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...“We view Aladdin as a differentiated source of growth . . . delivering a recurring source of dependable revenue during market downturns,” Kyle Saunders, analyst at Edward Jones, wrote in a client note....
...Stanfield is an engaging and dependable constant in a series that is wilfully disorientating, increasingly bizarre and often frustrating....
...Utilities have long been dependable motors of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway conglomerate, turning out steady profits at rates of return approved by regulators....
...These days, company founders speak a different language and consciously adopt a less abrasive demeanour....
...Utterly dependable, apart from when it plunges 30 per cent in the space of a few hours. Intelligence Everywhere indeed....
...Times of crisis can also nudge us towards dependable purchases. Canada Goose’s ascent followed the financial crisis of 2008 and was driven by urban professionals....
...After losing out to Nikkei in the race to buy the FT in 2015, Axel Springer acquired Insider Inc, the publisher of Business Insider, and now owns a host of other digital news and classified sites....
...Even before Covid-19, collections were shrinking as brands moved away from trendy, seasonal products towards more dependable “evergreen” items....
...The often abrasive Tesla chief managed to summon up some polite, if muted, approval for the vehicle as he drove it up and down the airstrip in the drizzling rain....
...Brooks Brothers, though considered a bit old-fashion, remained a dependable supplier of suits and shirts to young graduates embarking on careers at investment banks or on Capitol Hill....
...When Ms Rometty, 62, took over in 2012, IBM was riding high on hopes that it had become a dependable profit-generator that would not be disrupted by changes in the tech landscape, prompting a big investment...
...The broader message was pretty typical of the abrasive German tabloid press. But this image of a sinister-looking Mr Draghi felt more personal, angry and urgent....
...He has tried hard to change the company’s rule-resistant culture as well as introduce a greater focus on safety processes since the ousting of Travis Kalanick, its abrasive founder....
...The company has grown from a struggling outpost of Deutsche Telekom’s empire when Mr Legere joined in 2012 to a brash and abrasive challenger in the staid US telecoms market....
...His foul-mouthed outbursts and abrasive attacks on larger rivals, which he labelled “dumb and dumber”, have done as much to shake up the “stupid, broken and arrogant” US telecoms industry as T-Mobile’s “...
...This line of business has been one of the most dependable on Wall Street over the past decade. Other lines such as trading have struggled. Cheap electronic platforms have taken their toll on profits....
...As Terry Duffy, the abrasive head of CME Group, the Chicago futures exchange, put it at the hearing: “We are discussing a regulatory over-reach by the EU that is in direct challenge to the authority of the...
...He credits conglomerates and established start-ups like Go-Jek and Traveloka for helping to build a dependable framework for growth funding....
...“Typically equity income is seen as a steady one to invest in,” said Samuel Meakin, a research analyst at data provider Morningstar, who added that they focus on “large, sturdy, dependable dividend paying...
...Hair, Yusuke Morioka at Coffin Inc using Bumble and Bumble. Fashion assistant, Honey Elias. Photographer’s assistant, Tirtha Lawati....
...Uber is a business previously noted for its abrasive self-belief. New boss Dara Khosrowshahi is more emollient....
...For instance, take this slide from its most recent investor presentation: The problem here is while Amazon has dependable annual income from its Prime subscribers, and RH from its members program (accounting...
...To compensate for the lack of dependable cash flows, surge prices would have to get exceptionally high to make it worthwhile for drivers to hang around on standby until high demand scenarios materialise....
...The size of the fish versus the cost of the net Silicon Valley loves subscriber businesses because customers, once signed up, provide dependable monthly cash flows....
...Under chief executive Chuck Robbins, Cisco has sought to sell a higher proportion of software and generate more dependable subscription-based revenue....
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