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...The US chain’s mounting losses mark a rare high-profile failure of an overseas acquisition for Thailand, whose Sino-Thai family conglomerates are big investors abroad, but typically attract little publicity...
...The stereotype of the extrovert, egomaniac founder may be unhelpful, as could the fixation on total funds raised or spurious derived valuations as a mark of success....
...“Those two major question marks about the future — leadership of the country, unknowns about Covid — were resolved within 24 hours of each other,” he says....
...The problems at the brand mark a rare public setback for Thailand’s acquisitive Sino-Thai family conglomerates, which are major investors in hotel, retail, and other businesses overseas but typically fly...
...This marks a significant fall from his final pay deal at Janus Henderson, which last year was $7.6m (£5.9m), mostly made up of bonuses....
...Jim DeLuca, VinFast chief executive, was a GM head of production before going to work for the fledgling Vietnamese brand....
...But the price gap is narrowing in this field: Julie Mehretu’s auction record stands at $4.6m while Mark Bradford’s is at $5.8m (both artists are African American)....
...This year may also mark Subway’s peak when it comes to all things big. As “big is beautiful” takes a hit, large fast-food chains including Subway are struggling to maintain their market share....
...His products can be found in stores including Marks and Spencer, Selfridges, Harvey Nichols, Tesco and Whole Foods Market in the UK, as well as Amazon and, coming soon, Dean & DeLuca in New York and ICA...
...This marks the end of the MBA as a class unit when students prepare to embark on the final component of the programme: the master’s thesis....
...“We are currently selling about 500,000 cases a year – our medium-term goal is to push through the 1m case mark....
...And so, emboldened by an extra-strong espresso from the Dean and Deluca at Borders in Columbus Circle, I approached a woman in her mid-50s who was blissfully reading the NY Times....
...I had seen it most recently at Fratelli Sarti up in Glasgow and over the years at Zabar’s, EAT and Dean & DeLuca in New York.”...
...The group – including works by Willem de Kooning, Arshile Gorky and Mark Rothko – set five auction records and brought $44.2m that they promptly started giving away....
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