Donald Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ does away with de minimis exemption for impots from all countries

Published: 30 July 2025

The de minimis exemption has played a major role in the rise of Chinese fast fashion brands like Shein and Temu. The exemption works like this: if an imported good has a value of less than $800, it...

Ambiversion can be a workplace superpower

Published: 15 August 2025

Being an introvert or an extrovert isn’t an either-or proposition. People who fall somewhere in the middle of the spectrum are called ambiverts, and ambiversion can be a beneficial trait in...

Kate Arthur shares insights into literacy in the age of AI in UNESCO keynote

Published: 17 September 2025

What does it mean to literate in the age of artificial intelligence? According to Kate Arthur (EMBA 2021) , literacy is about more than knowing how to read or write, it’s about having the tools to...

MMF students tackle real-world merger case in 8th Deloitte Synergy Challenge

Published: 29 October 2025

The 8th Deloitte MMF Synergy Challenge on October 28 challenged Master of Management in Finance (MMF) students at Desautels on their strategic and financial acumen in the context of a merger case...

Despite rise of chatbots, people still prefer human customer services

Published: 23 July 2025

Until recently, the most common way that customers interacted with a company’s customer service was via human agents on the telephone, the web or a mobile app. But increasingly, customer service is...

How AI and big data are reshaping the future of retail

Published: 9 October 2025

The emergence of e-commerce has made for a revolution in retail. Whenever you make a purchase online, you generate data, and that data allows for a higher degree of personalization.

Luxembourg Finance Minister Gilles Roth visits McGill to mark milestone partnership

Published: 23 October 2025

Luxembourg’s Finance Minister Gilles Roth visited McGill’s Desautels Faculty of Management to celebrate a milestone partnership and the launch of the McGill Centre for Finance in Luxembourg and the...

Federal budget’s deficit spending is lower than some projections

Published: 14 November 2025

Canada’s economy has faced a challenging year. Growth projections are down, yet the federal government’s 2025 budget commits billions to offset U.S. tariffs and adapt to shifting global trade...

Infrastructure bank model can encourage investment in infrastructure projects

Published: 7 August 2025

Private market developers face an “investment catch-22” in getting infrastructure projects off the ground, Professor Sebastien Betermier wrote in a recent report for the C.D. Howe Institute....

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