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In a new study from Rice University, researchers found the outcome of presidential elections at the county level from 1992 to 2016 were directly influenced by stock market performance. The researchers unearthed this gem of a stat: a one-percentage-point higher dividend income ratio is associated with an increase in incumbent vote share by 2.4 percentage points.

New academic research finds that the market has a measurable influence on how people who own shares vote -- potentially a big one. The study, which compared electoral preferences with levels of dividend income, suggests that had stocks rallied instead of plunging in 2008, John McCain may have won key states like Florida and Ohio.

Brandi Downey, a 2011 graduate of Jones Graduate School of Business at Rice University, couldn’t find anything, so she accepted a short-term consulting gig. Six months later, she was hired to help start up a real estate brokerage. She remains in real estate and now owns a boutique brokerage firm in Houston.

Decluttering expert Marie Kondo, author of international bestseller The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up and host of Netflix show Tidying Up with Marie Kondo, revealed the cover for her April 2020 nonfiction book, Joy at Work: Organizing Your Professional Life, co-authored by Scott Sonenshein.

A potential reason for local high fees is that people are using ATMs less frequently. Utpal Dholakia, a professor of marketing at Rice University, said customers are making more electronic payments using services such as Apple Pay, Google Pay and other apps.

Dean shares what Rice's B-School looks for in its handpicked students and the must-haves that will make them leaders and complex problem-solvers.