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2006 News Stories ►  News Story Archives   December 2006 ► Opening Reception Welcomes Participants to Smith’s Second Executive MBA Cohort in Shanghai ► Richard Schaeffer '74, Chairman of NYMEX & the New York Mercantile Exchange, Delivers Commencement Keynote Address ► Carly Fiorina, MBA '80, Speaks at Smith Alumni Networking Event (Watch Video) ► Winner of Smith eAlumni Network Contest Announced: Scott Sutton '89 ► QUEST/GE Innovation and Consulting Conference Highlights Creative Solutions to Real-World Problems ► Smith Faculty Opinion: Dr. Peter Morici, Professor of International Business » Producer Prices Rise 2.0 Percent in November ► Smith Faculty Opinion: Dr. Peter Morici, Professor of International Business » No Change in Consumer Prices in November » Bernanke, Chinese Currency Subsidies and the "P" Word » U.S. Current Account Deficit Widens in Third Quarter Foreign ► Main Entrance to Van Munching Hall to be Closed for Construction on Dec. 22 ► Smith Faculty Opinion: Dr. Peter Morici, Professor of International Business » November Retail Sales Register a Decent Advance » Automakers Hypocrisy about Steel Protection ► Featured Speaker: Emission Reductions, Renewable Energy, and Energy Efficiency – The Triple Convergence; Peter C. Fusaro ► Smith Faculty Opinion: Dr. Peter Morici, Professor of International Business U.S. Records $59 Billion Trade Deficit in October ► Smith Faculty Opinion: Dr. Peter Morici, Professor of International Business Economy Added 132,000 Jobs in November ► Smith to Hold Winter Commencement Ceremony on December 21: NYMEX Holdings & New York Mercantile Exchange Chairman Richard Schaeffer '74 to Address Graduates ► Smith Faculty Opinion: Dr. Peter Morici, Professor of International Business Confronting China to Save Free Trade, and More ► Part-time MBA Students to Compete in Technology Challenge, Carly Fiorina to Judge ► NEWS RELEASE: Deadline Closing On Call for Nominations for Robert H. Smith School of Business 2007 Leadership and Excellence Awards ► Smith to Host 2007 National Women MBA Conference ► NEWS RELEASE: New Study Finds Going Online Helps Smokers Quit ► Krowe Teaching Awards - Vote to recognize teaching excellence at Smith! ► Smith Faculty Opinion: Dr. Peter Morici, Professor of International Business Personal Income up $49.3 Billion in October November 2006 ► Third Annual Smith Leadership & Excellence Awards Nomination Deadline: December 14 ► Featured Speaker: Biofuels at DuPont -- A Chance to Shape an Industry ► Smith Faculty Opinion: Dr. Peter Morici, Professor of International Business GDP Increases 2.2 Percent in Third Quarter ► Executives Discuss IT Trends & Investment Opportunities in Japan ► Smith Faculty Opinion: Dr. Peter Morici, Professor of International Business Answering Chinese Mercantilism is Not Protectionism, It’s Merely Self Defense ► Smith Announces Top 15% Teaching Award Recipients ► Smith MBA Helps Terps take NCAA Title ► Smith Faculty Opinion: Dr. Peter Morici, Professor of International Business Why GM, Ford and Chrysler Left Washington Empty Handed ► Business Ethics Lecture Series Highlights: FTC's Lesley Fair: The Truth About False Advertising ► NEWS RELEASE: Smith School Launches China “Smith Business Intelligence” ► Smith Faculty Opinion: Dr. Peter Morici, Professor of International Business Consumer Prices Fall 0.5 Percent in October ► NEWS RELEASE: Prominent Biotechnology Investor Joins Smith School as Senior Fellow ► Carly Fiorina’s New Memoir Tops Must-Read List at Smith ► Smith Faculty Opinion: Dr. Peter Morici, Professor of International Business » The Yen, Yuan and the Big Three Meeting with President Bush » Retail Sales, Wholesale Prices Indicates Moderate Growth, Cooling Inflation ► NEWS RELEASE: Smith School Is Recipient of New IANA Scholarship Program ► Smith Faculty Opinion: Dr. Peter Morici, Professor of International Business U.S. Records $64.3 Billion Trade Deficit in September ► NEWS RELEASE: Research Sheds New Light on Dot-com Bust ► NEWS RELEASE: Smith School Launches $50K Undergraduate Investment Fund ► AOL's Leonsis Headlines 7th Annual CIO Forum ► Smith School CIBER Conducts Inside International Washington Seminar December 6 - 8, 2006 ► Smith Professors Show How to Conduct a Security Cost/Benefit Analysis in Latest Federal Computer Week ► Smith School Team Earns Second Place in MBA Stock Pitch Challenge ► Smith Faculty Opinion: Dr. Peter Morici, Professor of International Business Economy Added 92,000 Jobs in October October 2006 ► Teams Play Supply Chain Game in First Global Competition ► Smith School Honors Leaders for Freight Transportation Contributions at Annual Industry Day ► Business Ethics Lecture Series Highlights: Robert Colson Speaks from Experience on Ethics and Morality ► Smith School Honors Leaders for Freight Transportation Contributions at Annual Industry Day ► Smith Faculty Opinion: Dr. Peter Morici, Professor of International Business » GM Reports Quarterly Loss - Train Wreck Ahead? » Existing Home Sales, Prices Fall » GDP Increases 1.6 Percent in Second Quarter Resilient Consumers, Business Investment Stave Off Recession ► NEWS RELEASE: Smith School Honors Industry Leaders for Freight Transportation Contributions ► Smith Faculty Opinion: Dr. Peter Morici, Professor of International Business Ford Reports $5.8 Billion Loss: Time for Bill Ford to Resign ► Smith Faculty Opinion: Dr. Peter Morici, Professor of International Business President Bush and the Great Republican Shellacking ► Smith Clubs to Present "Person of the Year" Awards at Annual Logistics, Transportation & Supply Chain Industry Day Event, October 27 ► Smith Faculty Opinion: Dr. Peter Morici, Professor of International Business Consumer Prices Fall 0.5 Percent in September ► Lemma Senbet Honored for Contributions to Smith School ► Team RSM McGladrey Wins 17th Annual Robert H. Smith School of Business Alumni Golf Tournament ► Smith Hosts 23rd Annual MBA Case Competition ► NEWS RELEASE: BusinessWeek Ranks Smith School MBA Program Among Nation’s Best ► Smith Faculty Opinion: Dr. Peter Morici, Professor of International Business Retail Sales Fall in September Because Gasoline Prices Fall ► Smith Faculty Opinion: Dr. Peter Morici, Professor of International Business U.S. Trade Deficit Hits New Record in August ► Business Ethics Lecture Series Highlights: At KPMG Ethics & Compliance Issues Are in Balance ► MBA Consulting Club to Host Annual Consulting Forum ► Smith Faculty Opinion: Dr. Peter Morici, Professor of International Business Outlook for the U.S. Economy ► Smith Hosts First Digital Economy Forum (Highlights) ► BusinessWeek Names Erich Studer-Ellis One of  Nation's Favorite Business School Professors ► NEWS RELEASE: Smith School and TiE-DC Continue Unique Program to Help Entrepreneurs Succeed ► Smith Faculty Opinion: Dr. Peter Morici, Professor of International Business Economy Added 51,000 Jobs in September ► NEWS RELEASE: Princeton Review Ranks Smith School in Top 10 for Minority Students ► Field Hockey and an MBA – A Unique Goal for One Smith Student ► Smith Faculty Headline Management Conference in Zürich ► NEWS RELEASE: Smith School Launches Third Annual China Business Plan Competition ► Smith Faculty Opinion: Dr. Peter Morici, Professor of International Business Pending Home Sales Index Declines ► Smith Faculty Opinion: Dr. Peter Morici, Professor of International Business Personal Income up $38.4 Billion in August ► Smith School Announces Fall Business Ethics Lecture Series Speakers ► Smith Leadership Series Presents a Cost-Benefit Analysis of Cybersecurity Resources ► Leading Female Entrepreneurs Join at Smith for Evening of Sharing September 2006 ► Smith MBA Case Competition Final Round to be Held on October 7 ► NEWS RELEASE: Dingman Center adds Neil Selvin as Entrepreneur-in-Residence ► Smith Faculty Opinion: Dr. Peter Morici, Professor of International Business America, the Debtor Nation ► Smith Faculty Opinion: Dr. Peter Morici, Professor of International Business Today's Stock Market and the Economic Outlook ► Smith Launches MS in Business Program in Tunisia ► Smith Welcomes International Exchange Students ► Speaker: Author Dr. Mark Albion: “Don’t live a resume, live a life” ► Speaker: Author Jeremy Rifkin argues that commercial life is changing for three reasons... ► Smith Faculty Opinion: Dr. Peter Morici, Professor of International Business The Way Forward Is Ford Running Fast Enough to Catch Up? ► Smith School Announces Winners in China Business Plan Competition ► NEWS RELEASE: Smith School Partners with China's Leading, National News Network for New Business Plan Competition ► NEWS RELEASE: Smith School Launches Four New Executive Degree Programs ► Welcome, and Welcome Back: Fall 2006   ♦  Smith School Launches Undergraduate Fellows Program   ♦  Meet the Full-time MBA Class of 2008 (Orientation Highlights)   ♦  Smith Welcomes 11 New Faculty Members   ♦  Nineteen New Doctoral Students Start at Smith   ♦  Dean Howard Frank Welcomes Back Students, Faculty & Staff (Video Message) ► Smith to Host Annual Undergraduate "BusinessWeek" with GE Signature Event on 9/13 and Smith Career Fair on 9/15 -- Update: Event Highlights ► Dialogue with New York Times Bestselling Author Dr. Mark Albion ► Smith School Launches Four New Executive Degree Programs ► Smith Faculty Opinion: Dr. Peter Morici, Professor of International Business Outlook for U.S. Economy ► Smith Faculty Opinion: Dr. Peter Morici, Professor of International Business U.S. Productivity Growth Declines An Opportunity for Ben Bernanke? ► Smith Faculty Opinion: Dr. Peter Morici, Professor of International Business Economy Added 128, 000 Jobs in August August 2006 ► Smith Faculty Opinion: Dr. Peter Morici, Professor of International Business Personal Income up $60.2 Billion in July Recession Is a Risk ► Smith Launches Undergraduate Fellows Program - 250 Freshmen Come Together for Orientation ► Smith Leadership Series - Cybersecurity Spending: Perfecting Your Strategy Thursday, September 28 ► Smith To Host Digital Economy Forum 2006 ► Smith School Announces Fall Business Ethics Lecture Series Speakers ► Smith Faculty Opinion: Dr. David Kirsch, Assistant Professor, Management & Organization Plug-in hybrid car extends technology ► Smith Faculty Opinion (8/24/06): Dr. Peter Morici, Professor of International Business New Home Sales Drop 22 Percent in July from 2005 ► Smith Professors Honored by Academy of Management ► Professor Peter Morici Testifies Before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Commission, Read His Statement ► NEWS RELEASE: U.S. News Ranks Smith School’s Undergraduate Program Among Nation’s Best ► Smith Faculty Opinion (8/16/06): Dr. Peter Morici, Professor of International Business Consumer Prices Up 0.4 Percent in July Housing Starts Fall, Slowing Economic Growth, but Stock Prices Should Benefit ► Smith Faculty Opinion (8/16/06): Dr. Peter Morici, Professor of International Business Producer Prices Rise Only 0.1 Percent in July Nonenergy Prices Drop ► Smith Faculty Opinion (8/10/06): Dr. John A. Haslem, Professor Emeritus Indecent Disclosure - The need for normative transparency of mutual fund disclosure ► Gordon & Loeb Set Research Agenda on Cybersecurity Economics ► Special Opportunity for Smith School Students,  Alumni & Friends The New New Internet: Web 2.0 for Business ► Smith Faculty Opinion (8/10/06): Dr. Peter Morici, Professor of International Business U.S. Trade Deficit Eases in June but Will Head North Through the Summer ► Smith Faculty Opinion (8/8/06): Dr. Peter Morici, Professor of International Business Fed Leaves Interest Rates Unchanged ► Some Smith School Online Services Unavailable 5 p.m. Friday 8/11 through 12 noon Sunday 8/13 ► Smith Faculty Opinion (8/8/06): Dr. Peter Morici, Professor of International Business Henry Paulson: Defender of the Yuan? ► Smith Faculty Opinion (8/4/06): Dr. Peter Morici, Professor of International Business Economy Added 113, 000 Jobs in July Unemployment Jumps, Stagflation Has Arrived ► Smith Faculty Opinion (8/2/06): Dr. Peter Morici, Professor of International Business Personal Income up $67 Billion in June: Personal Savings Continues Negative and Stagflation and Recession Threaten ► NEWS RELEASE: Smith Management and Organization Faculty Honored by Academy of Management ► Smith School Web Site Outage Planned for Sunday, August 6 from 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. ► Smith School Hosts 2006 AMA Sheth Foundation Doctoral Consortium July 2006 ► Smith Faculty Opinion (7/31/06): Dr. Peter Morici, Professor of International Business GDP Increases 2.5 Percent in Second Quarter Recession Risks Apparent ► Smith Faculty Opinion (7/28/06): Dr. Peter Morici, Professor of International Business General Motors Scores an Operating Profit but Tough Sledding Lies Ahead ► Dean Frank Talks with BusinessWeek Online About Smith's Unique Undergraduate Fellows Program - Watch the Video! ► Smith Faculty Opinion (7/24/06): Dr. Peter Morici, Professor of International Business President Bush and the Doha Round ► Smith Faculty Opinion (7/19/06): Dr. Peter Morici, Professor of International Business Retail Sales Decline in June More Evidence Growth Is Slowing and Stagflation Is a Threat ► Smith Faculty Opinion (7/19/06): Dr. Peter Morici, Professor of International Business U.S. Trade Deficit Rises in May and Will Likely Increase Further ► Smith Researchers Find Virus Attacks are the Leading Culprit of Financial Loss among U.S. Companies; Gordon & Loeb Play Key Role in Annual CSI/FBI Computer Security Report ► U.S. Workers Waste $3.9 Billion Annually By Not Telecommuting - National Survey Finds Most of the 25 Percent With an Option to Telecommute Prefer to Drive ► Smith Opens New Office & Classroom Space in Shanghai ► Dingman Center's Goozex, Inc. Launches its Premier Video Game Trading Platform ► Smith Professor Joins Advisory Board of Asia Silicon Valley Connection ► Smith Faculty Opinion (7/7/06): Dr. Peter Morici, Professor of International Business The Tragedy that is General Motors ► Smith Professors Gordon & Loeb Help Organize Workshop on Economics and Information Security (WEIS) at University of Cambridge ► NEWS RELEASE: University of Maryland President Appoints William J. DeWitt to Professor of the Practice June 2006 ► Smith School Names 20 Semi-Finalists in $50,000 China Business Plan Competition Maryland Secretary of State Makes Announcement in Beijing ► NEWS RELEASE: Semi-Finalists Named in Smith School’s $50,000 China Business Plan Competition ► Maryland Secretary of State to Announce Smith's China Business Plan Competition Semi-finalists in Beijing ► Smith School Faculty & Deans Offer "Third Annual Top 10 Summer Reading List for Business Leaders" ► Smith School Launches Video and Audio Podcasts ► Smith Faculty Opinion (6/19/06): Dr. Peter Morici, Professor of International Business Bernanke’s Opportunity to Step Out of Greenspan’s Shadow ► Smith Faculty Opinion (6/19/06): Dr. Peter Morici, Professor of International Business First Quarter Current Account Deficit Improves but Will Rise in Second Quarter U.S. Borrowing at an Alarming Rate ► Smith Faculty Opinion (6/15/06): Dr. Peter Morici, Professor of International Business Consumer Prices Jump in May Stagflation Is a Risk ► Smith Faculty Opinion (6/13/06): Dr. Peter Morici, Professor of International Business Producer Prices Rise and Retail Sales Flag Core Inflation Accelerates Raising Likelihood of Interest Rate Hikes, Risks to Growth ► Smith Faculty Opinion (6/9/06): Dr. Peter Morici, Professor of International Business U.S. Trade Deficit Rises in April: A Threat to Growth, Limits Fed Options ► Smith Faculty Opinion (6/6/06): Dr. Peter Morici, Professor of International Business Will the NYSE-Euronext Merger Smash Sarbanes Oxley? ► Smith Faculty Opinion (6/5/06): Dr. Peter Morici, Professor of International Business Economy Adds 75,000 Jobs in May -- Growth Slowing in Second Quarter ► Smith Faculty Opinion (6/1/06): Dr. Peter Morici, Professor of International Business The Trials of Henry Paulson May 2006 ► Smith School Finance Chair Honored by Professional Society ► UM & Smith Network Outage -- Between 5/26 at 5 p.m. to 5/27 at 4 p.m. ► Former HP Head Carly Fiorina, MBA '80, Delivers Keynote Address at Smith School Commencement           WATCH VIDEO ► North Star Games Wins Cupid’s Cup ► Smith School Hosts Annual Doctoral Awards Banquet ► Smith Leaders Receive Awards at 6th Annual Undergraduate Awards Banquet ► Smith Faculty Opinion (5/17/06): Dr. Peter Morici, Professor of International Business » America’s Broken Immigration Policy » Consumer Prices Jump in April ► PBS’ “CEO Exchange” Hosted by Smith School ► Smith Faculty Opinion (5/16/06): Dr. Peter Morici, Professor of International Business » The Return of the Gold Standard?  » Producer Prices Rise 0.9 Percent in April ► Beers & Cutler Supports Smith School With Scholarship Endowment ► $1.42 Million CIBER Grant Awarded to Smith School ► Financial Times Ranks Smith School’s Custom Executive Education Among World’s Best ► Smith Faculty Opinion (5/12/06): Dr. Peter Morici, Professor of International Business » Bush Administration Capitulates to China in Currency Report  » U.S. Trade Deficit Eases But Will Head North Again ► Carly Fiorina to Speak at Smith School Graduation ► Smith Faculty Opinion (5/10/06): Dr. Peter Morici, Professor of International Business It’s High Time for John Snow to Cite China for Manipulating the Yuan ► Smith Faculty Opinion (5/8/06): Dr. Peter Morici, Professor of International Business Economy Adds 138,000 Jobs in April ► Maryland Day 2006 Attracts 75,000 to Campus; Testudo Sculptures Unveiled ► Smith School Hosts Sixth Annual Netcentricity Conference (Highlights) ► Smith Announces Executive MBA Scholarships for Entrepreneurs, Non-profit and Government Executives ► Smith Faculty Opinion (5/4/06): Dr. Peter Morici, Professor of International Business SPEAKING FREELY: Yes, Virginia, it's the yuan ► University of Maryland Business School Names 2006 Leadership and Excellence Award Winners April 2006 ► Smith to Co-sponsor Third Annual Forum on Financial Information Systems & Cybersecurity ► University of Maryland Business School Appoints Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship Associate Director ► Smith Hosts Final Lecture in Business Ethics Series ► Smith Faculty Opinion (4/28/06): Dr. Peter Morici, Professor of International Business GDP Jumps 4.8 Percent in First Quarter ► Smith School Awarded $1.4 Million Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) ► Celebrate Maryland Day - Saturday, April 29th ► Smith Faculty Opinion (4/24/06): Dr. Peter Morici, Professor of International Business GM Announces $323 Million in First Quarter Loss and Remains in Peril ► Smith Faculty Opinion (4/24/06): Dr. Peter Morici, Professor of International Business Consumer Prices Jump in March The Fed Likely to Keep Increasing Interest Rates -- Dr. Peter Morici, Professor of International Business ► Cybersecurity Economics Luncheon Series Honors Smith School Professors Gordon & Loeb, April 27 ► Smith School To Host Entrepreneurship Research Conference, April 21-22 ► Smith Faculty Opinion (4/18/06): Gasoline Prices Keep Surging -- Dr. Peter Morici, Professor of International Business