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Author: Reto R. Gallati Publisher: Balboa Press Book Review by: Sonu Chandiram To people new to the stock market, investing is either a mystery or a minefield. Compounding their difficulties and risks is being exposed to conflicting views and suggestions from self-proclaimed “gurus” with no history of consistently high rates of return to substantiate their advice. One so-called guru suggests “buy” while another warns that you “sell” the stock of a company as he fears its shares will sink further! What is the inexperienced novice to do? One of the reasons long-term serious investors like Warren Buffett and others...

Author: Robert H. Ledlitz, M.A. Publisher: Delmar – Cengage Learning Book Review by: Paiso Jamakar I presume most readers know that health care is one of, if not the largest sectors of theUnited Stateseconomy, comprising one-sixth of our gross domestic product. The author Robert H. Ledlitz cites data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics that show that 10 of the 20 occupations with the largest job growth in 2012 and through 2020, will be health-related. Some of the reasons he mentions for large growth of employment in the health care field are the following: Technological advances in patient care...

Author: Nick J. Tate Publisher: Humanix Books Book Review by:  Paiso Jamakar When the 2000-plus pages-long so-called “affordable” care act was passed there was widespread debate in Congress that this bill was anything but affordable. The contention by people opposed to it was true: that hundreds of billions of additional dollars to be spent by the United States federal government to provide care to uninsured people will make the national debt grow much bigger and faster than ever before in history. But not only will health care cost increase for the government, it will also increase for employers, and...

Author: Grant Cardone Publisher: Greenleaf Book Group Press – 258 pages Book Review by: Paiso Jamakar  Grant Cardone has written four other books on selling besides this one. They are: Sell to Survive; The Closer’s Survival Guide; If You’re Not First, You’re Last; and The 10x Rule: The Only Difference Between Success and Failure. He is also the host of the business-coaching show Turnaround King.     He has created a sales process entitled Information-Assisted Selling, which helps individuals and organizations adapt to today’s buyer who is exposed a huge amount of information from mass media, a barrage of sales pitches...

Authors: Thomas V. Bonoma, Edward C. Bursk, Kimberly D. Elsbach, Herbert M. Greenberg, Mark Kovac, David Ledlingham, Harvey B. Mackay, David Mayer, Ronald S. Posner, Benson P. Shapiro and Heidi Locke Simon Publisher: Harvard Business Review Press – 200 pages Book Review by: Sonu Chandiram This is a compilation of eight articles on sales and selling from the pages of several issues of the Harvard Business Review. This well-respected journal – required reading in many companies – is a classic, reliable source of information and insight on many aspects of commerce, written by those who teach at the Harvard Business...