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February 14, 2008
Smith Team Takes Home First Place and $10K in ACG Case Competition

Each year every chapter of the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG) in the United States runs a regional case competition for the MBA programs in the area. This year the D.C. chapter of the ACG held their competition Feb. 4-11, 2008. The competition places the student teams in the role of a financial investor.

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February 7, 2008
Statement to the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission Investments by Sovereign Wealth Funds in the United States

My name is Peter Morici. I am an economist and Professor of Business at the University of Maryland. Thank you for this opportunity to participate in these hearings. I will devote my remarks to the issues raised by the recent surge in investments by sovereign wealth funds in the United States.

What Is a Sovereign Wealth Fund?

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January 31, 2008
University of Maryland Finance Professor Named Risks “Quant of the Year”

College Park, Md. January 31, 2008 The University of Maryland's Robert H.

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December 3, 2007
New Research Predicts Stock Returns by the Calendar Research Highlighted by Top Media

New research from Smith School associate finance professor Steve Heston finds seasonal predictability in stock returns. The research garnered recent media attention first profiled in a column in the New York Times, then an interview on CNBCs Closing Bell program.

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November 8, 2007
Smith MBAs Travel to NYC for Annual Wall Street Trek

A group of first- and second-year Smith MBA students traveled to the New York City area on the Finance Associations annual Wall Street Trek, Nov. 8-9, 2007. The trip is designed to allow Smith Students interested in pursuing careers in capital markets to attend discussion and informational sessions with Wall Street professionals.

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November 8, 2007
Smith MBAs Travel to NYC for Annual Wall Street Trek

A group of first- and second-year Smith MBA students traveled to the New York City area on the Finance Associations annual Wall Street Trek, Nov. 8-9, 2007. The trip is designed to allow Smith Students interested in pursuing careers in capital markets to attend discussion and informational sessions with Wall Street professionals.

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November 1, 2007
Smith School Wins Cornell MBA Stock Pitch Competition

A three-person team from the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business has captured the title and a $3,000 prize at the sixth annual MBA Stock Pitch Competition that took place at the Parker Center for Investment Research at the Johnson School at Cornell University on November 2, 2007.

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October 16, 2007
Columbia Business School Takes Top Prize in University of Maryland M&A Competition

College Park, Md. October 16, 2007 - The University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business today announced the winners of its first Mergers & Acquisitions Competition, held October 11-12.

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October 1, 2007
Smith Boasts Six INFORMS Fellows

Michael Fu, professor of management science, and Lawrence Bodin, professor emeritus of management science, have been named as fellows for 2008 by the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS).

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September 13, 2007
University of Maryland Business School Hires 16 Top Faculty

College Park, Md. Sept. 13, 2007 The University of Marylands Robert H. Smith School of Business today announced 16 outstanding faculty members have joined the school from leading universities to start the 2007-2008 academic year.

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