Media Mentions

MainLineLife.com

A Main Line Life story features Maria Papadakis, daughter of President Papadakis, and her work with LeBow College of Business students' in developing a marketing campaign for a vehicle as part of the Subaru Impreza Collegiate Challenge.

MainLineLife.com

"When their print ads hit Internet and news outlets, I received calls from people asking if those were Subaru's new campaign ads, and even dealerships asked to be involved," said Professor Dana D'Angelo, who oversaw the project.

Bloomberg

Dr. Joseph Mason, associate professor of finance, commented on Bloomberg's "The First Word" on May 20, 2008, on the U.S. financial crisis. Dr. Mason also provided commentary on "In Focus" and "On the Economy" on May 19.

Philadelphia Business Journal

Drexel is noted in a Philadelphia Business Journal story published May 16, 2008, about LeBow College of Business students' development of a marketing campaign for a vehicle as part of the Subaru Impreza Collegiate Challenge.

News Gleaner

Izabela Adasiewicz and Santoshi Parab, undergraduates majoring in business administration, are quoted in a News Gleaner (Northeast Philadelphia) story published April 30, 2008, about LeBow College of Business students' trip to Chilé to learn about international trade.

Canada.com

The findings of Concordia professor Mrugank Thakor, who worked with Concordia graduate student Katayoun Saleh and marketing professor Rajneesh Suri of Philadelphia's Drexel University, are published in the forthcoming edition of the Journal of Retailing.

Philadelphia Inquirer

"They want to influence the price of oil using psychology," said Shawkat Hammoudeh, a professor of economics at Drexel University.

The Hellenic News

Of singular significance during the course of the 17th Annual Hermes Expo was its Educational Symposium held on Friday, April 11th, featuring as its keynote speaker, the dean of Drexel University Lebow College of Business, George Tsetsekos who expanded on the subject of business enterprise in relation to the school he heads. 

Bloomberg's On the Economy

Dr. Joseph Mason, associate professor of finance, commented on Bloomberg's "On the Economy" on May 8, 2008, on a lawsuit against State Street tied to the subprime mortgage market.

The Gazette

The findings of Concordia professor Mrugank Thakor, who worked with Concordia graduate student Katayoun Saleh and marketing professor Rajneesh Suri of Philadelphia's Drexel University, are published in the forthcoming edition of the Journal of Retailing.

Reuters.com

"It's an indicator of a major change at Moody's, and a major retrenchment from structured finance," said Joseph Mason, an associate professor of finance at Drexel University in Philadelphia, who has studied the industry.

phillyBurbs.com

Drexel University's LeBow College of Business recently interviewed 17 area business leaders about the challenges they face as part of a study entitled The CEO Agenda. "To hear from top-level CEOs about their views on what the important issues in business are was an excellent opportunity," said Drexel marketing professor Bert Rosenbloom. "They offer unbelievable insights into what's really happening in business today.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Erica Hession, a Drexel University junior majoring in entrepreneurship, was asked what she would do if she was running her own business. "If I owned an auto dealership, I would offer incentives to promote hybrid cars that use less gasoline, which would get other rebates" and further stimulate the economy, Hession said.

MoneyMorning.com

Drexel is noted on MoneyMorning.com and MarketOracle.com in articles about remarks made by Philadelphia Federal Reserve President Charles Plosser on interest rates during a conference co-sponsored by Lebow College of Business and held at the University.

LeBow College of Business student Eric Meyers was quoted in a story April 27, 2008, on the Trading Markets Web site about the job market and careers for college students.

KYW1060-AM

Dr. Shawkat Hammoudeh, professor of economics, was featured in a segment broadcast on KYW1060-AM April 25, 2008, about retail stores offering discounts to customers who exchange their tax rebate checks for store gift cards.

ABC

Dr. Vibhas Madan, head of the Department of Economics and International Business, commented on the price of rice on WPVI-TV (ABC-6) on April 24, 2008.

New York Times

"Everyone assumed the credit agencies knew what they were doing," says Joseph Mason, a credit expert at Drexel University. "A structural engineer can predict what load a steel support will bear; in financial engineering we can't predict as well."

www.actionforex.com

During a speech at Drexel's LeBow College of Business, Philadelphia Fed President Charles Plosser suggested that the fed funds rate may be low enough to support expansion as he said, "on the monetary policy front, the Fed's response to the deterioration of the economic outlook and the turmoil in financial markets has resulted in an accommodative level of real interest rates that should support the market forces that will bring economic growth back toward its long-term trend."

www.guardian.co.uk/

His remarks were in a prepared speech to a conference sponsored by The Global Interdependence Center and Drexel University's LeBow College of Business in Philadelphia.

www.reuters.com

Plosser, speaking at Drexel University's LeBow College of Business, warned against seeing rate cuts as "the solution to most, if not all, economic ills."

CityBizList.com

Competing teams were drawn from six leading Philadelphia business schools: Drexel University's LeBow College of Business; La Salle University School of Business; Penn State University's Smeal College of Business; Temple University's Fox School of Business; University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School; and Villanova University School of Business.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

A working paper by Columbia University Professor Gur Huberman, Ph.D., and Daniel Dorn, Ph.D., of Philadelphia's Drexel University, reported that risk-averse investors bought mutual funds more often than individual stocks. When they chose stocks, they generally purchased stocks with low volatility.

New York Times

“Everybody needs capital because everybody needs to report losses,” said Joseph Mason, a finance professor at Drexel University in Philadelphia. “The good news is that they can.”

The Wall Street Journal

"In pushing homeownership over the past decade, social policies pushed the misuse of mortgage credit," says Joseph Mason, an economist at Drexel University.

CNNMoney.com

The risk is that the array of government responses will distort true prices of securities, delaying a market recovery, says Joseph Mason, finance professor at Drexel University.

Tampa Tribune

Ralph A. Walking, executive director of the Center for Corporate Governance at Drexel University. He'll talk about increased shareholder access to proxy statements

Palm Beach Daily News

"...Daniel Dorn, Ph.D., of Philadelphia's Drexel University, suggests that risk-averse investors rarely embrace diversification. This, despite the fact those investors in particular are trying to avoid the roller coaster ride of Wall Street."

Bloombergs In Focus

Dr. Joseph Mason, associate professor of finance, commented on the U.S. financial crisis on Bloomberg's "In Focus" on April 2, 2008.

Marketwatch.com

"These [Treasury] proposals address regulatory problems that may be generally necessary, but none of the suggestions provide ways of dealing with the crisis and economic roots of the crisis," said Joseph Mason, a finance professor at Drexel University.