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NEW YORK – US President Joe Biden has proposed a $1.9 trillion rescue plan to help the American economy recover from the pandemic. Many Republicans oppose it, suddenly consumed with the fiscal religion they unceremoniously abandon whenever their party controls the White House. The massive tax cuts the GOP bestowed on billionaires and corporations in 2017 resulted in the highest US fiscal deficits on record, outside of a deep recession or war. But the promised investment and growth never materialized

03 февраля 2021 4 мин. 5312

Corporate Governance after GameStop

NEW YORK – Last week, a social-media-fueled populist rebellion gripped capital markets. Retail investors purchased huge amounts of stock in struggling companies like GameStop, AMC, and BlackBerry (among others). They wanted to make a buck. But, even more than that, they wanted to punish the financial elites, like hedge funds, that had been betting on the companies’ decline

02 февраля 2021 6 мин. 5316

The US and China Must Cooperate in Space

WASHINGTON, DC – America and China should cooperate in space. Although the United States can no longer take its extraterrestrial dominance for granted, it remains the leading player, while China’s space capabilities are growing fast. Most important, both countries, along with the rest of the world, would benefit from a set of clear rules governing the exploration and commercialization of space

01 февраля 2021 5 мин. 6350

What’s The Endgame For GameStop?

A market frenzy has pushed the shares of the Grapevine, Texas-based video game retailer up more than 3,000% in just a few months—far, far outsripping the market as a whole. A once-dormant brick-and-mortar retailer with sagging sales, GameStop was worth $300 million in August 2019. Today it has a market cap of almost $20 billion. Nobody knows what it’ll be worth tomorrow

29 января 2021 6 мин. 5659

Does Pandemic Debt Relief Work?

WASHINGTON, DC – The COVID-19 pandemic has spread globally and will not be over until it has been brought under control everywhere. Hence, international efforts are underway to support the world’s poorest countries. COVAX, a multilateral initiative organized by the World Health Organization and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, is arranging purchases of vaccines to be distributed equitably to developing countries

28 января 2021 4 мин. 6535

This College Professor Became An Overnight Billionaire Fighting Covid

AbCellera Biologics’ Carl Hansen scored big helping Eli Lilly find antibodies to treat symptoms of Covid-19

27 января 2021 4 мин. 7613

How These Women Investors Crushed It In 2020

In an investment industry known for big egos, overconfident analysts and “activists” who routinely tell CEOs how to run their companies, investor Nancy Zevenbergen and her team of four portfolio managers differentiate themselves by simply listening

26 января 2021 7 мин. 9464

Six Strategic Steps in… Closing Your Project

Benjamin Franklin once joked, “You may delay, but time will not!” Time and again, the experience of my students illustrates that one of the most important steps in moving forward in project management is an ability to “close” previous projects: completely, effectively and on time