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Silicon Valley Bank ‘first major victim’ of Fed’s interest rate hikes

March 10, 2023

Robert Hockett, is a professor of law and public finance at Cornell Law School, where he focuses on financial and monetary law and economics, he says the Fed's current interest rate strategy may need to be reigned in.

Economics and Business
Business, Economics & Entrepreneurship

Are stablecoins key in fast-changing digital financial world?

June 21, 2022

The cryptocurrency market is facing increased pressure with soaring inflation and rising interest rates.

Economics and Business
Business, Economics & Entrepreneurship

Digital focus of Asia trade plan will help U.S. companies, allies

May 23, 2022

The United States and twelve other nations are joining forces to create a new alliance, termed the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework. One of its four main goals is paving the way for greater digital trade.

International
International Reach
Business, Economics & Entrepreneurship
Economics and Business

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

Mega merger: Frontier, Spirit deal ‘positive’ for customers

February 7, 2022

Frontier is offering to buy Spirit Airlines in a deal that will create the nation’s fifth largest carrier. The companies said the transaction will provide more low-cost fares for more travelers.

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

Amazon Staten Island union vote beginning of broad push for reform

March 24, 2022

Patricia Campos-Medina says the Staten Island union vote is just the beginning of efforts to reform Amazon, and even with anti-union tactics thrown at them, these workers are committed to fighting to gain a voice for the essential work they perform as part of Amazon’s global supply chain.

Business, Economics & Entrepreneurship

As banks waver on climate plans, EU and ECB devise plan to keep them liable

November 23, 2021

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

Non-competes inhibit women entrepreneurs, high-growth startups

July 13, 2021

Matt Marx, professor of entrepreneurship, comments on the Biden adminstration's executive order asking the FTC to examine non-compete agreements. 

Business, Economics & Entrepreneurship
Law and Policy

McDonald’s anti-harassment training could lead to backlash

April 14, 2021

On Wednesday, McDonald’s announced it would require workers worldwide to take anti-harassment training starting next year. The mandate is seen as a response to dozens of charges filed by employees in recent years alleging sexual harassment and retaliation when workers complained.  Vanessa Bohns, associate professor of organizational behavior at Cornell University, studies social influence and the psychology of compliance and consent. She says that sexual harassment training must be combined with other initiatives to be effective.   

Business, Economics & Entrepreneurship
Industrial and Labor Relations

Business-GOP alliance fraying as CEOs oppose voting limits

April 14, 2021

On Wednesday, hundreds of companies’ executives joined in a new statement to call out Republican-sponsored voting bills that they say will curtail voting access in several American states. Republican leadership, including senate minority leader Mitch McConnell, have criticized corporate activism in the past, calling for businesses to “stay out of politics.” Lawrence Glickman, professor of history at Cornell University and an expert on consumer activism, says conservatives’ resistance to business leaders making political statements suggest a shift in the traditional alliance between corporations and the Republican Party in the U.S. Glickman is author of “Free Enterprise: An American History” that chronicles the history of “free enterprise” as a cornerstone of conservative politics.

Business, Economics & Entrepreneurship
Arts and Sciences

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