In this edition of our Faculty Spotlight series, Dr. Joel Houston shares his career journey to becoming a professor and faculty member at the Warrington College of Business and the valuable lessons he seeks to impart to his students. If
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Instacart’s slow IPO delivery spoils the goods
Cordell Eminent Scholar Jay Ritter shares his insights on Instacart’s IPO. The grocery delivery company is set to submit an initial public offering prospectus to regulators as soon as next week. Read more in this story from Reuters.
Here’s The Story Of The Billionaire Founder Behind Hindenburg Research’s Latest Short Selling Target
The short seller Hindenburg has accused Kazakhstan-based brokerage Freedom Holding of fraudulent practices. Former employees who spoke with Forbes have their own beef with the company. Cordell Eminent Scholar Jay Ritter comments in this story from Forbes.
In latest troubles, top UM athletics booster John Ruiz faces $67 million lawsuit
Cordell Eminent Scholar Jay Ritter lends his SPAC insights to this story about LifeWallet, the health-insurance claims company founded by lawyer John H. Ruiz, a top financial booster of University of Miami athletics, which faces another legal challenge after Miami
Tycoon’s Fortune Soars $39 Billion on Eyebrow-Raising SPAC
Cordell Eminent Scholar Jay Ritter shares his insights for this story about electric car maker VinFast, whose founder is now worth $44.3 billion after the company’s blank-check company merger. Read more in this story from Bloomberg. [Subscription required.]
Soros, Baupost Among Funds to Buy CRH Ahead of US Listing Pivot
Cordell Eminent Scholar Jay Ritter lends his insights to this story about billionaire investors George Soros and Seth Klarman building positions in Irish building materials company CRH Plc before it shifts its primary listing to a US exchange from across
You’re not imagining it: Here’s why Halloween stuff is out earlier each year
It’s a hot summer day. You head to the store to grab a few items; maybe groceries, maybe a few things you need for that home project. You walk through the doors into the much-needed air conditioning and then you
Integrated Framework of Educational Production
Most EdTech applications focus on improving a part of educational production. However, these applications are suboptimal because they do not leverage other entities in the educational ecosystem (such as peers and families to motivate and support students) and connected processes
You will soon be able to buy VinFast stock. But it’s taking a different path to market.
Opting to go public through a SPAC, VinFast has one of the largest deals ever, valuing the 6-year-old Vietnamese automaker at $23 billion. Cordell Eminent Scholar Jay Ritter offers his insights into VinFast’s quest to become a public company in
Is EdTech deployment in K-12 schools aligned to maximize educational production?
In partnership with the RightWalk Foundation (RWF), Matherly Professor Anuj Kumar is researching the impact of EdTech in K-12 schools in India. These observations and prescriptions would generalize to K-12 schools in most developing countries. In his latest report, Kumar
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