Hints and tips:
...You can just express your preferences or, even better, the bot already knows your preferences because you told it six months ago when you booked your last trip to Hawaii....
...“CEOs have to ensure AI is trustworthy,” says Ken Chenault, former chief executive of American Express and co-chair of the Data & Trust Alliance, a non-profit consortium of large corporations that is developing...
...“We are a people-facing business and so we have a trade stand as well as the garden at Chelsea,” he says....
...Key risks - 1) Charms category fatigue; 2) Brand momentum fading once A&P investments normalise; 3) Gross margin pressures (silver); and 4) Rising cost of doing business (rents, wages, A&P)....
...The IHG approach is much narrower — Holiday Inn and Holiday Inn Express make up most of its estate — but it offers superior growth prospects thanks to its early-mover advantage in Greater China, which accounts...
...If Jay Clayton, SEC chairman, advances the rule to a final vote in the months ahead, he will be doing so over the opposition of religious organisations and companies such as T Rowe Price and Neuberger Berman...
...won a US state department contract after doing well in a previous examination....
...“Now the corporations can focus on going out, on going global. I think that means it will be a big year for Chinese companies doing overseas deals.”...
...If a big US bank takes a definitive step to move part of its business out of the UK, that would give Japanese banks the confidence and the cover to do the same, he said....
...In Kazakhstan, Chinese construction equipment brands had a presence in 42 per cent of dealerships, an 11 per cent footprint in Brazil, a 24 per cent presence in Russia, and in Iran — where business by European...
...A report in the 1990s found signal boxes a century old: as much industrial heritage as modern infrastructure....
...It’s a regulated business. And it’s got a whole crew of experienced treasury, finance and risk management professionals on staff to draw on....
...But the only company with the chutzpah to pretend that it’s doing startups a favor by bludgeoning them to death with arguably unconstitutional laws is American Express....
...believe UPS My Choice is doing that for them, then that starts to create a preference for UPS.”...
...“That creates problems – we’re from a prominent family, and when a company’s been doing badly, they often don’t want us to see their dirty laundry.”...
...John Gapper is the FT’s chief business commentator...
...Paul French of retail consultancy Access Asia, says the legendary “first mover advantage” that put Carrefour and Walmart in the lead is now under assault because companies such as Tesco “are doing things...
...“This is what I hope to be doing”, he says....
...They also share an interest in international affairs and last summer hosted a salon to discuss China. It was attended by foreign policy specialists, as well as Hollywood movers and shakers....
...The answer comes partially from game theory in economics, and partially from no first-mover advantage....
...As an electric car first mover, Think will be testing price points in a new segment where knowledge of carbuyers’ expectations on performance and value for money remain hazy....
...Much of what we are doing is aimed at allowing market forces to express themselves, alongside sensible levels of consumer protection within a carefully calibrated prudential framework....
...So we see that as an opportunity to keep developing these concepts that engage brands and engage users. Google has a great product. They’ve built a great business....
...So he seized first-mover advantage in the best business models. And then when he saw search happen, he said, “I’m gonna use my reach in Japan to own search”....
...The same group last year took control of Avtovaz, the Lada car maker, and is emerging as a prime mover in the new state capitalism....
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