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August 7, 2015
The Rebranding of TargetExpress

SMITH BRAIN TRUST -- Storefront signs that recently went up for the grand opening of TargetExpress near the University of Maryland will make a quick exit.

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August 6, 2015
High School Fellows Learn the Power of Enterprise

High school students discovered the power of the human mind to create value through enterprise and markets during an immersion experience July 27-31, 2015, at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business.

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August 6, 2015
Some Fliers Hate Baggage Fees, But They Work

SMITH BRAIN TRUST -- Customers have kvetched about airline baggage fees since American Airlines started charging people for even one checked bag in 2008, but the practice has swept the industry.

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August 5, 2015
UMD’s Smith School Joins White House Initiative for Women in Business

COLLEGE PARK, Md. (Aug. 5, 2015) — A delegate from the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business visited the White House today for meetings aligned with the school’s 50/50 by 2020 campaign launched in spring 2015.

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July 31, 2015
A Conversation With Regina Cline, Deloitte intern

This summer, the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business is catching up with MBA students working as interns at top companies throughout the country.

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July 29, 2015
Good and Bad News About Your House

SMITH BRAIN TRUST -- Median home prices have surged past the U.S. record set in 2006 at the peak of the real estate bubble, but don’t expect a repeat of the Great Recession.

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July 29, 2015
Do Hillary Clinton's Attacks on 'Quarterly Capitalism' Hold Up?

SMITH BRAIN TRUST -- Is "quarterly capitalism" a problem for the American economy?

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July 28, 2015
Bank of America Stress Tests Its HR Chief

SMITH BRAIN TRUST -- On its face, Bank of America delegating stress test oversight to its human resources chief is a "head scratcher," says Clifford Rossi, professor of the practice at the Unive

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July 28, 2015
EMBA Cohort 14 Students Graduate

On July 23, 2015, 37 executives from EMBA Cohort 14 graduated from the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business, in a ceremony attended by more than 300 family, friends, faculty and staff of the Smith School at the university’s Riggs Alumni Center. Dean Alex Triantis congratulated the cohort on their accomplishments.

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July 27, 2015
What Would Buffett Do? Six Stocks to Buy Now

SMITH BRAIN TRUST -- China and other overseas stock market turmoil, plus the Fed waffling

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