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Guest Post: Financial Markets and Economic Update by Dorothy Jaworski

Jeff For Banks

After a lengthy stretch of strong economic growth and stock market gains, the inevitable correction arrived with force in the fourth quarter, culminating with a December that can only be described as “tres terrible!” A Long, Cold December I could just scream! The spread between 3 month and 10 year Treasuries is not much better, dropping to.23%

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Belarus: Silicon Valley Of Eastern Europe

PYMNTS

Companies in Belarus are exempt from all corporate taxes, including value-added tax and profit, real estate and land taxes. The Hi-Tech Park was launched back in 2005, which was considered a turning point for the country’s IT industry.

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A Decline in Personal Savings

TrustBank

The only time US personal saving has been this low was back in 2005 when it bottomed out at 2.1%. The BEA calculates the personal saving rate by subtracting taxes from personal income to arrive at “disposable personal income” and then subtracts personal outlays. in October. Is consumerism in America cultural?

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Fools Rush In: 37 Of The Worst Corporate M&A Flops

CB Insights

In a deal that aimed to open the Chinese coal markets, US heavy-equipment behemoth Caterpillar paid $677M in 2012 to acquire ERA Mining Machinery Ltd. The Chinese coal market is one of the biggest in the world and this deal looked like easy money. Date : September 2005. Date: August 12, 2005. Google and Motorola.

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Guest Post: First Quarter Economic Update by Dorothy Jaworski

Jeff For Banks

The World Around Us World events are impacting our markets. So far, about half of the positive economic impact of the surprise 2% reduction in social security taxes and small business tax cuts are gone because of higher gas prices. One of the Fed’s QE2 goals, as stated by Chairman Bernanke, was to improve the stock market.

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Killing Strategy: The Disruption Of Management Consulting

CB Insights

The early consultants changed that by using market research and data analysis combined with niche expertise to help companies manage their supply chains, improve their product positioning, and enter new markets to beat their competitors. According to estimates, McKinsey makes about $8.8B Each one is still growing.

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The 40 Fintech Graduates from Y Combinator (YC)

Fintech Labs Insights

Graduating from there is like facing the job market with a resume boasting summer internships at Google, Facebook AND Goldman Sachs. The first class (Summer 2005) included one fintech startup, TextPayMe, among the eight companies. The first class (Summer 2005) included one fintech startup, TextPayMe, among the eight companies.

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