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Industry Week, October 24, 2024
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Opinion: It’s time to tell the truth about how immigration affects the U.S. economy
Los Angeles Times, October 24, 2024
If you’re a physician and a neighbor asks you a medical question, you’re probably happy to share your professional expertise. If you’re a heating and cooling contractor and a friend asks you about her furnace, you likely do the same. In that spirit, I think it’s time for business people to share what we know about immigration: that it powers economic growth and provides many other benefits to the country.
The problem with polling
The Hill, October 23, 2024
Seemingly every day, new polls report that Donald Trump is either ahead of Kamala Harris by 2 points or behind by 2 points.
'Made in China’ election merchandise floods US market
VOA, October 22, 2024
As the United States presidential election enters its final phase, more and more voters are expressing support for their favored candidate by wearing election merchandise.
San Francisco State University Professor Elected INFORMS Vice President of Sections and Societies
News Release, October 31, 2024
BALTIMORE, MD, October 31, 2024 – INFORMS, the largest association for decision and data sciences, announced Theresa Roeder has been named the vice president of Sections and Societies at INFORMS. A renowned expert with significant expertise in the semiconductor industry, Roeder works primarily in the field of discrete-event computer simulation. She is the department chair in the Lam Family College of Business at San Francisco State University.
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