The former president’s stake in the post-merger company would be valued, at today’s share price, at nearly $4 billion. Cordell Eminent Scholar Jay Ritter shares his insights in this story from the Washington Post. [Subscription required.]
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Read the latest news and research from University of Florida Warrington College of Business faculty, who are thought leaders in their respective fields and provide expert guidance in the classroom. Their research provides industry leaders and individuals with insights they can use in their careers and daily lives.
McGill honored for lifetime contributions to accounting education by premier accounting organization
Gary McGill, Senior Associate Dean of the Warrington College of Business, Director of the Fisher School of Accounting and Director of the Hough Graduate School of Business was awarded the Jim Benjamin Lifetime Service Award at the February meeting of
Investors will say “OK Boomer” to aging Reddit
Social media platform Reddit, which helps its users “dive into anything,” may finally plunge into the public markets. Data from Cordell Eminent Scholar Jay Ritter informs this story from Reuters.
Wolves Of Wall Street Turn To IPOs
In the netherworld of risky penny stocks, reverse mergers are out and initial public offerings are back in style. Buyer beware. Cordell Eminent Scholar Jay Ritter provides his insights for this Forbes story. [Subscription required.]

Skittish Investors Pull the Rug Out From Under Pricey US IPOs
Cordell Eminent Scholar Jay Ritter provides insights for this story on companies with recent IPOs that sold shares lower than expected. Read more in this story from Bloomberg. [Subscription required.]
University of Florida management professor receives NSF CAREER Award
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Assistant Professor of Management Yixuan Li is among the latest recipients of the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) award, the research foundation’s most prestigious award that supports early-career faculty. Li is the
A Better Way for Companies to Address Pay Gaps
Income inequality remains a troubling issue, despite years of progressive and proactive approaches and legislation. All too often, workers of one particular group (usually women or people of color) are systematically underpaid across an organization. The remedy for such pay

Best Short Term Investment Options
Cordell Eminent Scholar Jay Ritter shares his insights on stocks as a possible short-term investment. Read more in this story from Credit Donkey.
Regulation makes crypto markets more efficient
First-of-its-kind research from PricewaterhouseCoopers Professor Liangfei Qiu, John H. and Mary Lou Dasburg Chair Mahendrarajah Nimalendran and Robert B. Carter Professor Praveen Pathak on cryptocurrency finds that the most regulated coins create the most efficient markets. That crypto regulation, often
Drilling into marketing
With a good-natured grin, Peter S. Sealey PhD Professor of Marketing Richard J. Lutz stalked between desks in his Marketing 101 classroom. Every student in the packed auditorium leaned forward, curious to see what he’d do with the electric drill