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List: Global Strategy Firms 2013

Tom Spencer

List of Global Strategy Firms in 2013. Maybe not, but seeing as Sydney is at the other end of the earth you would expect a truly global strategy firm to have an office there (if you want to see a list of purely Aussie strategy firms for 2013, click here ). BELOW is a hand-picked list of leading Global Strategy Firms.

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China Faces "Minsky Moment" on Ponzi Financing

MishTalk

Inquiring minds are tuning into a report on the Ponzi finance setup in China. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth to 5.0% Our analysis indicates that China’s economy has arrived at that unstable state where speculative and Ponzi finance appear to dominate. Morgan Stanley agrees. over the next two years. s 26% in 2000-2005.

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French Industrial Output Drops Unexpectedly; France Finance Minister in Complete Denial; Expect the Unexpected

MishTalk

French industrial output dropped unexpectedly in October for the second month in a row, data from national statistics bureau Insee showed Tuesday, providing a further indication of a weak start to the final quarter of 2013 in the euro zone. Industrial production in the currency bloc''s second largest economy fell 0.3% rise in October.

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France Fesses Up: "Deficit in 2014 Much Higher than Expected", Budget Needs Revisions Yet Again

MishTalk

France announced on Wednesday it was breaking the latest in a long line of promises to European Union partners to cut its public deficit, conceding it now would take until 2017 to bring its finances in line with EU rules. Compared to the first''s expectation Amending Finance Act passed in late July, 6.1 of GDP this year and 3% next.

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Jim Whitehurst on the Open Organization: A Conversation with the CEO of Red Hat

BCG

Jim Whitehurst is the president and CEO of Red Hat, the world’s leading provider of open-source enterprise IT products and services. With a background in business development, finance, and global operations, Whitehurst has a reputation for helping companies flourish—even in the most challenging of times.

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Austerity In Spain? Where? Public Debt Threatens to Exceed 100% of GDP in 2014

MishTalk

of gross domestic product (GDP). The debt ended 2013 at 94% of GDP. In 2013, the Ministries have triggered the eventual disbursement of staff salaries by 7.5%. Also the salaries of senior management have risen in 2013. Adding up all the costs of the central administration staff, we see that in 2013 an increase of 0.8%

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Housing Starts in China Plunge 25%; Did China's Property Bubble Finally Burst?

MishTalk

Economic data released on Tuesday also included a deceleration in industrial production, with growth in steel and cement output slowing to a crawl. Property activity indicators have been trending lower since mid-2013, and the downturn in the sector now threatens to turn into a bust. Did China''s Property Bubble Finally Burst?