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Inside a Fortune 500 Boardroom

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In contrast, my favorite boardroom belonged to a clothing retail chain in California during the Great Recession of 2008. If you know finance, especially the finance of retail businesses, that’s nearly impossible. I had never heard of a retail business with such high profit margins. but was still profitable!

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Retail Sales Rise in Germany and France, Decline in Italy

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Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. Case Against The Fed. Retail Sales Rise in Germany and France, Decline in Italy; Margin Squeeze in Germany and France. Its a mixed bag of retail PMI news in Europe today (assuming of course one believes that spending is good). Home Builders. Key points.

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Big Miss in Retail Sales vs. Expectations; Trend Change or Another

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Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. Case Against The Fed. Big Miss in Retail Sales vs. Expectations; Trend Change or Another "Soft Patch"? Retail sales were up 0.4% May retail sales were revised lower, to +0.5% percent in June, the most since February 2008. Retail Sales Synopsis.

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Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Economic Recovery in.

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Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. Case Against The Fed. Tax Collections, Retail Sales Prove Otherwise. Spains Retail Sales Decline 36th Month. Reuters reports Spains retail sales slump stretches to three years, hampering recovery. Calendar-adjusted retail sales fell 5.1

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Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Interesting Hussman.

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Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. Case Against The Fed. Interesting Hussman Tweets on Case Shiller PE, Institutional Selling, Book Values. On Institutional Unloading vs. Retail Buying. Institutions have never dumped more stock onto retail investors as they have in the past 4 weeks.

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Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: D.C. City Council Proposes.

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Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. Case Against The Fed. an hour wages, but only for retailers with corporate sales of $1 billion or more. The response from the worlds largest retailer is hardly unexpected. 2011-04-23: Syndicated Interview on Canadian Radio - My Segment Starts 29:31.

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Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Problems in Italy Go On.

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Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. Case Against The Fed. Needing revenue to meet its budget deficit targets, Italys Finance Undersecretary Says Budget Crunch May Require More From Rich. Confederscenti, the Italian retailers’ association, says that three shops close for every one opening.