After vaulting from an initial offering price of about $50 to a peak of nearly $80 in late March, Truth Social’s share price has dropped a staggering 68%. In early trading on Tuesday, the price stood at about $25. Cordell
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Social Entrepreneurship Lecturer honored with awards for teaching and service
Social Entrepreneurship Lecturer in Management Kristin Joys is this year’s recipient of both the B Academics Instructor of the Year Award and the University of Florida Presidential Service & Leadership Faculty/Staff Advocate of the Year Award. B Academics annually recognizes

Trump Media stock price plummets Monday as company files to issue millions of shares
Trump Media & Technology Group shares plummeted more than 18% Monday after the company took steps to sell millions of additional shares. Cordell Eminent Scholar Jay Ritter expects the stock price will continue to be highly volatile. Read more insights

Real estate education benefits at the University of Florida with David Ling
David Ling, Ken and Linda McGurn Professor and Director of the Nathan S. Collier Master of Science Real Estate program at UF Warrington, joins Michael Bull of America’s Commercial Real Estate Show to discuss the benefits of a real estate

Strong Q1 demand for IPOs bodes well for 2024, experts say: ‘I’m way more optimistic than I’ve been the last two years’
With 30 IPOs that raised over $7.8 billion in the first quarter—figures that jump to 49 offerings and $8.4 billion if SPAC deals are included—experts like Cordell Eminent Scholar Jay Ritter say they’re encouraged the sector has bounced back from the doldrums. Read

University of Florida management professor awarded for significant scholarly achievement by premier organization
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Klodiana Lanaj, Martin L. Schaffel Professor, is the latest recipient of the Academy of Management Organizational Behavior Division’s Cummings Early to Mid-Career Scholarly Achievement Award, which recognizes scholarly achievement of an early- to mid-career scholar. Lanaj is

An AI Bubble of a Different Kind
Insights from Jim Hoover, Director of the Business Analytics and Artificial Intelligence Center, highlight why leaders need to shift from investing to better planning around AI. Read more in this brief from Korn Ferry.

UF Warrington management department No. 1 in productivity per faculty fourth year in a row
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – For four consecutive years, the 13 tenure-track faculty members of the Department of Management at the University of Florida Warrington College of Business have affirmed their authority as top-tier researchers. As in 2020, 2021 and 2022, Warrington’s

Trump’s Truth Social stock price slides
Analysts marvel at the stock price of a social media platform valued at over 1000 times its earnings. Trump owns more than 50%; a dip this week cost him $1b. Cordell Eminent Scholar Jay Ritter shares his insights in this

Best Cities To Buy a Starter Home
Wells Fargo Faculty Fellow, Instructional Associate Professor of Finance and Director of the Wealth Management Program John Banko shares his insights for homebuyers on what to know before buying a starter home. Read more in this story from This Old