The MTA Money Machine
Written by Brendon Khan In New York, commuters, both regular and occasional, continue to lose money, while the Metro Transit Authority cashes in on a free source of income. [...]
Markets
Gazing into the ‘Dark Pool’
Written by Sashank Parigi “The effect of the financial crisis and the ensuing regulations on financial services is no secret” said Daniel Lee, NYU Stern sophomore, “But [...]
Capital Crusaders on the March
Written by Yana Sinkevich The corporate raiders are back. Since the Global Recession, investors have piled into activist hedge funds searching for alpha or excess returns [...]
Uber and Lyft: New York City is Still Learning to Share
Written by Anna Chen For students prone to late nights in Stern, Uber, Lyft and other sharing car companies are all vying to be top choice for that 2 AM ride home. Many [...]
Gould Standard’s App Spotlight Firechat: Crowdsurfing Connectivity
Written by Tammy Tan On September 28, the Hong Kong community formed the Occupy Central movement to protest the electoral reforms proposed by Mainland China’s Standing [...]
China-US Relations
Written by Jared Schulman Relations between the world’s two largest economies have been notably “colder than usual” for the past several years. Perhaps it can be [...]
‘Unpatriotic’ Tax Inversions Take Street by Storm
Written by Aleka Raju Tax inversions have become the hottest new trend on Wall Street in 2014. When tax inversion deals first started becoming prominent in 2011, they [...]
How does terrorism affect a business? Yemen, as a case study
Written by Danielle Bennett Yemen constitutes one of the poorest countries in the world, and thus has some of the closest ties to the United States. The country has no [...]
Swiss Franc Unpegged from Euro
Written by Aditya Garg Panic. That seemed to be the general sentiment on January 15th when the Swiss National Bank (SNB) suddenly announced that it would no longer keep the [...]
Turkey Loses Security Council Seat
Written by Rachel Levine As Americans grapple with the consequences of this year’s midterm elections and look ahead to the possibilities in 2016, a recent global election [...]
