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Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: US Consumer Spending.

MishTalk

Minyanville Business and Market News. China Financial Markets. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. Consumers opened their wallets some more in March, spending an average of $89, reflecting the normally expected seasonal spring increase in sales. Strategist News : Best Business Blogs 2011. -->.

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Leap of Faith? Easier in a Strong Economy?

Martinka Consulting

When the economy sucks (think 2009-2011) too many buyers are overly defensive (and maybe they should be). A heart attack or cancer quickens the pace versus “we want to travel more.” ” The worse the economy the greater the chances it will take a catastrophic event to trigger a sale.

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4 Autopsies of Big Change Management Failures

LSA Global

Borders began as a standard bricks-and-mortar bookstore in Michigan in 1971 and grew to employ almost 20,000 workers before it ceased operations in 2011. Yes, the “old fashioned” bookstores all struggle to compete with online book sales but Borders had additional challenges they failed to meet. The company failed on multiple fronts.

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How Mergers Change the Way Your Company Competes

Harvard Business

Traditionally, antitrust regulation has looked for whether a merger increased or decreased competition in a particular market. In the case of Baker Hughes and Halliburton’s planned merger a few years ago, the Justice Department detailed how it thought the amount of competition would rise or fall (mostly fall) in 30 market segments.

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Saxo Bank's Steen Jakobsen Warns of Global Economic Vacuum, China Slowdown, Germany Growth Negative, 30% S&P Correction

MishTalk

Economic Vacuum China’s flag is waving strongly these days, the direction of the economic- and political winds have changed but the present multitude of macro changes is yet to be recognized by consensus and the market. Markets and monetary policy It’s the weather! in 2012 and 2011. Safe travels, Steen Thanks Steen!

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FTI Consulting Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

While the years up to 2002 were a time of growth for the firm, 2003 to 2011 brought a whole new meaning to the word “expansion”. In the span of 9 years, the firm acquired more than 16 consulting companies in 5 different markets, including Australia, the United Kingdom, Asia, the United States and Latin America. Office Locations.

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What the Best Transformational Leaders Do

Harvard Business

In a study of S&P 500 and Global 500 firms, our team found that those leading the most successful transformations, creating new offerings and business models to push into new growth markets, share common characteristics and strategies. But others were surprising, given their states before embarking on transformation.