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—Professor Paul Vaaler discussed recent developments in the ongoing sovereign debt crisis in Greece including prospective debt bail-out and restructuring as well as default scenarios confronting Greece's left-wing…
—Professor Paul Vaaler commented on the recent increase in proposed mergers among large U.S. healthcare insurers in the context of the U.S. Supreme Court's consideration of key provisions of the Affordable Care Act (…
—Professor Paul Vaaler was interviewed on WCCO News Radio to discuss motivations for the recent CHS acquisition of an ethanol plant located in Illinois producing 100 million gallons annually. The Inver Grove Heights-…
—Professor Paul Vaaler presented the keynote lecture at the annual meeting of the European School of New Institutional Economics (ESNIE) in Cargese, Corsica, France. His lecture asked how the march of political…
—Professor Paul Vaaler was interviewed by Africa Business magazine for an article on recent investment trends in Sub-Saharan Africa, which noted Vaaler's research findings on sovereign credit rating and…
—Professor Paul Vaaler was interviewed by WCCO Radio's Dave Lee on the local business implications of fast-track negotiation and approval of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a prospective trade and investment…
—Professor Paul Vaaler commented on a new initiative announced by Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz to allocate $250 million to pay for online university education courses taken by Starbucks line workers over the next…
—Professor Paul M. Vaaler was quoted in a Minnesota Daily article on recent lay-offs of more than 1,700 workers and the on-going corporate re-structuring strategy at Minneapolis headquarters of Target, the…
—Professor Paul Vaaler was interviewed by WCCO News Radio's Dave Lee on recent changes in U.S. bank regulatory policy at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) and the Federal Reserve (Fed). Regulators at…
—Professor Paul Vaaler was interviewed by WCCO News Radio's Dave Lee on where prominent Minnesota-based multinational firms locate their regional headquarters in certain European countries—Ireland, the United Kingdom…
—Professor Paul Vaaler was interviewed by WCCO News Radio's Dave Lee on Minneapolis-based Target's corporate restructuring plan following the layoff of nearly 1,700 workers at its headquarters operations last week.…
—Professor Paul Vaaler was interviewed by WCCO News Radio's John Hines on yesterday's announcement by Target Corporation's CEO, Brian Cornell, that Target would be shedding "thousands" of workers at the Minneapolis…