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Amazon to Increase Robots from 1,400 to 10,000 by End of 2014; Day in the Life of a Robot

MishTalk

Please consider Bezos expects 10,000 robots at Amazon warehouses by 2015 Amazon.com plans to aggressively expand its use of robots at it warehouses in 2014, rolling out 10,000 of them by the end of 2014. The video is actually from 2011. Link if video does not play: A Day in the Life of a Kiva Robot.

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Personal Income Tax Revenues Show Significant Softening in Q4 2013, Decline in Q1 2014

MishTalk

And in the first quarter of 2014, state income tax revenue actually declined. Early figures for the first quarter of 2014 indicate even further softening in state tax collections, and possible declines in personal income tax collections. percent in nominal terms in the first quarter of 2014 compared to the same quarter of 2013.

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Saxo Bank Outrageous Predictions for 2014 Steen Jakobsen - My Comments

MishTalk

Saxo Bank''s Outrageous Predictions for 2014 came out last month, but given that Steen Jakobsen, Chief Economist for Saxo Bank will be speaking at Wine Country Conference II on May 1-2, a review of Saxo Bank''s predictions is in order. Ou Outrageous Prediction is that this index will go to 50 during 2014. percent in 2014.

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How to improve your meetings

Halo Psych

This is something researchers found in a 2011 study examining group dynamics. Interestingly, another study from 2014 found that stand-up meetings stand-up meetings had better collaboration, less possessiveness of ideas, more willingness to consider others’ ideas, and greater levels of engagement. REFERENCES Aube, C.,

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Energy Prices: Is Volatility Here to Stay?

Tom Spencer

It is enough to think about the far-reaching consequences of the First Oil Crisis in 1973, or the plummeting oil prices in 2011 which bankrupted countries like Venezuela and Angola. Between 1971 and 2011, oil prices increased by almost 900% in constant currency, while other basic commodity prices only rose by 68% on average.

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The Secrets of Retail’s Repeat Top Performers

BCG

For the five years from 2011 through 2015, the industry’s performance declined somewhat in both absolute and relative terms. See Creating Value Through Active Portfolio Management, the 2016 BCG Value Creators report, October 2016.) The top performer overall was Rite Aid, which delivered an annual TSR of 55% from 2011 through 2015.

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The Field of Emergency Management: Why It Is Not A Profession

Melissa Agnes

The issue of emergency management as a profession has been discussed and debated for several years. In addition to performing the duties of an emergency manager, there are political and policy-making issues requiring the emergency manager’s attention. Emergency managers are engaged in a time of significant change. .