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2014 List of Strategy Consulting Firms in Sydney

Tom Spencer

The definitive 2014 List of Strategy Consulting Firms in Sydney. Below is our 2014 list of strategy consulting firms in Sydney. The firms on the 2014 list are: Nous Group. Source: Flickr ). your company, non-profit or government agency is looking for quality strategy advice. Pacific Strategy Partners. Port Jackson Partners.

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Jim Fielding, Ex-Head of Disney Stores, on the Struggles of Making It as a Queer Executive

Harvard Business

That’s up from zero in 2014, when Apple’s Tim Cook came out. To try to answer those questions, we invited Jim Fielding, an openly gay entertainment-industry executive, to be a guest on The New World of Work. According to Yahoo Finance, there are only four openly gay CEOs atop Fortune 500 companies.

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No Rebound in Manufacturing: "Surprisingly Weak" Industrial Production Numbers; How Long Can Auto Sales Hold Up?

MishTalk

Following the rebound in consumer spending (heavily weighted to subprime auto sales), economists expected a rebound in Industrial Production. All the main numbers in today's industrial production report are below low-end forecasts with the headline at minus 0.2 percent which is the lowest rate since January 2014.

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Book Recommendation: The Brain Audit

Kai Davis

I’ve purchased ~80-100 copies of The Brain Audit over the years, and I’ve made a habit of giving copies to clients, coaching students, and friends in the industry. The book’s core is about understanding the steps people — you, me, our friends, our customers — go through when buying a product or service. It’s that good of a book.

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Saxo Bank Outrageous Predictions for 2014 Steen Jakobsen - My Comments

MishTalk

Saxo Bank''s Outrageous Predictions for 2014 came out last month, but given that Steen Jakobsen, Chief Economist for Saxo Bank will be speaking at Wine Country Conference II on May 1-2, a review of Saxo Bank''s predictions is in order. Ou Outrageous Prediction is that this index will go to 50 during 2014. percent in 2014.

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Expect Higher Mortgage Loan Rates in 2014; New "QM" Rules May Mean Less Lending

MishTalk

In regards to Average 30-Year Mortgage Rate Hits 4.47% (Not Counting Fees); Affordability Check Michael Becker at WCS Funding Group just pinged me with his thoughts on why mortgage rates will go up in 2014 even if treasury rates stay flat. The FHA last month decreased its maximum loan limits for 2014. Michael writes.

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Energy Prices: Is Volatility Here to Stay?

Tom Spencer

What is more, these market trends have tremendous geopolitical significance, since the price of oil and other hydrocarbon-based products has a big impact on the trade balances of resource-focused economies. McKinsey, BCG, Bain and the Big Four all have specific divisions to cater for clients from the energy industry.

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