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...Deal flow, however, is likely to be more of a steady stream than the flood seen in the last boom, which ended early in 2022....
...Google has pushed from organising internet search to using machine learning to predict floods, tracking whales with bioacoustics and teaching robots with reinforcement learning....
...Disruptions caused by tech were a factor in Lansdowne’s short positions in US retailers, where many companies were “overbuilding” online logistics networks that were only suitable for Amazon....
...The reasons are well documented — price, logistics, looking really nerdy — but that does not mean the companies investing in VR have given up....
...Corporate earnings reports out today include Japan Logistics Fund and Ci:z Holdings....
...Edited by Chris Flood...
...Enterprise Products Partners, a US energy logistics group, said this week that exports of crude oil and condensate through its docks would rise 54 per cent to 103,000 b/d in the first quarter....
...Since then, the trickle has become a flood....
...UPS said that an unexpected flood of packages had left it struggling to keep up in the final days before Christmas. “The volume we received was more than forecast,” a spokeswoman said on Thursday....
...The amount of high-tech manufacturing in the US amounts to a trickle rather than a flood but the main advantage to a “Made in USA” product may be reputational....
...Most observers think the real reason for the freeze is that regulators fear a flood of new share issues would swamp an already shaky market and so lead to a collapse in stock prices....
...Logistics operators are scrambling to acquire or set up better delivery operations in emerging markets....
...In October, CPPIB spent C$445m to acquire a share of two shopping centres in Australia and it has also allocated US$800m to invest in logistics and industrial properties in the US and China in partnership...
...Bruno Sidler, chief operating officer for Ceva Logistics, the Netherlands-based logistics company, says the push towards shorter supply chains fits in with the trend since the late 2008 downturn for companies...
...These are: logistics, labour, utilities, real estate, taxes and government incentives....
...However, a general buoyancy in commodities meant that it made money in each of its six main segments, spanning logistics to “living essentials” such as sugar, rice and cement....
...The flood of foreign currency should help tame India’s runaway inflation....
...Supply chain managers need to understand the impact of a slowdown in cotton production in Pakistan or a flood in Bangladesh, says Nick Jones, chief executive of Ligentia, a UK-based logistics company specialising...
...Today, companies are grappling with the implications of the flood of mobile devices originally designed for the consumer market into the enterprise....
...The increase in the size of the offering reflects the strength of Asian capital markets in the face of buoyant local economies and a flood of western investment funds seeking higher returns....
...The demand for the offering reflects the strength of Asian capital markets in the face of buoyant local economies and a flood of western investment funds seeking higher returns....
...The IPO raised more than twice the initial market estimate, reflecting the strength of Asian capital markets in the face of buoyant local economies and a flood of western investment funds seeking higher...
...Creating the infrastructure of 21st-century agriculture, from warehouses to logistics chains and electronic commodity markets, is the most basic building block in this process....
...Trust – Mortal SC Global Developments – Mortal TAIWAN: Acer Inc – Titan Hon Hai Precision Industry – Titan HTC Corp – Titan Mediatek Inc – Titan President Chain Store – Titan Taiwan Semiconductor Mfg –...
...Bid speculation continues to surround TNT, the Dutch logistics group, up 3.7 per cent to €36.08....
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