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September 13, 2016
How Wells Fargo Betrayed Its Customers

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — Finance professor Clifford Rossi at th

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September 1, 2016
Smith Welcomes New Faculty Members

The University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business is happy to welcome six new full-time faculty members for the 2016-2017 academic year. New faculty joined the Smith School in August in following areas:

Decision, Operations and Information Technologies

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August 31, 2016
Buffett’s Wealth and the Role of Luck

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — Berkshire Hathaway chairman and CEO Warren Buffett’s 86th birthday on Tuesday prompted a CNBC writer to explore Buffett’s interpretation of luck as a success factor i

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August 24, 2016
New ‘Flash Boys’ Exchange Is No Disruptor

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — The 2014 book “Flash Boys” resonated with investors fed up with a market “rigged” in favor of high-frequency traders who use sophisticated software and algorithms to trade in and out of stocks in milliseconds. Now, t

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August 23, 2016
Audio: Assessing the Latest Drug Pricing Scandal

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — Executives at pharmaceutical company Mylan have come under attack for giving themselves raises while boosting the price of a lifesaving injection device by more th

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August 16, 2016
Buffett Reaffirms Apple as Value Buy

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — As investing icons Carl Icahn, George Soros and Leon Cooperman have exited Apple and its lagging stock, Warren Buffett has reasserted a value-investor approach by up

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August 4, 2016
Why Bank Reform Is Just Election Posturing

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — Democrats and Republicans are

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July 19, 2016
Why Banks Remain Too Big to Fail

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — Told big bank failure would trigger a flood of bankruptcies and economic calamity, U.S.

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June 15, 2016
Brexit Countdown: Faculty Perspectives

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — “Divorces are tough,” says economist Peter Morici at the University of Maryland’s Robert H.

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June 8, 2016
10 Business Books for your Summer Reading

The University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business is excited to announce some favorite books in the "13th Annual Top-10 Summer Reading List for Business Leaders" for 2016, as recommended by members of its faculty and administrators.

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