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By Ellen UzelacFor years, Dennis Gallant was a well-known director at Cerulli Associates, leading the firm's consulting and new business development efforts. He was also responsible for...
October 09, 2008
Last gasp or a chance for change?Ben Bernanke told members of the National Association for Business Economics "the combination of the incoming data and recent financial developments suggests that the outlook...
October 08, 2008
Labor market expected to get worseMore losses are expected to come in the labor market as The Conference Board Employment Trends Index (ETI)(TM) continued its decline in September. The index fell...
October 01, 2008
Greenspan's LegacyA newspaper story once alleged that some traders at a Wall Street brokerage house had a shrine dedicated to Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan, in...
July 16, 2008
Mail campaigns that actually workHow often are you in contact with your clients? Three or four times a year? Do you put all your clients into the same contact campaign? Did you know that even a low volume contact campaign should include 10 or more points of contact each year? And
July 01, 2008
Assimilation NationProponents of cultural diversity may be unhappy to learn that many of the nearly 40 million U.S. immigrants are already on the road to assimilation....
June 11, 2008
Economy looks better on paperAt a time like this, statements of optimism have us holding our breath. In his remarks to a Boston Fed conference in Massachusetts, Fed Chairman...
June 09, 2008
The economic impact of U.S. baby boomers (it ain't pretty)We want to call attention to a new report from McKinsey Global Institute, the academic arm of McKinsey & Co. The numbers are new, but...