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...For example: if Generic Greek God Capital is buying Widgetmaker Inc, 70 per cent of the equity it ponies up might come from one of its LBO funds....
...Smart reads ‘The Big Con’ Consultants such as McKinsey, Bain and Boston Consulting Group know less than they claim to and can end up doing more harm than good in the long term, economist Mariana Mazzucato...
...In the audience, a boy is riding a coin-operated truck, a model of the beaten-up Ford pick-up that helped cement Walton’s image as a frugal, quail-hunting man of the people even as he became America’s richest...
...But Netflix, which has spent more than 20 years upending the rules of the entertainment business, may have found a way to defy even this convention....
...Spotify’s core business is tough. The streamer hands over 70 per cent of its revenues as royalties to the big music companies....
...Weeks later the coronavirus would devastate the live entertainment industry and put a serious dent in his business....
...You can say they are at the bottom of the pyramid,” he says....
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...This gives him a good understanding of the Japanese way of doing business, which benefits Adaro....
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...Mr Eisner had enjoyed great success in animation at Disney in the 1990s, scoring hits with films such as The Lion King and Aladdin. But by the turn of the decade the hits dried up....
...This is especially true for users of dining and entertainment apps....
...and an increase in the number of people doing freelance work – either as their sole career or as part of a career portfolio....
...National chains – such as Wagamama and PizzaExpress, as well as fancy burger chain Byron – are doing better than their independent peers, which are struggling to deal with rising costs....
...They end up offending the community and patronising them. We are [portrayed] as the gardeners and the maids.”...
...That was the show that made people notice we were doing something original and distinctive. Garry sent a flare up to the creative community, which said, ‘You can paint here, and you will be seen.’”...
...Within a few years, it had broken the business up and sold off the pieces for a fraction of the purchase price....
...He no longer owns Idol and five years ago sold his company, 19 Entertainment, to media group CKX Inc....
...“The movie business runs on relationships and confidence. That has all dried up at MGM.”...
...Meanwhile, competition is creeping up away from Nevada as states look for new tax dollars....
...The annual knees-up has emerged as an unlikely lagging indicator of the state of the broader economy....
...Having spent the past 18 months doing what they can to shore up their balance sheets by refinancing debt and stripping out costs, companies are once again looking for opportunities to buy growth....
...This bizarre architectural vision, part of the “politics of dignity”, was conceived to boost the pride of Mayawati’s core constituents – those at the bottom of Hinduism’s rigid caste system, once known as...
...Roger Ailes, its president, was doing “a fantastic job” which Mr Murdoch hoped he would keep doing “as long as he lives.” “He’s not going anywhere....
...• Grocery retailers are moving into non-traditional business areas such as digital media services, marking a new position as providers of lifestyle products....
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