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Just How Bad Is Business Travel for Your Health? Here’s the Data.

Harvard Business

I went with the pizza, but my lack of choices was annoying — so much so that, when I got home, I started looking into the data on health and travel for work. According to the Global Business Travel Association and American Express , Americans took more than 500 million domestic business trips in 2016.

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It’s High Time Airlines Got Personal

BCG

Article Wednesday, August 31, 2016. Thanks to digital innovators such as Amazon and Netflix—not to mention travel industry disruptors such as Uber and Air-bnb—consumers’ expectations are on the rise. In one recent survey, more than 85% of travel consumers said they value personalization. The numbers tell the story.

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Go Faster Alone but Farther Together

Chad Barr

A shared vision and the collective creativity of its employees, proving that the journey farther is one best traveled together. The Cleveland Cavaliers: A Symphony of Team Spirit and Individual Heroics The tale of the Cleveland Cavaliers’ 2016 NBA Championship is a saga of unity and belief overcoming decades of anticipation.

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Paradigm Change: Saxo Bank's Ten Outrageous Predictions for 2016: Slide Show

MishTalk

In other words, it has become outrageous to suggest that emerging markets will outperform, that the Russian rouble will be the best-performing currency of 2016, and that the credit market will collapse under the weight of yet more issuance. I wish you a happy holiday and a good trading year in 2016! Euro Rallies to 1.23

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The Secrets of Retail’s Repeat Top Performers

BCG

In 2016, The Boston Consulting Group conducted its annual study of total shareholder return (TSR) of nearly 1,620 publicly traded companies in 28 industries. See Creating Value Through Active Portfolio Management, the 2016 BCG Value Creators report, October 2016.) Ninety-four of the companies were in the retail industry.

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Saxo Bank's Real Forecast for 2016; Mish Comments and Projections

MishTalk

Steen Jakobsen, Saxo Bank's CIO and chief economist is back with real predictions for 2016, following yesterday's "Outrageous Predictions". My "Real" 2016 Outlook US Dollar will weaken – It will follow the “ normal path ” of weaker US$ post the first hike. 2016 will be a year of two halves: A bad start, and a good finish.

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The Reason Air Travel Is Terrible and So Few Airlines Are Profitable

Harvard Business

In 2016, we have marvelous computers from companies that did not exist when Dell was founded. Finally, they would take over the international air travel market. There is no Plan B. Far from bad news, this is actually great for revitalizing industries and benefiting consumers. After all, in 2015 Nucor recycled 17 million tons of scrap.