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Is the Stock Market in Big Trouble?

The Fearless Marketer

Do you remember the stock market crash of 2008? On Monday, September 29, 2008. On Monday, September 15, 2008, Lehman Brothers declared bankruptcy. On Monday, September 15, 2008, Lehman Brothers declared bankruptcy. So, that week, I took 100% of my money out of the stock market and put it in cash.

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Less Marketing, More Consulting — How To Win Projects Within Your Network with Stuart Friedman: Podcast #19

Consulting Success

The greatest marketing tool you have is your network — here’s how to make it work for you. This Silicon Valley-based previous electrical engineer with a passion for theater studied at Carnegie Mellon, then started his career in product marketing and sales before becoming a VP General Manager. Never neglect your network!

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Caution Ahead: Construction Related Business are Swamping the Market

Martinka Consulting

Fact 1: In my 20+ years as an intermediary I have never seen so many construction related businesses on the market. Fact 2: In 2006 every bit of research done by anybody showed at least five years of solid commercial construction in the Puget Sound area. Fact 3: We all know what happened in 2008. You’ll see the ups and downs.

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Strong Economy – Strong Buy-Sell Market

Martinka Consulting

Second question: is there similar activity with larger companies, small, mid-sized, and lower middle market firms? 70% of medium sized companies will change hands (2008). Barlow research – Two-thirds of lower middle-market business owners are expected to retire. Notice the same predictions from 2008-2015?

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Research: How the Financial Crisis Drastically Increased Wealth Inequality in the U.S.

Harvard Business

Researchers have made major inroads into documenting trends in either income or wealth inequality in the United States, but we still know little about how the two evolve together — an important question to understand the causes of wealth inequality. Patrick George/Getty Images. We live in unequal times. distribution of wealth.

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Research: Perhaps Market Forces Do Work in Health Care After All

Harvard Business

For decades, experts and policy wonks have argued that health care is a uniquely inefficient industry, insulated from conventional market forces that operate in the rest of the economy. Poorly performing hospitals do not feel pressure from patients to improve quality because standard market forces do not apply to health care.

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A Fuller Picture of Special Services: A Critique of the Big Four

Tom Spencer

Despite this rosy picture, it is apparent that the opulence and prestige of this distinguished group of firms derives both from their overly privileged market position and conflicts of interest embedded deep within the industry. PwC held the No. Today, the Big Four exemplify oligopoly. Conflicts of interest.