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Venezuela Strengthens Currency Controls in Impossible Mission to Stop Capital Flight; Airlines Collapse; End of the Line

MishTalk

In an effort to get money out of Venezuela, airline ticket sales had been booked solid for months. However, following still more government restrictions on Venezuelan currency (known as Bolivars), some flights to and from Caracas were suspended today. One airline cancelled all flights. Maduro’s government sold $8.6

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Why consulting?

Management Consulted

For instance, we examined predatory pricing in the airline industry and illegal product tying by Apple, Microsoft, and AT&T. What I found particularly fascinating was the number of variables that needed to be taken into account while making strategic decisions on governance, production or any other function.

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3 Questions About AI That Nontechnical Employees Should Be Able to Answer

Harvard Business

For example, I manage the finances for a team that travels very often, and I’ve been grateful for the intelligent guesswork that my expenses software extracts from receipts using machine learning: the merchant’s name, the dollar amount spent, taxes, and likely expense categorization. But this misses a critical opportunity.

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A Short History of Golden Parachutes

Harvard Business

Last year, Jeff Smisek, the former CEO of United Airlines, received a separation payment of $4.875 million in cash along with additional equity awards and other benefits for a total of close to $37 million after being ousted from his company. Golden parachutes can’t seem to stay out of the news.

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List: Global Strategy Firms 2013

Tom Spencer

your company, non-profit or government agency is looking for quality strategic advice. McKinsey is a global management consulting firm and trusted advisors to the world’s leading businesses, governments, and institutions. Government consulting business. The firms are: Bain. Archstone Consulting. Booz & Company.

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Sustainable Aviation: Emerging Trends and Opportunities

Tom Spencer

This includes not only commercial airlines, but also cargo planes and military aircraft. Most commercial airlines contain two engines, while cargo planes and some military craft generally require four or more (common engines for these large-scale aerospace vehicles include PW JT9D-7R4G2 engines, GE CF6-80C2B1, or RR RB211-524D4 engines ).

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Why Labor Protests in France Won’t Stop Macron’s Reforms

Harvard Business

Students, workers, and retirees are protesting, targeting trains, airlines, retirement homes, universities, and government offices. In 1995 a train strike paralyzed France and forced the government to back down from its proposed reform of the railway sector. However, this time, things seem different. GDP grew by 1.9%