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What is consulting?

Tom Spencer

When people think of consultants, they tend to visualize professionally suited employees, degrees from the best schools, high pay-checks and fancy travel stories. This might include advice on asset management, tax structuring, or capital structuring to reduce financing costs and sources of risk (e.g.

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Brexit & The Future of Startups In Europe

Tom Spencer

You could still travel to central parts of London and see unreconstructed bomb sites left over from the war. Overpriced British real estate in London fueled by foreign investment does not an economy make. The England I knew as a child was a fascinating place. There is no way the island can survive independently. No country can.

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Carl the Robot Bartender Mixes Drinks and Chats With Customers

MishTalk

Patrick Housing Crash News Top Housing and Commercial Real Estate News. Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. Bay Area Real Estate Trends. Hes handy with a shot glass and customers travel from far and wide to admire him at work. Minyanville Business and Market News. Union Watch.

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Top 10 Consulting Firms In New York

Management Consulted

BCG’s new home, 10 Hudson Yards, is like a city within a city and is considered the largest real estate deal in US history (jaw drop!). Their functional areas are analytics, high-end information technology, BPO, healthcare, marketing & sales, media & communication, finance & risk, cyber security & financial services.

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Hypocrites and Bullies Speak on "The Importance of Trust"

MishTalk

Patrick Housing Crash News Top Housing and Commercial Real Estate News. Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. Bay Area Real Estate Trends. Mike Rogers, told he “absolutely” thinks that one of the countries will give Snowden travel documents. Ludwig von Mises Institute.

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Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: US Consumer Spending.

MishTalk

Patrick Housing Crash News Top Housing and Commercial Real Estate News. Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. Bay Area Real Estate Trends. Mish and Eric King discuss Gold, the Stock Market, the US Dollar, Sideline Cash, China, and US real estate. Ludwig von Mises Institute.

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What CEOs Get Wrong About Activist Investors

Harvard Business

We have written extensively on shareholder activism , and one of us coauthored a study in the Journal of Finance showing that, on average, activists produce value for targeted companies. Other activists have expertise in development and commercial real estate. Word travels fast among shareholders.