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In this issue: – Big Data & Internet of Things (IOT) – Budgeting in Turbulent Economy Big Data & Internet of Things It’s been a challenge for all those dealing with Data, Information and Knowledge on how to manage them into the form that facilitates decision making. The beginning was dealing with facts; storing and…
Reuters reports that U.S. rail and trucking companies are making big investments on both sides of the border. This, in accordance with Mexico trade boom – to and fro the U.S. And as the U.S. economy creaks along, the growing business with Mexico is a cause for cheer: Both Kansas City Southern and Union Pacific are reporting…
In the midst of the Euro-crisis, the Economist means that no news is bad news. The worst of the crisis seems to over, and gone are the panic-stricken sessions of last year. Today, Europe’s leaders note, reform is under way across most of the euro zone and some southern European countries are regaining their competitiveness….
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Summary; The next time you are filling a leadership role, ask yourself three questions. First, does the candidate have the skills to be a high-performing contributor or the skills to be an effective leader? The performance level of individual contributors is measured largely through their ability, likability, and drive. Leadership, by contrast, demands a broader…
Lloyd Blankfein is CEO of Goldman Sachs, and on Friday the 16th April he described his day as “one of the worst days of my professional life”. This was largely due to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing civil fraud charges against Goldman Sachs. The bank was accused of failing to disclose that a hedge fund had…
The Economist poses the question: Does it matter that the labour market is so sex-segregated? To formulate an answer, it shares statistics that reveal how every year, a few women become the first of their sex to hold a particular job – and that that is in fact, currently, no longer the case. This article examines…
