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The lifeblood of a business school is its faculty, and at the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business our faculty members are inspiring, supportive and world-class. We are attuned to a marketplace that values innovation, entrepreneurialism, analytical thinking and hard work. Our teaching and research equips students with the wisdom of business scholarship rooted in the experiential lessons of the marketplace.
September 19, 2018
A Textbook Emerging Market Crisis? Not Exactly
The current emerging market crisis has been stirring uncertainty among investors, much like similar crises we've seen before. But Maryland Smith’s Pablo Slutzky explains why this one might be different.
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A Textbook Emerging Market Crisis? Not Exactly
September 5, 2018
Robinhood Effect: Why JPMorgan Is Offering Free Stock Trades
SMITH BRAIN TRUST – In a kind of Robinhood effect, JPMorgan Chase recently launched a new digital investing service with deeply discounted trading fees and free access to the bank’s stock research.
July 25, 2018
What Is a Poison Pill, Anyway?
It's not often that a company's board of directors employs a poison pill to fend off a hostile takeover. Even rarer is the way it's being used at Papa John's.
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What Is a Poison Pill, Anyway?
July 17, 2018
Fannie and Freddie Might Need Your Money
Ten years after Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were placement into conservatorship, the two mortgage-finance giants might soon face a new crisis.
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Fannie and Freddie Might Need Your Money
July 2, 2018
Is It Time To Worry About the Yield Curve?
The U.S. treasury yield curve has economists and market watchers feeling uneasy and warning that a recession may be on the horizon.
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Is It Time To Worry About the Yield Curve?
June 28, 2018
Called It: How Kass Predicted Kraft Heinz's Interest in Campbell's
Bragging rights go to David Kass. He predicted months ago that Kraft Heinz might look to acquire Campbell’s Soup.
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Called It: How Kass Predicted Kraft Heinz's Interest in Campbell's
June 27, 2018
Why Harley-Davidson Isn't Alone in Overseas Shift
The fact is, manufacturing overseas isn’t even new for Harley-Davidson. Here's why it does it and what might happen now.
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Why Harley-Davidson Isn't Alone in Overseas Shift
June 21, 2018
Life After Dow Jones for General Electric
Although General Electric has had the longest continuous presence of any company on the Dow Jones Industrial Average, its ouster from the index this week after 111 years wasn't an altogether surprising event. David Kass explains.
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Life After Dow Jones for General Electric
June 13, 2018
Why the AT&T-Time Warner Decision Is Good News for CVS
A federal judge's decision to allow AT&T's bid for Time Warner to proceed may set the stage for a slew of future so-called vertical megamergers.
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Why the AT&T-Time Warner Decision Is Good News for CVS
June 6, 2018
Summertime, But Dressing Isn’t Easy
Standing in front of the closet figuring out what to wear in the morning doesn't get any easier just because it's summer. If anything, it's harder.
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Summertime, But Dressing Isn’t Easy