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Paramount Goes Hostile in Bid for Warner Bros., Challenging a $72B Bid by Netflix

John Mayo, an antitrust expert and executive director of the Center for Business and Public Policy at Georgetown's McDonough School of Business, said the scrutiny will be serious…

December 10, 2025

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Could a 50-Year Mortgage Make Homes More Affordable?

Fifty-year mortgages could be a valuable tool in the right circumstances, such as when a borrower plans to stay in the home for several decades and needs lower monthly payments,…

December 10, 2025

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Want to ‘Invest’ in OpenAI and SpaceX? How Tokenization Will Change Investing

"We’ve been tokenizing assets in financial services for over 400 years," explained Jim Angel, associate professor of finance at Georgetown's McDonough School of Business. "If…

December 10, 2025

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Tokenized Stocks Offer New Opportunities for Investors, but Carry Unique Risks

“With a token, it is an instrument not issued by the company,” said Jim Angel, an associate professor of finance at Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business. …

December 8, 2025

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2025 Best Undergraduate Business Professors: Reena Aggarwal, McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University

Reena Aggarwal, Robert E. McDonough Professor of Finance, has made a profound impact at the intersection of financial markets and policy, both through her rigorous, data-driven…

December 3, 2025

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A Chicago Data Center Overheated—and Shut Down Trade in Key Markets Across the Globe

If NYSE’s New Jersey data center goes down, “all the other people just keep on trading,” said James Angel, a finance professor at Georgetown University's McDonough School…

December 1, 2025

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Nvidia Is Going Out of its Way to Rebut Online Criticism. Is This Savvy PR or Adding Fuel to the Fire?

Jim Angel, a finance professor at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business, suggested that Nvidia’s letter to Wall Street analysts was a precarious move,“…

December 1, 2025

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In Numbers: Highest Paid U.S. CEOs

“U.S. CEO packages are heavily equity-weighted, with 70%-80% coming from stock options and performance shares,” Nirmal Chhabria, Professor of the Practice and Director of the…

December 1, 2025

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How Do Cloud Service Outages Happen?

Tim DeStefano, associate research professor at Georgetown's McDonough School of Business, simply summed up the risk that outages pose to cloud service providers in three: “…

November 24, 2025

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Crypto Crash Erodes Wealth for Trump’s Family and Followers

“Retail investors can only speculate,” said Jim Angel, a finance professor at Georgetown University. “The Trumps can not only speculate, but they can create tokens, sell…

November 24, 2025