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M&A deals – benefits and drawbacks

Tom Spencer

Increased market share : assuming the two companies are in the same industry, bringing their resources together may result in larger market share. Enhanced financial resources : the financial wherewithal of two companies is generally greater than one alone, making new investments possible. Potential Drawbacks. Conclusion.

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The age old tale of financial crises

Tom Spencer

Financial crises typically follow similar patterns: a key resource in the economy takes a major hit to its value, banks panic and sell their other assets, reducing asset values across the board, and mass panic ensues. Post-failure balance sheets show that Lehmann Brothers actually had twenty billion dollars of assets in excess of its debts.

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Mish Fined 8,000 Euros for Quoting French Blog

MishTalk

trillion balance sheet is leveraged nearly 49-to-1. As a group, these three banks have some €4 trillion in assets on their balance sheets, supported by €129.3 The effects of a system that ''encourages excessive financial leverage''. By its own account, Credit Agricole''s tangible common equity is just 2.1% billion (€489.9

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How the Great Recession Changed Banking

Harvard Business

The banks that have nearly completed their regulatory agenda have a head start, since they can free up more financial and human resources to address evolving technology. That strengthened investment banks’ balance sheets by forcing them to scale back and to change the nature of the risks they take.

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Customer intent is a treasure trove of actionable data hiding in plain sight

1 to 1

By 2025, smart workflows and seamless interactions among humans and machines will be as standard as the corporate balance sheet, and most employees will use data to optimize nearly every aspect of their work, predicts McKinsey & Company.

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BIS Slams the Fed; Ridiculous Question of the Day: "Is The Fed Going To Attempt A Controlled Collapse?"

MishTalk

Historical evidence shows that this rarely happens following a balance sheet recession. They encapsulate the self-reinforcing interactions between perceptions of value and risk, risk-taking and financing constraints which translate into financial booms and busts. Financial cycles differ from business cycles.

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Why Apple Is Getting into the Energy Business

Harvard Business

Energy-efficient lighting, motors, and other hardware continue to make good sense for many firms, whether financed on the balance sheet or by third parties who provide the upfront capital and then share the savings on future power bills. What can today’s non-energy CEOs do to prepare their firms for a prosumer future?

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