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Oil’s Boom-and-Bust Cycle May Be Over. Here’s Why

Harvard Business

could become the world’s largest oil producer in 2018, surpassing Saudi Arabia and Russia. In fact, 2018 may mark the first year shale producers will be able to fund future expansions of drilling programs through their own cash flow. Analysts have predicted that U.S.

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The U.S. Needs Tax Reform, Not Tax Cuts

Harvard Business

The answer to the first question determines how much of the nation’s resources will be devoted to public purchases — such as defense, infrastructure, public health, education, and social safety net programs — and how much to private uses. We can estimate the budgetary and distributional effects of various tax changes.

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Pros and Cons of Professional Employer Organizations (PEOs) Why a “Virtual PEO” May be the Better Option

Emerson Consulting Group

For example, the CEO of McBassie & Company reported in 2018 that 750,000 US companies with 3.7 Additionally, PEOs provide a “single source” for much of the administration of many aspects of Human Resources departments. Matt also founded Hollister Insurance in 2000, which merged with Business Benefits in 2018. 2] [link]. [3]

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A Blueprint for Digital Companies’ Financial Reporting

Harvard Business

On June 25, 2018, Facebook lost market capitalization of more than $100 billion in just two hours of trading after it announced its quarterly performance, despite exceeding analysts’ earnings forecasts. Dorling Kindersley/Getty Images. What caused this slump? It failed to meet its revenue and subscriber growth targets.

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Shockingly Bad Fiscal Health of Chicago (and the Financial Engineering Chicago Uses to Hide that Fact)

MishTalk

Although most governments are required to balance their budgets on a cash flow basis each fiscal year, a structural budget gap can arise when recurring expenditures are greater than recurring revenues. It is not a balance sheet test, but a cash flow test. This is not surprising.