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January 14, 2016
Who's Watching Your Voting Machine?

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — Hackers have looted data at Targe

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January 13, 2016
Simon Says: Meet the Smith School Economist Who Took on the Doomsayers and Won

By DARYL JAMES

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January 12, 2016
C-BERC’s Panel on Regulating Business Compliance

The Center for the Study of Business Ethics, Regulation & Crime (C-BERC) sponsored and hosted a panel discussion on November 17, 2015 on ‘Regulating business compliance: What works, what doesn’t, and why?’ addressing the question of how to best prevent and control corporate misconduct.

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January 12, 2016
Commentary: Why it’s just all wrong to say ‘bah humbug’ about Facebook founder’s philanthropy pledge

In this Washington Post op-ed piece Professor Rajshree Agarwal shares three reasons critics should give Zuckerberg and Jobs thanks instead of “bah humbugs” during the holiday season.

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January 12, 2016
7 Ways to Prep for Spring Semester

Undergraduates at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business: Here are seven ways to get ready for the spring semester!

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January 11, 2016
Low Interest Rates and 'Secular Stagnation'

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — In Switzerland, some customers are watching their bank accounts shrink each month, even if they don't make any withdrawals. In Denmark, when you repay your loan, you don't add interest to the payment, you subtract interest. The banks are literally paying people to borrow money. 

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January 7, 2016
Welcome Back to 2008 … or Not

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — Global markets have fallen into

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January 7, 2016
12th Annual Cybersecurity Forum on Jan 13
Researchers and Senior Executives to Explore Policy-Based Solutions

Cyber attacks on companies worldwide increased by 48 percent from 2013 to 2014 as roughly 42.8 million data security breaches cost firms hundreds to potentially millions of dollars (according to this recent study).

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January 6, 2016
GM Bets on Lyft

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — American car companies

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January 5, 2016
Evan Lutz ’14 to Appear on Shark Tank, Jan 8

UPDATE: Evan Lutz appeared on Shark Tank on Jan. 8, 2016, and received a $100,000 investment from Robert Herjavec for a 10 percent stake in Hungry Harvest.

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