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Strong rebound in Asia Pacific masks deep economic scars  

Future CFO

The economic rebound, fuelled in large part by China (A1 stable), masks a range of output losses across the region, the credit rating agency noted. These economies mainly have high incomes, mature institutions, strong healthcare infrastructure and dynamic labour markets, the firm pointed out.

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Might Millennials’ Dissatisfaction Hint At Housing Downturn To Come?

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Remember that a big chunk of buying power is concentrated in this generation’s collective wallet, and that if older generations start to unload housing, those homes would presumably stay on the market unless younger buyers — you know, the ones with new jobs and new families — come in to snap them up. percent.

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Transcript: Michael Rockefeller

Barry Ritholtz

00:04:29 [Speaker Changed] So you start at the healthcare group as an analyst in Citi in the early two thousands, obviously the background in neuro had to help. And fortunately at the end of the year, a couple spots opened up, one in the healthcare division of the investment bank, and they invited me in I interview, and I, I, I got the job.

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Transcript: Tom Hancock, GMO

Barry Ritholtz

There’s also quantitative metrics that we look at Those have evolved, but always within that capa, that cluster of high returns on investment stability across the economic cycle are consistent and strong balance sheets. And big consumer and healthcare. Is it limited to what’s in the S&P 500 or is it any US stock?

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White House Sees Hearing Aids as Chance to Lower Prices Through More Competition

CFO News Room

At present, just four manufacturers control 84% of the hearing-aid market, according to the Open Markets Institute, a think tank critical of corporate concentration. Has corporate concentration raised prices for you? Officials argued that corporate concentration made it easier for companies to raise prices amid disrupted supply.

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2022 Best-Of Highlights From The Nerd’s Eye View Blog

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Notably, the account owner does not have to be covered under their own healthcare plan, though, so a young adult (under age 26) who is covered under their parents’ HDHP plan (and who would not qualify as a dependent on their parents’ tax return) would potentially be eligible to contribute to their own HSA.

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Transcript: Kristen Bitterly Michell

Barry Ritholtz

And so, coming out of school, I studied Economics and Spanish Literature, and I applied to a — a program that actually targeted Liberal Arts majors. You have a background, undergraduate, your economics degree from Notre Dame, but you were dual-major Spanish language and Literature degree, how useful was that in Latin America?