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On Wednesday, April 23, 2014, five teams presented stock pitches before a series of judges at the 7th Annual "Pershing Square Value Investing and Philanthropy Challenge."  This challenge is the culmination of the "Applied Security Analysis" course currently co-taught by Jon Salinas '08 and Naveen Bhatia. Stock Pitches and Finalists Allegion (ALLE) - Matt Ford '15, Oystein Kvaerner '15, and Brian Waterhouse '15 (First Place)

School signs on as exclusive higher education partner for event and will highlight nine successful young alumni startups

Leslie Goedken ’14 and Ashley McDonald ’15 have been awarded scholarships by the organization WX, New York Women Executives in Real Estate.

When frigid temperatures set much of the country shivering last week, pundits took the opportunity to scoff at the concept of climate change."This very expensive GLOBAL WARMING bull**** has got to stop," Donald Trump tweeted. "Our planet is freezing, record low temps, and our GW scientists are stuck in ice."The final comment referred to an Antarctic research vessel that got stuck in ice driven by high winds in late December.  

FORTUNE -- We now know that 7.1 million people signed up for health care insurance during the Affordable Care Act (ACA)'s initial enrollment period, which ended on March 31. But, what is less well known is the potential financial disaster facing these millions of consumers who have chosen policies during the last six months.

The team representing Columbia at the 17th Annual Global VCIC Competition (http://www.vcic.unc.edu) won first place the weekend of April 10-12, 2014.Hosted at University of North Carolina, the finals events were the culmination of a series of regional competitions where over 66 top universities competed across the globe and over 1,200 graduate students competed.The Columbia team was called “Board Room Fund” due to all of them holding leadership positions with the Private Equity and Venture Capital Club.

Two University professors have been awarded the 2014 George S. Eccles Prize for Excellence in Economic Writing.

Bruce Greenwald asserts the value of value versus momentum stocks in "A Chance for a Market's Wallflowers to Bloom" published by The New York Times on April 11, 2014.

31 teams have been selected to join the Columbia Startup Lab, one of a growing number of university initiatives engaged with New York City’s burgeoning startup sector and dedicated to fostering entrepreneurial talent

CJEB Core Faculty Professor Gerry Curtis will give a talk "Japan in the World" at the Economist Japan Summit in Tokyo on 4/17, following Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's keynote address.