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From McCombs Today
A team of graduate students from The University of Texas at Austin defeated 19 top business schools to win the National Real Estate Challenge Nov. 13 at the McCombs School of Business. In its seventh year, this was the first time the host school had won the prestigious competition.
The team from McCombs consisted [...]

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McCombs Today
McCombs School of Business Dean Tom Gilligan (left above) hosted a lively discussion on the current economic crisis threatening America’s financial stability as well as the global economy. Just as Congress moved to pass a $700 billion taxpayer-funded rescue bill, finance faculty Laura Starks (center), Stephen Magee, Sheridan Titman, Jay Hartzell, Michael Brandl (foreground) [...]

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Our roundtable of experts sorts it out
Texas Magazine
The subprime mortgage industry began to fall apart rapidly in 2007 as the rate of defaults skyrocketed and lenders such as New Century began filing for bankruptcy. This resulted in the collapse of the subprime mortgage-backed securities market, threatening a broader crisis in the U.S. and global economy. [...]

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