The Criminal Finances Act 2017: What UK Enterprises Engaging Independent Professionals Need to Know Now
MBO Partners
SEPTEMBER 21, 2017
What UK enterprises need to know about the Criminal Finances Act 2017.
Spanish Government Threatens to Seize Catalan Finances to Stop Referendum: Juncker in Hot Water
MishTalk
SEPTEMBER 15, 2017
In its latest move to stop an October 1 independence referendum, the Spanish Government is Poised to Seize Catalan Finances. Finance Minister Cristóbal Montoro said a mechanism had been approved for the state to take control of the autonomous region’s finances. — The Spain Report (@thespainreport) September 14, 2017.
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Spanish Government Threatens to Seize Catalan Finances to Stop Referendum: Juncker in Hot Water
MishTalk
SEPTEMBER 15, 2017
In its latest move to stop an October 1 independence referendum, the Spanish Government is Poised to Seize Catalan Finances. Finance Minister Cristóbal Montoro said a mechanism had been approved for the state to take control of the autonomous region’s finances.
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Consulting as a Contractor: The Rise of Self-Employment
Tom Spencer
DECEMBER 16, 2022
In 2017, Warton published an article that highlighted the rise of contractual workers in both the private and public sectors. They also need to manage their own training, resource development, and financing. Business organisations and management consultants have long had a contractual rather than an employer/employee relationship.
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Drones Help New Industries Take Flight
Tom Spencer
APRIL 6, 2019
In August 2017, after Hurricane Harvey hit Houston, authorities used drones to assess damage and look for people trapped in their homes or vehicles ( Fortune, 2017 ). Fortune (2017). Drones are being used as part of search and rescue missions by police departments, lifeguards, and firefighters. Image: Vogel. References.
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Kim Ramko, Principal, Southeast Health and Life Sciences Industry Leader at EY
The Source
MARCH 5, 2019
It’s July 3rd 2017. Not long after, Ramko moved into a systems analyst role, travelling frequently and conducting training for business users on finance systems, working alongside EY.… Kim Ramko’s travel schedule has been pretty hectic recently, even by her standards. The guy she’s been dating is in Switzerland, where he lives.
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Why Preventing Disruption in 2017 Is Harder Than It Was When Christensen Coined the Term
Harvard Business
SEPTEMBER 4, 2017
Asset-light businesses are not financed with debt. They’re financed with equity—in other words, a stake in the company. When you could finance growth with debt, large companies had enormous advantages if they could incentivize managers to embrace disruption (largely by creating new business units).
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France Fesses Up: "Deficit in 2014 Much Higher than Expected", Budget Needs Revisions Yet Again
MishTalk
NOVEMBER 14, 2014
France announced on Wednesday it was breaking the latest in a long line of promises to European Union partners to cut its public deficit, conceding it now would take until 2017 to bring its finances in line with EU rules. Compared to the first''s expectation Amending Finance Act passed in late July, 6.1
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Managing Overwhelm
Jacq Hackett Consulting
JUNE 28, 2018
You realise it’s the end of the quarter and you still haven’t figured out a system for sorting out your finances. So don’t be overwhelmed by managing the business finances; instead get a bookkeeper and avoid that end of quarter panic. It isn’t displaying, and you’re worried, but you can’t figure out how to fix it.
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Blockchain: Bitcoin, Bored Apes, and Beyond
Tom Spencer
APRIL 1, 2022
Blockchain technology is making a strong impact in the finance industry due to the fact that it enables decentralization and direct peer-to-peer transactions. In 2017, Spotify acquired Mediachain so that it could provide this payment facility to its musicians and reduce the administrative task of dealing with payment claims.
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What GE’s Board Could Have Done Differently
Harvard Business
JULY 17, 2018
During Jeff Immelt’s tenure as CEO of General Electric, from 2001 until 2017, the company’s stock price fell by over 30%, a decline of roughly $150 billion in shareholder value. Fortunately, in December of 2017 GE’s board downsized from 18 members to 12. The Board Had No Finance Committee.
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Fintech’s Next Obstacle: Mastering the Customer Experience
1 to 1
DECEMBER 3, 2018
In 2017, fintech firms raised $16.6 billion in financing—an amount considerably higher than the $3.8 Financial technology (fintech) companies are on a tear. billion raised just four years prior.
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20 Managing Overwhelm
Jacq Hackett Consulting
JUNE 28, 2018
You realise it’s the end of the quarter and you still haven’t figured out a system for sorting out your finances. So don’t be overwhelmed by managing the business finances; instead get a bookkeeper and avoid that end of quarter panic. It isn’t displaying, and you’re worried, but you can’t figure out how to fix it.
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The Hidden Costs of Initial Coin Offerings
Harvard Business
NOVEMBER 7, 2018
More recently, it has gained attention as a way to finance new ventures, through what is known as an Initial Coin Offering (ICO). Less noticed, though, is ICOs appear almost antithetical to the standard approach to financing a risky venture. In fact, ICOs have upended the conventional pattern of staged experimentation and fundraising.
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I'm Back
The Nonprofit Consultant
MARCH 5, 2019
million renovation of the Cafe itself, financed through CDBG funds, and all the delays, bureaucracy, endless meetings, and hard work that implies. Along the way we also did a $1.2 Not to forget operating programs at a different location while managing the construction at home base.
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Japan's Current Account Surplus Collapses
MishTalk
MAY 12, 2014
trillion surplus registered a year earlier, data from the Ministry of Finance showed Monday. A country that builds up liabilities with foreign creditors through chronic current account deficits could face funding problems if investors decide to withdraw their financing. billion ($7.76
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70 Toothless Barking Dogs; Don't Like the Rules? Then Ignore Them: French Style
MishTalk
SEPTEMBER 14, 2014
For the third time France Warns of Budget Overshoot France has declared it will heavily overshoot its already twice-delayed budget deficit target next year, setting up tough negotiations with European partners previously reluctant to grant Paris more time to bring its public finances within EU limits. Otherwise we risk our credibility.
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29 Page Memo Proves Greek Parliament is Puppet Government Run by Germany; Devil Details and EU Guarantees
MishTalk
AUGUST 12, 2015
The memo covers damn near every aspect of Greek finances, effectively making the Greek parliament a puppet government of Germany. percent in 2017 and 3.5 They also predict Greece will bounce back in 2017 with growth of 2.7 He said: "The Greek finance minister… says more or less the same thing. per cent next year, 1.75
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Brazil, Russia Cancel Debt Auctions; Head-in-Sand Move Won't Work
MishTalk
FEBRUARY 5, 2014
Russia Cancels Debt Auctions Second Week Yesterday, Reuters reported Russia cancels domestic bond auction citing market conditions Russia''s finance ministry cancelled its weekly domestic bond auctions for the second week in a row on Tuesday, saying in a statement the decision was "based on an analysis of current market conditions".
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72 The 3 Secrets of a Successful Consulting Interview Suit
Management Consulted
JUNE 4, 2017
Before starting Black Lapel , Tian worked in finance and his wife was a consultant at McKinsey. The coupon is good until Friday May 7, 2017, and only for the first 50 readers, so act fast! But there’s so much more to dressing to impress than that. Suffice it to say, he knows a thing or two about dressing for a consulting interview.
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Martinka Consulting
SEPTEMBER 11, 2017
According to a July 7, 2017 Wall Street Journal article, television networks play a game to disguise possible poor ratings. It’s a game, a deceitful game. I’m sure you see or hear of things like this all the time whether it’s pricing in a store or the advertised deal that seems “too good to be true.”
Self-Employed? Prep for Tax Season to Save Big
Successful Independent Consulting
MARCH 4, 2017
I also recommend, “ The Best Retirement Plans for the Self-Employed ” by Kerry Hannon , a nationally recognized expert on career transitions, personal finance, and retirement. The contribution limits for 2017 are $3,400 for an individual and $6,750 for a family; if over 55 you can contribute $1,000 more.
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207 Strong Economy – Strong Buy-Sell Market
Martinka Consulting
APRIL 26, 2019
More businesses sold after being advertised on bizbuysell.com than any other year, and 2017 was 25% higher than 2016. It’s not reckless money like it was 15 years ago but financing options abound, including for lower middle market and below sized deals. Record number of small business sales in 2018! This as per bizbuysell.com.
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Sad News For Greece? Will Greece Kiss Troika's Ass?
MishTalk
APRIL 27, 2015
Greece’s outspoken finance minister Yanis Varoufakis has been sidelined after three months of fruitless talks with international creditors to unlock €7.2bn in bailout funds, heartening investors and sparking a rally on the Athens stock market. Greek Capitulation? Zero bets is mathematically as lopsided as it gets.
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28 Third Greek Bailout? Another €53.8 Billion Needed? Primary Account Surplus Revisited
MishTalk
FEBRUARY 11, 2015
Greece has two major financing problems. Eurozone officials say that both Yanis Varoufakis, the new Greek finance minister, and his boss, Alexis Tsipras, have acknowledged that in private meetings. No principal or interest is due until 2017 at the earliest. One is long-term, the other happens right now. Who Does Greece Owe?
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Bridging Organization Design and Performance
Kates Kesler
JULY 2, 2015
Cost increases of about $400mm are expected to be offset by other synergies in the two separate companies at the end of 2017. Global operating and support functions (R&D, supply chain, marketing, IT, HR, finance, etc.). Global business units (products, brands, categories, or customer segments).
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Green Bonds Benefit Companies, Investors, and the Planet
Harvard Business
NOVEMBER 22, 2018
The past five years have seen explosive growth in “corporate green bonds” issued to finance climate-friendly projects. While investors bought just $3 billion of these bonds in 2013, they scooped up $49 billion worth in 2017, bringing the total sold since 2013 to $113 billion at an average of $308 million per offering.
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37 What Big Consumer Brands Can Do to Compete in a Digital Economy
Harvard Business
DECEMBER 4, 2018
A recent report by the consultancy BCG documented a general decline in sales among consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies in the United States during 2017, with mid-sized and large companies losing market share and small companies increasing theirs. Consultancy Catalina also revealed that 90 of the 100 top brands had all lost market share.
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Is Writing a Business Book Worth the Trouble?
Emerson Consulting Group
JANUARY 10, 2019
which transforms business consultants, CEOs, attorneys, finance experts and other business leaders and their companies into published “thought leaders.” Ken Lizotte CMC is Chair of the CEO Club of Boston, a branch of CEO Clubs International, and Chief Imaginative Officer (CIO) of emerson consulting group inc.,
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40 France Tax Revenues €5.5 Billion Lower than Expected; Poll Shows 92% Do Not Believe Hollande's Tax Promises
MishTalk
NOVEMBER 17, 2013
Forecasts deemed "plausible" by the High Council of Public Finance, however warned of "a significant gap" between the structural deficit in 2013 (excluding cyclical effects) to 2.6% Five days after the downgrade of France by Standard & Poor''s, a ministerial meeting was called to control of public expenditure from 2015 to 2017.
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How Companies Are Already Using AI
Harvard Business
APRIL 14, 2017
And in January 2017, McKinsey’s research arm estimated AI-driven job losses at 5%. Some 51% of our AI leaders predicted that by 2020 AI will have its biggest internal impact on their back-office functions of IT and finance/accounting; only 34% of AI followers said the same thing.
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How One CMO Revamped Her Role
Harvard Business
OCTOBER 3, 2018
” The email contained a link to a 2017 article one of us wrote for HBR, and suggested the CMO read it before their meeting. ” Like many of the CMOs described in the 2017 article, she was initially hired to focus on downstream commercialization roles, such as overseeing advertising.
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What to Do When Your Heart Isn’t in Your Work Anymore
Harvard Business
JULY 10, 2017
According to a 2017 Gallup survey , only one-third of U.S. Network with people in professions you might be interested in, get your finances in order, and test out the new career (perhaps on the weekend or at night) before making the change. More people fit this profile than you’d think.
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Rethinking How Medicaid Patients Receive Care
Harvard Business
OCTOBER 5, 2018
As a result of our collaborative behavioral-health model, over 75% of patients who saw CareMore’s behavioral health team in Iowa in 2017 also saw our primary care team. And in Tennessee, we reduced behavioral-health-related readmissions for our Memphis population from 40% in 2016 to 13% in 2017 and 2018. Our results.
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Aerial Photos Tell a Story About Which Cities Are Embracing Clean Energy
Harvard Business
DECEMBER 8, 2017
Sept 28, 2017, from high above Newark Liberty International Airport. The problem, he said, is largely one of financing. At any rate, there’s no way to easily encapsulate the mix of financing, policy, and market demand that yields a robust market for clean energy — and certainly not from a snapshot from the sky.
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28 Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: IMF "Baseline Scenario.
MishTalk
AUGUST 3, 2013
Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. 6% annual growth through 2017 seems reasonable. GDP growth will remain below 1% until 2017 and thereafter only begin to expand beyond these levels. Projections 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018. Minyanville Business and Market News.
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8 Ways Machine Learning Is Improving Companies’ Work Processes
Harvard Business
MAY 31, 2017
Corporate investment in artificial intelligence is predicted to triple in 2017 , becoming a $100 billion market by 2025. Automating finance. This lets organizations reduce the amount of work outsourced to service centers and frees up finance staff to focus on strategic tasks. Measuring brand exposure.
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Job Hub: Tesla Motors Jobs and Culture
Management Consulted
AUGUST 23, 2015
A vehicle under $40,000 is expected by 2017. 28% of Management Consultants Pursue Finance. Tesla’s CEO, Elon Musk, has said that he envisions Tesla as an independent automaker, aimed at eventually offering electric cars at prices affordable to the average consumer. Check out some of the other firms that we have profiled below.
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100 French Private Sector Contracts Second Month; Eurozone Composite Growth Weakest in 6-Months
MishTalk
JUNE 23, 2014
Hollande''s spending cuts will amount to 4% of French GDP and will take place between 2015 and 2017. The country''s finance ministry has a budget deficit equivalent to 4.1% IBTimes reports Francois Hollande: France Faces €50bn More Public Spending Cuts. Of course not!
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66 CEO Oasis: Relief for “Loneliness at the Top”
Emerson Consulting Group
FEBRUARY 27, 2019
which transforms business consultants, CEOs, attorneys, finance experts and other business leaders and their companies into published “thought leaders.” Ken Lizotte CMC is Chair of the CEO Club of Boston, a branch of CEO Clubs International, and Chief Imaginative Officer (CIO) of emerson consulting group inc.,
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40 Greece Has Less Than One Week of Cash; Another DOA Proposal Discussed Thursday; Exceptional Game Playing
MishTalk
FEBRUARY 18, 2015
Several officials said they still had to see the request before passing judgment; if Thursday’s meeting of the so-called euro working group concludes the proposal is a step forward, a meeting of finance ministers would probably be held on Friday. per cent in 2016 and 2017, the Athens proposals says it is committed to a surplus of 1.5
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How the Great Recession Changed Banking
Harvard Business
OCTOBER 31, 2017
Less apparent to the outside world is how much banks are also investing in controls, especially in their compliance, risk, and finance divisions. Expenditures on control functions related to implementing new regulations such as compliance, risk, finance, operations, and technology have been cut — but only by 10%.
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28 Is the Stock Market in Big Trouble?
The Fearless Marketer
DECEMBER 17, 2018
In 2017 the market saw a growth of 25%, but in 2018 it lost 2.5%. Stocks have lost further ground in November but remain above the October lows.”. Overall, if you’ve invested in the stock market, you’ve done very well over the past 9 years. The stock market is at historic highs, but the question is, how long can this last?
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Business Lessons from Henry David Thoreau
Emerson Consulting Group
MAY 7, 2019
which transforms business consultants, CEOs, attorneys, finance experts and other business leaders and their companies into published “thought leaders.” Ken Lizotte CMC is Chair of the CEO Club of Greater Boston , and Chief Imaginative Officer (CIO) of emerson consulting group inc.,
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