8 Companies Facing Bankruptcy in 2011 is an article from http://smarterspend.com/?p=781 Mergers and Acquisitions can be a clear sign of whether the economy is doing bad - or locked in the trenches. Take a look at this article on how M&A activity can influence the stock market.

Mergers & Acquisitions: The Next Accurate Economic Predictor? is an article from http://smarterspend.com/?p=547 In a decade with two gigantic recessions, many executives were faced with difficult decisions. Some saw their companies through the tough times and into a prosperous future, while others… failed. They fell flat into the ground, face first. From those failures, a few stood out as disasters. Leading healthy corporations, they disappointed investors, shareholders, and [...]

Worst CEOs of the Decade is an article from http://smarterspend.com/?p=537 Many of us have considered opening franchises in the past or are actively looking for one to open. Franchising has been around in the United States since the 1850s and there are currently over 1500 franchise-able brands. Approximately 4% of all businesses in the United States are franchises accounting for billions of dollars of sales every year. [...]

Hottest Franchises to Open in 2010 is an article from http://smarterspend.com/?p=468 Almost one year ago, we predicted, correctly, the inevitable bankruptcy of some large corporations in 2009 (Old Article). As the highly volatile market of 2009 is slowly fading into the “Reconstruction” era model of 2010, consumer spending has slowly been realigned from the “wants” to “needs.” Although confidence has gone up slightly from last year’s [...]

10 Companies that Will go Bankrupt in 2010 is an article from http://smarterspend.com/?p=306 During the early days of the recession, as stock markets were vacillating between gains and losses, investors had hopes that 2009 would bring about a slow economic recovery as the housing market stabilized. However, two quarters later, with stocks at their lowest levels since the mid 90s and no turnaround in sight, Americans are bracing [...]

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