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August 13, 2013
UMD Business Experts Discuss Newspaper Industry Shifts
Media Alert: Aug. 13, 2013
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August 5, 2013
SEC-Seasoned Experts Return to Smith

As a Securities and Exchange Commission deputy chief economist, Kathleen Weiss Hanley has garnered praise for delivering “critical thought leadership” and spurring “rigorous economic modeling.”

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July 31, 2013
Facebook Stock Rebound: UMD-Smith Expert Comments
MEDIA ALERT: July 31, 2013Attention: Finance Reporters

COLLEGE PARK, Md. - David Kass, Tyser Teaching Fellow in finance at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business, comments on Facebook’s price per share rebounding to near its $38 IPO level (from May 2012) after trading as low as $17.55 last September.

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June 27, 2013
Smith Finance Fellows Visit Federal Reserve, FDIC

Robert H. Smith School of Business finance faculty member Elinda F. Kiss recently took student groups to visit the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and Federal Reserve buildings in Washington, D.C.

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June 14, 2013
Smith Students Attend Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting

University of Maryland Robert H. Smith School of Business finance faculty members David Kass and Elinda F. Kiss and eight Smith undergraduates recently traveled to Omaha, Neb., to attend the annual shareholder meeting for Berkshire Hathaway, the conglomerate holding company chaired by Warren Buffett.

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May 20, 2013
OFR Director Visits Campus

The head of the federal Office of Financial Research visited the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business on May 14, 2013 to recruit experts to help mitigate a U.S. financial crisis.

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May 17, 2013
Smith Business Close-Up: Housing and the Economy

Air date: Thursday, May 16, 2013, 7:30 p.m.

The housing market is picking up steam, an indicator of an economic resurgence overall. What does this mean for buying and selling in Maryland? In this edition of Smith Business Close-Up with the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business, Cliff Rossi talks about housing and the economy.

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April 15, 2013
Center for Financial Policy Hosts Distinguished Speaker Event Series
Jaime Caruana, General Manager for the Bank for International Settlements (BIS)

The Center for Financial Policy at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business hosted Jaime Caruana, General Manager for the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), on April 15, 2013 as part of the center’s Distinguished Speakers Event Series.

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April 11, 2013
Professor Cliff Rossi Testifies to House Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance

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January 15, 2013
Smith Expert Draws Accolades in Movement to Improve Capital Markets

Russ Wermers' recent work toward restoring integrity to capital markets has garnered international recognition.

He has earned a top industry award for research into improving hedge fund monitoring and was recently tapped to collaborate with other experts to redefine global standards for evaluating investment management.

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