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"Bubblicious" High End Flipping Up 350%, Overall Flipping Down 13%

MishTalk

Flipping houses went out of fashion around 2008, along with flip phones and sub-prime mortgages. For the market as a whole, flips of single family homes fell 13% in the third quarter, according to new research from RealtyTrac, with investors earning a gross profit of nearly $55,000 on each property.

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Lead to the future: leadership imperatives for success

Brimstone Consulting

Research accentuates the important connection between an aligned organization and an organization’s sustained performance. Organizational alignment energizes the organization, enables people to take action, and empowers people to work towards a shared goal. coaching) and functional (e.g., computer skills) training.

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Terrorists Won the War on Terror; 74% of Pakistanis View US as Enemy, 60% Have No Confidence in Obama

MishTalk

Terrorists, by killing 3,000 people in a spectacular fashion, goaded the United States into compromising its values and betraying its citizens. A PEW Research survey on Global Attitudes shows 74% of Pakistanis Call America an Enemy. This was the day the PATRIOT Act was signed into law by President Bush.

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

Harvard Business

Since 1990, the market capitalization of multinational corporations has grown at more than three times the average rate of listed companies around the world, our research shows. The financial crisis of 2008 is often attributed to deregulation and unfettered capitalism. But this ascendancy is under threat.

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The Mainstreaming of Augmented Reality: A Brief History

Harvard Business

But it also has implications for areas outside of entertainment, such as marketing, fashion, tourism, and retail, where commercial AR apps have already been increasing in numbers and popularity. The first commercial AR application appeared in 2008. These early systems superimposed virtual information on the physical environment (e.g.,

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Robo-Advisers Are Coming to Consulting and Corporate Strategy

Harvard Business

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. Will robo-advisors disrupt corporate capital allocation the same way they have personal capital allocation? will grow to U.S. $5

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An Inside View of How LVMH Makes Luxury More Sustainable

Harvard Business

The company is a €36 billion decentralized collection of valuable brands — which they call houses (or maisons ) — covering fashion, wine and spirits, cosmetics, and jewelry. Like many luxury brands, Krug was struggling after the 2008 financial crisis.

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