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...Write to the FintechFT team at imani.moise@ft.com and sid.v@ft.com. You can build it, but will they come?...
...DD’s Indap v NYU’s Damodaran: Is stock compensation good or bad?...
...“All the broad themes of the Trump rally — deregulation; infrastructure; tax reform; domestic v international — seem almost tailor-made to trigger a cable rally,” wrote analysts at Moffett Nathanson....
...Take China Shipbuilding Industry (601989.SH), as an example....
...When the merger was announced, Cheil Industries was trading at 134 times this year’s forecast earnings, and 4.7 times its net assets....
...“This industry milestone marks another blockbuster success for our company.”...
...TV – the revolution continues The TV hardware industry was banking on 3D TVs to slow the decline in HD set pricing....
...The success of GTA V comes at time of flux for the games industry....
...investment in the Chinese non-ferrous metals industry....
...Its shares rose 6 per cent in extended trading on the news....
...(Financial Times) - The Google v Oracle case could have big implications for the software industry....
...Financials were buoyed in early trading but fell back as investors took some profits from the banks’ recent good run....
...The industry has to increase this proportion on a global basis - attracting more non-gamers is key to maintaining its growth....
...Morgan Stanley also upgraded shares in Continental Airlines, saying it was a likely survivor from the fall-out in the industry....
...But it is struggling with V-water, PepsiCo’s vitamin water brand, which Britvic makes and distributes. V-water is less suited to a recession as it is high-priced in a relatively new category....
...Lower costs and greater availability of HD programming are factors supporting flat-panel TV sales, while the “huge trend towards mobility” is supporting computer notebooks and mobile devices....
...ICICI’s managing director, K V Kamath, called the rumours “baseless and malicious”....
...Hexion won a bidding war to buy Huntsman in July 2007 after topping an offer from Basell, a Netherlands-based chemicals industry rival....
...Mitsui & Co tumbled 7 per cent to Y1,949 and Mitsubishi Corp slid 5.8 per cent to Y2,74. Oil prices fell overnight in New York, while gold retreated to around $919.50....
...Shares in Home Depot rose 31 cents or 0.89 per cent to $35.33 in early trading....
...Guidant shares were fractionally lower at $78.35 in pre-market trading....
...Similar “comfort letters” can be sought from the UK’s Office of Fair Trading and the European TradeCommission....
...“My new jihad is to show these guys that if you can control the trading of content on a network level, you don’t need local DRM,” he says....
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