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Managing Risks and Controlling Projects: How Data-Driven Project Management Come in Useful for Multi-Project Environments

Epicflow

This article is inspired by the webinar featuring Epicflow co-founder Jan Willem Tromp and professor Mario Vanhoucke based on his latest book “The Illusion of Control: Project Data, Computer Algorithms and Human Intuition for Project Management and Control”. So, what do you need for an efficient risk analysis? First of all, you need data.

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WalMart Margins Set to Plunge? Will Rest of Retail Follow? What About Jobs?

MishTalk

Retail sales reports on Wednesday have me thinking about the strength of the economy, commercial construction, jobs, and profit margins. Fewer Stores, Less Hiring Fewer stores means less construction and less hiring. Wal-Mart''s same-store sales — an industry benchmark of health — haven''t risen in six quarters.

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Nonfarm Payrolls +113,000, Median Bloomberg Estimate 180,000; Huge March 2013 Employment Revision

MishTalk

The benchmark revision incorporates a large non-economic change that resulted from a reclassification of 466,000 jobs from private households (out of scope by CES definition) to services for the elderly and disabled (in scope for CES). Employment grew in construction, manufacturing, wholesale trade, and mining. percent, the U.S.

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You Don’t Need to Be a Silicon Valley Startup to Have a Network-Based Strategy

Harvard Business

But most successful companies used electricity and motors to reinvent their existing businesses, whether in manufacturing, transportation, or construction. Retailers like Walmart and Macy’s manage a supply chain, buying and reselling their own inventory. We normally think of people as something to be managed.

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Singapore Set for Icelandic-Style Property Bubble Meltdown; Hype or Reality?

MishTalk

percent even as the country’s red hot construction sector has been attracting overseas workers, and a growing number of wealthy citizens are hiring domestic helpers from neighboring countries like the Philippines and Indonesia. Visit [link] to learn more about wealth management and capital preservation strategies of Sitka Pacific.'

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Italian Banks Hammered; Bad Loans Hit €201 Billion; End of Draghi PUT; Get Out Now!

MishTalk

Construction of a bad bank has been a constant headache for the Italian authorities. Lenders in the benchmark Stoxx Europe 600 Index have erased about a third of their value since reaching a four-year high in July, falling to their lowest levels since November 2012. Monte Paschi’s 379 million euros of 5.6

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Australia's Mining Bust Turns Towns Into Ghost Towns; Expect Interest Rate "Shock and Awe"

MishTalk

Things have taken a turn for the worse since the glory days of the mining construction boom, with companies responding to falling commodity prices by pulling the plug on new projects and laying off workers across the Surat Basin. Visit [link] to learn more about wealth management and capital preservation strategies of Sitka Pacific.'