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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

The agency made good on its April 2013 promise to evaluate state and local pension plans on more realistic assumptions. 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. This is a triple-notch downgrade.

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A.T. Kearney Interview & Culture

Management Consulted

Now known to be THE best sourcing, procurement and operations consulting firm in the world, A.T. Operations. Kearney works collaboratively with companies to transform their operations in order to gain unprecedented competitive advantage. Mir Aamir - Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer, Coupons.com.

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How to Quantify Sustainability’s Impact on Your Bottom Line

Harvard Business

For slaughterhouses and retailers (Brazilian operations), we also projected positive benefits: $20 million to $120 million (0.01% to 0.1% From 1993 to 2013 the cattle herd in the Brazilian Amazon rain forest — covering most of country’s northern region — expanded by nearly 200%, to more than 60 million head.

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Do You Know What Your Company’s Data Is Worth?

Harvard Business

Definitions for what constitutes EvD, and methodologies to calculate its value, remain in their infancy. Between 2013 and 2015 cyber-crime costs quadrupled, with the reported incidence rate growing exponentially. Such costs are expected to quadruple again by 2019, to in excess of $2 trillion.

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Parthenon-EY Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

With 27 offices worldwide, Parthenon-EY is still a new venture, although it is has gained decent market share in the 2 years it has been operational. Parthenon-EY Revenue : $80 million (2013, privately held). Deloitte got the ball rolling by acquiring Monitor in 2013, and EY followed it up by partnering with Parthenon in 2014.

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Top 10 Consulting Firms In New York

Management Consulted

Some of the major practice areas that the NYC region focuses on are corporate development, corporate finance, digital economy, globalization, growth, information technology, marketing & sales operations, people and organization, post merger integration, risk management, strategy, sustainability, and transformation.

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60 Countries’ Digital Competitiveness, Indexed

Harvard Business

India, with its 462 million internet users , has a digital economy representing arguably the greatest market potential for global players ; however, it operates in multiple languages and multiple infrastructure challenges, despite the government having taken sweeping actions that affect the digital market.