Business Press Releases
FAU Study: Entrepreneurs Getting Big Boost from Online Lending
Online marketplace loans are leading to a sharp rise in new businesses, evidence that the lending platforms are helping to redefine the U.S. banking industry, according to a research team that includes professors at Florida Atlantic University.
Reconsider Renting: Housing Index Shows Buying Costs Decline
Renting a home and reinvesting the money that would have been spent on owning has been the better way to build wealth, on average, for several years.
Floridians Bullish on U.S. Economy but Less Certain about Finances
While Floridians are upbeat about the U.S. economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, many residents believe their finances won’t return to normal until later this year or even beyond 2022.
Entrepreneurship
FAU Student Wins Statewide Governor’s Cup Entrepreneurship Competition
A Florida Atlantic University engineering student recently won first place for his artificial intelligence code at the Roundtable of Entrepreneurship Educators of Florida’s (REEF) 2025 Governor’s Cup Entrepreneurship Competition, Florida’s premier collegiate pitch competition.
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FAU BEPI Poll: Hispanic Economic Outlook Sinks Ahead of Tariffs, Rising Prices
As households face increasing prices for goods and talk of new tariffs, Hispanic optimism in the economy waned in the first quarter of 2025, according to a poll from the Business Economic and Polling Initiative at Florida Atlantic University.
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