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September 4, 2014
UMD-Smith Students Finalists in ALPFA Case Competition

Students from the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business were finalists in the Association of Latino Professionals in Finance and Accounting (ALPFA) National Case Competition, sponsored by KPMG and held at their national convention in Orlando, Fl., August 2-5, 2014.

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September 2, 2014
Smith Welcomes New Faculty Members

The University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business is happy to welcome 12 new full-time faculty members to start the fall semester of 2014. New faculty joined the following areas:

Accounting and Information Assurance

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August 28, 2014
UMD-Smith Experts Discuss Burger King-Tim Hortons Deal
Media Alert

Michael Faulkender Addresses Tax Policy Implications; David Kass Explains Buffett's Stake

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July 31, 2014
Thank Oil and Gas for U.S. Jobs Uptick, UMD Business Experts Say

Media Alert:  July 31, 2014

Attention:  Economic, business or public policy reporters and editors

COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Responding to U.S. employment figures, economic strategy experts in the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business, say cheaper, plentiful energy is fundamental to the apparent economic upswing.

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July 10, 2014
Wall Street Tools Give Edge to Smith Students
Bloomberg Features School’s Teaching Innovation at Global Symposium

After a recent drop in Amazon’s stock price, financial analysts moved quickly to evaluate a potential buying opportunity using real-time data from Bloomberg Professional services. So did students at the University of Maryland’s Robert H.

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June 27, 2014
David Kass Shares Berkshire Meeting Notes

Tyser Teaching Fellow in finance David Kass has published detailed notes from the 2014 Berkshire Hathaway annual shareholder meeting. 

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June 16, 2014
Tesla Patent Pledge a Win-Win; Tax Code the Scandal in EU Probe: UMD Experts

Media Alert: June 16, 2014Attention Business and Financial Reporters and Editors

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June 4, 2014
Predicting Payouts

Research by Gerard Hoberg and Nagpurnanand Prabhala

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May 20, 2014
SEC joins Smith School of Business at DC event

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Financial regulators and researchers explored new ideas on May 16, 2014, during a daylong conference co-hosted by the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Center for Financial Policy at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business. 

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May 14, 2014
Students Work with World Bank in Bangladesh
Masters Students Tackle Energy Finance Issues in Bangladesh with the World Bank

In April 2014, a group of eight Master of Finance and MBA students from the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business participated in a one-week mission to Bangladesh with the World Bank:

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