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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 19, 2016
Undergrads Enjoy Stacks on Smith

Smith student Philip Peker ’18 writes about the Stacks on Smith event for undergraduates at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business.  The event was held in Van Munching Hall on Dec. 14, 2015, during finals week.

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January 16, 2016
Three Fronts of Brazil's Perfect Storm

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — Headlines have been gloomy for Brazil in recent weeks.

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January 14, 2016
Cybersecurity Forum Imagines a World Without Secrets

People are sharing their personal information online faster than policymakers can keep pace, a privacy expert said Jan. 13, 2016, at the 12th annual Forum on Financial Information Systems and Cybersecurity.

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January 14, 2016
Who's Watching Your Voting Machine?

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — Hackers have looted data at Targe

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January 14, 2016
A 'New' Player in the Smartphone Wars

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — Just when it looked like the smartphone world had been winnowed down to two heavyweights, Apple and Samsung — with the also-rans fighting over the scraps — a Chinese company that's basically unknown in the United States is elb

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January 13, 2016
Simon Says: Meet the Smith School Economist Who Took on the Doomsayers and Won

By DARYL JAMES

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January 12, 2016
Commentary: Why it’s just all wrong to say ‘bah humbug’ about Facebook founder’s philanthropy pledge

In this Washington Post op-ed piece Professor Rajshree Agarwal shares three reasons critics should give Zuckerberg and Jobs thanks instead of “bah humbugs” during the holiday season.

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January 12, 2016
7 Ways to Prep for Spring Semester

Undergraduates at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business: Here are seven ways to get ready for the spring semester!

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