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US Business Activity Expands In January

PYMNTS

Operators of U.S. Manufacturing PMI — an abbreviation of purchasing managers index — is 59.1, The rate of input cost inflation was the fastest on record (since October 2009), as soaring transportation and PPE costs were also noted. Composite Output Index is 58, up from 55.3 in December; the Flash U.S. up from 54.8 up from 57.1

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Eddie Bauer And Pacific Sunwear Combined In New Operating Company

PYMNTS

After news surfaced in May that Golden Gate Capital was considering a merger of Eddie Bauer and Pacific Sunwear of California , the private equity firm has created a new operating company comprised of the two retailers. Golden Gate acquired Eddie Bauer out of bankruptcy protection in 2009 with a cash bid of $286 million.

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Rewriting The Future Of Supply Chain Success

PYMNTS

Companies fortunate enough to retain access to their suppliers have had to rethink purchasing practices to ensure that their vendors — especially smaller players with fewer financial reserves — are able to stay in operation and continue selling to them. That concern has prompted major companies to start paying their small vendors faster.

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Manufacturing Momentum Predicts Consumer Spend Recovery

PYMNTS

To that end, the latest data from the Institute of Supply Management (ISM) showed on Monday (Nov. Consensus had pegged the PMI (purchasing manager’s index) to come in at 56. The ISM said that the latest reading was the second-largest positive change since May of 2009. Seems like the rebound has legs. 2) that the U.S.

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Does your bank achieve positive operating leverage?

Jeff For Banks

When a significant portion of your cost structure is fixed, then growing revenues should generate positive operating leverage. Clearly, part of this consolidation wave was attributable to FIs striving for economies of scale and positive operating leverage. I chose this period to offset any impact from the 2008-2009 financial crisis.

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4 challenges banks and credit unions are facing today

Abrigo

Internal challenges Top management will be familiar with many of the internal challenges. As the market has shifted from 2009, almost every bank wants to grow, and they are receiving pressure to do that,” says Peter Brown, director of strategy and operations for the financial institutions division at Sageworks. “As

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Bank Innovation in Beta

Bank Innovation

Bank Innovation today released a beta of its relaunch, the most significant rebuilding of the site since its start in 2009. Let us know what you think of the rebuilt site by emailing info@bankinnovation.net.