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The New Role of Risk Management: Rebuilding the Model
Risk managers armed with the most sophisticated quantitative tools available did not foresee the biggest development in ...

Jeremy Siegel: 'The Market Will Stage Another Recovery'
Now that it's clear the recession will not turn into a depression, stocks are poised for a recovery, says Wharton financ...

Raghda Shaheen: Bridging Two Worlds -- America and The Middle East
Raghda Shaheen, who works for the Dubai International Finance Centre, recently completed a four-week business and legal ...

Providence Equity's Gaurav Sharma: 'Private Equity Is Now a More Mature Market'
In the world of private equity, Providence Equity Partners is a specialist. The firm, whose headquarters are in Providen...

Warning: Big Financial Firms May Be Riskier Than They Appear
Large financial institutions have failed with much higher frequency than is generally perceived, says Andrew Kuritzkes, ...

Cautious Optimism for GM's Re-invention
Wharton management professor John Paul McDuffie, an expert on the auto industry, says he's cautiously optimistic that ...

Entrepreneur Elon Musk: Why It's Important to Pinch Pennies on the Road to Riches
Superpreneur seems like a better label for Elon Musk. At 38, he has already been a co-founder of PayPal, which sold for ...

Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk: 'Great Companies Are Built on Great Products'
Entrepreneur Elon Musk has three passions: the Internet, space exploration and clean energy. The first paid off handsome...

Why Stock-price Volatility Should Never Be a Surprise, Even in the Long Run
Equities are subject to much wider price swings than previously understood, according to a recent paper co-authored by W...