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Despite election loss, Marine Le Pen influence in France to continue

April 25, 2022

Emmanuel Macron will retain the French presidency for another five years after defeating Marine Le Pen by 17 percentage points, but she secured the far right's highest share of the vote yet.

International Reach
International
Law and Policy
Law, Government & Public Policy

Local Floridians to lose in tax battle between Disney, DeSantis

April 22, 2022

Eleanor Wilking, professor of law at Cornell Law School, comments on the news of Florida lawmakers voting to remove Disney's special tax status after the company openly criticized the "Don't Say Gay" bill. 

Law and Policy

Military aid to Ukraine comes amid ‘diplomatic dance’ on world stage

April 21, 2022

President Joe Biden is expected to announce an additional $800 million security assistance to Ukraine today following a similarly sized measure earlier this month.

International
International Reach
Foreign Policy
Law and Policy
Law, Government & Public Policy

Mask mandate inconsistencies create headaches for airlines

April 18, 2022

On Monday, a federal judge in Florida struck down the mask mandate requirement on airplanes and other forms of public transportation.Christopher Anderson says mandate inconsistencies can cause headaches for airlines and their employees.

School of Hotel Administration
Health, Nutrition & Medicine

Britain’s ‘lack of political will’ key in choice to move asylum seekers

April 14, 2022

Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced Britain could send tens of thousands of asylum seekers to Rwanda to be resettled, in an attempt to stem the flow of migrants across the Channel.

Law, Government & Public Policy

Musk’s offer to take Twitter private could benefit the company

April 14, 2022

Elon Musk has offered to buy Twitter for $54.20 a share, saying the company needs to be transformed privately. Musk is already the company's second-largest shareholder.

Economics and Business
Business, Economics & Entrepreneurship
Cornell SC Johnson College of Business

To the bargaining table: Work ahead for newly unionized workers

April 12, 2022

Workers voted to form unions at all three of Ithaca’s Starbucks, making it the first city to have all its locations unionized. 

Industrial and Labor Relations

No surprises from first round of French election

April 11, 2022

Emmanuel Macron will face Marine Le Pen in the French presidential election runoff on April 24.

International
Law, Government & Public Policy

JetBlue-Spirit acquisition not likely to benefit travelers

April 7, 2022

JetBlue has offered to buy Sprint Airlines challenging Spirit’s plan to merge with Frontier. Christopher Anderson says the Frontier-Spirit deal would be positive for both consumers and shareholders while the JetBlue-Spirit acquisition doesn’t offer the same operational synergies.

School of Hotel Administration
Economics and Business

Marine Le Pen to ‘win’ French election, even if she loses

April 7, 2022

The first round of the French Presidential election is scheduled for Sunday, April 10 and the race between Marine Le Pen and Emmanuel Macron is growing tighter.

International
Law, Government & Public Policy