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Released: 13-Feb-2024 8:05 AM EST
Tech Layoffs Signal ‘Feeling Economy’ Shift
University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business

UMD Smith expert explains the wave of tech job layoffs as a sign of a broader, labor market shift to where “humans need to recalibrate and capitalize on strengths beyond pure intelligence—like intuition, empathy, creativity, emotion and people skills.”

     
Released: 7-Dec-2023 9:30 AM EST
Commercial Real Estate Risk: Remote Work is Just Part of the Picture, says UMD Smith Expert
University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business

Risk management expert Clifford Rossi gives context, with risk-response insights, on commercial real estate’s perceived demise.

   
Released: 13-Nov-2023 10:05 AM EST
How Employees Can Help Cut 'Quiet Cutting' Out of Their Careers
University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business

Expert Gerald Suarez, gives career insights on navigating quiet cutting via “identifying the ‘why,’” “reading the tea leaves,” “finding the ‘off-ramp’” and “starting a new chapter.”

   
Released: 8-Nov-2023 9:30 AM EST
Analyzing the New Workday Dead Zone: The Power Dynamics and Science of It
University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business

Whether they’re working from home or on site, many employees are taking a break between 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. and making up the time later that night. Smith expert Nicole Coomber says, “sometimes it’s worthwhile to take a step back from work, rather than trying to just keep grinding.”

   
Released: 28-Sep-2023 8:05 AM EDT
How a Repatriation Tax Challenge Before SCOTUS Could Upend the Tax Code
University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business

Samuel Handwerger describes implications of Moore v. United States, a case before the Supreme Court that challenges the Mandatory Repatriation Tax provision of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

   
Released: 22-Sep-2023 6:05 AM EDT
Why the UFC-WWE Merger is a One-Two Marketing Punch
University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business

Marketing professor Mary Beth Furst explains why TKO has reason to believe that both WWE and UFC can complement each other to grow the overall market of viewers in the combat sports and entertainment space.

   
Released: 16-Aug-2023 10:15 AM EDT
‘Safe Harbor’ for Crypto Fraud Victims and Its Relevance to the Celsius Case
University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business

Samuel Handwerger explains the safe harbor accounting method as a recourse for cryptocurrency investors in cases like that of Celsius Network.

   
Released: 18-May-2023 12:40 PM EDT
Pursuing Work-Life Balance Isn’t a Want, It’s a Need for Success
University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business

UMD Smith expert gives five keys for supervisors and workers to enhance their approach to work-life balance.

   
Released: 27-Apr-2023 9:40 PM EDT
Fed-Predicted Recession More Likely Severe than Mild
University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business

Finance professor Albert “Pete” Kyle describes how the SVB-fueled banking crisis has created the conditions for a severe recession rather than the mild recession that Federal Reserve economists have predicted.

   
Released: 23-Feb-2023 1:35 PM EST
Is South Africa Taking a Financial Risk by Conducting Naval Exercises with Russia?
University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business

UMD Smith's Lemma Senbet, an advisor to the G20 Compact with Africa, describes the impetus and economic implications of South Africa joining a 10-day naval exercise with Russia and China.

   
Released: 15-Feb-2023 2:00 PM EST
The State of Remote Work Three Years After COVID Emptied Offices
University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business

UMD Smith’s Gerald Suarez examines post-pandemic employer-worker dynamics.

     
Released: 8-Dec-2022 2:10 PM EST
Student Loan Forgiveness on Ice: Insights for Borrowers
University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business

Accounting lecturer and tax expert Samuel Handwerger at the University of Maryland examines the Biden Administration’s stalled student loan forgiveness program and gives advice for borrowers for the latest repayment pause period.

   
Released: 8-Dec-2022 1:40 PM EST
Risk Lessons from FTX
University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business

UMD Smith professor Clifford Rossi, who saw the subprime meltdown from the inside of Citi, WaMu and Countrywide leading to the 2008 financial crisis, dissects the FTX collapse from a risk management perspective.

   
Released: 22-Nov-2022 3:05 PM EST
US Housing: Smith Expert Breaks Down the Gloomy Forecast
University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business

Clouds are on the horizon for U.S. housing, says UMD Smith’s Clifford Rossi. He examines key variables to determine whether “we’re looking at a Cat 5 hurricane or merely a steady rain.” He says anticipate the latter.

Released: 10-Nov-2022 3:10 PM EST
Will ERC Equal PPP In Terms of Fraud?
University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business

With the IRS warning about “ERC mills” – third parties improperly advising businesses to claim the employee retention credit, UMD's Sam Handwerger explains Congress’ shifting guidelines, “less-than-scrupulous consultants” and a newly bolstered IRS as “a perfect storm” for exposure of ERC fraud.

Released: 10-Nov-2022 12:55 PM EST
For Retailers, the Holiday Shopping Season Looks Lackluster
University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business

University of Maryland marketing expert Jie Zhang explains why retailers don’t have high hopes for bright sales numbers this holiday shopping season.

Released: 10-Aug-2022 2:05 PM EDT
Strategy, Psychology Behind Effective Negotiating
University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business

Maryland Smith experts explain the groundwork for professionals to “'think on their feet’ when the next situation arises to negotiate – whether in product pricing, partnership agreements or the next job offer.”

   
Released: 18-Jul-2022 3:10 PM EDT
Fed Stress Test’s Non-Transparency: Why it Hampers Banks
University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business

Maryland Smith risk expert Clifford Rossi explains the extent to which banks are hampered by not getting to see the Federal Reserve’s stress test model and how this can affect the economy.

   
Released: 13-Jul-2022 3:05 PM EDT
Elon Musk’s Irony: Bots, the Impetus to Abandon His Twitter Deal, Have Propelled Tesla
University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business

Maryland Smith’s David Kirsch, who is researching pro-Tesla Twitter bots, describes the irony in Elon Musk’s stated reason for moving to abandon his $44 billion Twitter purchase agreement.

Released: 12-Jul-2022 3:50 PM EDT
Musk’s Buyer’s Remorse and Potential Deal Outcomes
University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business

Elon Musk’s move to abandon his $44 billion offer to buy Twitter is less about bot traffic and more about Musk’s buyer’s remorse for agreeing to too high a purchase price, explains Maryland Smith finance expert David Kass

Released: 28-Apr-2022 6:05 AM EDT
What Elon Musk's Move Means for Stakeholders
University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business

Maryland Smith's David Kass gives three takes on what Elon Musk's Twitter deal means for stakeholders of Twitter and Tesla.

Released: 7-Apr-2022 10:05 AM EDT
3 Keys to Addressing Bias in Health Data and Algorithms and Why it Matters
University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business

Health IT expert Ritu Agarwal at the University of Maryland describes three paths for medical students and physician-scientists toward health equity in terms of race, gender, ethnicity, geographic location and income.

     
Released: 20-Jan-2022 2:00 PM EST
Regulatory Scrutiny of Microsoft-Activision Blizzard Deal Likely to Extend to 2023
University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business

Maryland Smith finance professor and former FTC economist David Kass explains why aggressive antitrust enforcement will slow Microsoft’s $75 billion move to solidify its position in the development of the "metaverse."

   
Released: 15-Dec-2021 9:50 AM EST
16 Stocks to Watch in 2022
University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business

Maryland Smith’s David Kass, who blogs about Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway and the stock market, narrows his semi-annual stocks-to-watch list “amid rising uncertainties.”


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