A New York Times story noted Dr. Joseph Mason, associate professor of finance, as a co-author of a study on mortgage-backed securities on March 11, 2007, and was syndicated in the Tuscaloosa News (Ala.), Times Daily (Ala.), Wilmington Morning Star (N.C.), Herald-Tribune (Sarasota, Fla.) and Spartanburg Herald Journal (S.C.). A MarketWatch.com story in which Dr. Mason is quoted continues to be syndicated. Published on SmartMoney.com on March 9 and FreeInternetPress.com on March 10, the story focuses on a corporation that has stopped accepting loan applications because its supporters have refused to finance subprime mortgages