Bitcoin: ‘Highest risk, highest return’
MarketWatch Mark Williams, School of Management The past year has seen a flood of venture-capital investments into bitcoin-related companies. At the same time, the price of bitcoin has swung wildly and...
View ArticleCould bitcoin ever overtake the dollar?
MarketWatch Mark Williams, School of Management Bitcoin’s future as a digital alternative to paper money is a subject of fierce debate, but the cryptocurrency may also have a future as the basis for a...
View ArticleRegulators line up to crack down on bitcoin
MarketWatch Mark Williams, School of Management It’s not so much a question of whether bitcoin and other virtual currencies should be regulated. Rather, it’s more a question of which government agency...
View ArticleChina’s favorite sons will score big in Alibaba IPO
MarketWatch Tamar Frankel, School of Law Lots of people will do very, very well when Alibaba Group Holding’s shares start trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Friday… Expert quote: “The answer is...
View ArticleOpinion: Is IBM’s Rometty up to the hard work ahead?
MarketWatch James Post, School of Management The pressure on IBM Corp. Chief Executive Officer Ginni Rometty is intensifying… Expert quote: “The business problems are mounting and the company needs...
View ArticleSEC cracks down on retirement advisers
MarketWatch Tamar Frankel, School of Law The nation’s top stock cop plans to check this year on how financial professionals – maybe even the one you use or plan to use — manage all things related to...
View ArticleObama administration unveils bid to beat back ‘superbugs’
MarketWatch Kevin Outterson, School of Law The White House last week issued the most extensive plan ever to fight drug-resistant bacteria, or superbugs, seeking to curb antibiotic use at farms and...
View ArticleVolkswagen’s PR response made problems worse, experts say
MarketWatch Justin Joseph, College of Communication Tobe Berkovitz, College of Communication The scandal rocking car maker Volkswagen AG that has bruised the company’s reputation and crushed its market...
View ArticleWhite House feeling heat for leaving top Fed seat vacant
MarketWatch Cornelius Hurley, Center for Finance, Law & Policy, School of Law The White House is facing criticism this week for long ignoring a 2010 law requiring President Barack Obama to appoint...
View ArticleWhy some Volkswagen fans are shrugging off ‘dieselgate’
MarketWatch Edward Boches, College of Communication In the weeks since the September revelation that Volkswagen cheated on emissions tests in the U.S., things have, by and large, only gotten worse for...
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