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...CLS was doing legal work for a company called Profit Group, which was listed in billing records as being part of Concord and whose functions are described as overseas oil extraction and mining, among other...
...Companies would have to build networks of logistics and partners, all in a region with a complex mix of business cultures, languages and people. “You have to do a lot of local innovation....
...find a focus — and, eventually, a business model....
...Even as they spoke, the Toronto-based group pushed further into US finance, completing an acquisition of Oaktree Capital Management, the private equity firm founded by Howard Marks and Bruce Karsh....
...“I think both presidents from China and the US are doing what they can to protect their countries, so what’s happening is probably good for the long term of business,” said Mr Martin....
...Remitly's existing investors include Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, global internet and entertainment group Naspers as well as venture capital firms DFJ and DN Capital....
...Intermediate Capital Group, a specialist asset manager, has hired Eimear Palmer as responsible investing officer. She joins from US buyout group Carlyle....
...In doing so, Goldman joins a cluster of companies using online platforms to provide capital to borrowers quickly and directly, bypassing the traditional bricks-and-mortar lenders....
...And as the money flow shows no sign of slowing, developers are betting that as appetite for Warsaw cools, capital will spread further around the region....
...In fact, some believe Uber might in the future outgrow taxis and swallow these kinds of delivery start-ups, to become a broader “on-demand” logistics business – an app as remote control for your life....
...Free mobile games such as Candy Crush Saga make money when a small number of players opt to pay to advance more quickly....
...Creativity, Inc – a finalist for FT/McKinsey Business Book of the Year – explains the failures, the tensions and the ultimate accolades from Finding Nemo to Toy Story....
...Both Africa and those doing business there benefit from a better understanding today of Africa’s many and diverse parts....
...Surely there are other things it could be doing with its time and money....
...publishing, Merchants of Culture: The Publishing Business in the Twenty-First Century (Polity)....
...Companies such as Cisco, with its slogan “Work is not a place, it’s an activity”, are taking advantage of high fuel prices, the impending inclusion of aviation in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme, and advances...
...The return of trading to the pits in pure electronic form – bringing high-speed action as conducted by All Options to a floor once given over to the leisurely business of pit trading – is the latest twist...
...Stefan Thomke of Harvard Business School has argued that advances in computation have made it possible to experiment on new products as a matter of course, trying many things and expecting many failures....
...Like data-processing today, power generation was assumed to be an intrinsic part of doing business....
...While Goldman has clashed with Blackstone in the past, the bank is widely viewed as too powerful in the capital markets to have as a sworn enemy....
...Investment banks were not the only ones doing brisk business....
...When he was 16, he spent a summer creating an inventory tracking system for one of his parents’ clients, a logistics business that warehoused everything from car wax to computer equipment....
...The Gateses are here as part of a four-day trip to Bangladesh and India, where they will be given a firsthand look at what their gargantuan charity, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, is doing in the region...
...Seoul hit a fresh seven-week high as SK Telecom extended a recent advance following its purchase of a local music provider. The composite index rose 0.1 per cent to 970.21....
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