Archive: Finance
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Dining Out: July Marks 3rd Month of Recovery for U.S. Restaurants
Sales and employment at U.S. restaurants posted another month of improvement in July, but at rates below previous months as the industry remains challenged by the pandemic and economic crisis. “It’s trending in the right direction,” said Arthur Dong, professor of the practice at Georgetown McDonough. “Are they out of the woods yet? By no stretch of the imagination.”
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Critical Retention Strategies: AI Identified Dissatisfied Employees Before They Leave
Artificial intelligence technology can inform retention strategies and help employers predict who is most likely to leave, as well as what incentives might encourage them to stay. Brooks Holtom, senior associate dean for strategy, finance, and organization discusses the implications of these AI tools.
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How Much Money is in Nonprofit Endowments in America?
The endowment assets of the country’s nonprivate-foundation nonprofits totaled over $690 billion dollars in 2017, according to their Form 990s analyzed by Sandeep Dahiya, associate professor of finance at Georgetown McDonough.
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What is Chapter 11 Bankruptcy?
“The goal in Chapter 11 is to carve out the productive part of the company and get rid of the parts that are losing money,” said James Angel, associate professor of finance at the McDonough School of Business.
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Nine New Faculty Join Georgetown McDonough
Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business welcomed nine new faculty for the 2020-2021 academic year. Tenured and tenure-track faculty Rahul Gupta is an assistant professor of strategy w
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Can China and the U.S. Uphold the Phase One Trade Deal Amid COVID-19?
The looming election may also serve to accelerate, rather than pause the trade pact between China and the U.S. Arthur Dong, teaching professor at the McDonough School of Business says Trump’s election prospects hinge on China acting upon commitments of the phase one deal.
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Greedy or Needy: Why More Than a Thousand Financial Advisors Took PPP Loans
James Angel, a professor of finance at the Georgetown University McDonough School of Business, is not at all surprised that the RIAs to jump after these loans. “We want RIAs to be financially sophisticated, to be following the details of current financial legislation so the fact that they jumped on the free money basically shows that they are on top of their game,” he says, likening advisors actions to taking advantage of tax loopholes.
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Chinese Markets Surge on Recovery Hopes
Yahoo Finance’s Brian Sozzi and Alexis Christoforous speak with Georgetown Professor Arthur Dong about the recent surge in Chinese markets, and President Trump’s recent tweets about China.
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US Sent $1.4B Dollars in Relief Checks to Deceased
More than a million coronavirus relief payments totaling some $1.4 billion went to dead people, a new government watchdog study reports. Watch an interview with James Angel, associate professor of finance.
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Provost’s Office Appoints Rohan Williamson as Vice Provost for Education
Longtime Georgetown McDonough faculty member Rohan Williamson has been appointed the new Vice Provost for Education as of June 1, 2020. Williamson will succeed Randy Bass, who served the office for t
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