The United States and Europe have imposed financial sanctions on Russia and there are concerns that Russia will turn to cryptocurrency to help evade said sanctions. Robert Hockett says given the unity among the world's industrial nations to stop the war, Russia will be denied access to not only traditional banking and financial systems, but also to all the main crypto sites.

International

Economics and Business

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Over the long weekend, Southwest Airlines cancelled over 2,000 flights, causing major disruptions to travel plans for thousands of passengers. Arthur Wheaton, an expert in airline industries at Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations, says while the problems at Southwest Airlines mirror the supply chain issues facing the globe, they have not handled the situation very well, reducing consumer trust.

Economics and Business

Industrial and Labor Relations

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Christopher Marquis, a professor in sustainable global enterprise, and Glen Dowell, a corporate sustainability researcher and professor of management and organizations, comment on renewed pressure for Berkshire Hathaway to be more transparent about greenhouse gas emissions, and an upcoming shareholder vote on a climate proposal from investors.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Economics and Business

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On Thursday, Coinbase Global, Inc. is slated to report earnings as a public company for the very first time this week. Mani Sethuraman, assistant professor at the SC Johnson College of Business, studies corporate communication and its impact on markets.

Economics and Business

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Bitcoin has had a rough month of declines, likely driven by the Federal Reserve’s planned tightening of its monetary policies this year. Will Cong says as the Federal Reserve tightens policies, we could see a reduction in demand for Bitcoin – but adds that investors can still use crypto assets to guard against excessive inflation by diversifying their holdings across the entire crypto sector.

Cornell SC Johnson College of Business

Johnson Graduate School of Management

Economics and Business

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Starting Wednesday, workers at three Starbucks coffee shops in and around Buffalo, New York will have four weeks to vote on whether to unionize. Kate Bronfenbrenner says Starbucks has reason to be worried with Workers United leading the unionizing efforts. Cathy Creighton is also available for interviews.

Industrial and Labor Relations

Economics and Business

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Drew Pascarella and Drew Margolin weigh in on Elon Musk's plan to take Twitter public again in a few years.

Agriculture and Life Sciences

Cornell SC Johnson College of Business

Economics and Business

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Bradford S. Bell, professor in strategic human resources and director of ILR’s Center for Advanced Human Resource Studies, says employers may walk back plans for workers to return to the office as concern over the omicron variant grows.

Economics and Business

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Andrew Karolyi, dean of the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business and a scholar specializing in international financial markets, comments on a warning from the European Central Bank that most of the lenders it oversees have not produced strategies to respond to climate change.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Economics and Business

Business, Economics & Entrepreneurship

Cornell SC Johnson College of Business

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Vanessa Bohns, associate professor of organizational behavior at Cornell University’s ILR School, offers the following suggestions for how to make–the potentially tricky–request more effective. 

Economics and Business

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