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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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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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Energy Prices: Is Volatility Here to Stay?

Tom Spencer

What is more, these market trends have tremendous geopolitical significance, since the price of oil and other hydrocarbon-based products has a big impact on the trade balances of resource-focused economies. Even so, the market could not fulfil global demand. This happened for two main reasons.

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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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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. The best value creators over time are those that are insulated from e-commerce, capitalize on the growth of emerging markets, and continually evolve their business model. See Exhibit 1.)

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Reshoring Myth Explodes: Ofshoring Opaces Onshoring Every Year Since 2004 Except 2011

MishTalk

Reshoring Index dropped to -115, down from -30 in 2014, and represents the largest year-over-year decrease in the last 10 years. Surprisingly, some of the top sectors for reshoring from 2011 to 2015 are also sectors that have led the pack in further offshoring over that same period. In 2015 the A.T. Kearney U.S. The insatiable U.S.

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Reshoring Myth Explodes: Offshoring Outpaces Onshoring Every Year Since 2004 Except 2011

MishTalk

Reshoring Index dropped to -115, down from -30 in 2014, and represents the largest year-over-year decrease in the last 10 years. Surprisingly, some of the top sectors for reshoring from 2011 to 2015 are also sectors that have led the pack in further offshoring over that same period. In 2015 the A.T. Kearney U.S. The insatiable U.S.

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