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The Challenges of Buying (and Selling) a Business

Martinka Consulting

There’s no MLS, the seller doesn’t want anybody to know the business is for sale, there’s a lot more information to verify, and comparable sales information is limited. This is a project-based business and work in process was not being recorded on the balance sheet. I could go on but you get the point.

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Two-Week Price Inflation in Argentina hits 30%, US Products Lead the Way; Currency Devaluations Hit P&G Earnings

MishTalk

Forbes explains Venezuela, Argentina Currency Devaluations Hit P&G Expected Sales And Earnings. Due to devaluations in currencies like the Venezuelan bolivar, Argentine peso and Turkish lira, to name a few, the consumer product giant said that it is lowering its outlook for its full-year 2014 sales and earnings.

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Beware of Incomplete Information

Martinka Consulting

.” She deciphered this by looking at the third quarter P&L and an October 23 balance sheet. ” Sure enough, the company’s job system and accounting system only sync at the end of the month so the drop in net income, as per the mid-month balance sheet, was fiction.

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Consultant Ninja: A Simple Question about the Credit Markets.

Consultant Ninja

Heres my understanding of the current TARP/TARPII/PPIP/etc plans: The major "sick" banks wont lend to businesses, because their balance sheets are tied up with bad assets that they cant sell. Should this happen we would suffer major systemic failure, potential hyper-inflation, and illiquid capital markets. at 7:39 PM.

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How the Great Recession Changed Banking

Harvard Business

It may feel as though the financial system hasn’t changed much in the decade since the downturn, but it has. Most of the regulation was meant to safeguard the financial system, and the taxpayers who had to bail it out, from another crisis. Many other financial firms including AIG, Fannie Mae, and Freddie Mac needed bail outs.

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Getting Your Deal Done

Martinka Consulting

The title is the theme of the book with each chapter being a deal tip or strategy (and it’s available on Amazon). You may think it sexy to make something but if you’re a sales type with no manufacturing experience it’s probably a road to disaster. Have a strong balance sheet. I’ll know it when I see it doesn’t work.

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Monetarists Accuse ECB of "Dangerous Game of Chicken"; The REAL Dangerous Game

MishTalk

The eurozone is doing so by accident, letting market forces drain liquidity from the financial system for month after month. The ECB balance sheet has plummeted to 23pc of eurozone GDP from a peak of 32pc in July 2012. Retail sales fell 1.6pc in December, the biggest drop for two-and-a-half years.