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Stock Buybacks Peaked With Stock Market in 2007: History About to Repeat?

MishTalk

Variant Perception has an interesting post out today on stock market buybacks: Pillars of Equity Rally Fall Away. Interestingly, the peak in buybacks was also the peak in the US stock market in 2007.) - Revenues are closely linked to nominal GDP, and our US leading indicator sees this as lacklustre at best going forward.

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Nonperforming Spanish Loans Near All-Time High as Overall Credit Shrinks

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Spanish Bank Shrinking Credit Nonperforming Loans The "real" numbers are normalized to account for a change in methodology. percent in January of 2014. Sitka Pacific is an asset management firm whose goal is strong performance and low volatility, regardless of market direction. Seven points higher than in the 1994 crisis.

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What the Best Transformational Leaders Do

Harvard Business

In a study of S&P 500 and Global 500 firms, our team found that those leading the most successful transformations, creating new offerings and business models to push into new growth markets, share common characteristics and strategies. The same was true of Adobe’s Shantanu Narayen.

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New Home Sales "Better, Not Strong", and Regionally Very Uneven: US +6.7%, Midwest +47.4%, Northeast -26.7%

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The Census Bureau Residential Home Sales report shows Sales of new single-family houses in April 2014 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 433,000. New-home sales, which account for about 7 percent of the residential market, are tabulated when contracts are signed, making them a timelier barometer than transactions on existing homes.

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Fostering Employee Innovation at a 150-Year-Old Company

Harvard Business

The origins of our agile network can be traced back to an online idea forum called WeSolve that we launched in 2014 as a way of challenging Bayer employees to contribute solutions to specific technical or commercial problems. The innovation agenda. Building an agile network.

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A Closer Look at How the Opioid Epidemic Affects Employment

Harvard Business

So what’s the actual connection between prescription opioids and the labor market? from 2006 to 2014. Any of these factors, or a combination of them, could really be to blame for both high substance abuse and poor labor market conditions.

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A Refresher on Discovery-Driven Planning

Harvard Business

So you look at past projects, gather and analyze relevant market data, make predictions about how much revenue you’ll be able to generate, decide what resources you’ll need, and set milestones to reach your targets. You’re working on a new venture and you know you’ve got to create a plan to execute it. Not so fast.