Bank lending to companies with iffy credit has more than doubled since the financial crisis. This is largely due to a ready market available for banks to offload their loans, reducing the risk carried on bank balance sheets. A yield-hungry
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Want to Be a Better Leader? Stop Thinking About Work After Hours
It’s not uncommon for managers to continue thinking about their job, even after the official workday is over. This may involve ruminating about an issue with an employee, trying to think of a solution to a client problem, or creating

I’m an Expert: How To Know If an Item Is Worth Your Cash
Conventional wisdom and so-called ‘never buy’ lists will tell you that there are certain things that are rarely worth spending your money on. Such items typically run the gamut from cheap, low-quality items like single-use plastics or dollar store kitchen gadgets,

Why ‘more quality’ companies may go public in 2024
Despite a rocky 2023 for companies going public, the Nasdaq is still on pace to lead new listings for the fifth straight year, according to Dealogic. Cordell Eminent Scholar Jay Ritter joins Yahoo! Finance’s Rachelle Akuffo to discuss the IPO

Information systems professor honored for early career contributions
Jingchuan Pu, assistant professor in the Information Systems and Operations Management (ISOM) department at the University of Florida Warrington College of Business, is a recipient of the INFORMS Information Systems Society (ISS) Gordon B. Davis Young Scholar Award and the

Five things to do with a marketing degree
Marketing isn’t about sales; it’s about relationships. With a major in marketing through a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration or Master of Science in Marketing degree from the University of Florida Warrington College of Business, you’ll be equipped to build

Upgrade your semester with AI courses at Warrington
There’s a buzz on the University of Florida’s campus. Sitting in classrooms or walking across the Plaza of the Americas, you’ll hear students talking about “the AI school.” The term isn’t just in reference to Malachowsky Hall, a newly opened

Conservative CEOs Pursue Riskier International Deals Than Liberals Do
Associate Professor Aaron Hill and his co-authors studied 1,027 decisions to enter foreign markets made by Fortune 500 CEOs over the past decade and examined the executives’ political-campaign contributions to determine their leanings. They found that conservative leaders were more

UF MBA Full-Time rises to No. 25 in the nation, according to Poets & Quants
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – With a momentous 17-place rise, the University of Florida’s Full-Time MBA program earned its highest ranking on Poets & Quants’ list of the Top 100 U.S. MBA programs of 2023-2024, coming in at No. 25 nationally (No.

Heavener students win Ethics Invitational
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – In November, a team of students from the University of Florida Warrington College of Business won the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Society’s Tampa Bay Ethics Invitational. The Invitational, hosted virtually by CFA Societies in Florida, received 5-minute