MishTalk

OCTOBER 23, 2015

China’s central bank cut benchmark interest rates for the sixth time this year in a bid to support an economy which is forecast to grow at its slowest annual rate in 25 years. per cent in 2015, the lowest International Monetary Fund forecast since 2009, and analysts are concerned that prospects for next year are also dimming.

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Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 8, 2016

In the fall of 2015, after spending two years in a small town in the Ruhr Valley starting to learn German (I will appreciate Mark Twain’s perspective on the sprache so much better going forward), I moved to Frankfurt to begin my Executive MBA at the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management. This is a guest post from Marguerite Arnold.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 7, 2017

According to the travel and leisure marketing firm MMGY, the use of travel agents increased by 50% from 2014 to 2015. The content is highly prescriptive, guiding customers through the stages of decision making, assessing their readiness to provide wellness benefits, and walking them through benchmarking exercises and even RFP builders.

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MishTalk

JANUARY 19, 2015

As of the end of Monday January 19, 2015, European 10-year yields are as follows: German 10-Year bond yield 0.441%; French 10-Year bonds yield.641%; This was the first time first time that the benchmark borrowing costs of a developed economy''s government has gone negative for a 10-year duration. At least they are positive.

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MishTalk

JANUARY 19, 2015

As of the end of Monday January 19, 2015, European 10-year yields are as follows: Germany 10-Year bond yields 0.441% France 10-Year bonds yields.641% Last week was the first time that the benchmark borrowing costs of a developed economy''s government has gone negative for a 10-year duration. Swiss LIBOR Hits Record Low -0.72

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MishTalk

DECEMBER 26, 2014

The fact that rates were cut, even though many reformers within the administration were very much opposed, exemplifies the challenges that Beijing will face in 2015. We are going to see this argument replayed many times in 2015. in November, completing nearly three years of monthly declines.

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Tom Spencer

JULY 28, 2018

If medical wearables are able to meet important clinical benchmarks and become FDA approved, then the insurance and healthcare industries will quickly move to create a billing system for medical-grade wearables. A few months ago, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services began supporting providers who use remote monitoring tools.

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MishTalk

DECEMBER 16, 2014

The latter I expect to default sometime in 2015. Ninety minutes later, Russia’s central bank raised its benchmark to bolster a currency weakened by crude’s decline. And given the Fed responds to stock market declines with dovish statements, the Fed just may have its hands tied in 2015. After leading the U.S. Watch Junk Bonds!

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

A national review of 2015 data on white-collar employment shows: White men are 61.3% In his July 2015 testimony to the EEOC , Donald Tomaskovic-Devey, a sociology professor at UMass Amherst, commented “There is no evidence that corporate equal opportunity statements are associated with increased employee diversity.”

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Harvard Business

JUNE 30, 2016

ZBB has been around for decades, but is currently enjoying a revival driven by powerful investors like 3G Capital Partners, the force behind the 2015 merger of Kraft Foods and H.J. Who would argue that a business should not eliminate unjustifiable costs? We believe the exact opposite to be true.

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MishTalk

AUGUST 30, 2015

even as government buying drove China’s benchmark index to a 10 percent rally in the final two days of last week. Analysts have cut their 2015 profit estimates for Shanghai Composite companies by 8.8 The so-called skew also climbed to a record for a similar ETF in the U.S., percent this year, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

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MishTalk

SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

Bullard is not a voting member of the policy-setting Federal Open Market Committee in 2015, but will vote in 2016. San Francisco Fed President John Williams Williams Squawks: Fed's Williams Still Sees 2015 Rate Hike After 'Close Call' An interest rate hike will likely be appropriate this year given the U.S. If not, why?

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MishTalk

MAY 18, 2015

Despite this month’s slight dip, builder confidence in the new home market remains above the 50-point benchmark,” said NAHB Chairman Tom Woods, a home builder from Blue Springs, Mo. Overall, the second quarter of 2015 is shaping up to be very solid.” The NAHB reports Builder Confidence Falls Two Points in May.

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MishTalk

MAY 6, 2014

This model assesses the impact on both employees and corporate America, benchmarked by S&P 500 member companies. since 1999 (according to the Kaiser Family Foundation) through 2015 and then dropping to 6.5% Scenario Two: Using a lower average health care inflation rate of 5% through 2015 and then dropping to 4% per year.

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Harvard Business

JULY 19, 2017

A 2014 study from Constellation Research quantified the accelerating rate of change in the enterprise by examining a simple benchmark — the entry and exit of U.S. Disruption has accelerated dramatically, and the numbers prove it. corporations in the S&P 500 index.

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MishTalk

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

The annual benchmark process also contributed to these revisions. at 62.9 - Household Survey January 2015 Employment Report Please consider the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) November 2014 Employment Report. at 5.7% - Household Survey U-6 unemployment: +0.1 at 5.7% - Household Survey U-6 unemployment: +0.1

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MishTalk

APRIL 21, 2015

That is 285 basis points higher than Municipal Market Data''s benchmark triple-A scale. Today a $295.7 million bond offering by the beleaguered Chicago Board of Education hit the market. The Yield Hit 5.63%. Debate Over Risk Municipal Market Analytics (MMA) says Despite it All, Chicago Schools'' Default Risk is Low.

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MishTalk

JANUARY 12, 2015

Iron Ore Down 50% Last Year The Australian Business Review reports Iron Ore Price Reverse Gathers Pace, With New 2 percent Decline At the end of the latest offshore session, benchmark iron ore for immediate delivery to the port of Tianjin in China was trading at $US68.50 a tonne, down 1.9 per cent from its previous close of $US69.80

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

In a 2015 report, the Boston Consulting Group labeled the occurrence “ leapfrog successions.” The result blends qualitative and benchmarked data on other C-suite executives to give us a solid indication of each individual’s abilities, mindset, and development needs.

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MishTalk

MARCH 3, 2015

The People’s Bank of China will cut benchmark deposit and lending rates again next quarter as the economy slows, according to economists surveyed by Bloomberg. Premier Li Keqiang is expected to announce a 2015 economic growth goal of about 7 percent, down from last year’s 7.5 The median forecast is for a deposit rate of 2.25

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

million from 2005 to 2015, a 67 percent jump. Benchmarks for Success Measure progress toward the goal. And a pool of independent and highly skilled workers who can fill those needs is growing. Economists Lawrence Katz and Alan Krueger found that American workers in alternative work arrangements, including temp workers, increased by 9.4

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MishTalk

MAY 4, 2015

Due to the lag between when taxes are levied and collected, paying the required pension payments in 2016 would mean any property tax would have to be levied in 2015. Based on state law and recent actuarial valuations, Chicago is required to contribute $839 million to its policemen’s and firemen’s pensions in 2016 (levy year 2015).

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MishTalk

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

The yield on Germany’s benchmark 10-year bond has fallen to 0.35 2015 will be a “pivotal and challenging year” for Germany’s life assurance industry. Similar products are sold across Europe, but the guarantees have been particularly generous in Germany. The maximum guarantee sanctioned by authorities in Germany is now 1.25

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Harvard Business

MAY 19, 2016

But in 2015, CostCo shifted its affiliation to Citigroup’s Visa. Our recommendations include: Be skeptical of benchmarking. Thus American Express had an extremely valuable “one-hit wonder”– an exclusive arrangement for years with the CostCo retail chain in the U.S.,

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 20, 2016

According to PwC’s 2015 study on Global Innovation , U.S. In Conference Board’s 2015 CEO Challenge study , 943 CEOs ranked “human capital” and “innovation” as their top two long-term challenges to driving business growth. companies spend $145 billion dollars in-country on R&D each year.

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MishTalk

JANUARY 26, 2015

Shippers negotiating with carriers over 2015 freight rates ought not be swayed by the dramatic lowering of diesel fuel costs into believing their carriers’ overall cost of doing business are lessening. It is derived directly from carriers’ financial and operational data and provides a vital benchmarking tool for both carriers and shippers.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 9, 2016

From 1996 to 2015, the number of publicly traded companies in the United States alone dropped nearly 50%. A silent, seismic shift has dramatically altered corporate ownership and business governance globally.

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MishTalk

MAY 28, 2015

Chicago’s fiscal 2015 debt service and annual pension costs account for 44.8% If officials lack the political will to raise taxes when their bonds are trading at 300 basis points (3%) over the AAA benchmark, will there ever be a resolution short of insolvency? of fiscal 2013 governmental revenue. of revenue.

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MishTalk

JULY 7, 2015

The CEOs were Jenny Lee of GGV Capital, Steve Jurvetson of Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Rebecca Lynn of Canvas Venture Fund, Bill Gurley of Benchmark Partners and Shervin Pishevar of Sherpa Ventures. That map and valuation is as of April 8, 2015. Green Car Reports linked to a Forbes article in which Five Top VCs Predict The Future.

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Harvard Business

MAY 18, 2017

” (2008), it seems to me, is that it serves as an assessment tool that allows managers and executives to benchmark their organizations against other units and companies. But the main contribution of “Is Yours a Learning Organization?” Case closed (until engineers develop an algorithm that does the job better).

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

In 2015 U.S. But this $1 billion provides a benchmark against which to compare the pay of $10 million, to decide whether it’s fair. The numbers are striking. CEOs earned 335 times the pay of the average worker. In the U.K. If a firm beat its peers by 5%, that’s $1 billion in a $20 billion firm.

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MishTalk

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

Three days ago The Australian reported Queensland election 2015: Labor on brink of forming government. We are 12 weeks away from the 2015 budget and we haven’t passed the 2014 budget. In December of 2013 I wrote Australia''s Alleged Conservatives Surrender to Unions; Currency Madness Everywhere. Now I say that sadly.

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MishTalk

MARCH 1, 2015

Australia cut its benchmark interest rate to a record low of 2.25% Tuesday, joining a procession of central banks that have eased policy settings this year in response to the deflationary impact of tumbling oil prices.

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MishTalk

MARCH 12, 2015

China''s growth target for 2015 is 7.0%. The recent lowering of benchmark deposit rates by the People’s Bank of China won’t accomplish much because it won’t offer more income to households. Analyst estimates of Chinese growth keep getting lower and lower. Many question those growth estimates. I certainly do. in the latest quarter?

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MishTalk

OCTOBER 2, 2013

Federal Reserve''s benchmark short-term borrowing rate - will rise by one percentage point by late 2015. Right now the market (and the Fed forecasts) expects fed funds to be 1 percent higher by late 2015 and 1 percent higher still by December 2016. Bet against that," he wrote in the letter entitled " Survival of the Fittest? ".

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MishTalk

JULY 25, 2015

Please consider Fed Inadvertently Publishes Staff Forecast for 2015 Rate Hike. Unintentional Projections One hike in 2015 : The staff expected policymakers would raise their benchmark interest rate, known as the Fed funds rate, enough for it to average 0.35 percent in the fourth quarter of 2015. percent.

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MishTalk

JANUARY 27, 2016

That yield indicated a so-called credit spread over Municipal Market Data's benchmark triple-A yield scale of as much as 506 basis points. Stepping back, recall that Emanuel defeated Cook County Commissioner Jesus "Chuy" Garcia in a runoff on April 7, 2015. percent with coupons of 7.25

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