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Consultant Ninja: A Simple Question about the Credit Markets.

Consultant Ninja

Heres my understanding of the current TARP/TARPII/PPIP/etc plans: The major "sick" banks wont lend to businesses, because their balance sheets are tied up with bad assets that they cant sell. A Simple Question about the Credit Markets. The government will buy those assets, freeing up the major banks to loan again to businesses.

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If You Think Downsizing Might Save Your Company, Think Again

Harvard Business

American firms alone laid off more than 8 million workers from the end of 2008 to the middle of 2010. Even in healthier financial times, such as now, firms often downsize because it is seen as a way to reduce costs, adjust structures, and create leaner, more efficient workplaces.

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Stop Focusing on Profitability and Go for Growth

Harvard Business

Bain & Company’s Macro Trends Group carefully analyzed the global balance sheet and found that the world is awash in money. Global capital balances more than doubled between 1990 and 2010 — from $220 trillion (about 6.5 Yet the same crisis ushered in a new age of capital superabundance. times global GDP).