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April 24, 2020Despite risks, auto workers step up to make medical gearThe New York Times, The Washington Post and 40+ others posted an AP story with comments from management professor Joe Holt who said the workers and their companies are examples of business doing its best to quickly fill a critical unmet need.
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April 24, 2020Most firms neglected to include pandemic in annual risk assessments despite warning signs, study showsFinance professors Bill McDonald and Timothy Loughran examined all 10-K filings (annual reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission) from 2018, before the current pandemic, and found that less than 21 percent of the filings contain any pandemic-related terms.
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April 24, 2020States are emptying their unemployment funds, and even the federal fund designed as a backstop is likely to run out of moneyIf an emergency appropriations bill isn’t passed in time, the states “would have to either increase taxes, borrow from future spending, or they might have to borrow from other spending programs,” finance professor Jason told Business Insider.
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April 23, 2020Kirsten Martin Joins Notre Dame Technology Ethics CenterKirsten Martin, a nationally recognized expert in privacy, technology, and corporate responsibility, will join the University of Notre Dame’s Technology Ethics Center next fall as its first the William P. and Hazel B. White Professor.
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April 23, 2020Here’s what 5 economists are saying about unemployment after 26 million Americans filed jobless claims in just 5 weeks
"26 million workers have filed for unemployment insurance since March 21st. Let that sink in," economist Jason Reed, assistant chair and teaching professor of finance at the University of Notre Dame's Mendoza College of Business, told Business Insider.
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April 22, 2020Consumer psychology during a pandemic w/ James WilkieMarket With Me Quikly hosted marketing professor James Wilkie as a guest on their second podcast. Wilkie's research examines how environmental cues and social norms can (automatically) influence consumers.
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April 22, 2020McCloskey 20th Anniversary: Brett BelockBrett Belock (MBA '14) won the 2015 McCloskey Competition with his assistive technology device, Sluice, but the journey to the prize took a few unforeseen twists and turns on the way.
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April 21, 2020Gas prices continue dropping as crude oil prices plummet to lowest level in historyWhile it's not great news for oil companies, Notre Dame assistant professor of finance Gianna Bern says it's great for consumers in a WSBT22 segment.
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April 21, 2020What oil below zero means – and doesn’t mean – for youThe June and July futures prices reflect increased demand for gasoline and jet fuel, said finance professor Gianna Bern in a Washington Post article, but she noted that demand in the transport sector is currently “at a standstill.”
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April 20, 2020In memoriam: Edward R. Trubac, associate professor emeritus of financeEd Trubac joined the Notre Dame faculty in 1960, earned tenure in 1969 and retired in 2004. An expert in macroeconomics, he served in numerous leadership roles during his time at the Mendoza College of Business.
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