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Emerging Market Contagion Spreads; Argentina, Venezuela, Turkey Roundup; 50% Tax on Internet Purchases

MishTalk

Argentina Institutes 50% Tax on Internet Purchases; Emerging Market Contagion Spreads; Argentina, Venezuela, Turkey Roundup Yesterday, Argentina devalued the Peso hoping to halt further declines in its currency reserves. Markets had seen this coming as charts of the Peso vs. the US dollar show. The 5-year decline is over 50%.

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Crude Plunges Following OPEC Decision to Not Cut Production

MishTalk

Western Canada Select, the Canadian benchmark, has lost more than a third of its value since June, in step with declines for West Texas Intermediate and the international gauge Brent. In September, Venezuela''s Bolívar Hit Record Low on Black Market. in Calgary. There’s no question there’s going to be a slowdown.

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Show report: CX and EX inextricably linked, with empathy as the glue

1 to 1

Delta Airlines CEO Ed Bastian’s announcement that in-flight wi-fi would be free for loyalty members went over with flying colors, drawing hoots and rousing applause. The event, held live after a three-year hiatus, is so named because it focuses on the four pillars of experience management: customer, employee, brand, and product experience.

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The Price is Right: Decoding the Art of Product Pricing

Tom Spencer

From entrepreneurs putting a new product on the market to executives at a public company revamping a product line, effective pricing is a key pillar of any successful sales and marketing strategy. Instead, it depends on valuable information collected from suppliers and customers and evolving market dynamics.

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Consultant Ninja: Another Casualty of the Financial Crises.

Consultant Ninja

Management Consultant | Excel Jockey | Slide Monkey | Corporate Insurgent | One-Eyed Man in the Valley of the Blind Mckinsey | Bain | BCG | Booz | Oliver Wyman. Imagine if social security funds were invested in the market. I think a more interesting graph would show each fund against a respective benchmark (e.g., at 12:09 AM.

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2014 List of Strategy Consulting Firms in Sydney

Tom Spencer

Nous service lines include business strategy, public policy, leadership & people development, organisational capability, and information management & technology. Bain’s mission is to help management teams create such high levels of economic value that together Bain and its clients can redefine their respective industries.

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Research: Index Funds Are Fueling Out-of-Whack CEO Pay Packages

Harvard Business

The pay of top managers has risen faster than those of other star earners. Top management compensation packages guarantee a high level of pay, but are often only weakly linked to the performance of the firm relative to its industry competitors. market capitalization ) and 500 additional public companies. public companies.