Markovitz Consulting

OCTOBER 29, 2019

The Wall Street Journal recently wrote about Larry Culp’s efforts to turn around faltering General Electric. Or some Japanese thing that only works for car manufacturers. But when you look at many of the tools and concepts from the lean playbook, they’re really just good management that any leader would want to embrace.

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MishTalk

MAY 12, 2014

The Wall Street Journal reports Japan Current Account Surplus Smallest on Record. trillion surplus registered a year earlier, data from the Ministry of Finance showed Monday. However, the value of imports soared, primarily due to rising energy costs. That''s about to change. billion ($7.76

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The Fearless Marketer

JANUARY 7, 2019

For 18 years she’s sponsored a monthly Power Breakfast put on by the Portland Business Journal. She gets exposure through a blurb in the business journal every week and also to the 200 to 400 monthly breakfast attendees. Here are the eight things she continues to do to market HR Answers: 1.

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MishTalk

AUGUST 15, 2013

Finance reports Wal-Mart cuts profit outlook on shopper worries. The Wall Street Journal reports Cisco to Cut 4,000 Jobs, Blames Weak Economic Recovery. Yet, treasury yields soared once again in spite of poor earnings, and in spite of a flat industrial production report. Wal-Mart, Macy''s, Kohl''s Cut Profit Outlook. Cisco Systems Inc.

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The Nonprofit Consultant

OCTOBER 23, 2007

Engaged boards ask questions of staff and read journals to become educated on the issues their organization is involved in. Be certain to have board members skilled in finance, marketing, law, and fundraising. An engaged board does more than simply show up for scheduled meetings and vote to approve minutes and budgets.

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MishTalk

DECEMBER 17, 2013

Germany Backtracks on Banking Union MarketWatch reports Germany appears to backtrack on EU banking deal EU finance ministers have promised to agree on a so-called single-resolution mechanism--consisting of more centralized decision-making and financing for the shuttering or downsizing of failing banks--before the end of the year.

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MishTalk

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

On September 2, 2011, the Wall Street Journal chimed in with A French Banking Primer. The authors note "the bias of the present system" in France, "which encourages excessive financial leverage, and contributes to a dearth of equity financing for innovative projects and an inefficient allocation of resources." French Banking Primer.

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Consulting Matters

MARCH 9, 2023

Homelife: Are your finances, relationships with your significant other, issues with children, and aging parents weighing on you? What’s your burnout costing you regarding physical pain, emotional angst, relationship disruptions, finances, etc.? Second, journal about your own burnout experience.

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Tom Spencer

JANUARY 24, 2016

Back in September last year, the Wall Street Journal wrote an article about how low oil prices could lead to a global recession. When oil prices were high many Wall Street banks lent money to finance new drilling expeditions, and Dealogic estimates that the oil and gas industry has roughly $500 billion in outstanding debt.

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Martinka Consulting

JUNE 14, 2021

A recent Wall Street Journal has an article on how cellphone carriers are back to giving away phones with a contract or financing phones with no down payment. This is a saturated market. Is there any way to grow besides taking customers from other carriers? Maybe more kids getting phones and at a younger age?

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Tom Spencer

JANUARY 28, 2017

There are many different use cases for this kind of technology – although it has made its first impact in the world of finance. Marguerite Arnold is an entrepreneur, author and third semester EMBA candidate at the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management. Image Source: Wall Street Journal ).

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MishTalk

DECEMBER 9, 2013

25 draft report by the city''s auditor general and inspector general, which was reviewed by The Wall Street Journal, found that during the 12 years ended in fiscal year 2012, the pension funds paid $1.22 Representatives of the pension board said Mr. Orr''s figures were faulty. billion, or 29% of their net asset value. What''s Fair?

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MishTalk

SEPTEMBER 2, 2013

DeLong humorously bills his blog as " Grasping Reality with Every Possible Tentacle: Brad DeLong''s Semi-Daily Journal--Fair, Balanced, and Reality-Based 99.4% In the real world, Japan is in deep trouble financing interest on its national debt, even at rates close to 0%. I could provide a thousand more examples but won''t.

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MishTalk

OCTOBER 1, 2014

Mr Fábrega leaves the central bank as annual inflation has climbed to around 40 per cent, and presided over huge monetary emission to finance a growing fiscal deficit, with negative real interest rates of about 20 per cent. Here''s a Black Market exchange rate chart form the Wall Street Journal as of the end of August.

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MishTalk

OCTOBER 19, 2013

The Wall Street Journal reported today J.P. The deal includes $4 billion to settle claims by the Federal Housing Finance Agency that J.P. Morgan Reaches $13 Billion Tentative Deal with Justice Department. However a criminal investigation is not yet closed. Morgan Chase & Co.

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Management Consulted

OCTOBER 11, 2015

Well, I grew up in Bethesda, MD, and attended the University of Vermont in Burlington, VT for – BS (finance), MS (nutritional sciences), and PhD (cell and molecular biology). It was one of the first studies conducted on the newer, lightweight snowshoes and was cited in over 100 lay journals. Hi Josh, how are you doing today?

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MishTalk

DECEMBER 5, 2013

Spain Budget Allegedly on Track On October 29, the Wall Street Journal reported Spain In Line to Meet 2013 Deficit Target Spain''s Budget Ministry Tuesday said the euro zone''s fourth-largest economy is in line to meet its 2013 deficit target, after the preliminary government budget deficit stood at 4.8%

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Martinka Consulting

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

The August 26, 2013 Wall Street Journal had a page 3 article titled, “Seattle a Leader in Job Growth” and it discussed why we have a turbocharged economy that has dropped the unemployment rate to 5.9%. September 10, 2013 . . Seattle has always been (at least in my life) a contrarian economy. Let’s hope it continues.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 9, 2017

Equally troublesome, almost all policies focus exclusively on payments and finances but ignore the powerful influence of careerism and other non-financial motives that may compromise objectivity far more than financial incentives. For academics, publishing and obtaining grants are key to promotion and career advancement.

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Martinka Consulting

DECEMBER 30, 2020

The November 19, 2020 Wall Street Journal had a front-page article titled, “ New Entrepreneurs Emerge From Wreck of Covid Economy.” The most common answers audiences have given me on this include: To take control of their life, career, and finances. Skills like personal training, hair styling, freelance chefs, and more. Having fun!

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MishTalk

JULY 22, 2013

Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. The European Commission is launching its own "independent" news service, complete with editors, web designers and "experts in journalism/journalists." Citizens, and to do it with quality journalism standards.". Dollar Collapse News on the Dollar's Death Spiral.

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Martinka Consulting

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

According to a July 7, 2017 Wall Street Journal article, television networks play a game to disguise possible poor ratings. It’s a game, a deceitful game. I’m sure you see or hear of things like this all the time whether it’s pricing in a store or the advertised deal that seems “too good to be true.”

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Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

According to the Ivey Business Journal it has two parts: Improving the competitive strategies of operating units by capturing inter-divisional synergies; and. The technical interviews were just like any investment banking interviews which involved a lot of finance, accounting, valuation, DCF, and M&A model questions.

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Business Consulting Agency

JANUARY 23, 2024

The Quantifiable Impact: Facts and Figures Return on Investment (ROI): A study by the International Journal of Management Science and Business Administration found that companies engaging business consultants reported an average ROI of 142% on their consulting investments.

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MishTalk

DECEMBER 11, 2013

In an Op-Ed in the Wall Street Journal Blinders says " Don''t only drop the interest rate paid on banks'' excess reserves, charge them. Only 2% of small businesses complain about financing. Alan Blinder, a professor of economics and public affairs at Princeton University and former vice chairman of the Federal Reserve, is back at it.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 4, 2017

To answer these questions, I spoke to researchers, and spent time digging through dozens of academic journal articles. Add to your list all the ways procrastinating on retirement saving could affect your social life, finances, stress, happiness, health, and so on. Why we procrastinate.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 10, 2018

For example, firms with better-connected CEOs can obtain cheaper financing , and firms with well-connected board directors see better performance. Our study , published in the Journal of Corporate Finance, found that CEOs with strong connections to people of different demographic backgrounds and skill sets create higher firm value.

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 19, 2018

You can capture feedback and learning by keeping a journal. In most positions, whether it’s enterprise sales, brand marketing, supply chain logistics, or corporate finance, being competent often consists of having deep functional knowledge in four or five key job areas and a good working knowledge in another four or five.

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MishTalk

FEBRUARY 11, 2015

Greece has two major financing problems. Eurozone officials say that both Yanis Varoufakis, the new Greek finance minister, and his boss, Alexis Tsipras, have acknowledged that in private meetings. In Greece Presents Bailout Plans to EU Finance Ministers the BBC has a nice table that shows percentages of debt owed.

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Martinka Consulting

APRIL 26, 2019

Wall Street Journal – The greatest transfer of wealth in history will occur in this country over the next decade; an estimated $10 trillion is expected to change hands, and much of this wealth is tied up in family businesses. Look at some of the statistics. 70% of medium sized companies will change hands (2008). Easy money.

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MishTalk

MARCH 23, 2014

Paul Craig Roberts is a former assistant secretary of the treasury and associate editor of The Wall Street Journal. What has happened in Ukraine is the United States organized and financed a coup. How can one make sense of this dilemma? And the coup occurred in Kiev, the capital.

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Organizational Talent Consulting

MAY 1, 2023

Journal of Applied Communication Research. International Journal of Manpower , 27 (1), pp. Accounting and Finance (Parkville), 60 (S1), 729-770. Restorative neurology and neuroscience , 32 (1), 103–117. & O'Hair, D. Machiavellians' motives in organizational citizenship behavior. Burke, R.J. Michalak, R. & Ashkanasy, N.

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Martinka Consulting

JANUARY 8, 2022

You will sign a personal guarantee if you’re using a bank and probably if it’s seller financing if the seller has good lawyers. It will not be 100% financed by the bank and the seller; you will have skin in the game. You will need some of your money for the deal.

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MishTalk

MAY 11, 2015

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble warned that sovereign defaults can catch officials off guard as Greece prepares for a finance ministers’ meeting Monday with the European Central Bank threatening to tighten the screw. The messages we are getting are that it will be difficult," Varoufakis told Sto Kokkino radio on Monday.

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Harvard Business

JULY 5, 2016

The study, currently under review at an academic journal, looked at on-campus recruiting data for 39 prestigious finance and consulting firms at 350 universities, finding that a school’s regional rank is an important and undervalued factor in determining how many firms will recruit there.

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Harvard Business

MAY 20, 2016

More than 25 years ago, William Sahlman wrote the HBR article “Why Sane People Shouldn’t Serve on Public Boards,” in which he compared serving on a board to driving without a seatbelt, that it was just too risky—to their time, reputations, and finances—for too little reward.

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Tom Spencer

AUGUST 2, 2020

Whether you’re in consulting, strategy, finance, software engineering, sales, or any other role, it is helpful to know what is happening in your company or industry. Spend just 30-60 minutes per day reading industry specific blogs, journals, articles, etc. Keeping up to date is your job.

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