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...The grip of the so-called “Magnificent Seven” tech companies on US stock markets has loosened as investors focus on concrete results rather than solely on artificial intelligence’s potential....
...Asked last week about a CNBC report that the cuts would be up to 10 per cent of the total, managers could not deny it, because they do not have concrete information....
...Today, the team is often called on to advise on cutting edge issues such as data transfer laws, which are of critical importance to a business such as Salesforce....
...Volkswagen chief executive Herbert Diess’s plan to close the gap with Tesla by cutting staff and revamping the carmaker’s German plants has been hit by a pledge from the group’s powerful works council to...
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...“We want MUFG coin’s results and know-how to be used across Japan, including by other banks, but have not decided on what concrete measures to take.”...
...“No matter how much you pay, work in a hog plant involves killing animals and cutting them into parts....
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...He said the company had hired an adviser to pursue further “aggressive” cost-cutting. It would soon begin selling some “non-core assets”, he added....
...Please give concrete examples. AB We are incredibly focused on finding the most efficient way to do things, and we treat every expenditure as if it was our own personal expense....
...If you’re not the romantic type, take a seat outside on the brutalist concrete street furniture designed by studios Maynard and Marshalls....
...“In concrete terms, the securities were pledged for a subsidiary of HNA Group before the acquisition of Swissport was finalised,” S&P said in a note....
...The move is a concrete example of banks co-operating on a specific blockchain technology to harness the power of decentralised computer networks....
...And for China Inc as a whole, the news was even worse....
...Of course the EU isn’t perfect; but rather than cutting ourselves off from the opportunities it offers, it is better to be on the inside helping shape the rules of this market instead of just being subject...
...Following a Supreme Court ruling which was interpreted as a broad vindication of President Obama’s signature policy, a flurry of takeover talks in the industry is leading to concrete transactions....
...Wheat and barley are piled in concrete silos, ready to fill trains to Pacific ports....
...To try to prop up return on equity, a favourite gauge of profitability in the sector, banks are cutting bonuses....
...Next came a series of long concrete beams, which were laid in two lines on top, forming two parallel, concrete tracks....
...“Tepco is a monopoly operator in a huge electricity market, and to destroy it or put it in the hands of a court before there was any concrete alternative would have been impossible,” Mr Shimokobe says....
...But there have been no reports of concrete inquiries from either FedEx or UPS in years....
...The material that cleans itself Scientists are developing a growing range of “self-cleaning” materials including glass, tiles and concrete....
...“Company cost-cutting in 2009 was very successful,” Mr Nelson says....
...edged his way over the rubble of a fire station in Tripoli’s Abu Salim district on Sunday, moving from a room housing a large unexploded rocket into another where a charred body lay trapped under mangled concrete...
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