Hints and tips:
...Competition between the tech giants is ruthless, and new technologies — especially AI — are likely to reshape the industry in ways we can’t even imagine....
...Mike Ashley gets Hwanged At first glance, Mike Ashley and Bill Hwang don’t appear to have much in common....
...“As our complaints note, Epic used privacy-invasive default settings and deceptive interfaces that tricked Fortnite users, including teenagers and children,” said FTC chair Lina Khan....
...The FT’s Patricia Nilsson and Alex Barker investigate the shadowy power structures of the porn industry....
...DD’s James Fontanella-Khan takes us through how a mega-deal at Occidental Petroleum took a turn for the worse in this M&A tale....
...While other industries grapple with a shaky economy, the home improvement business is booming....
...Prime minister Imran Khan announced a moratorium on further coal-fired power plants at the Climate Ambition Summit in December....
...On a like-for-like basis, they were up 6 per cent on the same period a year ago and well ahead of the rest of the industry....
...Ashley’s disdain for the norms of corporate governance often frustrates investors....
...DD’s Indap v NYU’s Damodaran: Is stock compensation good or bad?...
...His work is very Japanese [and] his furniture gave me many hints about furniture design,” he said....
...(WSJ) News round-up Bain Capital in advanced talks to take Esure private for £1.2bn (FT) House of Fraser administrators defend Sports Direct sale (FT) Industry ponders rationale for Ashley’s House of...
...Unlike private equity, business school drones struggle to break into the industry....
...Ilyas Khan, chief executive of Cambridge Quantum Computing, a start-up that is designing applications for the technology, suggests that one of the first sectors to benefit will be the chemicals industry....
...reported a slide in second-quarter revenues after it was hit by disruption from a restructuring and as sales at its B&Q chain fell sharply due to a drop in demand for seasonal products, such as garden furniture...
...Thanks to a series of court rulings since the mid-2000s, such as eBay v MercExchange in 2007, Mayo Collaborative Services v Prometheus Laboratories in 2012 and Alice Corp v CLS Bank in 2014, and the subsequent...
.... ————————————————– News: Amazon agrees to buy Whole Foods for $13.7bn Lex: Grain of truth Video Lex on Whole Foods takeover FT Alphaville: Whole Foods v the activists Markets: Investors gobble up...
...Now the giants of the industry are facing fresh questions over whether they can restore the high growth rates they once enjoyed....
...As we noted last week, the deal combines two mid-tier cable channel owners in response to consolidation and digital disruption in the TV industry....
...So have industry forces made a deal more likely this time?...
...A stroll round the expo suggests the gender balance in the industry hasn’t changed much but everything else has....
...Is this a bold diversification by sportswear tycoon Mike Ashley into rattan effect furniture and One Direction duvet covers (heavily discounted, since they feature ex-member Zayn)?...
...Meanwhile, in the US, the fabric was sold to more than 200 designers via Greeff Fabrics Inc. Yet it wasn’t always obvious that it was destined for such success....
...“Neither would be possible using any other technology or technique,” says Jana Scholze, the V&A’s curator for modern furniture and product design. “This represents a new design language.”...
...“It’s an extremely difficult position for a global brand to be in,” says Adil Khan, regional chief executive of advertising group Saatchi & Saatchi in Dubai....
International Edition