In the Media
Nordstrom Family Members Weigh Taking the Retailer Private
Jun 08, 2017 // As a guest on Marketplace, Anant Sundaram discusses how the Nordstrom family is considering taking their company private. Nordstrom has recently reported a decline in sales and expects a sluggish year ahead.
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Why the Big U.S. Oil Companies Do Not Support the Withdrawal of the Paris Climate Agreement Announced by Trump
May 27, 2017 // Cites comments by Anant Sundaram from an International Business Times article that examines the impact of President Trump's decision regarding U.S. participation in the Paris Climate Agreement on American companies.
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Do Businesses Support the Paris Climate Agreement? Trump's Decision May Clash With Exxon, Shell, Coal Firms
Jun 01, 2017 // Quotes Anant Sundaram in an article examining the impact of President Trump's upcoming decision regarding U.S. participation in the Paris Climate Agreement on American companies.
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The SEC has some questions for Alibaba
May 25, 2016 // The giant Chinese e-commerce company's unusual corporate structure has U.S. regulators probing its accounting practices
View at CBS MoneyWatch
M and A Little Bit of History Repeating
Jan 26, 2016 // Quotes Anant Sundaram on the timing of the merger of industrial giants Johnson Controls and Tyco. "One would think that sensible, smart M&A activity should be countercyclical to the market," says Sundaram. "You want to buy something low, not when it's high!"
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What's behind the M&A mania
Aug 10, 2015 // Warren Buffett and his Omaha, Nebraska-based conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway will buy the manufacturing supplier Precision Castparts Corp., which makes the metal pieces that go into turbines and aircraft engines. Price tag: $32 billion.
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Alibaba's Underbelly
Sep 17, 2014 // Alibaba Probably Won’t Have an Independent Board of Directors.
View at Forbes
Alibaba’s Behemoth IPO Making Few Ripples in Washington
Jul 11, 2014 // Prof. Sundaram says “This is going to be a watershed IPO,”
View at Businessweek
3 Reasons to Stay Away From Alibaba's IPO
May 02, 2014 // Concerns about accounting, corporate governance and other issues shadow the Internet giant.
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In Alibaba IPO, Investors Offer Views of Risk and Opportunity
Sep 16, 2014 // Anant Sundaram weighs in on the IPO of the Chinese firm Alibaba.
View at Wall Street Journal
$0 Profits Couldn't Hold Back This Year's Tech Darlings
Dec 30, 2013 // Prof. Sundaram discusses the valuations of Snapchat and Twitter with Steve Henn of NPR's All Things Considered
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Is Twitter overvalued?
Nov 07, 2013 // Prof. Sundaram discusses the first-day IPO pop of Twitter, and the distinction between value and price.
View at Fox Business
Twitter IPO: Should You Buy It?
Nov 06, 2013 // The day before the IPO, Prof. Sundaram does a Q&A with the Wall Street Journal's MoneyBeat on whether we should invest in Twitter.
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Initiative Underscores Financial Risks Of Climate Change
Oct 30, 2013 // Recently, 70 large investors, including those who manage pension funds in New York City, California, and Vermont signed letters sent to dozens of large utilities and fossil fuel companies. Professor Sundaram comments
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How to Value Twitter
Sep 13, 2013 // Professor Sundaram's valuation of Twitter's IPO (with link to valuation spreadsheet included)
View at The Wall Street Journal
Dell shareholders must wait to vote on buyout
Jul 22, 2013 // Professor Anant Sundaram calls the shareholder vote, "management theater."
View at Marketplace
How to Calculate and Reduce Your Business's Carbon Footprint
Apr 22, 2013 // A carbon footprint analysis examines three types of emissions.
View at Entrepreneur
Op-Ed: Five Questions About ‘Murdow’
Jun 05, 2007 // The soul and substance of a major national asset is at stake.
View at The New York Times
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