The Swiss National Bank announced a minimum exchange rate in efforts to weaken the national currency and to protect their economy, as investors around the world searched for secure places during uncertain times. The Zurich-based bank said it was determined to enforce the rate set at 1.20 francs per euro […]

American company Johnson Controls (JCI), a company that manufactures about a third of car batteries in the  U.S, has taken the first step toward making conventional combustion engines more efficient, announcing they will start producing stop-start batteries, which will improve a car’s mpg by 5 percent. Stop-start batteries, a common […]

Financial market analysts IDC released a startling report about the PC market. It estimated that sales of tablets, such as Apple’s iPad, would make up 15 percent of 2011 PC sales. In just their second full year of release, tablets have quickly busted onto the PC scene, becoming a top […]

Apple obtained a recent victory in an ongoing patent battle earlier this month after a German court barred the sale of Samsung’s Galaxy 10.1 tablets in Germany, according to Reuters. A German judge ruled that the Samsung Galaxy 10.1 tablet’s design was too similar to that of the iPad. The […]

The Smith Undergraduate Student Organization hosted Smith Business Week the week of Sept. 12 to introduce students to the offices the Smith school has to offer as well as provide students resources for their future career paths. The many events throughout the week included notable speakers, socials, and networking events. […]

Bob Moritz, chairman and senior partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers, spoke to Smith students about the importance of mindset and technology in achieving success Tuesday evening as part of the ongoing CEO at Smith speaker series. During his talk, Moritz discussed his rise to the top and gave advice on how to […]

The Smith Student Undergraduate Association (SUSA), a governing body of the Smith Business School, is seeking new members for leadership and non-leadership involvement. Brian Doyle, President of the SUSA, said that positions for Class Representatives, Committee Chair, and Executive Board are all open for application. Although Executive Board applicants must […]

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Many University of Maryland business groups, along with those just looking to help out, gathered on a Friday afternoon to clean trash from the Paint Branch stream that separates the view from Lot 11. The Society for Green Business, Phi Chi Theta, the Anacostia Watershed Society, Supply Chain Management […]

Room 1126 of Taliaferro Hall falls silent as students in the course HONR349I at the University of Maryland students sift through their notes one last time.             However, these students are not cramming for an exam. They are preparing to choose five nonprofit organizations to continue in the running […]