Though the exact impact of coaching is notoriously hard to quantify, Marc Roudebush, CEO of Inspiring Workplace, points to a recent global survey of coaching clients by PriceWaterhouseCoopers and the Association Resource center which concluded that the mean ROI for companies investing in coaching was 7 times the initial investment, with over a quarter reporting an ROI of 10 to 49 times.
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They sold 350, 000 textbooks in only three days, according to a recent report from Global Equities Research.
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Mr Osborne announced in the Budget a 1p per litre cut in fuel duty in response to a recent surge in global oil prices, effective from 1800 GMT.
"CPI inflation is expected to remain above target, and at a somewhat higher level than expected three months ago, for a period of a year or so, " the Bank governor added, blaming a recent rise in global commodity prices.
According to a recent survey by Brookfield Global Relocation Services, only 18% of international assignees are female.
Ironically, in a recent PwC survey on global CEO sentiment heading into 2013, Brazilian corporate execs ranked in the top 5 of countries that were optimistic or very optimistic about achieving higher revenues this year.
Low levels of capital relative to assets were a major factor in the recent global financial crisis.
But pretend for a moment that evidence of recent global warming actually exists.
Tiger Global is a recent buyer, as is Steven Mandel of Lone Pine Capital and Lee Ainslee of Maverick Capital.
There also was a recent spate of declines in global manufacturing PMIs.
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Formerly in the rayon business, the company has in recent decades established a global lock on the manufacture of aerospace-grade carbon fiber.
But when you look at it on a global basis, recent trade statistics suggest that this may not be the case, and that the renminbi may, in fact, be more or less in line when all currencies are taken into account.
Panasonic has seen its fortunes slide in recent years amid a slowdown in global demand and falling prices for TVs.
In a recent conference for its 500 top global executives held in Beijing China, Mr. Mahindra extolled the virtues of sitting on the top of a mountain and asking questions as wiseman once did vs simply acting busy during the daily grind.
According to a recent survey by Deloitte, a global consulting and auditing firm, 36% of 18 to 44 year olds said they enjoy working in more social spaces, like the hotel lobby or common area, while only 17% of those older than 45 reported doing the same.
"Unfortunately, I am bearish and I have been wrong, " said Samer Nsouli, chief investment officer at Lyford Group International, a hedge fund, who argues that recent weakness in copper and oil is a portent of a global slowdown.
He said financial measures pursued by the U.S. over the past 18 months have helped the global economy pull "back from the brink of a depression, " and he touted recent international efforts to combat global warming and other environmental threats.
Most nonbanks, such as insurance companies and hedge funds, have perfectly adequate bankruptcy processes already (the recent MF Global bankruptcy is a case in point).
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Ex-Im Bank financing has been used in recent years largely to level a global playing field made uneven by the market-distorting practices of other nations, and yet it has been subjected to much more intense criticism by free-enterprise proponents in Washington than the quasi-socialist practices of European governments subsidizing Airbus.
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He doesn't plan on trying to turn Lincoln into a global luxury brand, despite its recent U.S. sales uptick.
In a recent interview, Eric Duffaut, President SAP Global Ecosystem and Channels, explained that SAP has realized that its historically insular culture needs some tempering.
It is no wonder that the U.S. and the U.K. had more than a hint of panic in their responses at recent global economic summits.
Concern over high bonuses is not new, but it has prompted anger in recent months, at a time when the global economy has been in recession.
Among its most recent products include a watch than can receive global positioning system location information, one that doubles as a TV remote control, and one that plays MP3 digital music files.
"Amazon.com has long supported a simplified nationwide approach that is evenhandedly applied and applicable to all but the smallest volume sellers, " Paul Misener, Amazon's vice president of global public policy said in a recent letter to senators.
But the onetime British trading post's ascent into the stratosphere of the world's ultra-wealthy cities in recent years reflects a momentous shift in the global economy, as wealth settles in Asia after more than a decade of booming emerging-market growth.
Apple, which makes the iPhone, was one of the early pioneers in the segment, while Samsung, which manufactures the Galaxy range of smartphones, has made rapid strides in the sector gaining a strong share of key global markets in recent years.
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Similarly, I documented how environmental activists directed the findings of a recent National Academy of Sciences (NAS) global warming report and how nearly all of the 23 NAS authors were already on the record as being global warming alarmists before being chosen to write the report.
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Traders who bet against the dollar getting stronger than a basket of global currencies pulled back on those bets by the most in recent history, according to a Bloomberg report.
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In a recent report, " The Implications of the Global Financial Crisis for Low-Income Countries, " the Fund singled out sub-Saharan Africa as particularly vulnerable to the crisis, as lower global growth reduces export demand and depresses commodity prices.
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