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.
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Underwater academic
Most academics start their careers inside the classroom. Associate Professor Trevor Foulk started his in the ocean. The new faculty member and alumnus of the University of Florida Warrington College of Business was making waves in his career as a

Marketing to businesses has never been clearer
Thanks to Clinical Assistant Professor Michael Carrillo, a new textbook is benefitting the University of Florida Warrington College of Business’s business-to-business (B2B) marketing course. Carrillo’s digital textbook, B2B Marketing: Strategic Foundations and Global Applications, hit the internet earlier this year,

The IPO window could reopen after 2 brutal years amid Trump trade ‘exuberance’
Investors have been waiting for the US IPO market to thaw after two challenging years. Donald Trump’s election win may help do just that. Since Trump’s victory last week, the stocks of investment banking leaders including Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan,

Klarna IPO emerges as fintechs gain traction and bankers signal more interest in stock debuts
Klarna, the buy-now-pay-later company, aims to tap into revival of interest in stocks like Affirm and SoFi with its recent IPO. With shares of other financial-technology, or fintech, companies such as Sofi Technologies Inc. on fire in recent weeks and

Information systems assistant professor receives early career award
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Assistant Professor Shu He of the University of Florida Warrington College of Business is a recipient of this year’s INFORMS Information Systems Society Sandra A. Slaughter Early Career Award. In memory of the late Sandra A. Slaughter,

ISOM associate professor honored for early career achievements
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Associate Professor Emre Demirezen of the University of Florida Warrington College of Business is a recipient of the 2024 INFORMS Information Systems Society Sandra A. Slaughter Early Career Award. In memory of the late Sandra A. Slaughter,

Companies are buying up cheap carbon offsets − data suggest it’s more about greenwashing than helping the climate
Carbon offsets have become big business as more companies make promises to protect the climate but can’t meet the goals on their own. When a company buys carbon offsets, it pays a project elsewhere to reduce greenhouse gas emissions on

Donald Trump will make a $400,000 salary as president. His shares in Trump Media could keep him rich to the tune of $8 billion
Analysts have spent years attempting to ascertain Trump’s precise net worth—and Trump hasn’t helped, by refusing to publish his tax returns over the years. According to Cordell Eminent Scholar Jay Ritter, though, the largest part of Trump’s paper wealth is

Here’s how much Donald Trump is worth, from his DJT stock to real estate
Donald Trump may have joined the ranks of America’s richest people through his real estate holdings, from golf courses to hotels, but it’s his stake in the fledgling Trump Media & Technology Group that has more than doubled his net