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...In the supply chain rankings of 2007, P&G, Toyota and Walmart all had a peer ranking score at least double that of Apple....
...Bhanumurthy, vice-chancellor of the Dr B R Ambedkar School of Economics University....
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...On Friday Rory Alexander, fund manager at M&G, said that while the group was “pleased” that CD&R had reconsidered its bid, “a potential offer of £10.80 would still fall short of our expectations on behalf...
...CD&R has responded asking for more time to consider its options....
...Rory Alexander, fund manager at M&G, said last week that £10.80 a share “would still fall short of our expectations on behalf of our customers”. M&G is a top 10 shareholder in the company....
...The wild ride of the r/wallstreetbets discussion forum has become an investing rollercoaster and its vendetta against hedge funds has meant volatility for markets on both sides of the Atlantic....
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...Business groups and think-tanks are making a mistake to cast Uber v London as a totemic fight to preserve capitalism....
...Likewise, the recovery in the last three weeks is largely due to relief that the hit might not be as bad as feared (e.g....
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...Sometimes from our investor conversations, GILD internal R&D gets less credit than it probably should....
...The “old man” is Tadros’s grandfather, Lucian R Ercolani; 100 years ago, he founded the company that furnished so many middle-class British homes through the second half of the 20th century....
...R is for robbed — the eventual status of every crypto-exchange....
...But that still falls short of the 3.4 per cent of sales that L’Oréal spends on R&D. Despite Coty’s problems, earlier this year JAB spent $1.75bn to raise its stake from 49 to 60 per cent....
...WPP will also reduce is planned capex from £400m to v£300m....
...If Debt/GDP is about 1 now (UK-US levels) you can run a primary deficit of (g-r) — where g is growth rate and r is real cost of borrowing — and keep Debt/GDP constant....
...Consider that the human-driven cab down the road will always be able to compete more effectively by demanding zero deposit upfront to ride the car, and by having the capacity to clean as it goes....
...“Floors R Us”? “Interior Walkway Solutions”? “Underfoot”? Could Carpetright have avoided a £71m annual loss if it had a less specific or old-fashioned name?...
...The group is aiming to become profitable in every market by the first quarter of 2019, though central R&D spending means the business overall will not become profitable until several months later, founder...
...Meanwhile, R&D spending lags behind that of Asia and the US....
...Toys R Us UK still employs over 2,000 people, Mr Thomas said. The administrators will make 67 people redundant at Toys R Us’ UK head office in Maidenhead by the end of Wednesday....
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