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BREAKING: The Cornell President just obliterated the extremist students who surrounded his car. Rather than surrendering to them and apologizing, he directly called out their unlawful behavior. This is what true leadership looks like. pic.twitter.com/8oE3ImnnAM — Eyal Yakoby (@EYakoby) May 6, 2026
“When we have the next crisis, the word ‘private’ is going to be in every headline,” says Cornell Professor Dave Collum. In this interview with Daniela Cambone, Collum warns that the biggest risks in the next financial crisis won’t come from the public markets—stocks, Treasuries, and the like—but from the shadowy private markets: private credit, …
More than $1 billion in federal funding for Cornell University and around $790 million for Northwestern University have been frozen while the government investigates alleged civil rights violations at both schools, the White House says. It’s part of a broader push to use government funding to get major academic institutions to comply with President Donald …
Following the warning from ex-Walmart CEO Bill Simon regarding the American consumer nearing a ‘breaking point,’ Target’s CEO, Brian Cornell, has also signaled a cutback in consumer spending, groceries included. This trend aligns with our view, as well as views from JPMorgan and Goldman, that consumers have hit a wall. On Thursday morning, Cornell spoke with CNBC’s Becky Quick on …