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Everything that depends on a financial system, there is going to be a fall, there will be a reduction in flows that will be reflected in less money for loans, less money for investment and less solvency at the country level.

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Xu’s speech can thus be interpreted as a “peace offering” to Beijing, said Kevin Lyons, a professor of professional practice specializing in supply chain operations at Rutgers Business School. To get the green light from China Securities Regulatory Commission for a Hong Kong IPO, Shein needs to prove it is a “loyal” domestic player, he said. Investing billions into local factories and logistics is a “good way to prove loyalty.”
There’s also more than a little bit of “hedging against global headwinds,” Lyons said. In other words, the move may not be only a matter of politics; it could be “as simple as survival,” as he put it.

Who do airline credit cards help most: cardholders, airlines, or credit card companies?

Everyone benefits, each in their own magnitude. Airlines exploit a financial side-business, beyond flying, that is, attracting flyers and generating customer loyalty. They can profit from purchases beyond airplane tickets, being the most natural, hotel rooms, and meals. So, given their volume, they benefit the most; but customers, individually, benefit from attractive offers for added miles; and the credit card companies benefit from the transaction fees, and potential interest income. If we were to rank benefits in terms of volume, they’d be 2nd place.

What the deficit says is not that imports are stopped, but that the volume that is imported is greater than that which is exported. By changing the import source, the import volume is maintained.

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There needs to be income to improve businesses, but there’s another side that’s not being seen: training. Many of these employees are not finding work, not only because there are no jobs, but also because they are not qualified for the jobs available.

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There’s some trash-talking going on at Rutgers University-Newark.
The conversation has been sparked by “Consumed,” a free art exhibit that uses everyday waste, including plastic food containers and egg cartons, to examine modern consumer culture and its environmental impact.

Curated by Kevin Lyons, a professor in the Business School, “Consumed” brings together artists who transform discarded materials into large-scale installations and mixed-media works. The exhibit was designed to reach people outside academic spaces and to make research on waste more accessible, Lyons said.

“If this was a research paper, it probably wouldn’t have reached as many readers,” he said. “Not very many people pick up scientific journals and read them. But art can touch any person, no matter what your background is.”

Price increases in the distribution chain. Chocolates are exported, and flowers, although there is a large production of flowers in the United States, some of it is also exported. We also have an element of inflation that impacts overall costs.

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President’s Day originally started as a celebration of George Washington’s birthday, which is Feb. 22, but later shifted to a general President’s Day celebration in the late 1960s, said Chris Ribeiro, who teaches at the Rutgers Business School in Newark.

The holiday became popularly known as Presidents' Day after it was moved as part of the Uniform Monday Holiday Act, which took effect in 1971 as an attempt to create more three-day weekends for the nation’s workers, according to the website History.com.

Retailers realized they had an entire segment of the population available to spend their money on the Monday off from work, Ribeiro said. And in the post-war economy, there was certainly a lot of money.

Trader Joe’s on the other hand caters toward “younger professionals, young families, and health-minded value seekers who like convenience and ‘treasure hunt’ finds,” said Chris Ribeiro, marketing professor at the Rutgers Business School in Newark.

The Fresh Market stores are typically 20,000 square feet “with more emphasis on fresh/perishables and premium counters — produce variety, meat/seafood, bakery, prepared foods — plus specialty items,” Ribeiro added.

"Research has shown that food-insecure students have significantly lower odds of meeting academic expectations in reading and math. Game-based learning meets them where they are with bite-sized mobile content that is engaging," Wirtenberg said. "The platform provides teachers with real-time data on student progress, and can teach both practical skills, such as how to do (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) enrollment, meal planning, nutrition and also build empathy among food secure students. It democratizes access to quality education regardless of economic status."

Alphabet, Amazon, Microsoft, and Meta just said they’re spending $600 billion on AI infrastructure this year. Parul Jain, professor of economics and finance at Rutgers University, said investors are wondering how that’s going to affect profits.

“There were some over-optimistic expectations for the AI sector,” Jain said. “So there has been a little bit of a market rout. It’s basically the runup and then the rundown that we’re looking at.”

Unlike large corporate and national banks, credit unions are nonprofit cooperatives insured by the National Credit Union Administration that pool community resources for lending and more. “Banks are about profits. They may provide nice services, but they've become very technical in the way that they approach lending and other services, and then charge certain higher rates,” says Jeffrey Robinson, a professor at Rutgers Business School. “Credit unions have better rates, are not as concerned about making massive profits back to their shareholders, and can take input and feedback from the people who are also members.” It’s become a valuable alternative for people in an “anti-billionaire or anti-corporate mindset,” he says.

The report’s authors explained that January’s overall rate of expansion is largely due to a shift back towards milder restocking to start the year, adding that it is lower than last year because the rate of expansion for Inventory Levels is relatively mild compared to what typically occurs in January, when firms are engaged in restocking.

Companies are likely shifting resources to areas like data, automation and analytics amid the AI race, according to Zeki Pagda, an assistant professor at Rutgers Business School.

“Amazon cannot easily retrain a workforce built for manual logistics or legacy retail systems into one that builds generative AI agents,” Pagda said in an email to CNN.

“This hackathon reflects the kind of ecosystem New Jersey is building, where state leaders come together to give students meaningful challenges and modern tools. By learning to work with AI responsibly and collaborating across age groups, students aren’t just developing technical skills, they’re building networks, confidence, and a mindset for solving real problems that matter to our state’s future,” noted Prof. Mukesh Patel, Professor of Innovation and Tech-Entrepreneurship, Rutgers Business School.

New Jersey League of Conservation Voters is proud to announce that Rutgers University will receive this year’s Sustainability Award. This recognition is presented to an institution or business that is at the forefront of building a cleaner, healthier, and more sustainable future for New Jersey.

Sustainability research and efforts occur across the State University of New Jersey in several labs, centers, and offices, including the Office of Climate Action, the Rutgers Institute for Corporate Social Innovation, the Rutgers EcoComplex/Clean Energy Innovation Center, and the Rutgers Climate and Energy Institute.

In this guide, I’ll walk you through how to use social media videos strategically, not just to gain followers, but to convert attention into trust and real business growth.

AGNC Investment Corp. (Nasdaq: AGNC) announced today that its Board of Directors elected Dr. Morris Davis to the Board effective January 12, 2026. Dr. Davis previously served on AGNC's Board from May 2008 to March 2025, when he resigned from his position to join the Council of Economic Advisors to the President as Chief Housing Economist. AGNC's Board of Directors now consists of ten members, including eight independent directors. Dr. Morris will serve as an independent director on the Company's Compensation and Corporate Governance Committee.

One of the standout moments of AIB SAC 2026 was the plenary session by Prof. Farok J. Contractor, Distinguished Professor at Rutgers Business School, USA, and a globally renowned authority in international business. His address on “How India Can Cope and Thrive in the Current Turbulent International Business Environment with Flexibility and Ambidexterity” offered deep insights into how India can strategically navigate uncertainty in global trade through adaptive and innovative approaches.

The monthly LMI is a joint project among researchers from Arizona State University, Colorado State University, University of Nevada, Reno, Florida Atlantic University, and Rutgers University, and also receives support by Council of Supply Management Professionals (CSCMP). CSCMP. The LMI is written by Zac Rogers Ph.D., Steven Carnovale Ph.D., Shen Yeniyurt Ph.D., Ron Lembke Ph.D., and Dale Rogers Ph.D.

The report’s authors explained that the LMI score, or reading, is based on eight “unique components” within the logistics sector, including: inventory levels and costs, warehousing capacity, utilization and prices and transportation capacity, utilization, and prices.

The December LMI reading, at 54.2 (a reading above 50 indicates growth is occurring), falling 1.5% from November’s 55.7 reading, representing the lowest rate of LMI expansion going back to April 2024. This marks the 10th consecutive month that the LMI has trailed the all-time high 61.4 reading

"U.S. production is stable; there has been more government support for extraction. The greater the supply, with constant demand, the lower the price. In addition to this, the OPEC countries, Saudi Arabia and others, have also put in more constant production," said Arturo E. Osorio Fernandez.
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"Blocking GenAI crawlers may backfire. About 80% of the top news publishers block LLM access using the robots.txt file standard. A staggered Difference-in-Differences analysis of the effect of blocking shows that traffic declined after blocking in both SimilarWeb traffic data (−23%) and Comscore data (−14%)," the study found.

However, results proved heterogeneous when extending analysis to lower-traffic websites. Publishers averaging more than 10 daily visits in the Comscore panel experienced negative effects consistent with primary findings, while mid-sized publishers averaging 1-10 visits per day saw positive effects from blocking.

Arturo Osorio, a professor at the Rutgers Business School in Newark, said in a story published in August that agriculture in the state will be profoundly affected.
"At the end of the season, fruits might get rotten in the field because nobody can pick them,” Osorio said.

“For decades, we have grown accustomed to ever quicker deliveries with increasing methods of tracking,” said David Dreyfus, Rutgers Business School supply chain management professor. “Two-day deliveries, free returns, and omni-channel retailing have become the norm.”
Dreyfus said the pandemic revealed the level of globalization and complexity of our modern supply chains—as well as the fragility.

Jerry Kim, an associate professor at the Rutgers University Business School, said the revolving door between regulators and regulated entities is fairly common at both the state and federal levels of government.

Rutgers Newark Provost Jeffrey Robinson, founder of the EPI program, and Jasmine Cordero, its director, said the event reflected both the program’s impact and the strength of Rutgers Newark’s partnership with Fiserv. Now in its 17th year, EPI has supported hundreds of entrepreneurs.

Cordero noted that the Back2Business grants can be a meaningful catalyst for business growth.

“Even a few thousand dollars can make a big difference,” she said. “It allows entrepreneurs to put resources toward marketing and operations and move their businesses forward.”

"I am thrilled to join Boxabl at this inflection point," Davis said in the press release statement. "Having advised the current administration on bold reforms to unleash housing supply, I’ve seen firsthand how innovation like Boxabl’s can solve the housing-affordability crisis."

“The product kind of sells itself,” said Chris Ribeiro, a marketing professor at Rutgers University.

“It’s a regional favorite,” he added, one that’s eponymous — like Kleenex is to tissues.

Abel having "final say" on how Berkshire invests its cash "may have been the impetus for Todd Combs to consider other career options," John Longo, a finance professor at Rutgers Business School and the author of "Buffett's Tips," told Business Insider.
He added that he's not concerned about Combs leaving, as Weschler is "very capable of managing the equity portfolio."

Noticiero Estrella TV with Abel Alvarez and Professor Arturo E. Osorio Fernandez.
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Many candidates feel intimidated by the CPA Exam — this uncertainty may even deter some students from pursuing the CPA license itself. However, the Exam is something any qualified candidate can tackle with the right preparation.

The donation request is typically done in public and “anytime anything’s public, your social image is at the forefront of your brain — ‘how are people going to be perceiving me.’ You can gain compliance pretty easily,” said Kristina Durante, a marketing professor at Rutgers University in Newark who studies social behavior and decision-making. “People are going to do that little bit when it’s in public.”

Noticiero Estrella TV with Jose Armando Ronstadt; comment by Arturo E. Osorio Fernandez.
"In my personal opinion, this is a labor market adjustment, but we have to consider long-term indicators, right? There was a loss of jobs, and you have to consider where the jobs were lost."
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Noticiero Estrella TV with Jose Armando Ronstadt speaks with Arturo E. Osorio Fernandez.
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"When I go to the supermarket to buy a can, I am not only buying the contents of the can, I am also buying the can. And steel fees make packaging that can more expensive."
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Farok Contractor, a distinguished professor of management and global business at Rutgers Business School, told The Associated Press that customers are paying 10 cents to 40 cents more per can when companies pass on the full cost of tariffs.

Along with Dean Jacqueline Mattis, the initiative is led by Rutgers-Newark Chancellor Tonya Smith-Jackson and the deans of each school: Dean Kaifeng Yang, of the School of Public Affairs and Administration, Dean Johanna Bond of Rutgers Law School, Dean Nancy La Vigne of the School of Criminal Justice, Dean Lei Lei of Rutgers Business School, and Interim Dean Gregg Van Ryzin of the Graduate School-Newark.

Trump’s tariffs on imported steel and aluminum are also raising prices. Farok Contractor, a distinguished professor of management and global business at the Rutgers Business School, said customers are paying 10 cents to 40 cents more per can when companies pass on the full cost of tariffs.

College friends Danish Shaik and Maunish Patel purchased Spins Laundromat in November of 2023 when they were on the hunt for their next endeavor. The space had previously been home to another laundromat for over 25 years, which was run down and up for sale. The two met at Rutgers Business School in Newark, where they were already dabbling in the entrepreneurial life. They were co-presidents of the Rutgers Student Managed Fund, where they taught underclassmen how to invest in securities of public companies, diving into the depths of research, pitching, and more.

John Longo, a finance professor, investment chief, and author of 'Buffett's Tips: A Guide to Financial Literacy and Life':

"By 'going quiet,' Buffett is giving Abel and the rest of the Berkshire management team the opportunity to paint their own painting without anyone second-guessing them. He will remain an important sounding board for the Berkshire executives, and if they are wise, they will continue to seek his invaluable counsel."

Arturo E. Osorio Fernandez comments in "Adios al “Pennie” on Noticiero Estrella TV with Jose Armando Ronstadt.

However, while the president defends his vision, the numbers from the New York Federal Reserve Bank reveal a different reality. The debt of households already exceeds $18.3 trillion.

“It means that it reflects people who have mortgages, people who have credit cards, people who have student debt, and people who have car debt,” said Arturo E. Osorio Fernandez.
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The Federal Reserve is making a decision based on a trend and an expectation of indicators that do not really exist. Eh, this has consequences. One of them is that once the government reinitializes, there will possibly be an adjustment to complement the lack of information.
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Parul Jain, associate professor of professional practice of finance and economics, Rutgers Business School, also cited the progress already made in gauging how big of a blow a termination of the project would be for the local economy.

After all, the work is creating jobs and will produce a more reliable transportation system with greater capacity. The economic impact is estimated in the billions of dollars.

“The 9 miles of new passenger trail track with a two-tube tunnel was set to be completed by 2035, and the old tunnel repaired by 2038,” Jain told NJBIZ. “The existing tunnels were damaged during Superstorm Sandy in 2012, and any failure of even one tunnel could cost upwards of $16 billion over four years and about 33,000 jobs, according to the Regional Planning Association.

“President Trump recently declared this project to be ‘dead.’ However, the consensus is that Trump’s actions wouldn’t kill the project but would delay it, causing massive cost overruns. The funding cut likely means extra costs and potential job losses,” she said.

The hydration segment is no longer just about empowering athletes, said Stacy Schwartz, director of the master of science in digital marketing program at Rutgers Business School. It's now also about restoring people's balance, building immunity, or aiding relaxation.

"Whatever aspect of your body that you want to finetune," she said, "there’s a water for that.”

Professors Ronnee Ades and Farrokh Langdana comment during the "Economic, political anxieties drive record gold prices" segment of NJ Spotlight News, beginning at 17:18 into the broadcast.

We have short-term impact, construction, medium-term, wood engineering, and long-term, the revitalization of the forest.
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Part of Warren Buffett’s genius is that the company is built to survive him with its strong culture, clear corporate principles and core growth strategy—always put long-term shareholders first…give each of the company’s operating subsidiaries autonomy…use the excess cash they generate to pursue acquisitions and public equity investments, increasing Berkshire Hathaway’s value year after year.

Buffett’s hand-picked successor, 63-year-old Greg Abel, a former accountant from the Canadian prairies, is head of the company’s energy and utility operations and has been with the company since 2000. In 2018, Buffett also appointed Abel as vice chairman of all non-insurance operations. Starting next year, Buffett will continue to serve as chairman of Berkshire Hathaway and will be a sounding board for Abel.

Finally, Berkshire Hathaway isn’t in need of a radical overhaul because the company is doing just fine. According to its most recent quarterly report (second quarter 2025), Berkshire’s book value—the total value of its assets minus its liabilities—increased about 11% year over year. And while profits declined from last year due to a $1.1 billion loss in the insurance division related to the Southern California wildfires, the company’s balance sheet is pristine with cash reserves of nearly $345 billion (close to its record high the previous quarter).

My prediction: I don’t foresee any extreme changes at Berkshire Hathaway.

...Two Federal Reserve researchers take a look at the importance or otherwise of macro releases to stock traders. And it turns out that, yes, traders still care about releases. More interestingly, the researchers have been able to quantify how much they care.
Until now, the rationale for this work was some combination of common sense, experience, and maybe some regressions using data surprises against consensus expectations. But now that there is a lively options market for stock indices with daily equity option expirations across US and Euro area markets, Juan M. Londono and Mehrdad Samadi have sought to work out how much this stuff actually matters.

John Longo, a finance professor, investment chief, and author of "Buffett's Tips: A Guide to Financial Literacy and Life," said Buffett was likely studying the proposed merger between Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern and, if he believes regulators will allow it, he might seek to merge Berkshire's BNSF Railway with another national railroad.

"A deal of that size may end his tenure as CEO with an exclamation point," Longo said.