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...“[In] financial services, the record is particularly poor, as scaling typically requires hiring a lot of people, which erodes culture and can lead to excess risk taking,” he told analysts....
...Beyond that is the fortified door of Bonas Group — a service provider for “junior mines” everywhere from Africa to Canada. Charles Bonas is a fifth-generation trader....
...Rates charged by General Motors’ Cruise robotaxi service in San Francisco are comparable to rideshare services from the likes of Uber....
...Back in the Berceau de Sens, the service is smooth, at least to my untrained eye. Katarina Stavridaki, a Greek student, is taking our orders....
...Rauner continued to lead the remaining firm, which was renamed GTCR and mostly focused on midsized buyouts in financial services, healthcare, business services and technology....
...Gomez is interested in applying large language models to business problems from banking and retail to customer service. “For us, it’s about lowering the barrier to access,” he says....
...Topi has also adapted his services to embrace new footwear trends: in addition to polishing leather shoes (£8) and cleaning suede (£12), he now also offers a trainer service (£15)....
...In Ethiopia, we discovered that the shoeshiners had adapted their trade to provide perfect cleaning services for the ubiquitous synthetic trainers, using all manner of little brushes, tweezers and whitewash...
...Brand consultant and creative director Sadie Mantovani promises that sticky chocolate smears and grass stains are removed by the company’s eco-friendly cleaning process between each rental....
...Or they want to own their home through an LLC [limited liability company] — maybe a celebrity who wants to keep their identity private,” she says....
...Automation in medicine and cleaning is also increasing sharply due to coronavirus. 5....
...“What I have observed is that the clients normally are very glad that they have used the service,” Herzog says. “I think it is genuinely doing good for people — and they know it is performative....
...Many of his friends make fun of him for using the app; they are primarily glued to Instagram, which he sees as “basically a fun version of LinkedIn” due to its emphasis on a polished image....
...They pay extra for tasks that go beyond a basic weekly 25-minute clean-up, such as collecting dry cleaning, getting shoes polished or sourcing presents for a child’s party....
...The company employs around 25,000 staff in the UK providing cleaning, security, probation, healthcare and construction services....
...Judging by some of the low prices put on “unbundled” research, providers still hope to gain by selling more services to “buy” rated companies....
...“That line is for all the toilet paper, clothes, cleaning products and books that they sell to the person who watches their movies.”...
...The US has been like two different countries,” says the 63-year-old, a polished communicator who regularly discusses financial news on TV....
...“All there is now is shop work, cleaning and caring. All my children want to do is get away from here.”...
...Here’s Facebook board member and Twitter personality Andreessen talking about how his firm brought a whole network of startup support services in-house, a key differentiator for Andreessen Horowitz: MARC...
...No matter how much the Golden Arches are polished, they are not luring customers back from fast casual and gourmet burger outlets....
...Blasi, back at City Hall, looks at me with something that in a less polished diplomat might have been pity. “I understand the question but I cannot imagine the answer. It’s a public service....
...US voting advisory services, such as Glass Lewis, run no money of their own and are sometimes dismissed as box tickers....
...After cleaning the components of a ladies’ Travel Time watch, David Bonilla checks the pivots used on the balance staff – a very sensitive mechanism....
...Candy Crush is an “extraordinarily polished and beautiful game”, says Mathias Crawford, who teaches game design at Stanford University....
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