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Inside a Fortune 500 Boardroom

CaseInterview.com

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. Of course, I was admiring the company's financial management while also feeling a little chilly.

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Commercial Awareness – what is it and how do I get it?

Tom Spencer

There are videos that use cartoons to explain how a transaction works, video courses in finance featuring “Fault in Our Stars” author John Green (his series of Crash Courses is both amusing and informative) and there are vloggers dedicated to easing you into the scary world of commerce. Image: Flickr.

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Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Only Hope For Italy is.

MishTalk

Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. And in Italy in the last thirty years, the credit market has served to finance the public debt. There are so many resources that should be used to finance the growth of businesses, but only served to finance the growth of the state. December 2008 (85).

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Why consulting?

Management Consulted

After being dropped from multiple courses during registration, I was in desperate need for a 4th class. I begged my favorite Econ teacher to let me into his Industrial Organization course and fortunately I got a spot. Then, one day, I fortunately came across the Management Consulted website. It was like “Oh!!

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The Paths of Consultancy

Tom Spencer

As general manager, he had the power to build the team to exactly his desires. He worked his way towards earning an MBA from MIT Sloan School of Management, which he hoped to follow with a successful career in entrepreneurship. Again, management consultancy taught him the skills he needed to succeed in business and in politics.

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Wholesale Sales Unexpectedly Decline (Most in Nearly Five Years), Inventories Unexpectedly Rise

MishTalk

Finance reports U.S. percent, the sharpest fall since December 2008. Of course sales are up as well, but if a sales slump happens for any reason, inventories will be way out of line. Mike "Mish" Shedlock [link] Mike "Mish" Shedlock is a registered investment advisor representative for SitkaPacific Capital Management.

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Illegal Public Seizure of Mortgages Via Eminent Domain

MishTalk

Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. The idea has drawn opposition from bondholders such as Pacific Investment Management Co. and DoubleLine Capital LP and at least 18 trade groups representing the finance industry, homebuilders and real estate firms. California passed Proposition 99 in 2008.