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Just-in-Time Budgeting for a Volatile Economy
A volatile economy makes traditional budgets obsolete before they're even completed. Here's how companies can adapt more quickly. Most companies find budgeting a formidable challenge even under stable conditions. Managers often spend significant amounts of time on it, only to be dismayed by how little...
Tags: Budget, Budgeting, JIT, Personal Finance, Financial Services, Funding, Volatile Economy, Downturn, Recession, Mahmut Akten, Massimo Giordano, and Mari A. Scheiffele, Mahmut Akten, Massimo Giordano, and Mari A. Scheiffele
Articles 2009-05-15

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Gary Becker: How to Survive in an Uncertain Economy
Nobel Prize-winning economist Gary Becker discusses what makes an employee valuable in today's workplace — and explains why a liberal arts education is the best asset in a volatile economy. Becker’s initial ideas about human capital were controversial at the time...
Tags: Education, MoneyWatch, Becker, Human Capital, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Gary Becker, Training, Social Security, Retirement, Baby Boomers, Liberal Arts Education, International Competitiveness, Unemployment, Recession, Edmund Lee
Articles 2009-08-14
Continued Engagement With China Benefits the US Economy, USCBC Says
Continued engagement with China provides a measure of much needed stability in a volatile economy, the US-China Business Council USCBC said today. The completion of the latest meeting of the US-China Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade JCCT saw further incremental progress on key issues, USCBC President John Frisbie...
Tags: US Companies
Research articles 2008-09-17
Absolute Quality, an e4e Company, Enables Gaming Industry To Increase Profitability and Operational Efficiency in a Volatile Economy
Consult, Implement, Operate CIO Service Platform Provides Gaming Industry With Complete Lifecycle Management of Key Business Processes SAN FRANCISCO -- Absolute Quality, an e4e Company,...
Tags: Absolute Quality Inc.
Research articles 2009-03-26
How to Decide in a Time of Confusion
A practical five-step plan to make sure you have the data (and the mind-set) you need to make great decisions in a time of unprecedented risk and uncertainty. Study Your Business Environment Goal: Compile information to understand what you know...
Tags: Team, Korean Air, Worker, Ram Charan, Team Management, Management, Uncertainty, BNET Crash Course, Decisionmaking, Downturn, Recession, Managing a Team, Kim Girard,  Kim Girard
Articles 2009-05-04
CHINA'S ECONOMY FUELS EAST ASIAN GROWTH: WORLD BANK.
BEIJING, April 4 Asia Pulse - China's vigorous economy boosted East Asian economic growth from 5.5 per cent in 2001 to 6.7 in 2002, despite relative stagnation in Japan and volatile US demand, according to a World Bank report released Thursday. BEIJING, April 4...
Tags: World Bank
Research articles 2003-04-04
The Telecommunications Industry Association told the Federal Communications Commission that the decline in wireless capital spending has been volatile and is indicative of a growing problem with severe impacts for the U.S. economy. (D.C. Briefs).
The Telecommunications Industry Association told the Federal Communications Commission that the decline in wireless capital spending has been volatile and is indicative of a growing problem with severe impacts for the U.S. economy. The hand-delivered letter from TIA President Matthew Flanigan argues that reductions in capital...
Tags: FCC, Government, Telecommunications Industry Association, wireless
Research articles 2002-12-02
Nortel, Lucent: two of a kind.
Suddenly, it seems no wireless vendor can generate a Teflon-skin against the ravages of a volatile economy. As Nokia cut its work force, Motorola missed its forecast and Ericsson surrendered its phone sales endeavor, Nortel Networks glowed li ...
Tags: Nortel Networks Corp., Alcatel-Lucent, company
Research articles 2001-02-26
It's taken a licking … how well the economy will keep on ticking depends on a range of volatile factors; "muddle through" scenario seems most likely
An old wristwatch commercial used to close with the catchphrase "it takes a liOking and keeps on ticking." That is one way to characterize the U.S. economy's performance in the last year and it will likely continue to describe what the future holds for the next four to six quarters....
Tags: Federal Reserve Board, FINANCE, financial, NAFTA, recession, SALES, Transportation, U.S.
Research articles 2008-09-01
BlackRock Merrill Lynch says oil to remain volatile.
Oil prices will remain volatile for the foreseeable future according to the co-managers of BlackRock Merrill Lynch's New Energy and World Energy fund. A report by Robin Batchelor and Poppy Allbonby said while oil prices remain volatile due to tightness in crude markets,...
Tags: FINANCE, Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc.
Research articles 2007-04-09
Energizing The American Economy: Global Growth For Diesel Spurs Refinery Expansions
Volatile stock prices, tighter credit and the slowdown in economic activity are causing deep concerns, and leading some Americans to question our nation's economic direction. What can be done to restore our economy to full health? Access to reliable and affordable supplies of energy is a part of the cure....
Tags: Exxon Mobil Corp., Economy, Investment, Finance
White papers 2009-01-05
TSX Review: Index Closes Higher Following A Volatile Session.
Byline: Resource News International WINNIPEG, MB, Nov 20, 2007 Resource News International via COMTEX -- The Toronto Stock Exchange TSX closed higher Tuesday after an extremely volatile session. The TSX fell sharply around midday following the release of the US Federal Reserve's minutes, which...
Tags: Benefits, Federal Reserve Board, HEALTHCARE, SOFTWARE
Research articles 2007-11-20
See The Bigger Picture: Managing Assets In Volatile Times
It's hard to recall a more challenging environment for managing assets and raising capital than the one facing companies nowadays. By now, the underlying problems affecting the global economy are well documented, and every major company has already been affected by the crisis in one way or another. Most are...
Tags: Asset, Deloitte LLP, Asset Management, Operational Planning, Business Operations
White papers 2009-02-02
Is Your Company In Trouble?: Understand How Volatile Times Are Affecting Your Company's Performance
There's no question the broader economy is a tumultuous place to be. How it's affecting your company, however, isn't always so clear. Would you know if you were in trouble? Unfortunately, many companies can't answer that question. Recognizing when it's time for an intervention could be the key to managing...
Tags: Deloitte LLP, Performance, Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management
White papers 2009-01-01
Site selection shake up: a volatile combination of recent events--the cooling of a red-hot economy, the aftermath of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the collapse of Enron--has had a sobering effect on the site selection process. (Cover Story).(Cover Story
"There are fundamental changes in corporate site selection," says John H. Boyd, president of Princeton, N.J.-based The Boyd Co. Inc. "We are now in a softened and very fundamentally changed economy." "There are fundamental changes in corporate site selection," says John H. Boyd,...
Tags: Enron Corp., Sept. 11, site selection
Research articles 2002-07-01
Ohio-Based 'Old Economy' Stock Revive as Investors Weary of Volatile Nasdaq.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Apr. 9--Investors of Ferro Corp. in Cleveland watched their shares fall about 20 percent for the first three months of this year, while hot, charged-up New Economy stocks climbed higher and higher. Apr. 9--Investors of Ferro Corp. in Cleveland watched their shares fall about...
Tags: Nasdaq Stock Market Inc., stock
Research articles 2000-04-11
Reports expected to point out economy strengths, weaknesses
WASHINGTON -- The strengths and weaknesses of the U.S. economy are likely to come into sharper focus this week when government reports are expected to show that homebuilding advanced in September and U.S. exports fell in August. "Things are volatile globally, but our economy is largely intact," said...
Tags: economist, Federal Reserve Board, recession, SALES, surplus, U.S. Department of Commerce
Research articles 1998-10-19
Cyclical mold broken: What happened to the housing cycle? It's different but not dead. (Seiders Economy).(Brief Article)
HOUSING TYPICALLY HAS BEEN THE most volatile sector of the U.S. economy, leading the overall economy into recessions and losing an inordinate amount of ground during cyclical contractions. The United States fell into recession last March and the contraction deepened as 2001 rolled along, while housing...
Tags: contraction, Federal Reserve Board, recession, U.S.
Research articles 2002-02-01
Get ready for growth: indicators say that the economy is expanding again. The time may be right to invest in equipment to prepare for new business.(Economics)
It's been said that there are two subjects that shouldn't be discussed among friends--religion and politics. Tempers flare at a moment's notice when these subjects are broached. Should economics be added to the list of taboo topics? While not as volatile as those above, it seems...
Tags: Butler Capital Corp.
Research articles 2004-08-01
Pressure of RBA to lift rates as inflation gauge falls: Economy Roundup
The TD-Securities-Melbourne Institute monthly inflation gauge remained flat during August after a 0.9% rise in July, with the annual pace of inflation slowing to 1.7% from 1.9% - well below the Reserve Bank target of 2-3%. TD Securities senior strategist Annette Beacher said in a statement the result gives the...
Tags: economy, inflation, Democratic Party
News items 2009-08-30
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