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CBPP Announces 2020 Student Business Plan Competition Winners

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²ÊÉñvlllÕù°Ô College of Business and Public Policy (CBPP) student finalists teams presented investor pitches to a panel of judges and 43 community participants, competing for cash prizes in a live virtual event on Friday, March 27, 2020.

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Dr. Darren Prokop: Walking the tightrope of antitrust immunity

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Take an industry with huge capital costs, long lead times in acquiring vessel capacity and couple that with the uncertainty of global market conditions over that long time period. In this context it probably never seems like a good time to invest in fleet size. But periodic investment must take place and it is always a risk-taking exercise.

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Drs. Kevin Berry and Mouhcine Guettabi in U.S. News and World Report

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As a result of government warnings and general fears, tourism and travel are expected to plunge in the coming weeks and months, particularly on cruise ships, which have begun temporarily suspending operations. And that'll be true regardless of whether COVID-19 eventually spreads to Alaska.

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Dr. Darren Prokop: Is Classifying Truck Drivers as Easy as ABC?

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Federal, state and local regulations impact every mode of transportation in some way and to varying degrees. Motor carrier haulage is subject to federal regulations when it is interstate.

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Dr. Mouhcine Guettabi in APM

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As the coronavirus continued to upend the global economy Monday in ways that threaten the stability of Alaska’s budget, the Permanent Fund and the tourism industry, Gov. Mike Dunleavy called a news conference to soothe Alaskans’ anxiety.