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...“There’s no good tobacco company,” said King, a doctor who began her career on a lung cancer ward....
...Other headwinds, Wagner noted, included heightened global regulatory scrutiny of the company and its ongoing patent fight with Masimo over the Apple Watch, which led to a temporary ban on US sales....
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...Spending on R&D reached nearly 8 per cent of revenue last year, up from just over 2 per cent a decade ago....
...The idea isn’t to pay a bung to some favoured parties, but rather to enfranchise them in the company’s success....
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...This seems wildly optimistic for a company with falling revenue that leaned on a curtailment of spending to keep net income up. The answer may be artificial intelligence....
...To help boost performance at its portfolio companies, CD&R employs a bench of industry experts including former BAE chair Sir Richard Olver and former Boeing boss Jim McNerney....
...But I do see a path where Tesla could one day be the most valuable company in the world....
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