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Persistent Overoptimism Three Ways: Truckers, Fed Economists, Manufacturers

MishTalk

Operating revenue decreased 15.9 Sales of Class 8 heavy trucks are on pace for one of the best years in history - around 260,000 units in North America. When the bubble bursts, the resulting debt overhang forces borrowers to repair their balance sheets via reduced spending or default. percent to $182.5 percent to $160.7

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Shockingly Bad Fiscal Health of Chicago (and the Financial Engineering Chicago Uses to Hide that Fact)

MishTalk

Among other things, she handles the structuring and sale of bonds for schools across the state. The Corporate Fund is Chicago’s general operating fund. Chicago’s property tax revenues do not go into its general operating fund. From 2003 to 2012, these projects have ranged from $54.2 public safety and trash collection).

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Research Shows That Smaller M&A Deals Work Out Better

Harvard Business

Walter Thompson Company for $566 million in 1987 and Ogilvy for $864 million in 1989 — big acquisitions that stretched the company’s balance sheet. You meet the bar on this lever if you are among the top 20% in your industry in your ratio of capital spending to sales. So WPP acquired the ad agencies J.

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What the Companies That Predict the Future Do Differently

Harvard Business

No wonder, then, that executives have placed predictive analytics at the top of the executive agenda since 2012, according to a recent Accenture survey. Effective use of predictive analytics involves mastering a new set of management, operational, and financial techniques and disciplines.

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