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Factbox: A 7% Plunge in the S&P Triggered a Trading Halt. Here’s How Circuit Breakers Work

The SEC also introduced a rule called Regulation Systems Compliance and Integrity in 2014 to hold exchanges to a higher level of emergency preparedness, and the bourses do…

March 9, 2020

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A Surge in Telecommuting Could Jeopardize Economic Growth

Brooks Holtom, senior associate dean of strategy, finance, and organization and professor of management, discusses whether more people working from home during the coronavirus…

March 4, 2020

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Will Coronavirus Cause a Global Recession? We Still Don’t Know.

“It’s a potential threat to the global economy as it goes on longer,” Rohan Williamson, a professor of finance at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business,…

February 28, 2020

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NYSE Owner’s Exploration Of eBay Deal Opens New Era For Exchanges

“Their core business is very slow-growing,” said James Angel, a finance professor at Georgetown University. “That’s why exchange operators have been on the acquisition…

February 9, 2020

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Georgetown Women MBAs in Finance Benefit from Innovative Courses, Powerful Faculty, and Abundant Resources

Each week in the Hedge Fund Investing course at Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business, Erica Melito (MBA’20) recommended an investment strategy for a select company,…

February 7, 2020

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On A Terrible Day For Stocks, One Medical Sees Its Stock Pop 47% From The IPO Price

The jury is still out if you can still make money from this," said Sandeep Dahiya, professor of finance at Georgetown's McDonough School of.…

January 31, 2020

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Boeing Made These Shrewd Moves To Fend Off Investor Revolt. Will it Last?

No ifs, ands, or buts. The company has taken a big hit over the MAX, and the decision to stop making the plane—however long the hiatus lasts—is serious. "For them to halt…

December 18, 2019

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Apple Card? Google Checking Account? Why Big Tech Wants To Be Your Banker

“Imagine your personal financial assistant, who basically keeps track of your spending but also integrates with other information on your life,” says James Angel, a finance…

November 26, 2019

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The New Ford Mustang Is Electric. But Battery-Powered Cars Raise Complicated Questions For Workers.

Rohan G. Williamson, professor of finance at Georgetown University, said that major automakers will have to reinvent themselves and their.…

November 19, 2019

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Big Tech Wants Into Your Wallet So They Can Get More Data, Like Their Chinese Rivals

“If you know what someone spends money on, you know everything about them,” said James Angel, a finance professor at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of. …

November 14, 2019