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EVENT: Market Volatility Panel Discussion - UPDATE

Author:Charla Stevens Kucko, charla.kucko@simon.rochester.edu or (585) 273-4806 (o), (585) 750-1706 (c)

Release Date: Oct 13, 2008

EVENT: Market Volatility Panel Discussion

TIME, DATE, AND PLACE: 2:30─3:45 p.m.; Friday, October 17, 2008; Simon Graduate School of Business, University of Rochester, Gleason Hall, Room 318/418

Rochester, N.Y.—October 13, 2008—Stock market volatility will be the focus of a panel discussion during Meliora Weekend at the Simon Graduate School of Business, University of Rochester, on Friday, October 17, 2008, from 2:30─3:45 p.m. in Gleason Hall, Room 318/418.

          Panelists will include Clifford W. Smith, Jr., Louise and Henry Epstein Professor of Business Administration and professor of finance and economics at the Simon School; Michael Ryan ’81, ’84 M.B.A., Head of Wealth Management Investment Strategy & Research Group, UBS Financial Services Inc.; and University Board of Trustees members Cathy Jones Minehan ’68, recently retired president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, and Michael S. Rosen ’82, ’83 M.B.A., chairman of Context Capital Management, L.L.C. The panel will discuss the factors that led to the current state of the economy, what to watch for in the months ahead, and what impact the November elections may have on market forces. The panel will be moderated by Simon School Dean Mark Zupan with time for questions from the audience.

          UPDATE: This event is at maximum capacity. Another event on this topic will be scheduled for November 3, 2008. Details to come.

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