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...His métier is meddling in other people’s business, ideally without an invitation....
...“I could understand if we did things like food or medical equipment, but we’re just doing trainers and tracksuits,” said an employee at a warehouse in the northern English town of Rochdale owned by JD Sports...
...“As much as I miss Doug, and [his death] almost killed me, sometimes I pinch myself that I’ve led this life for so long. Even on the worst days, I love what I’m doing....
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...Ben Edelman, an associate professor at Harvard Business School, says the tech companies’ “blunders” around disinformation, “ignoring the problem and insisting it wasn’t their problem” have brought a new...
...GM spent $5.3bn on ads last year, while Delphi’s outlay was $123m, according to Schonfeld & Associates....
...He may soon list his media empire, according to partners and business associates, which would further boost both his prestige and his financial clout. ———————- China Media Capital’s recent investments...
...Big sports brands such as Nike are jostling for position against start-ups such as Runkeeper, Strava and MapMyRun while MyFitnessPal and Jawbone’s UP allow the weight-conscious to log their meals....
...He would fall back, as he always has, on a tight-knit group of associates....
...In my role at Electronic Arts, we meet students with backgrounds in engineering, sports and fine arts....
...Mr Batista’s story fits into the broad model of Brazilian financial history, says Aldo Musacchio, associate professor at Harvard Business School, who is releasing a book, Leviathan Evolving, about state...
...About two-thirds of Chinese consumers buying cars are doing so for the first time....
...Lexus is seeking to win back business lost earlier this year as a result of supply disruptions caused by the Japanese earthquake....
...Groysberg, an associate professor in the organisational behaviour unit at Harvard Business School, led a study of the careers of 1,053 top analysts at 78 investment banks between 1988 and 1996....
...The northern California producer of electric sports cars had just brought on board Daimler as a minority investor and secured a $465m US Department of Energy loan to build a factory for the Model S, its...
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...The irony is that it is not, although Chinese consumers regularly identify it as one of the domestic companies they associate most closely with the games....
...in more sports activities...
...But this year’s sharp drop in US vehicle sales – especially of the sport utility vehicles, pick-up trucks and minivans that form the group’s core business – has turned Mr Nardelli’s mission from a turnround...
...“There is a recognition that these are associate-level programmes that are recruiting leaders of the future,” she says....
...The feel is of an online newspaper with sections covering the usual areas: business, government, sport and so on....
...Sales of higher-emission sport utility vehicles, already popular in the US, are rising steadily in Europe....
...As soon as we set down our trays on a window table, Koch is itching to discuss his unique, and controversial, business philosophy....
...WPP’s problems in Italy represent the latest in a series of cautionary tales in the marketing services world that highlight the dangers of doing business away from home, on the fly, in conditions that are...
...Pietra Rivoli is Associate Professor at Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business, where she specializes in international business, finance, and social issues in business....
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