Top risks

The following are the top risks for global business identified for some of the world's most important industry sectors in a recent Ernst & Young report: regulatory and compliance risk; global financial shocks; aging consumers and workforce; inability to capitalize on emerging markets; Industry consolidation/transition; and energy shocks.
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AOL Time Warner

AOL Time Warner holds the record for the largest annual net loss recorded in U.S. corporate history. The company posted a 2002 net loss of $98.7 billion, just two years after the celebrated merger of AOL and Time Warner. Huge losses mounted after the merger as AOL's Internet service business faced significant price competition on the heels of a precipitous decline in subscriber base.
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Effective teams

A team is considered a success when it can accomplish something much bigger and work more effectively than a group of the same individuals working on their own. There are two critical success factors in building effective teams. One is the team has a diversity of skills and personalities. The second is that each team member's efforts are directed toward the team's overall goals and objectives.
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U.S. Savings Rate

The U.S. Commerce Department's Bureau of Economic Analysis reported that Americans spent more than they earned in 2006, showing no interest in saving money. The resulting savings rate of -1 percent was the lowest recorded national savings rate since the Great Depression. The savings rate in the U.S. has been in decline since 1985, when Americans saved 11.1 percent of their disposable income.
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Small Business Administration

The U.S. Small Business Administration helps Americans start, build and grow businesses. Since its founding in 1953, SBA has delivered nearly 20 million loans, loan guarantees, contracts, counseling sessions and other forms of assistance to small businesses. SBA works through an extensive network of field offices and partnerships with public and private organizations.
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Rising health care costs

Rising health care costs are a top concern for most businesses. Several ideas have been tried to counter these rising costs. More employer health plans are offering managed care plans such as HMOs or PPOs. Some plans have limited treatment and coverage options. Others have offered low deductible plans to encourage care, while others have offered high deductible plans to encourage savings.
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Wiki

A Wiki is a piece of server software that allows users to freely create and edit Web page content using any Web browser. Wiki supports hyperlinks and has a simple text syntax for creating new pages and crosslinks between internal pages on the fly. Ward Cunningham is credited with developing the first Wiki. Wikipedia is the most well-known wiki of all the online wikis.
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