasota Herald-Tribune.
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Prof. Nouriel Roubini predicts a global economic downturn

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Excerpt from Financial Times -- "Nouriel Roubini, also known as 'Dr Doom', predicts a downturn. 'A stopped clock', some will mutter. Yet he is surely right that the buffers have mostly gone: interest rates are low, fiscal deficits are huge and the eurozone is stressed."  Additional coverage appeared in Bloomberg, iStockAnalyst, CityWire and OnWallStreet.com.
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Prof. David Purdy on the future of media

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Excerpt from The Globe and Mail -- "I think tablets will be game changing, and will lead to a whole new generation of media that we haven't seen yet today."
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Prof. Nouriel Roubini predicts a global economic downturn

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"Nouriel Roubini, also known as 'Dr Doom', predicts a downturn. 'A stopped clock', some will mutter. Yet he is surely right that the buffers have mostly gone: interest rates are low, fiscal deficits are huge and the eurozone is stressed." Additional coverage in Bloomberg.
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Chairman of the Board of Overseers William Berkley will present at Insurance Conference

Excerpt from the Sun Herald -- "W. R. Berkley Corporation (NYSE: WRB) announced today that William R. Berkley, its chairman and chief executive officer, will present at the 2011 Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Insurance Conference being held in New York City."
School News

NYU Stern is highlighted for being named after the chairman of Hartz, Leonard N. Stern

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Excerpt from Business Insider -- "The Stern school, NYU’s business school is named after the chairman of Hartz ..."
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The NYU Stern Berkley Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation will receive the first OPEL Award

Excerpt from PR Newswire -- "The word OPEL means 'jewel,' and according to mythology, the gemstone enhances one's innate characteristics, leading to personal creativity and true spontaneous action which best describes the talented faculty at NYU Stern Berkley Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation." Additional coverage appeared in ITbriefing.net
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Undergraduate student Leticia Murakami is featured for helping with Irene clean-up in Prospect Park

Excerpt from The Epoch Times -- "Leticia Murakami, an incoming freshman to New York University's Stern School of Business, assists in storm clean up in Prospect Park in Brooklyn on Tuesday as part of volunteer efforts that are part of the orientation."
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Prof. Joseph Foudy on Verizon's employee benefits

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Excerpt from Reuters -- "'The notion that workers won't pay more for healthcare is almost certainly lost,' said Professor Joseph Foudy of New York University's Stern School of Business."  Additional coverage appeared in NewsDaily and FierceTelecom.com.
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Prof. Thomas Sargent's views on economic policy are referenced

Excerpt from The Scotsman -- "The remedy for the fears afflicting business and consumer confidence, he argues in a posting on his website, is the kind of regime change US economist Thomas Sargent identified 30 years ago."
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Member of the NYU Stern Executive Board and Prof. Richard Bernstein (MBA '87) is quoted

Excerpt from TimesLive -- "'Too bad the government didn't do the same with TARP. Taxpayers got ripped off in comparison to the terms Buffett got,' Bernstein said." Additional coverage appeared in The Monterey County Herald.
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Prof. Charles Warner on the FCC's Fairness Doctrine

Excerpt from ShellyPalmer -- "The FCC announced last week that it is throwing out the Fairness Doctrine along with 80 other rules it considers 'outdated and obsolete.'"
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Prof. Avi Giloni is highlighted as an associate director at Yeshiva University's business school

Excerpt from The Observer (Yeshiva University) -- "Positive changes have been made to the leadership team of YU's business school, with the appointment of a new director, Dr. Moses Pava, along with two new associate directors, Professor Michael Strauss, and Dr. Avi Giloni."
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Dean of the Undergraduate College, Vice Dean and Prof. Geeta Menon is featured

Excerpt from the Washington Square News -- "Geeta Menon has been at NYU for 21 years, having taught at the university as a professor of marketing. She now will replace Frederick Choi as the new undergraduate dean of the Stern School of Business."
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In an op-ed, Prof. Amity Shlaes questions the premise behind labor unions

Excerpt from Bloomberg -- "But let's question the premise behind the push. For although unions may be good for a worker, singular, they are not always good for workers, plural."
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Prof. Aswath Damodaran on Warren Buffett's investment in BoA Merrill Lynch

Excerpt from FinanceAsia -- “'Rather than buy and hold under-valued companies, which is what he used to do, he focuses on companies that have lost credibility and he sells them his credibility at a hefty price,' said NYU Stern finance professor Aswath Damodaran."
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Nobel Laureate Prof. Michael Spence on economic growth rates

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Excerpt from the San Francisco Chronicle -- "Only five economies -- Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore -- have moved from middle-income nations to developed country status while maintaining relatively high growth rates, according to Nobel laureate Michael Spence."
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Prof. Eric Schoenberg shares his views on higher taxes for the wealthy

Excerpt from Sun-Sentinel -- " ... many wealthy liberals are willing to pay more taxes. Examples include investment banker Eric Schoenberg, who said, 'I'm in favor of higher taxes on people like me.'"
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In an op-ed, Prof. Robert Gordon black-swan financial strategies

Excerpt from Investment News -- "Aware of the difficulty of making money in the recent/current market storm, some managers have employed black-swan financial strategies — which attempt to protect against statistically possible but highly unlikely events."

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