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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

Know the City ” by Chris Stoakes has been recommended to me several times by professionals and peers alike, and for good reason – it gives a high level overview of key financial concepts and products in a readable form.

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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. EC : In Italy, the public sector is not intended as an aid to the production of wealth and public goods and services. And in Italy in the last thirty years, the credit market has served to finance the public debt. December 2008 (85). November 2008 (78).

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

MishTalk

Finance reports U.S. Sales of non-durable equipment such as petroleum and paper products dropped 3.2 percent, the sharpest fall since December 2008. Sales of petroleum and petroleum products were down 7.5 percent from last month and sales of paper and paper products were down 2.9 Sales at wholesalers fell 1.9

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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. I feel I will be able to sell ideas and products (soft selling) to people effectively.

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Keynes Is Dead, Abenomics Fizzles, US Fails to Reach Escape Velocity, Stimulus Fatigue

MishTalk

Today''s information technology allows a multinational company to position research, marketing, finance and managerial jobs to anywhere. The 2008 crisis prompted a pause. In the decade before the 2008 financial crisis, trade was driving growth. Of course, competitive devaluation will eventually make everyone worse off.

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Message to 5.7 Million Truck Drivers "No Drivers Needed"

MishTalk

Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. Economic theory holds that such basic changes will, over time, improve standards of living by making us more productive and less wasteful. Safety is why so-called "closed-course" uses, which keep automated trucks away from the public, are happening first.