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Taper Tantrum Versus the Current Reflationary Scare

Gautam Jain analyzes the US 10-year yield and its effect on emerging market economies, comparing 2013’s Taper Tantrum to today’s reflationary scare.

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Start Retraining for Social Interactions

“Assess your own risk level and comfort,” Professor Sunita Sah told the New York Times, “so you’re very clear about what you would and would not like to do.”

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SHA working with hospitality foundation to strengthen DE&I for the industry

Dean Kate Walsh is collaborating with other industry leaders to ensure the future of the industry is as diverse as the customers it serves.

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He just spent $69 million on a digital piece of art. It’s not his first Beeple.

“Think about how traditional art pieces are hard to trade,” Professor Will Cong tells the Washington Post. “That is solved after the ownership can be easily divided and traded.”

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Student Voices: Meet Yifan Wu, Two-Year MBA Class of 2022

A marketing production executive and a musician who is pursuing a career in consulting, learn why Yifan Wu joined the Two-Year MBA Class of 2022.

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How Barbara Novick ’82 helped grow BlackRock from startup to asset management giant

BlackRock co-founder Barbara Novick outlined eight key lesson she deems critical to BlackRock’s success.

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Opinion: Flying is safer than driving, even during the pandemic. These statistics show why.

If you choose to travel during the pandemic, flying is the still the safest option, writes Dyson Professor Garrick Blalock and Johnson Professor Vrinda Kadiyali in their Washington Post op-ed.

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Market Manipulation Chatter Rises as Digital Art Scene Explodes

“Fraud detection is hard,” Professor William Cong tells Bloomberg. “Even if they are all non-fungible, they’re still anonymous and it would be hard to track down market manipulators.”

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19th Annual Labor and Employment Roundtable – Session 4

Hospitality labor and employment roundtable assembles different perspectives on election and pandemic effects