Article from Ted (November 5, 2025)
Rare-Earth Magnet Startups Seal $1.4 Billion Deal With Trump Administration
In Webinar 4, we predicted that China's controls on exports of Rare Earth Elements (REE) would cause efforts by the U.S. to make its supply chain independent from China's threat. As the WSJ reports, two days ago (Nov 3) two startups aiming to produce an American supply of rare-earth magnets have sealed a $1.4 billion deal with the U.S. government and private investors. The deal involves an unprecedented $620 million loan from the Defense Department. The startups' objective is to build and operate a U.S. magnet facility capable of producing 10,000 metric tons of magnets each year.
Article from Ted (September 1, 2025)
Would Stricter Antitrust Rules Have Stopped the Rise of Amazon?
Not necessarily, according to Ted and his co-authors. "Snyder suspects that the company would have developed to become one of the five largest U.S. companies anyway."
Article from Ted (June 9, 2025)
The Daunting Challenge Facing U.S. Business Schools
Ted's article in Poets & Quants about the challenges facing U.S. business schools, mentioned in Webinar 2. It may be of interest.