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[biz-nis] / ˈbɪz nɪs /






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Mr. Rees is the president of Geonomica, a ghostwriting firm, and a senior fellow at Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Business.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 16, 2026

“The magnitude of the high/low price differentials is astonishing,” said the report’s Len Sherman, an executive-in-residence at Columbia Business School who has written extensively on the economics of the ride-hail industry.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2026

Ethan Rouen, associate professor at Harvard Business School, says: "I don't think a week goes by where I don't talk to an owner who is looking to sell their business."

From BBC • Jun. 14, 2026

There are relevant takeaways for the SpaceX IPO, said Mark Thibodeau, one of the authors of that study who is now at Florida International University’s College of Business.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 13, 2026

“You need a job, right? I need a porter. Business stinks. Take it from there!”

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole




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