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...But, of course, there’s a reason why it’s widely called Shitibank; the sprawling, gormless Citi has for a v v v very long time proven adept at blithely ambling onto various rakes around the world....
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...There was a March release date given for Gran Turismo 7 and the unfortunate slippage of Grand Theft Auto V from November to March. Axios has more....
...‘Perfect scenario’ Those look like V-shaped projections, Andrew Glenn thought to himself....
...It was the usual mix of non-GAAP bluffing, giant cash losses and promises of future profitability that we’ve come to expect from a company that can’t ever seem to get its story, or ethics, straight....
...Half are already operating, but the two planned for Muzaffargarh and Rahim have been scrapped....
...Some argue that banning Uber is an overreaction (the company is still operating in London, pending appeal). I’m not so sure. The regulator has already given the company several stays of execution....
...AstraZeneca Plc has made a preliminary approach to rival drugmaker Gilead Sciences Inc. about a potential merger, according to people familiar with the matter, in what would be the biggest health-care deal...
...WPP will also reduce is planned capex from £400m to v£300m....
...Mr Malkiel sees parallels with the difficulties faced by Princeton’s endowment during South Africa’s apartheid era, when students demanded that it exit from international companies operating there....
...Eventually, the Canadian province’s government issued an ultimatum: Uber and its drivers must become fully tax compliant or be barred from operating in the jurisdiction....
...C&W Services, then operating under a different name, received a $2m settlement in that case in 2014. For most of her time at C&W, Ms Mercado’s contract did not include a non-compete clause....
...Ms Mattoon was chief operating officer of Richemont North America, the luxury group, and Mr Schmitz, a former McKinsey partner, was a director of KKR Capstone, KKR’s in-house consultancy....
...Customer acquisition costs are manageable, as demonstrated by an operating profit margin of 35 per cent. No wonder these economics have captured the attention of Facebook....
...These included acquisitions such as Ewos, a Norwegian salmon feed company, and Diamond V, a manufacturer of yeast culture products to aid animal health....
...One of his touchstones for anti-competitive behaviour is the late 1990s US v Microsoft case, in which the company was found guilty of using its operating system monopoly to stifle competitors like Netscape...
...On the bottom tier are bonds from Altice’s main operating companies — such as Altice France (SFR) in Europe and Suddenlink in the US, for example — that are closest to the company’s assets....
...“So that’s how I joined the company.” In the 10 years since she joined, Ms Marcario has gone from CFO to chief operating officer to CEO — she took the top job in 2014....
...Adjusted operating income margin at Mondelez climbed 1.3 percentage points to 16.3 per cent last year, as the company embarked on a $3bn cost-savings programme running through this year....
...The India International Exchange has been operating from GIFT since January 2017....
...Smart reads David v Goliath Large consumer goods companies are starting to feel the impact of their smaller, more innovative rivals....
...Shire said its second-quarter performance had resulted in operating cash flow of $1.2bn that had enabled it to reduce non-GAAP net debt by $880m in the quarter....
...star Regulatory oversight has not kept up with growth in premiums Indian banks: power to the consumer Private-sector lenders exposed to the consumer sector should outperform European takeovers: Macron v...
...The first is that the car rental business is a capital intensive one partial to low operating margins. And has always been....
...Instapaper v Pocket A big difference between the two apps is cost....
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