Warrington in the News Articles: page 1
It’s no secret that Warrington faculty are internationally renowned for their innovative research. The media looks to our scholars for insights and impactful news. See below where our faculty are featured in the news.
Newsweek has mapped the five easiest and five hardest U.S. states to save money in, based on a new study by Bankrate analyzing financial conditions across the nation. Jay Ritter shares his insights on the rankings.
Map Reveals Top 5 Easiest and Hardest States to Save Money In
Newsweek
The generic drug maker started with cheeky ads selling knockoff Viagra. Now it’s trying to fend off big drugmakers and navigate a critical government ruling to defend a high-growth line of revenue. Jay Ritter comments on how Hims’ SPAC has impacted its business.
Hims & Hers, at a crossroads, wants to be the Netflix of healthcare
Sherwood
Jay Ritter shares his insights for these stories on the impact of tariffs on the IPO market.
Despite tariffs reversal, bankers say the IPO market is still on ice
Business InsiderTariffs crush IPO market for Triangle firms
Triangle Business Journal
Charities with corporate leaders on their boards spend an average of $130,000 a year lobbying on behalf of their connected companies. That’s according to a first-of-its-kind study from Sehoon Kim and Joel Houston that shows how companies benefit from their charitable work — and how charities may be all-too-happy to support their powerful board members in return for lucrative connections.
Charities spend big to defend their board’s corporate agendas, new study finds
UF News
On Friday, StubHub and Klarna both announced they were putting off their planned IPOs, as Donald Trump’s tariffs sparked a huge slide in the stock market. IPO analysts at Renaissance now estimate that there could be as few as 150 deals this year, which would make 2025 the fourth straight down year for IPOs. Research data from Jay Ritter informs this story.
The IPO comeback is stalling out, thanks to Trump's tariffs
Business Insider
Shares in Donald Trump’s social media company sank in morning trading on Wednesday, a day after the company filed paperwork with the Securities and Exchange Commission that could allow the president’s trust to sell more than $2 billion of shares. The filing provides updated information about Trump’s majority stake in the company and flags the possibility of an additional 8 million shares hitting the open market, according to University of Florida finance professor Jay Ritter, who described the filing as a requirement if the company insiders attempted to sell off their shares.
Shares in Trump social media company sink following concerns about insider selloff
ABC News
The market for initial public markets has basically been frozen for three years. And CoreWeave’s recent IPO has done nothing to change the dynamic, suggesting 2025 could be another IPO bust. There hasn’t been a good market for IPOs since 2021, when 311 companies listed, according to Jay Ritter of the University of Florida Warrington College of Business.
What CoreWeave stock’s trading means for the IPO market
Barron's
The offering has captured the attention of investors from Wall Street to Silicon Valley, as CoreWeave represents the first pure-play AI IPO and the largest tech debut in the U.S. in four years. The IPO market has been largely shut since the end of 2021, as the tech industry reckoned with rising inflation and interest rates. Research data from Jay Ritter informs this story.
Nvidia-backed CoreWeave closes flat at $40 after biggest U.S. tech IPO since 2021
CNBC
CoreWeave, a hotly anticipated initial public offering, priced on Thursday below its range, at $40 a share for a valuation of $23 billion, raising some $1.5 billion, well below earlier expectations. Jay Ritter shares his insight on the debut.
CoreWeave Debuts: A Big IPO in a Slow Year
Barron's
Widely misunderstood, blockchain technology and cryptoassets are often wrongly associated with anarchy and upheaval, explains Associate Professor Fahad Saleh in this column from the Tampa Bay Times.