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February 17, 2021 The University of South Florida is one of the top producers of Fulbright scholars in the United States for 2020-21, according to a new list released by the U.S. Department of State and first published by the Chronicle of Higher Education.  With nine faculty members earning the highly competitive awards, USF is one of the top 10 producing institutions in the nation. USF placed ahead of several members of the Association of American Universities (AAU), including the University of Florida, New York University, Pur...

blackstone is talking to three private equity firms who expressed interest in making an investment in the company. given where the stock price is currently trading it's unlikely that the company would look to raise equity now. it's my understanding that the time to raise equity would be later in the year once jc penney has time to try to improve its financial standing. that seems obvious given where the stock currently the sits. they're figuring, give time, we're bringing back coupons and we're bringing back promotions. let's try to turn this thing around and get this ship righted un...

number than expected, a big drop of 42,000 from last week. so when you get good news -- you get bad news, it goes up. you get good news and the stock market goes up once again. >> which is characteristic of bull markets, either bad or good. but, you know, we talked a lot about the stock market yesterday and the crazy thing is that, you know how you can find in the mental institutions, you can find a lot of people that think that the people on tv are talking about them, they think they're talking directly to them? i've had viewers write in and saying, i happen you're talking directly ...

headlines, andrew. let's talk facebook. it's promising not to sell stock to cover a $2 billion tax bill. it says it will cover that with existing cash and borrowing from credit facilities. as a result of the move, total outstanding shares will be reduced by 1.5 million shares. the company spinning it as a equivalent of buy back. the company disclosing rank and file employees can start selling stock they own starting on october 29th. that is the big day. and then a couple of other dates that will come after that. ceo mark zuckerberg, as joe was saying earlier, saying he won't be sel...

the bad news is, august has been the worst month for the markets in the last 20 years. andrew, i'll send it over to you on that up note. >> thank you for that up morning note. today's top market story, let's talk about it. the fed, policymakers wrapping up a two-day fomc meeting. decision expected 2:15 a.m. eastern time. they say the central bank is ready to act against a weakening economy but the expectation is it will stop short of an aggressive measure, at least for now. we'll discuss all the options on the table with former fed governor mark olson. also the adp employment report ...