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IBM Consulting Interviews: Navigating the IBM GBS Maze

Management Consulted

Although it started as a tiny group, paling in comparison to the bohemoth revenues of the firm’s hardware sales, this group is now known as IBM Global Services (IGS) which is responsible for 50% of IBM’s revenue globally. Finance Risk. Marketing Sales & Service. Howe created the IBM Consulting Group in 1992.

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Strategy and general business consulting firms in Australia

Tom Spencer

Strategy and general business consulting firms in Australia 2012. by Tom Spencer on May 31, 2012 · 26 comments  ·  Image Source. Last Updated: 31 May 2012]. It is worth noting that, as at May 2012, McKinsey continues to receive negative publicity due to the ongoing Rajat Gupta insider trading scandal.

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Illinois Teachers Pension Fund is 40% Funded, Drops Deeper Into Hole Despite Investment Return of 12.8%; What's the Solution?

MishTalk

This increase in the System’s unfunded liability, even with good investment results, is another wake-up call to state officials and our members that TRS long-term finances continue to head in the wrong direction.". In 2012 alone, Illinois taxpayers contributed $3.5 In 2012, TRS was only 40.6 In 2012, SERS was only 33.1

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Moody's Warns of Scranton Bankruptcy; Fitch Downgrades Chicago Citing Pension Problems; Liberal Fantasyland

MishTalk

A similar crisis hit the city in July 2012, which lead to Mayor Chris Doherty cutting all city workers’ pay to minimum wage for several weeks, a move that made national headlines. “A Finance reports Fitch downgrades Chicago bond ratings. Scranton has more than $195 million in outstanding debt, according to Moody’s.

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French Telecom Company Does Biggest Junk Bond Sale Ever; Bidding Wars for Junk; AOL Flashback

MishTalk

Please consider French Company Does Biggest Junk Bond Sale Ever. Numericable will use the proceeds to finance its acquisition of rival cable company SFR. Overall, the deal represents the largest sale of high-yield debt on record, according to Dealogic. billion debt sale in September. Altice issued $2.9 billion and €2.1

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How Organic Wine Finally Caught On

Harvard Business

As organic wine pioneer Jonathan Frey remarked in an interview, “These large companies would finance scientific studies to prove that organic was a joke and didn’t have any health benefits.” European legislation finally emerged for organic wine in 2012, allowing producers to add sulfites up to a certain maximum level.

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Japan Exports and Trade Balance vs. the Yen; Abenomics in Review

MishTalk

The yen has lost 16 percent in value against the dollar since Prime Minister Shinzo Abe took office in December 2012. This weakness is negative for an economy that suffered a blow to domestic demand from an April sales-tax increase. sales for Japanese automakers in the six months through June rose 6.2 from a year ago to ¥5.94

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