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Guest Post: 2012 Economic Year in Review by Dorothy Jaworski

Jeff For Banks

We have a long way to go before recapturing the home price highs of 2006 and 2007, but it is a start. Gas prices are finally coming down, making people able to drive their brand new cars more; I am glad to be testing the $3.00 The tax bracket changes become permanent and that will allow planning to resume.

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Can FinTech Walk The FinTalk?

PYMNTS

In this world, the only things certain are death and taxes. trillion; on security-related hardware, software and services at 10 percent a year from a 2018 base of $91.4 Investors have remained skeptical that the marketplace business model touted in 2006 is sustainable. A penny saved is a penny earned. Honesty is the best policy.

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Reading the Tea leaves at Centum, Kenya Airways, Safaricom

Bankelele

The purpose of the e-Enabling platform is to ensure secure transfer of B787 Aircraft Software from Boeing servers to Kenya Airways servers and subsequently into the B787 aircraft. JamboJet lost Kshs 118 million so far, but KQ will apply a deferred tax of 221 million from Flamingo, their previous low cost subsidiary airline against that.

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11 Lessons From Startup Chapter 11s

CB Insights

The company’s assets were acquired by Q Holdings in 2015, and the firm quietly relaunched the Quirky brand in 2017. Second, the thesis that one or two brands would quickly go on to own on-demand food turned out to be either wrong or too early. In September 2015, Quirky finally filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protections.

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Killing The I-Bank: The Disruption Of Investment Banking

CB Insights

In 2006, investment banks were at the top of the finance world. MEMX was founded by 9 financial services institutions including Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Charles Schwab , and Citadel Securities with the goal of simplifying equity trading. Over the next 2 years, everything fell apart. Source: Stash.

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17 Of The Biggest Startup Frauds Of All Time

CB Insights

After a comprehensive investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission, Holmes was banned from the laboratory testing industry for two years and was ultimately charged with wire fraud by the Department of Justice in summer 2018. Founded by Renaud Laplanche in 2006, LendingClub quickly became one of the largest online lenders in the US.

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24 Lessons From Warren Buffett’s Annual Letters To Shareholders

CB Insights

It had a great brand. Companies have both tangible assets (factories, capital, inventory) and intangible assets, which include things like reputation and brand. In the early 70s, See’s was able to produce about $2M a year (after tax) on just $8M in net tangible assets (including all accounts receivable.)

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