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Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: European Car Sales.

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Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. European Car Sales Plunge to 20-Year low. Amidst all the happy talk that Europe is on the verge of some sort of recovery, here is yet another counterpoint: European Car Sales Plunge to 20-Year Low. Among smaller markets, sales plunged 42.7% million, a 6.7%

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Oliver Wyman interview preparation: the inside story

Management Consulted

At its start, Oliver Wyman capitalized on the deregulation of the financial services industry. Mercer (with Oliver Wyman) developed the number of industries served and capabilities expertise, and after a period of exponential growth eventually chose to make Oliver Wyman the catch-all name for anything MMC but non-human resources focused.

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Illegal Public Seizure of Mortgages Via Eminent Domain

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Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. Richmond, California, is backing a plan to buy mortgages in low-income areas for as little as 25 cents on the dollar and may force the sales under eminent domain laws, moving forward with a controversial program that would potentially seize control of home loans from investors.

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Housing Starts in China Plunge 25%; Did China's Property Bubble Finally Burst?

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Economic data released on Tuesday also included a deceleration in industrial production, with growth in steel and cement output slowing to a crawl. Retail sales also grew more slowly than expected in April, and the furniture market stalled as fewer families moved into new homes. Here we are again, in another slowdown.

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How the Great Recession Changed Banking

Harvard Business

The Great Recession of 2007 to 2009 was under way. Less apparent to the outside world is how much banks are also investing in controls, especially in their compliance, risk, and finance divisions. Layoffs, particularly in sales and trading, have accompanied lower profits. Investment bank Bear Stearns collapsed.

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Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: China Declares War on.

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Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. And that is bad news for an industry whose sales in their home markets is already complicated by the financial crisis. December 2007 (69). November 2007 (91). October 2007 (56). September 2007 (49). August 2007 (61).

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Magazine Ad Revenues Plunge; Google Collects Half of Mobile

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Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. In a difficult advertising environment for the magazine industry overall, newly-released numbers from the Association of Magazine Media (MPA) show the nation’s news magazines being hit particularly hard. December 2007 (69). November 2007 (91).