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...Replacing expensive workers with robotic alternatives can seem an attractive way to cut spending and improve quality in complex modern auto plants that have very little tolerance for error....
...BlackRock was interested in a tie-up with Warburg Pincus because its chief executive Larry Fink had identified alternative investments as a strategic growth area....
...BDO last year took an alternative approach, opting to convert to an employee-owned corporation, funded by private debt....
...The price is a 55 per cent premium to where Endeavor’s stock was trading in late October, when the sports and entertainment business led by Ari Emanuel said it was exploring strategic alternatives....
...In the interim, returnless refunds have become an ever more tempting alternative for American companies....
...The original Credit Suisse deal with Apollo led to the alternative investment manager taking on one of the Swiss bank’s most profitable divisions, but one that required a lot of capital....
...Behind the malaise lies the growth of lab-grown diamonds and their acceptance as a cheaper alternative to natural ones: it is common for half the diamonds sold by US retail jewellers to be lab grown....
...Meta said: “Subscriptions as an alternative to advertising are a well-established business model across many industries . . . We will continue to engage constructively with the Commission.”...
...Google said the pilot programme would test options for alternative payment methods and gather insights from developers on how it might evolve....
...“We are in a new era of realising that these partnerships have attractive alternatives,” said Peter Munzig, a partner at TPG, one of the most active dealmakers in professional services....
...Automata carry out menial tasks and cog-filled computers churn data, while Queen Victoria is part-robot, kept alive by mechanical organ replacements....
...The government is in talks with Stowell about dropping her amendment if it comes up with an alternative proposal in time. Downing Street and Stowell declined to comment....
...Google has already agreed to let developers use alternative ways to pay. Further concessions are likely....
...Scientists using alternative satellite systems, such as the Tropomi instrument on board the Copernicus Sentinel-5P satellite, to detect methane leaks said MethaneSAT would fill important gaps in the world...
...He always wore watches after that, but it was not until he bought a Bauhaus-inspired Junghans Max Bill, his first mechanical watch, that he started collecting....
...He said he was concerned Google might seek to allow alternative payment methods, but then charge developers a close to 30 per cent cut of their revenues to use the Play Store....
...While the cost of a Bloomberg terminal or FactSet subscription remains prohibitive for many ordinary investors, there are many free or cheap alternatives that offer similar if lighter data and data-crunching...
...The alternatives industry is notoriously full of dominant and entrepreneurial founders who have single-mindedly pursued their vision....
...Roughly $10bn of so-called private credit loans have been refinanced in public markets, as borrowers pay down burdensome loans in favour of a cheaper alternative, according to data from Bank of America....
...“The credit card industry is not very competitive, and consumers would be better off if Discover became a more attractive alternative,” said Rebecca Allensworth, professor of law at Vanderbilt University...
...That resulted in a saving that was too small to justify using an alternative payment company, according to Epic....
...The bank had already begun an alternative auction process that was expected to have raised about £600mn, which means that it has managed to double expected proceeds by striking the deal with the Barclay...
...Pichai said Google competes “fiercely” with Apple’s iOS devices, and that Android devices offer an important, and cheaper, alternative: “We enable more affordable smartphones.”...
...Epic had sought to use an alternative billing mechanism on the Play Store that avoids Google’s fees....
...Endeavor said in a statement late on Wednesday that it is considering “strategic alternatives”. Its largest shareholder, Silver Lake, announced it plans to lead a buyout....
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