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IMC CHOOSES AON TO EXCLUSIVELY ADMINSTER PROFESSIONAL LIAIBILITY INSURANCE TO ITS MEMBERS

IMC USA

PROFESSIONAL LIAIBILITY INSURANCE TO ITS MEMBERS. January 15, 2011) – Affinity Insurance Services, Inc. , a subsidiary of Aon , along with the Institute of Management Consultants (IMC), announced today that Aon will be the exclusive administrator of its Professional Liability insurance program to IMC’s members. HATBORO, Penn.

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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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It’s Not “Time Management.” It’s Lean.

Markovitz Consulting

In the space of two weeks, the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal both ran articles on the productivity benefits of reduced work hours. Not to be outdone, NPR reported that Microsoft Japan moved to a four-day workweek this summer while increasing productivity by 40%. There’s certainly some truth to that argument.

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What is digital currency?

Tom Spencer

Since the advent of Bitcoin in 2008, digital currency has been a growing trend and a growing area of interest for consultants, businesses, fintech investors, central banks, and governments. This also includes Bitcoin (created in 2008) and Ethereum (created in 2015). Reading Time: 6 minutes. What is the value of digital currency?

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Consultant Ninja: US Health Care Costs: Management Consulting.

Consultant Ninja

I don't mean to pick on CN, whom I like, but people tend to discuss healthcare as though it were a zero-sum situation like the value chain for widget production. Why is the health insurance any different than traditional forms of insurance i.e. automobile, life, homeowners, etc.? OK, but this is not the whole truth.

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Consultant Ninja: Dipping my toe in the health care debate.

Consultant Ninja

They also happen to be expensive, not because some greedy fat cat is out there, but because that high price justifies the ROI for the R&D in that product in the first place. overlapping administration costs of insurance companies; advertising costs of new drugs) and decrease the quality of delivery (e.g. July 28, 2009 at 9:17 AM.

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"Tax Nightmare" of Eminent Domain Mortgage Seizures

MishTalk

11, 2008 — The Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act of 2007 generally allows taxpayers to exclude income from the discharge of debt on their principal residence. Generally, these assets are homestead property, insurance products and retirement accounts. December 2008 (85). November 2008 (78). July 2008 (104).