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Venezuela Strengthens Currency Controls in Impossible Mission to Stop Capital Flight; Airlines Collapse; End of the Line

MishTalk

In an effort to get money out of Venezuela, airline ticket sales had been booked solid for months. One airline cancelled all flights. Venezuelan bonds plunged to the lowest in more than two years after the government announced the latest partial devaluation of the bolivar, this time for airlines and foreign direct investment.

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Sustainable Aviation: Emerging Trends and Opportunities

Tom Spencer

This includes not only commercial airlines, but also cargo planes and military aircraft. Most commercial airlines contain two engines, while cargo planes and some military craft generally require four or more (common engines for these large-scale aerospace vehicles include PW JT9D-7R4G2 engines, GE CF6-80C2B1, or RR RB211-524D4 engines ).

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The Sales Role Multinationals Need in Emerging Markets

Harvard Business

For many executives battling through economic headwinds in emerging markets, the answer tends to be wherever they think someone will provide the strongest boost to top-line growth, which usually means hiring an additional sales or marketing manager to support the commercial front lines. Somewhere else?

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Consultant Ninja: "Future Demand Borrowing": Management.

Consultant Ninja

Youll hear more about this over the month or two, as November/December closed sales are published as being way down. Source: NWMLS: Tax Credit Boosts November Closed Sales as Pending Sales Drop Through the Floor. Source: NWMLS: Tax Credit Boosts November Closed Sales as Pending Sales Drop Through the Floor.

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Seabury Group Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

Founded in 1995 by former Bain consultants and headquartered in New York City, they focus on developing airline strategy and implementing major operational turnaround. Then, underneath three of these sub-subsidiaries are, you guessed it, more subsidiaries, such as Seabury Airline Planning Group LLC and Seabury Maritime Corporate Finance LLC.

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Business Valuation and Deals During COVID, and Other Turmoil

Martinka Consulting

Before I get into valuation, here are some other things I expect we’ll see: More seller financing, in fact banks are already indicating they want more seller financing. Banks will be running more and tougher stress tests on all loans (meaning, looking at more scenarios of debt coverage if sales and earnings decline). Conclusion.

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Sometimes “Small Data” Is Enough to Create Smart Products

Harvard Business

Another interesting example of small, high precision data being used to make big gains with AI can be found in the airline industry. In 2015, Boeing launched the Aerospace Data Analytics Lab in partnership with Carnegie Mellon University to develop AI technology for airlines. How can you put these ideas to work for your company?

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