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Oil industry, accustomed to booms and busts, is rocked by pandemic

"Every time the pendulum swings this direction and you have a dramatic market shock ... it has set the stage for consolidation," says Finance Professor Gianna Bern in a WXXI News article about the possible oil company mergers coming.

WXXI

Uncertainty of pandemic puts a chill on oil industry mergers

Finance professor Gianna Bern was quoted by NPR about the impact of the pandemic on oil prices. Bern said, “Every time the pendulum swings this direction and you have a dramatic market shock … it has set the stage for consolidation,”

NPR

TikTok’s massive data harvesting prompts U.S. security concerns

“The problem lies in not knowing what TikTok is doing with the data, if they are manipulating it and whether the data is going into the hands of an adversary,” said Tech Ethics Professor Kirsten Martin in an article for BNN Bloomberg.

Bloomberg

Redskins’ name change likely to increase profits for NFL and franchise, expert says

Finance Professor Richard Sheehan comments about Washington's NFL franchise's announcement that it is changing its “Redskins” name and Indian head logo and will develop a new name and design.

Shannon Roddel

Russia is trying to steal virus vaccine data, Western nations say

Mike Chapple, an associate professor who teaches cybersecurity at the University of Notre Dame and a former Air Force intelligence officer, said in a New York Times piece that there was likely little immediate damage to global public health with the Russian hacking.

New York Times

Amazon tells employees to delete TikTok from mobile devices on security concerns

TikTok is among scores of mobile apps to share or make available private information about their users with third parties, said Tech Ethics professor Kirsten Martin in a Wall Street Journal piece.

Wall Street Journal

Why Robinhood makes more money from options than stocks

Finance professor Robert Battalio was quoted in an article about the boom in trading, driven by everyday traders' interest in equity options and how it benefits large brokerage firms.

Notre Dame, IBM launch tech ethics lab

The University of Notre Dame in partnership with IBM launched a collaboration that will address the myriad ethical concerns raised by the use of advanced technologies, including artificial intelligence, machine learning and quantum computing, to address society’s most pressing problems.

Building Indiana

ND marketing professor earns prestigious award for newspaper research

Marketing Professor Vamsi Kanuri’s research with the West Coast newspaper, examining declining subscriptions and readership, earned him the prestigious 2020 Robert J. Lavidge Global Marketing Research Award, given by the American Marketing Association (AMA) to recognize a marketing practitioner or educator who has devised and successfully implemented a research or insight procedure that has practical implications for use by others.

Carol Elliott

Incoming CEOs with premium pay packages perform accordingly, study shows

A study by management professors Adam Wowak and Craig Crossland found CEOs who are paid more than the going rate during their first two years on the job tend to perform more effectively over the rest of their tenure.

Shannon Roddel