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More than 20 executives of nonprofit groups in Harlem came together at Columbia Business School for a leadership training program, "Strengthening West Harlem Nonprofits."

When the Affordable Care Act’s “individual mandate” takes effect in October, millions of Americans will be hard pressed to select the best health insurance coverage for their needs, unless relatively simple design features are incorporated into the state and federal websites they will use to choose a policy. Smart design of those websites, the so-called health insurance exchanges at the heart of Obamacare, could save consumers and the government more than $9 billion annually.

Columbia Business School professor spots unforeseen signs of deregulation and will present findings to the Fed during upcoming conference in October

Tommy Craig ’82 is a Senior Managing Director with Hines. Since joining the firm in 1982, Mr. Craig has been involved in a variety of development projects and transactions aggregating approximately 16 million square feet. In 1996, Mr. Craig became regional officer and partner of Hines’ Metropolitan New York area, where his responsibilities as senior project officer included managing the development, redevelopment, acquisition, construction, modification and/or interior fit-out on projects such as 7 Bryant Park, and the MoMA tower at 53 West 53rd Street. Mr. Craig attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he received his Bachelor of Arts in History/Economics in 1978, and Columbia Business School, where he earned his Master of Business Administration in 1982. Mr. Craig remains active with CBS as an adjunct professor teaching Real Estate Development, and will serve as this year’s Chair of the annual CBS Real Estate Symposium. In a recent interview with Dennis Giuliano ’15, he discussed his career, his insights into the real estate market, and advice for MBA graduates.

Professor Takatoshi Ito recently co-authored a paper for the Geneva Reports on the World Economy titled, "Low for Long? Causes and Consequences of Persistently Low Interest Rates". The paper examines the causes and consequences of the unusual low interest rates of this period. You can access the full paper below: Low for Long? Causes and Consequences of Persistently Low Interest Rates

Professor Michael Morris and former PhD student Emily Amanatullah (now at McCombs School of Business) find that women are better at negotiating for others than for themselves, due to the potential of social backlash for being self-assertive.

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