Ross School of Business

Pitching a stock in a contest is never an easy thing to do. Just imagine how hard it is going to be for the eight students competing in the Maize and Blue Stock Pitch competition. After devoting hours of preparation for the event, factoring in a potential banking crisis will be challenging and...

The Detroit Fintech Bay and Fintech Consortium, a fintech incubator, announced a partnership Wednesday with the Center for Smart Infrastructure Finance at the University of Michigan. The development comes amid the pursuit of numerous initiatives that aim to advance innovation and research...

Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold (NYSE: FCX) announced that it would acquire McMoRan Exploration (NYSE: MMR) and Plains Exploration (NYSE: PXP) approximately one week ago. There are a number of interesting relationships among related parties involved with the deal. Further research done...

Last week, Benzinga covered the Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold (NYSE: FCX) acquisitions of McMoRan Exploration (NYSE: MMR) and Plains Exploration (NYSE: PXP). After some more digging alongside Kai Petainen (SISU investor, contributor to Forbes and teacher of quant valuation at the Ross School...