University of Florida Warrington College of Business alumni have continued to make significant strides in 2024, demonstrating leadership and innovation across various industries, businesses and communities. Read more about just some of the driven alumni who boldly tackled challenges and
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Bottling success
As the grandson of immigrants from Northern Italy, Robert Cornella (BSBA ’93, MBA ’95) had the opportunity to travel to his familial homeland multiple times with his father. Seeing different parts of the world from a young age would prove
The MBA advantage: A lawyer’s path to strategic leadership
After serving in the military for just under a decade, including as an Infantry Officer in the U.S. Army Reserve and an active-duty U.S. Army JAG Corps attorney, Bill McHugh (MBA ’14) transitioned first into private practice law, then into
USA Today | This anti-‘woke’ investor is wooing Trump voters. His first target: Starbucks
At President-elect Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club Thursday, James Fishback, CEO and co-founder of Azoria Partners, unveiled a new anti-“woke” investment fund, the Azoria 500 Meritocracy ETF, that will mirror the S&P 500 index except in one respect: It will not include
MarketWatch | Pony AI’s Nasdaq debut signals possible thaw in U.S. stock-market listings by Chinese companies
Autonomous-driving company Pony AI Inc.’s newly issued stock fell nearly 8% below its offering price of $13 a share Wednesday as the biggest initial public offering in months for a Chinese company began trading. The Pony AI offering potentially sets
University of Florida students earn No. 6 national pass rate of CPA Exam
Accounting students at the Fisher School of Accounting at the University of Florida’s Warrington College of Business outperformed students across the nation in the latest CPA Exam performance results. While the 2023 CPA Exam national pass rate is around 54%,
Swings in Building Permits Can Help Predict Financial Downturns
For a new study, Assistant Professor Gustavo Cortes and Yale School of Management’s Cameron LaPoint painstakingly assembled a dataset tracking local building permits over the last century. Again and again, they found, peaks in the issuing of permits preceded periods
Mark Jamison | The Case for a Smarter Antitrust Policy
By restoring clarity and rigor to antitrust enforcement, the incoming administration can protect competition without punishing success, argues Mark Jamison, Gunter Professor and Public Utility Research Center Director. Read Jamison’s full op-ed in The National Review.
The Washington Post | Truth Social investors hoped to get ‘very rich’ after Trump’s win. Not quite.
Trump Media & Technology Group’s revenue and share price have sagged as its losses have piled up. The president-elect’s return to the White House could complicate things even more. Cordell Eminent Scholar Jay Ritter shares his insights in this story
USA Today | Trump’s social media company in talks to buy crypto firm Bakkt, FT reports
Donald Trump’s social media company ended the trading day up Monday on reports it’s looking to buy crypto trading firm Bakkt. Shares of Bakkt, backed by NYSE-owner Intercontinental Exchange, skyrocketed more than 160% and were halted multiple times due to volatility.