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February 29, 2016
Giving Day is March 3

Giving Day returns to the University of Maryland on Thursday, March 3, giving all members of the Robert H. Smith School of Business community the opportunity to boost their contributions through several hourly contests held across campus.

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February 25, 2016
Living Through 'The Big Short'

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — Clifford Rossi, executive-in-residence and professor of the practice at the Robert H.

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February 1, 2016
Why Is Apple Sitting on $187 Billion?

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — U

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January 21, 2016
The Gold Standard: Touted by Some Presidential Candidates, Disliked by Economists

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — Several Republican presidential candidates have endorsed — or said they'd consider — putting America back on the gold standard. Sen.

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January 21, 2016
Stock Slide Does Not Presage Crisis

By Elinda F. Kiss

Although the stock market has already fallen 9 percent in the new year (primarily as a reaction to concerns about China and cheaper oil), we are not headed for another financial crisis that could lead to full-blown economic meltdown, as in 2008. 

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January 20, 2016
High Corporate Taxes Incentivize Corporate Debt

Multinational American companies with significant operations in countries with low corporate taxes take on less debt than companies that face higher taxes, according to a new study from the Robert H. Smith School of Business.

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January 11, 2016
Low Interest Rates and 'Secular Stagnation'

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — In Switzerland, some customers are watching their bank accounts shrink each month, even if they don't make any withdrawals. In Denmark, when you repay your loan, you don't add interest to the payment, you subtract interest. The banks are literally paying people to borrow money. 

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December 17, 2015
Market Jitters? Stay the Course

When stock markets fluctuate, investors get antsy. Sell before things get worse? Buy up the bargains? What’s the right strategy?

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December 2, 2015
Former Treasury Secretary Rubin at UMD Dec. 8

The University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business is a co-host for ‘a conversation’ with Council on Foreign Relations Co-Chairman Robert Rubin on Tuesday, Dec. 8, at 4 p.m. in the Gildenhorn Theatre at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.

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December 1, 2015
Why 'Family' CEOs Think Differently

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — Founder-CEOs and CEOs related t

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