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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

That operating cash flow is much higher than net income at a company that has been investing huge amounts of money as it strives for global retail domination isn’t a big surprise, although the sheer size of the difference, and the sharp upward trajectory of the cash flow line, is still staggering.

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