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For U.S. Employers, Health Care Reform Is a Watching and Waiting Game

Harvard Business Review

These logistics took a sharp new turn last week when the Obama administration decided to delay enforcing mandatory employer and insurer employment requirements until 2015. The administration also needs time to work on the reporting requirements that will be part and parcel of making the system work.

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At Amazon, It’s All About Cash Flow

Harvard Business Review

Why stock prices do what they do over the short term is an enduring mystery , and I’m not going to claim to solve it here. For example, if you sell a service that you’ll be delivering for the next twelve months, the costs and revenues are supposed to be parceled out over those twelve months, regardless of when the cash changes hands.

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