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September 9, 2014
Smith Business Close-Up: Flash Traders

Thursday, May 22, 2014, 7:30 p.m. | Sunday, May 25, 2014, 7:30 a.m.

Michael Lewis’s new book, “Flash Boys,” delves into the world of high-frequency trading. Blamed for the May 2010 stock market “flash crash,” this type of trading – which relies on using fast computers to make quick trades – has changed the playing field for traders.

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September 9, 2014
Smith Business Close-Up: Investors Don't Buy the Corporate Spin

Thursday, July 3, 2014, 7:30 p.m. | Sunday, July 6, 2014, 7:30 a.m.

Investors have proven to be smart enough to sniff out companies’ implausible explanations for their quarterly earnings results, according to a new study.

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September 9, 2014
Smith Business Close-Up: Patent Pledge Signals Tesla, Electric Car Industry Breakthrough

Thursday, August 7, 2014, 7:30 p.m. | Sunday, August 10, 2014, 7:30 a.m.

In June, electric car maker Tesla’s CEO Elon Musk announced the company was removing its patents in “the spirit of the open source movement, for the advancement of electric vehicle technology.” What does a move like this mean for the electric car industry and entrepreneurship in general?

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September 8, 2014
Women at Smith: Stephanie Graf ’14
A New Norm

Rising Generation of Women Shifts the Conversation

Fulbright Scholar Stephanie Graf ’14 never saw herself as a barrier breaker when she came to the Smith School as an undergraduate student. She has an analytical mind and aptitude for business, so she enrolled as a double major in finance and marketing.

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September 4, 2014
UMD Experts Available to Comment on Delivery Drones Tech Progress, Viability and as Market Disruptor

Media Advisory

COLLEGE, PARK, Md. -- Though Google and Amazon, among others, have begun testing delivery drones, they are at least five years from launching. 

Business and engineering experts (below) at the University of Maryland are available to expand on their following comments. They say:

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September 4, 2014
UMD to Honor Gilad Chen as Distinguished Scholar-Teacher

The University of Maryland has selected Robert H. Smith School of Business Professor Gilad Chen as a 2014-15 Distinguished Scholar-Teacher. He is one of six professors to receive the honor this year. 

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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 3, 2014
New MBAs Battle for Customers (Video)

Teams Go from Zero to Grand Opening in Two Weeks

Orientation starts with a shock for incoming full-time MBA students looking for traditional lectures at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business. Instead of talking about business, orientation leaders divide students into teams and tell them to start one.

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September 3, 2014
CLIC Presents the BB&T Colloquium, Sept 30

University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business and the Center for Leadership, Innovation and Change present the BB&T Colloquium on Capitalism, Ethics and Leadership on Tuesday, Sept. 30,  in College Park.

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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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