Why Consulting Can Be Better Than Retiring

By 2011, at age 53, Warren Dodge was primed for retirement. He had spent 29 years at Accenture as an information technology and change management expert, culminating in a senior partner position at the global consulting firm. Buttressed by earnings from the company's 2001 IPO, Dodge had all the
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North American Title Co. (NATC) has named Attorney Tiffany Hanzik escrow officer for its Park Cities branch in Dallas. “With Tiffany's closing expertise combined with her law degree, our Park Cites client's real estate transactions could not be in better hands,” said Scott Moize, division manager for
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It wasn't too long ago that Pacific Union was making waves in Los Angeles, buying up boutique brokerages left and right. The San Francisco-based firm, majority-owned by financial services giant Fidelity National, has since come back for more, as The Real Deal predicted in October. Pacific Union–
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The stricter the building codes, laws, and permit process, the more quickly real estate value has inflated above (and in many cases way beyond) the median income. Historically, less regulated markets “have exhibited median house prices that are three times or less that of median household incomes,
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One of the country's biggest residential real estate companies is forecasting a 6.8 per cent increase in Toronto area housing prices next year with starter homes — particularly condos — expected to be in high demand again. Royal LePage says the average aggregate price in the region — condos to
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Their salvation came from a private unregulated lender, a move many other Canadians are making as the government tries to rein in a home-price surge that's driven household debt to a record. But like a giant game of Whac-A-Mole, the risk to the financial system from tapped out borrowers is merely
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Most people do not realize that there is a state telecommunications utility, like Verizon NY or AT&T-California, that are both copper and fiber optic wires and are Title II, covering most of each state. Then, there are all of the company's other companies/subsidiaries that have been using the wireline local
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According to Bursa Malaysia, Islamic stock lending will provide “a more facilitative trading environment and improve trading liquidity and velocity of securities compliant with Shariah principles”. The introduction of Islamic stock lending aims to provide a Shariah-compliant alternative to the securities
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Toyota (tm, +0.27%) and Panasonic (pcrfy, +1.62%) said Wednesday they are considering jointly developing batteries for electric vehicles (EVs), a partnership that could help Panasonic extend its market lead in automotive lithium-ion batteries. The announcement builds on an existing agreement under
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“In the physical assets space, Indians love for real estate will continue. Wealth held in real estate is likely to double to Rs 121 lakh crore over the next five years. This indicates a revival of growth in real estate sector in coming years on the back of increased transparency in regulations along with renewed
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The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says in its latest financial report that it provided mortgage loan insurance to 67,915 units for the three-month
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Secure Insight has announced the results of their latest title and settlement industry survey. In a survey conducted of settlement professionals and
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Encore Wire Corporation (NASDAQ:WIRE) insider Matthew D. Ford sold … and industrial buildings, homes, apartments, and manufactured housing.
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For the first time in years, I'm writing an article using Microsoft Word—and it's all Google's fault. Well, that may not be entirely fair. It was Microsoft that
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Hall cited banks' recent reluctance to lend to new projects as a green light for his primarily development company to move in on the debt market, take
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The 2018 Winter Olympics could be down a major competitor, as it's looking increasingly possible that the International Olympic Committee will bar
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Evan Siddall, president and CEO of the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, in an interview on June 16 2014. Siddall has warned that the
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New Zealand's housing market will continue to cool, despite Reserve Bank lending restrictions being eased in January, predicts rating agency Fitch.
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Mortgage originators can use Silver Hill's 1-4 Plex Program to transact on the duplex, condo, and other multi-unit, residential real estate deals in their
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… has been,” Larry Levitt, senior vice president at the independent health care think tank Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF), told Fortune in an interview.
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