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Stock Buybacks Peaked With Stock Market in 2007: History About to Repeat?

MishTalk

Variant Perception has an interesting post out today on stock market buybacks: Pillars of Equity Rally Fall Away. Interestingly, the peak in buybacks was also the peak in the US stock market in 2007.) - Revenues are closely linked to nominal GDP, and our US leading indicator sees this as lacklustre at best going forward.

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Gallup Says Seasonally-Adjusted Unemployment Climbs to 8.6%; Who to Believe (Gallup or the BLS)?

MishTalk

in August 2012. August marks the seventh month this year that the P2P rate failed to improve over the same month in 2012. in August 2012. in August, essentially unchanged from July (17.3%), but up slightly over August 2012 (17.1%). Payroll to Population employment rate (P2P), as measured by Gallup, dropped to 43.7%

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Retirement for Chicago Park District Employees, With Full Benefits: Age 58; Reflections on Chicago's Second Triple-Notch Bond Downgrade in Six Months

MishTalk

Based on the new Moody’s methodology, which uses more conservative assumptions, Chicago’s 2012 pension shortfall jumps nearly 90 percent, to $36 billion from $19 billion. Under new Moody’s methodology, the underfunding for the state’s five state-run funds is set to approach $200 billion. Reflections on Pension Plans in General.

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How to Quantify Sustainability’s Impact on Your Bottom Line

Harvard Business

of the world market, and the second-largest beef producer and consumer. Novo Campo, a program launched in 2012 by ICV, helps local ranchers produce sustainable and deforestation-free beef. Brazil’s Beef Industry. Brazil is the world’s biggest beef exporter, with 19.6%

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A.T. Kearney Interview & Culture

Management Consulted

2012 – A.T. Marketing & Sales. Each company faces substantial challenges in the every evolving face of marketing due to consumer trends and industry dynamics. Kearney aims to provide support for companies by helping them stay ahead of new market developments and positioning them to capture new opportunities.

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Research: A Strong Privacy Policy Can Save Your Company Millions

Harvard Business

For an example of competitor harm due to these spillover effects, consider the July 2012 Nvidia data breach, which affected 400,000 user accounts. drop in stock price) from the spillover effects of Nvidia’s breach, controlling for overall market effects.

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Attitudes, Attitudes: Dear Nate Silver, Regarding Donald Trump, You Are Missing Something Big!

MishTalk

He was spot on in the last two presidential elections and I bought into his methodology, in advance, confidently predicting the results. Initially, my methodology was quite a bit different. It was that simple for me, but I became a huge fan of his methodology as the election campaign progressed. Nate got all 50 right in 2012.