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Inside Job – Unveiling Economists’ Ties to the Financial Sector

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And with unemployment rates above 9 percent, many wonder if the market turmoil will ever end. Paul examines how the film – which raises concerns about conflicts of interest for economists in academics – is influencing some leading economic thinkers. Consider leaving a comment! Copyright 2007-2011 by StrategyDriven, Inc.

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StrategyDriven Editorial Perspective – The Government has Created a Monster

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Nonetheless, the failure and resolution of Texas-based First RepublicBank, reminds us that the hand of government can harm as well as help when it wrestles the invisible hand of the market. With both banks highly concentrated in the weak Texas real estate market, the deal ended up helping neither bank. All told, the FDIC paid $1.9

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Departed Client Analysis: Opening Formal Channels of Feedback to Improve Customer Retention

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The source of much of this faulty information is client service personnel, who ultimately are not in an objective position to gather and share unbiased feedback, due to factors such as personal client relationships and potential conflicts of interest. About the Author. Consider leaving a comment! All rights reserved.

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The Big Picture of Business – Business Lessons to be Learned from the Enron Scandal

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In their marketing, accounting and auditing firms claim to be full-service business advisors, in order to get business. There was a conflict of interest in alliance with Enron…not objective enough. Overt marketing hype led to an unwatchful marketplace…which always wakes up to the realities of business eventually.