Warrington in the News Articles: page 12

Aron Weingard (BSBA ’07, MSE ‘09) is a 2023 40 Gators Under 40 honoree who helps some of the 6 million American kids who bury a parent or sibling before graduating high school.

A small Japanese plastic recycling company is gearing up to go public in the US through a SPAC merger this month, even as many IPO hopefuls are delaying or scrapping such plans. Cordell Eminent Scholar Jay Ritter comments.

The former president has kept his finances in the dark. But now he’s pressed for cash and Truth Social could be the answer. Cordell Eminent Scholar Jay Ritter shares his insights on the company’s quest to go public.

Research insights from R. Perry Frankland Professor David Gaddis Ross detail how a “structured approach” can be better way to conduct pay equity analysis and lead to addressing the gender wage gap issue.

Life in public service is both an honor and a commitment. For University of Florida Warrington College of Business and College of Public Health and Health Professions alumna Captain Ayessa Toler (BS ’01, MHA ’03, MBA ’19), being a dedicated public servant is a way of life. Toler is the chief of medical plans, operations and exercises for the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command.

On the financial front, the news has appeared dire for former president Donald Trump this year. Within a span of just a month, two judges in two separate cases ordered him to pay about $540 million in total. What’s gotten far less attention, though, is this: A frenetic rally in a stock tied to Trump Media & Technology Group — which operates the Truth Social platform he posts on daily — has minted a nearly $4 billion windfall for him. Cordell Eminent Scholar Jay Ritter shares his insight for this story.

Airports are missing out on $35 billion in economic impact because they’re not well run – that’s according to pilot, airport management expert and DBA alumnus Mike Jones (DBA ’23). He explains the cause of this underperformance and why the structure of an airport management team is so important.

View Inc., a smart-glass company once valued at $2B, is facing a potential debt restructuring or asset sale, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission this month. View went public on the Nasdaq Stock Market via a $1.6B merger with a SPAC, but by May 2023, the company faced delisting after accounting errors forced it to audit its previous financial reports. Cordell Eminent Scholar Jay Ritter explains why View isn’t alone among companies that went public via SPACs in late 2020 and early 2021 that haven’t lived up to its promise.

Cordell Eminent Scholar Jay Ritter shares his insights for this story on the Capital One Financial Corp. deal to buy Discover Financial Services. The $35 billion all-stock deal would create the largest US credit card company by loan volume, giving the combined entity a stronger foothold to compete with Wall Street’s behemoths.

If you want to make money in the stock market, change this channel. Cordell Eminent Scholar Jay Ritter shares his insights on what investment strategy to avoid.