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Crystal Ball 2014

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. – “Rounding error” in Paul Ryan-Patty Murray federal budget deal adds $2 trillion to national debt. – Kim Jong Un sells three nuclear warheads to Koch brothers, uses proceeds to buy Chicago Bulls, names Dennis Rodman head coach. – Re-issue of Stephen King novel about murderous driverless car hits no.

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Are There Lessons From the Great Recession for the COVID-19 Pandemic?

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Jeff Benach, co-principal at Lexington Homes, in Chicago, says his team regularly examines financial scenarios to forecast what the numbers could look like if sales declined by 10%, 20%, and so on. There have been four “official” recessions since 1980, and Jeff Benach, co-principal at Lexington Homes , in Chicago, has endured them all.

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Feature Story: 2016 Economic Development Awards

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3 Texas all exceeded 75 on the Index, followed by Maryland, Delaware, DC, Oregon, Arizona, Pennsylvania and Georgia. The debt-free, state-of-the-art AnC Bio facility will take about 18 months to build. The other states scored below 50, with half of them struggling to get past 25. ACHIEVEMENT IN CLUSTER DEVELOPMENT.

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