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Released: 27-Apr-2020 3:05 PM EDT
Lally School of Management Receives Grant to Build New Financial Technologies Center
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)

With a recent grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), planning is underway for a new center that will bring researchers from business, computer science, engineering, and law together with public and private sector representatives for interdisciplinary collaboration around cyber and financial technologies.

Released: 24-Apr-2020 1:35 PM EDT
Most firms neglected to include pandemic in annual risk assessments despite warning signs, study shows
University of Notre Dame

The risk of a pandemic was known prior to the current health crisis, yet managers, in disclosing their companies’ risk factors to shareholders in 2018, showed little foresight in terms of the impact and likelihood of a pandemic, according to new research from Notre Dame.

Released: 24-Apr-2020 1:10 PM EDT
VIDEO AND TRANSCRIPT AVAILABLE: Newswise Live Expert Panel for April 23, 2020: COVID-19 Updates, Media Coverage of the Pandemic, Stress Management, Tech Support, Economy Update
Newswise

Newswise Live Expert Panel for April 23, 2020: COVID-19 Updates, Media Coverage of the Pandemic, Stress Management, Tech Support, Economy Update

       
Released: 22-Apr-2020 12:55 PM EDT
What the Negative Oil Price Says About the Economy
University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business

The April 12 multinational coalition announcement to slash oil production amid the coronavirus crisis wasn’t enough, says energy economist Charles Olson at the University of Maryland, who describes the implications and dilemma for policymakers and industry leaders.

Released: 22-Apr-2020 8:45 AM EDT
Quick Take: After COVID-19, When Will Las Vegas' Tourists Return?
University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV)

Beginning in 2007 through 2009, the Great Recession affected Las Vegas more than anywhere else in the United States. The Las Vegas’s economy will, once again, be dealt a difficult hand as a result of the COVID-19 global pandemic, according to Stephen M. Miller, director of the Center for Business and Economic Research (CBER) and economics professor at Lee Business School.

Released: 21-Apr-2020 2:25 PM EDT
UVA Darden Professors Examine Fed’s Extraordinary Response to Coronavirus Crisis
University of Virginia Darden School of Business

In a recent webinar hosted by the University of Virginia Darden School of Business and moderated by JP Morgan Private Bank Managing Director Jonathan England (MBA ’06), Professors Frank Warnock and Kinda Hachem outlined the extraordinary measures the Fed has taken to keep key aspects of the economy functioning during the coronavirus crisis, as well as additional tools the central bank may use as the crisis continues.

   
Released: 21-Apr-2020 8:30 AM EDT
Economic recovery after shutdown could take up to three years
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)

Despite measures taken by the Austrian government, the consequences of the COVID-19 lockdown and partial suspension of global trade flows will be felt for a long time.



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