Are Shrimp-Flavored Dog Treats the Answer to Keeping Lake Tahoe Blue?
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Are Shrimp-Flavored Dog Treats the Answer to Keeping Lake Tahoe Blue?

Source: Capital Public Radio

UC Davis' Tahoe Environmental Research Center is working to remove an invasive crustacean to keep Lake Tahoe blue thanks to efforts from a MBA-student led team and recent alum Yuan Cheng.

Why You Should Consider Deleting Your Stock Trading App
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Why You Should Consider Deleting Your Stock Trading App

Source: Yahoo! Finance

Professor Brad Barber explains the new phenomenon of people using investment platforms to trade stocks vs. sports betting—many have lost large portions of their savings. 

The Mysterious Death of the Market Rentier
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The Mysterious Death of the Market Rentier

Source: Financial Times

Professor Alan Taylor and coauthor Joseph Kopecky discuss their recent paper called “The Murder-Suicide of the Rentier,” sharing why risk-free interest rates have collapsed in the past couple of decades.

The ‘Dirty Dozen’ Tax Scams of 2020: $27 Billion Hit to Business
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The ‘Dirty Dozen’ Tax Scams of 2020: $27 Billion Hit to Business

Source: Forbes

Businesses beware; Lecturer Suzy Taherian in Forbes warns companies to be on the lookout for phony charities. IRS says 'Dirty Dozen' tax scams could result in a $27 billion hit for businesses. 

Why are Shelves Empty at Sacramento-Area Budget Stores?
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Why are Shelves Empty at Sacramento-Area Budget Stores?

Source: CBS13 Sacramento

Professor Shannon Anderson says to expect sparse inventory at discount stores for a while because many household items are made in Southeast Asia, which has been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic.

The CFO Essential Summer Reading List
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The CFO Essential Summer Reading List

Source: Forbes

Lecturer Suzy Taherian's book, "The 80/20 CFO: How to Make Strategic Transformations in Your Company," is No. 1 on a Forbes' list of recommended summer reading.

12 Black, Queer Entrepreneurs Share the Secrets You Need to Succeed
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12 Black, Queer Entrepreneurs Share the Secrets You Need to Succeed

Source: Forbes

Alum Tre Borden MBA 11 joins a dozen black, LGBTQ entrepreneurs to discuss his art-consulting, production and media company in Forbes, sharing his biggest challenges, his advice and his proudest moment. 

UC Davis Students Develop Diagnostic Method for Stroke Patients
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UC Davis Students Develop Diagnostic Method for Stroke Patients

Source: The California Aggie

Big Bang! winner StartBio, a UC Davis team with MBA student Teri Slack, created the Rapid Homogenous Point-of-Care Evaluation (HoPE) innovation to identify ischemic stroke patients. 

Employees Need To Feel Connected: Leaders Have To Be Human
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Employees Need To Feel Connected: Leaders Have To Be Human

Source: Forbes

For Forbes, Lecturer Suzy Taherian says business leaders shouldn’t ignore the crucial task of rebuilding company culture following changes to corporate strategies and processes due to COVID-19.

Can Artificial Intelligence Create Jobs?
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Can Artificial Intelligence Create Jobs?

Source: UC Davis Curiosity Gap Blog

Undergraduate Lisa Illes and her startup are featured in this look at how AI can create jobs. 2020 Big Bang! award winner PHIXED SYSTEMS is an advanced analytics platform technology for bio-manufacturing. This blog is excerpted from a story by

36 Million Unemployed: How AI can Create Jobs
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36 Million Unemployed: How AI can Create Jobs

Source: Forbes

For Forbes, Lecturer Suzy Taherian says AI startups like PHIXED at UC Davis, for example, can move the pharma industry towards biomanufacturing 4.0 and create additional data-analysis jobs.

Winning Others Over: Courtney Schultz Now Consulting with PwC
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Winning Others Over: Courtney Schultz Now Consulting with PwC

Source: Mark Honbo, UC Davis Athletics

Former sprint freestyle swimmer and 2018 Aggie graduate Courtney Schultz carved out a path through our Master of Professional Accountancy program to a consulting position at PwC.

This is Best Time for M&A, if you can Realize the Synergy
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This is Best Time for M&A, if you can Realize the Synergy

Source: Forbes

For Forbes, Lecturer Suzy Taherian says it's a buyer's market right now and might be the best time for CFOs to make a strategic acquisition due to the sharp drop in public and private equity markets.

Over $200 Billion in Impairments to Hit Corporate Earnings
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Over $200 Billion in Impairments to Hit Corporate Earnings

Source: Forbes

For Forbes, Lecturer Suzy Taherian says the COVID-19 pandemic has forced finance executives to closely examine impairments of assets, expected to be more severe than the 2008 recession.