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March 26, 2020Unemployment will get much worse before it gets better, expert saysThe U.S. Department of Labor reported March 26 that jobless claims from Americans displaced by the coronavirus pandemic soared to 3.28 million and the trend will continue as Americans shelter in place, according to finance professor Jason Reed.
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March 26, 2020Money trouble: The pressure behind getting sports back on TV
Finance professor Richard Sheehan comments about the pressure to get sports back on TV in an article for The Athletic.
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March 26, 2020How the NBA is planning to save its season after the coronavirus forced a suspensionFinance professor Richard Sheehan commented in a CNBC article about how a canceled season will have consequences on the NBA's revenues and players' salaries, which are tied to games played.
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March 25, 2020Defense Production Act could help amid coronavirus, even as President Trump resists: expertsWhether the DPA is employed now may not necessarily have an immediate impact anyway, since it takes time to repurpose factories and shift companies to producing medical gear, according to Kaitlin Wowak, an assistant professor at the Mendoza College of Business, who specializes in supply chains."If we responded a little bit faster about trying to increase production or pivot supply chains, then we could have avoided a lag," Wowak told ABC News.
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March 25, 2020ND sports economist: ‘Right choice’ to postpone olympicsInside INdiana Business quoted finance professor Richard Sheehan, who argues postponing the Olympics was the right move to make.
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March 25, 2020Dow soars 496 points as traders await official approval for $2 trillion coronavirus stimulus deal"Despite the mammoth amount of stimulus slated to enter the economy, strict containment measures are the best bet for stabilizing markets," Jeffrey Bergstrand, finance professor at the University of Notre Dame's Mendoza College of Business, told Markets Insider in an email.
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March 25, 2020Olympics delay deals crushing blow to Japan’s comeback storyBloomberg quoted finance professor Richard Sheehan, who argues that the postponement offers a chance to put a different spin on what the Games mean.
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March 25, 2020What the coronavirus relief bill offers for small businessesThe proposal will allow many households and business to keep running in the short-term, according to Jeffrey Bergstrand, a professor of finance at the University of Notre Dame's Mendoza College of Business in a CBS News piece.
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March 25, 2020Expert says “stimulus” package is economically appropriate, urges cautionCongress should be applauded for putting together such an unprecedentedly massive package so quickly, according to Jeffrey Bergstrand, professor of finance at the University of Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business.
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March 25, 2020Aloha, e-learning: Notre Dame professor tackles online teaching with styleAssociate teaching professor of management Chad Harms is no stranger to the challenges and opportunities presented by online learning. So when the coronavirus pandemic shifted courses online in March Harms donned a floral patterned button-up shirt and got to work.
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