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China Cash Crunch Eases, For How Long? Three Things China Needs to Avoid; When can Beijing Truly move to Market-Determined Interest Rates?

MishTalk

The certificates of deposits will push banks closer to an operating environment in which rates are deregulated and are also aimed at improving the circulation of cash in the country’s interbank market. These are the big issues, hinted at by the current hiatus in China’s money markets.

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Research Shows That Smaller M&A Deals Work Out Better

Harvard Business

Walter Thompson Company for $566 million in 1987 and Ogilvy for $864 million in 1989 — big acquisitions that stretched the company’s balance sheet. Strength of productivity program. This means improving productivity at a rate sufficient to put you in at least the top 30% of your industry.