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August 25, 2015
Will the Fed Raise Interest Rates? Kristen Fanarakis

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August 25, 2015
UMD’s Smith School Appoints Dean of Learning
Veteran Educator to Focus on Transforming the Student Experience

COLLEGE PARK, Md. (Aug. 25, 2015) — As part of an ongoing commitment to transform learning, the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business has appointed one of its most accomplished educators to fill a new position focused on the student experience.

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August 25, 2015
Will the Fed Raise Interest Rates? Albert 'Pete' Kyle

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August 24, 2015
Market Jitters? Stay the Course

SMITH BRAIN TRUST -- This week’s market selloff has made a lot of people itchy to trade stocks. They want to sell before things get worse or, alternatively, maybe pick up some bargains.

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August 21, 2015
Bachelors Line Up in U.S. Port Dating Game

SMITH BRAIN TRUST -- Port operators in Savannah, Ga. are racing to upgrade their facilities for the rising generation of big ships, which will have a new lane from Asia when the Panama Canal completes a 10-year widening project in 2016. Rivals are eyeing the same big ships in Charleston, S.C.

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August 21, 2015
Toshiba's Accounting Scandal: Catching the Fuzzy Math

SMITH BRAIN TRUST -- Toshiba is known for producing televisions, computers — and, as of this summer, an epic accounting scandal.

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August 19, 2015
Now on Sale! China’s Yuan

SMITH BRAIN TRUST -- Think of China like Walmart and the country’s recent currency devaluation like a price-slashing sale.

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August 19, 2015
Incoming MBAs Start Fast with Career Coaching

Incoming full-time MBA students at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business didn’t have to wait long to meet employers and learn what kind of talent they want to hire. A panel of corporate recruiters, including four Smith MBA alumni, shared career advice and answered questions during orientation Aug. 10-21, 2015.

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August 19, 2015
The Amazon Controversy: Exploring Workplace Justice

SMITH BRAIN TRUST -- In a much-discussed piece in The New York Times, which drew on interviews with more than 100 people, Amazon comes off as a rough place to work.

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August 14, 2015
Shaming Your Highly Paid CEO

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — Can American companies be embarrassed out of paying their CEOs hundreds of times what the average worker makes? The SEC wants to find out.

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