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Millennials Can’t Catch a Financial Break After Being Hit Twice by Coronavirus and 2008 Financial Crisis

Emily Smith, a 27-year-old senior digital strategist at a large communications agency in Washington, is also attending Georgetown University as a part-time MBA student. She said…

April 29, 2020

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The Pandemic Has Probably Made You More Vulnerable With Coworkers — Here’s Why That Could Be a Good Thing

As more people continue to work remotely on a full or partial basis, managers will have to be especially cognizant of how they bring on new team members, says Christine Porath,…

April 29, 2020

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Oil Bankruptcies Are Coming: EnergyNet, the eBay of Oilfields, is Ready to Profit

The big banks are now standing up teams to deal with assets — essentially in-house oil companies. Some specialize in it, like BOK Financial, controlled by Oklahoma oil…

April 28, 2020

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Two Georgetown Startups Launched a COVID-19 Testing Locator Website

Two startups in the Georgetown University Venture Lab teamed up to launch a website that shows nearby COVID-19 testing locations. The COVID-19 Testing Locator was created by The…

April 27, 2020

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Nonprofits and COVID-19: No Money – No Mission

An op-ed by Leslie Crutchfield, executive director, Business for Impact and Ernest "Chico" Rosemond, program director, New Strategies program: "With more than 12.5 million…

April 27, 2020

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CSL’s ESG Conundrum Could Mean Greater Cost of Growth

There is another way to frame the risk of exploitative participation, according to Peter Jaworski, a Georgetown academic. "While I’m not a medical doctor, I am an ethics. …

April 26, 2020

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There is No Reason to Be Bailing Out Middle Eastern Overproduction: Analysts Break Down How to Prevent Further Oil Price Volatility

James Angel, associate professor at Georgetown University: "Daily price limits. Futures markets often limit the daily fluctuations in price. Apparently this did not apply on…

April 25, 2020

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Sports Teams Mull How to Cover Refunds and Lost Ticketing Revenue

[Marty] Conway, an adjunct professor at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business, said the NBA and NHL are attempting to return not only for media dollars but …

April 24, 2020

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How Much Risk Are We Willing to Take?

“It’s you who has to make the risk trade-off,” says [Robin] Dillon-Merrill, who teaches business at Georgetown. “What are the benefits, what are the risks, what is the…

April 24, 2020

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Whole Foods Secretly Upgrades Tech to Target and Squash Unionizing Efforts

Artificial intelligence has also been used to predict important employee actions. In a Harvard Business Review article last year, management professors Brooks Holtom of…

April 24, 2020