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Philly Fed Misses Expectations; Industrial Production Unchanged; Manufacturing Declines; Treasury Yields Soar Anyway

MishTalk

in July that was the highest since March 2011. Industrial Production Unchanged. Manufacturing in the Philadelphia region may be up, but overall manufacturing is negative while industrial production is unchanged for July. Industrial production in the U.S. this month from a reading of 19.8

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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. McKinsey, BCG, Bain and the Big Four all have specific divisions to cater for clients from the energy industry.

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What follows after the Eureka Moment: Consulting for Innovation Start-ups

Tom Spencer

Innovation start-ups are a practical starting point for familiarising yourself with the industry, since they rarely have the budgets for hiring major strategy firms, and therefore often welcome volunteer consultants. Start-up in the Plastics Industry. Turning Innovation into a Market Reality.

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Unemployed Agilists: Review the Hype Cycle & Your Agility to Help You Manage Future Job Changes, Part 4

Johanna Rothman

Then, in Part 2 , I asked those unemployed agilists to review their functional skills, the skills people need to do a product development job well. That's why I then asked people to review their product-oriented domain expertise and agile-focused domain expertise in Part 3. All jobs evolve and change as any industry changes.

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Most Industries Are Nowhere Close to Realizing the Potential of Analytics

Harvard Business

Back in 2011, the McKinsey Global Institute published a report on the transformational potential of big data—and it would take a supercomputer to process all of the articles that have appeared since then urging companies to get on board before some digital disruptor renders them obsolete.

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

MishTalk

Industries vulnerable to rising labor costs in China have been successfully relocating to other Asian countries, rather than returning to the United States. 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. If only this were true.

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

MishTalk

Industries vulnerable to rising labor costs in China have been successfully relocating to other Asian countries, rather than returning to the United States. 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. If only this were true.

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