UConn Today – UConn alumnus and chiropractor Norman Eng ’99 is thrilled to be a part of Team USA Track & Field, as he accompanies them to the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio.
Finance
On Earnings Calls, Retail Execs Underplay How Well The Company Is Performing
Do CEOs lie? Perhaps, but not how you think
Citizens Names Hazzard as Head of Structured Finance
Brexit casts uncertainty over CT exporters
Hartford Business Journal – Connecticut’s seventh largest trade partner is in a state of economic and political flux casting a sense of uncertainty over in-state exporters to the United Kingdom.
New Study Claims Corporate Executives Intentionally Mislead Investors for Personal Gain
Bloomberg – It won’t surprise any market-watcher to learn that in the run-up to earnings season, companies tend to lower the bar for top and bottom line performance, thereby giving themselves better odds of exceeding analysts’ expectations.
However, a new working paper suggests that the sins of omission that occur during the corporate “cheating” season, as it was dubbed by Societe Generale Global Head of Quantitative Strategy Andrew Lapthorne, are far more insidious.
Implementing the Child Care Development Block Grant Act of 2014: Perspectives of Stakeholders
U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education Labor & Pensions – The economic impact of investing in child care cannot be underestimated, noted Connecticut Office of Early Childhood Commissioner Dr. Myra Jones-Taylor at a recent committee hearing. Taylor referenced a study by the Connecticut Center for Economic Analysis, which found that in the city of New Haven, Conn. there was a $9.4 million macroeconomic increase and a $17 million/year tax increase when you invest in child care programs and have them stay open, stay stable, and have quality.
An Expensive Real-Estate Seminar Isn’t How to Get Rich
Research of Seismic Proportion
Finance Professor Finds Inconsistency in California’s Earthquake Insurance Charges
Are some California homeowners subsidizing others for earthquake insurance due to policies that unfairly lump together insurance premiums for both high- and low-risk property owners?
The answer appears to be “yes,” based on new research by UConn finance professor Xiao “Joyce” Lin, a former California resident who is interested in earthquake insurance pricing and demand.Continue Reading
Canaan Collector’s Accordions Help Tell Story of the Past
The Register Citizen – Once an avid player, Canaan’s Paul Ramunni hadn’t picked up an accordion for 42 years.
“I played the instrument from age 10 to 17. When I went to Fairfield University, the accordion went into the closet. In mid-2008, I woke up one morning and inexplicably had the urge to play again,” said the 67-year-old, who had a CPA firm in Canaan for 35 years before selling it five years ago. He now teaches accounting and financial literacy courses full time for the University of Connecticut.