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Big Miss in Retail Sales vs. Expectations; Trend Change or Another

MishTalk

Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. Big Miss in Retail Sales vs. Expectations; Trend Change or Another "Soft Patch"? Retail sales were up 0.4% May retail sales were revised lower, to +0.5% Here are some retail sales comments from Bloomberg to help put things into perspective.

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French Telecom Company Does Biggest Junk Bond Sale Ever; Bidding Wars for Junk; AOL Flashback

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Please consider French Company Does Biggest Junk Bond Sale Ever. Numericable will use the proceeds to finance its acquisition of rival cable company SFR. Overall, the deal represents the largest sale of high-yield debt on record, according to Dealogic. billion debt sale in September. Altice issued $2.9 billion and €2.1

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Breaking down the M&A Case Study

Tom Spencer

Can the buyer easily finance the acquisition? product cross-selling, using one company’s distribution channels for the other company’s products, etc.)? Rationale: The main reason IBM decided to buy these 40+ companies is that they could all benefit from the firm’s global sales force. Was it successful in the past?

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Japan Exports and Trade Balance vs. the Yen; Abenomics in Review

MishTalk

The yen has lost 16 percent in value against the dollar since Prime Minister Shinzo Abe took office in December 2012. This weakness is negative for an economy that suffered a blow to domestic demand from an April sales-tax increase. sales for Japanese automakers in the six months through June rose 6.2 from a year ago to ¥5.94

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Losing Faith in Gold at the Wrong Time; Did Paulson's Sale Mark the Bottom? Who's Left to Sell?

MishTalk

the largest investor in the SPDR Gold Trust, the biggest exchange-traded product for the metal, pared its stake to 10.2 Gone too are jobs for auditors, bankers and analysts in the finance capitals of Toronto and London. housing market in 2007, told investors in February 2012 that gold would be his next triumph. Paulson & Co.,

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What Big Consumer Brands Can Do to Compete in a Digital Economy

Harvard Business

It also hurts the brands sold inside the stores, which in part explains why consumer product giants like Procter & Gamble are seeing their sales stagnate for products like Tide detergent, Gillette razors, Pampers diapers, and Crest toothpaste. Whether this will help J&J in the long run, no one knows.

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Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Jewel Food Store Amazing.

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Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. Hormel Cure 81 hams were allegedly on sale for $3.99 Kim notified me "the sale price was $3.99" and it was reflected on the receipt. was correct and then adjusted the weight of the product on the receipt to reflect the. 2012-11-03: Capital Account.