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November 5, 2013
Smith IPO Expert: Twitter’s Overseas Presence Could Help Sway Investors

Media Alert Attention: Economic and Financial Reporters and Editors 

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October 28, 2013
Smith Undergrads Take Top Honors at UConn Case Challenge

For the second year in a row, undergraduates from the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business took top honors at the University of Connecticut’s Case Challenge, hosted by Connecticut’s Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) from October 9-13, 2013 in Storrs, Connecticut. 

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October 11, 2013
Yellen No Stranger to UMD Finance Students, Faculty

COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Janet Yellen, the nominee to chair the Federal Reserve, may be new to you. But she is no stranger to students in the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business.

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October 10, 2013
UMD Business Experts Available to Comment on Yellen Nomination

Media Alert   Oct. 9, 2013

Attention:  Financial, economics editors and reporters

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October 2, 2013
UMD Business Experts Available to Expand on Shutdown, Debt Ceiling Comments
Media Alert: Oct. 2, 2013Attention:  Financial, economic reporters and editors

COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Financial and economic experts in the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business are available to expand on their comments, below, about implications of the federal government shutdown and debt ceiling debate. 

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September 26, 2013
Russ Wermers to Lead Center for Financial Policy

COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Professor of Finance Russ Wermers has been appointed as Director of the Center for Financial Policy (CFP) at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business.

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September 19, 2013
UMD Business Expert Breaks Down Twitter IPO

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September 10, 2013
Smith Undergrad Program Ranked #18 By U.S. News

College Park, Md. – September 10, 2013 – The undergraduate business program at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business jumped to No. 18 in the nation in the latest edition of U.S. News & World Report’s “America’s Best Colleges,” published today.

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September 5, 2013
Cliff Rossi Appointed Professor of the Practice

The University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business has announced the appointment of Cliff Rossi as Professor of the Practice in finance. 

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August 29, 2013
Smith Business Close-Up: Hedge funds: For average investors?

Air dates: Thursday, August 29, 2013, 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, September 1, 2013, 7:30 a.m.

Hedge funds have been characterized as an investment vehicle exclusively for the wealthy. What makes these elusive funds so lucrative and can an average investor get in on them?

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