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October 17, 2011
Smith Business Close-Up: Digital vs. Traditional Content

The ways we consume information have expanded drastically in the past decade – with digital formats of everything from movies to newspapers widely available, as well as special devises like the Apple iPad and Kindle reader to view them. But these new formats haven’t yet entirely replaced the old.

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October 7, 2011
Academics, Regulators and Industry Leaders Tackle Systemic Risk and Data Issues

The Center for Financial Policy (CFP) co-hosted a two-day conference on systemic risk and data issues in partnership with the Salomon Center for the Study of Financial Institutions at the NYU Stern School of Business, the Center for Financial Markets at Carnegie Mellon’s Tepper School of Business, and the Fisher Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics at UC Berkeley’s Haas School…

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September 29, 2011
Smith Business Close-Up: Digital vs. Traditional Content: Replacement or Complement?

The ways we consume information have expanded drastically in the past decade – with digital formats of everything from movies to newspapers widely available, as well as special devises like the Apple iPad and Kindle reader to view them. But these new formats haven’t yet entirely replaced the old.

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September 22, 2011
UMD’S CENTER FOR FINANCIAL POLICY CO-HOSTS "SYSTEMIC RISK AND DATA ISSUES" CONFERENCE

MEDIA ALERT: September 22, 2011For finance, economic, and regulatory reporters, editors and producers

UMD’S CENTER FOR FINANCIAL POLICY CO-HOSTS "SYSTEMIC RISK AND DATA ISSUES" CONFERENCEU.S. Sen. Jack Reed (RI), Rob Engle (NYU, Nobel Laureate), Andy Lo (MIT) to keynote

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September 19, 2011
NEWS RELEASE: September 19, 2011 UMD Smith School of Business Study Finds Facebook Applications Create More Than 182,000 New U.S. Jobs Worth $12.19B+

College Park, Md. – September 19, 2011 – While the U.S. jobs picture may be bleak, the proliferation of Facebook and mobile technology applications has spawned an entirely new industry – dubbed the “App Economy” — that has added at least 182,000 new jobs and contributed more than $12.19 billion in wages and benefits to the U.S.

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September 15, 2011
UMD Study Finds Facebook Applications Create More Than 182,000 New U.S. Jobs Worth $12.19B+

College Park, Md. – September 19, 2011 – While the U.S. jobs picture may be bleak, the proliferation of Facebook and mobile technology applications has spawned an entirely new industry – dubbed the “App Economy” — that has added at least 182,000 new jobs and contributed more than $12.19 billion in wages and benefits to the U.S.

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September 15, 2011
Smith Business Close-Up: Measuring Facebook’s App Economy

It seems everyone is using Facebook – including a sizable number of businesses built around the platform. It’s an entirely new industry – dubbed the “App Economy,” and for the first time, professors at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business have been able to quantify the economic impact of jobs created by this new industry.

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September 13, 2011
NEWS RELEASE: September 13, 2011 U.S. News Ranks Smith School’s Undergraduate Program Among Nation’s Best

U.S. News Ranks Smith School’s Undergraduate Program Among Nation’s BestSmith School listed among top 10 in Information Systems, Supply Chain Management, Management specialty categories

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September 12, 2011
Smith Business Close-Up: Measuring Facebook’s App Economy

Thursday, Sept. 15, 2011, 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, Sept. 18, 2011, 7:30 a.m.

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September 12, 2011
CFP hosts Oversight of Derivatives Roundtable, Myron Scholes Keynotes

The Center for Financial Policy and the Mutual Fund Directors Forum co-hosted the Oversight of Derivatives Roundtable on September 9, 2011 at the Ronald Reagan Building in downtown Washington DC. The program explored the current issues facing fund directors in their oversight of derivatives. This event was made possible by the generous support of Ropes & Gray LLP.

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