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President Submits Budget for FY 2016

The budget was very much in line with the proposals in President Obama's State of the Union address and included a number of new tax proposals  that were not well received by the Republicans.It is the first Monday in February, which is also the deadline for the president's budget proposal submission. Indeed, President Obama's FY 2016 budget was released on time unlike years past. His message underscored the good economic news, the best of his presidency, as he noted in a prologue to the budget plan:With a growing economy, shrinking deficits, bustling industry, and booming energy production, we have risen from recession freer to write our own future than any other Nation on Earth.... The ideas I offer in this Budget are designed to brin...

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Weighing in on strategic realignment

WPI’s team was retained by the governing board of a U.S. industry organization to review a decision, reached by vote, to invest significant assets into the development and management of an export trading company. WPI’s team conducted a formal review of this decision and concluded that the current level of market saturation would limit the benefits of the investment. Based on WPI’s analysis and recommended actions, the board subsequently reversed its decision and undertook a strategic planning effort to identify more impactful investments. On behalf of numerous clients, WPI has not only assisted in identifying strategic paths but also advised their implementation.

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