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October 14, 2015
Coming Soon: A Social Media Tool to Predict Elections

SMITH BRAIN TRUST -- Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton gained 15,000 Twitter followers during Tuesday’s Democratic debate.

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October 14, 2015
Freshmen Master Etiquette for Dinner

Networking and negotiating over dinner is part of doing business, but the rules for success can be difficult to master.

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October 14, 2015
Deloitte CEO Shares Tips for Leading Millennials

Do the right thing when nobody is looking, Deloitte Global CEO Barry Salzberg said April 13, 2015, during a CEO @ Smith keynote address in College Park, Md.

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October 14, 2015
Why You Should Dine Out Alone

Why are so many people reluctant to go to the movies or dinner alone? The existence of this inhibition is widely known, but its underpinnings have been subjected to surprisingly little scientific scrutiny — until now.

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October 14, 2015
By Foot, Bike or Donkey

Economists point to rural Africa, India, China and Eastern Europe as the next big frontiers for multinational corporations.

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October 14, 2015
How I Got Here: World Banker Reaches Far Beyond El Salvador

Development banker Evelyn Hartwick, EMBA ’10, knew little of the world outside El Salvador when she arrived in the United States at the start of a civil war that tore apart her country in the 1980s

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October 14, 2015
Brief Case: MBA Alum Leads with (Night) Vision

Growing up just four blocks from the University of Maryland, Cary Thomas ’70, MBA ’74, lived close to campus but saw higher education as something far out of reach. Most of his family had jobs at UMD but did not understand his desire to go to college.

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October 14, 2015
Last Word: A Close-Knit, Collaborative Community

A wooden Testudo statue holds a place of honor on the desk of Mark J.

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October 14, 2015
'Core Competence' Lessons from Apple, Microsoft

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — "Core competence (as a bedrock management principle) is dead," Fast Company

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October 14, 2015
Jack Dorsey, Two-Timing CEO (of Twitter and Square)

SMITH BRAIN TRUST -- Twitter's new CEO, Jack Dorsey, is wasting no time in making changes: This week the social networking company laid off 336 people, or 8 percent of its workforce.

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