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Hilarious Transcripts of Fed Minutes from 2008 Reveal Completely Clueless Fed

MishTalk

Here is a list of FOMC Transcripts and Other Historical Materials, 2008 Notes I purposely cherry picked statements of various Fed governors. Amazingly, Bernanke spoke of pent-up demand for housing in January of 2008 The January 29-30 transcript was a whopping 194 pages long. percentage point to GDP growth in 2008 and 0.3

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Consultant Ninja: There goes my bonus.: Management Consulting.

Consultant Ninja

Management Consultant | Excel Jockey | Slide Monkey | Corporate Insurgent | One-Eyed Man in the Valley of the Blind Mckinsey | Bain | BCG | Booz | Oliver Wyman. What does it say that most fashion pictures of women have them posing with their mouth open? Productivity. (6). Management Consulting. Consultant Ninja.

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Lead to the future: leadership imperatives for success

Brimstone Consulting

In an environment that forces agility, such as the one we are in, organizational agility not only enables better management of crisis and uncertainty, but it also enables the organization to become more agile. We’ve built this into the regular cadence of our management process of the company. Create Alignment.

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An Inside View of How LVMH Makes Luxury More Sustainable

Harvard Business

The companies that are most vocal about environmental and social issues tend to be big, mass-market brands — well-known retailers , consumer products giants , and tech firms that are telling a new story to consumers who increasingly care about sustainability. Managing Carbon and Energy.

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Robo-Advisers Are Coming to Consulting and Corporate Strategy

Harvard Business

Does a robot manage your money? Robo-advisors, which were introduced in 2008 , are steadily eating up market share from their human counterparts much the way that Amazon and Netflix have taken share from Walmart and Regal Cinemas. This would represent between 10% and 15% of total retail financial assets under management.

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How Multinationals Can Adapt to a Political Mood That Doesn’t Care for Them at All

Harvard Business

To reduce costs, they have shifted production to countries with low-paid workers, thereby increasing demand for their labor and increasing their wages. This has spread advanced production techniques and management practices around the world, dramatically improving productivity. It wasn’t for charity, of course.

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Tracking "Emailgate" and "Apologygate"; Clinton's Half-Baked Apology; Lightning Strikes Twice

MishTalk

Clinton's sub-40% favorable ratings in 1992 were mostly a product of the public's lack of familiarity with her, rather than any kind of broad unpopularity. I made that claim in 2008, well before Hillary realized it. By once again refusing to apologize or admit a mistake in a timely fashion, she may have done it to herself once again.