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$550 Billion Energy Junk Bond Bubble Busts; "Whac-A-Mole" Distortions in Multiple Markets

MishTalk

The energy junk bond bubble has finally popped. Junk bonds of Energy XXI Ltd. Energy XXI Ltd. Energy production is extremely capital intense, and often accompanied by negative free cash flow. Recently I have been getting numerous cold-calls, nearly all of them energy related. Who Caused the Energy Bubble?

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Is the Stock Market in Big Trouble?

The Fearless Marketer

According to MarketWatch: “Stocks tumbled sharply in October, led by a selloff in technology and energy shares as investors dumped formerly highflying large-cap tech titans and crude plunged into a bear market. slide by the S&P 500 was the benchmark index’s steepest monthly fall since September 2011.

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We Interviewed 57 Female CEOs to Find Out How More Women Can Get to the Top

Harvard Business

Throughout the research, Korn Ferry used our best-in-class CEO benchmark, which comprises typical scores for CEOs (virtually all male) who are in the 99th percentile of work engagement, as a touchstone to highlight similarities and underscore differences for the women in the study. Some women expressed frustration about the delay.

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

MishTalk

Turkey’s central bank refrained from raising benchmark rates this week, fueling concern that it will be difficult to finance current-account deficits. Turkey Reserves The lira plunged to a record 2.3224 per dollar and also declined to an all-time intraday low of 3.2069 per euro.

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4 Ways Leaders Can Get More from Their Company’s Innovation Efforts

Harvard Business

One reason for the paltry performance is that while other business areas, like sales or finance, are considered to be core functions, innovation is often considered to be something that’s “nice to have” rather than essential. And there’s a fundamental conflict between innovation and optimizing an existing operation.

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The 6 Ways Business Leaders Talk About Sustainability

Harvard Business

For example, in the 1990s, leading businesses like 3M adopted concepts like eco-efficiency, focusing on saving and making money through the better management of materials, energy and waste. Today, we see growing interest in new business benchmarks and in potential breakthrough materials and forms of energy. The Moral Frame.

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25 Years Ago I Coined the Phrase ?Triple Bottom Line.? Here?s Why It?s Time to Rethink It.

Harvard Business

Worse, we have conspicuously failed to benchmark progress across these options, on the basis of their real-world impact and performance. Fundamentally, we have a hard-wired cultural problem in business, finance and markets. I see a bright ray of hope coming from the high-energy world of B Corporations.

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