Wall Street’s tech IPO bankers may finally have a reason to break out the champagne after an extended drought was broken up this week with the market debuts of Reddit and Astera Labs. In the past two years, though, there
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Why Trump Can’t Pledge His Truth Social Shares Even After It Goes Public
Donald Trump is on the cusp of adding billions of dollars to his balance sheet after shareholders of Digital World Acquisition Corp. voted on Friday to merge with his Trump Media & Technology Group. But not only won’t the expected

Donald Trump may be about to get $3 billion richer. But that likely won’t solve his cash crunch
Trump Media & Technology Group, the owner of Trump’s struggling social media platform Truth Social, is on the cusp of going public as soon as next week following years of legal and regulatory obstacles. Cordell Eminent Scholar Jay Ritter and DBA

Reddit Rises 48% in First Day of Trading
Cordell Eminent Scholar Jay Ritter shares his insights on the social media company’s debut on the New York Stock Exchange, one of the first major tech initial public offerings of the year. Read his insights from a number of publications,

Warrington College of Business mourns the loss of renowned professor and benefactor Eugene F. Brigham
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – It is with deep sadness that the University of Florida Warrington College of Business shares the loss of former faculty member and finance education supporter Dr. Eugene F. Brigham. The author of one of the best-selling finance

Bloomberg Opinion: Digital World Acquisition Corp
Insights from Cordell Eminent Scholar Jay Ritter inform this opinion piece about the proposed merger between Trump Media and Digital World, a special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC. Read more from Bloomberg’s Matt Levine.

Critical Thinking, Business Ethics, and Leadership with Brian Ray
Poe Business Ethics Center Director Brian Ray and Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives at the College of Business at the University of Central Florida Ron Piccolo (Ph.D. ’05) joined Regions Business Radio Orlando to discuss critical thinking, leadership and business

New Case Study | Minespider: Building Responsible Battery Supply Chains with Blockchain
Clinical Assistant Professor Michael Carrillo and Clinical Professor and Director of the David F. Miller Retail Center Joel Davis collaborated on a new case study available through Ivey Publishing, one of the most prominent case publishers. The case focuses on

Why That Hot Biotech IPO Could Be a Winner
Insights from Cordell Eminent Scholar Jay Ritter show that biotechnology IPOs tend to do well over the long term just as financing markets begin to thaw. Read more in this story from the Wall Street Journal.

Reddit plans to let its users get in on the ground floor of its initial public stock offering
Nearly 20 years after it first became a thing, the social media site Reddit is planning to go public. Monday morning the company filed details of its initial public offering with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Among them, Reddit says it’s reserving