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Consultant Ninja: A Simple Question about the Credit Markets.

Consultant Ninja

A Simple Question about the Credit Markets. Heres my understanding of the current TARP/TARPII/PPIP/etc plans: The major "sick" banks wont lend to businesses, because their balance sheets are tied up with bad assets that they cant sell. But wouldnt that be a better market result than letting the sick banks keep their share?

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Persistent Overoptimism Three Ways: Truckers, Fed Economists, Manufacturers

MishTalk

Of course, there is also persistent overoptimism about earnings growth and stock market expectations. Sales of Class 8 heavy trucks are on pace for one of the best years in history - around 260,000 units in North America. Overoptimism 2008-2010 The SEP growth forecast for 2008 never turned negative.

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If You Think Downsizing Might Save Your Company, Think Again

Harvard Business

During the Great Recession of 2008, companies around the world downsized their workforces. American firms alone laid off more than 8 million workers from the end of 2008 to the middle of 2010. Proponents of downsizing argue that it is an effective strategy, with benefits such as increased performance and sales.

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Google Chrome Approaching World Domination?

MishTalk

The modern browser wars began in earnest in 2004, when Mozilla Firefox challenged Internet Explorer''s complete and utter market dominance, successfully growing from zero to several hundred million users in less than five years. Google took over in 2008, introducing its Chrome browser, which caught up with Firefox by 2012.

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Why GE’s Jeff Immelt Lost His Job: Disruption and Activist Investors

Harvard Business

During Immelt’s tenure, GE’s stock market value fell by about half. Or they may even put the entire company up for sale. So what happened? Are lean innovation and the startup way a failure in large companies? In fact, what happened is activist investors. Its stock is trading where it was 20 years ago. of the company.

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Reflections on 2013; What's Important, What's Not? What's Ahead?

MishTalk

Had I suggested in 2007 that the Fed balance sheet expansion of $75 billion a month would have been considered "tightening" people would have thought I was nuts. A similar crash in public opinion awaits Bernanke for fueling one of the biggest, if not the biggest stock and bond market bubbles in history. Here we are.