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...Over the past 10 years the size of its buyback scheme dwarfs both its R&D spend and the buyback schemes from peers, adding up to a total of $658bn, according to data from S&P Global....
...Its forward P/E is just 15. We’re still searching for good stock picks. If you’ve got a candidate, email us: robert.armstrong@ft.com and ethan.wu@ft.com....
.../ From E R Yescombe, YCL Consulting, London N10, UK...
...But how much more again comes down to whether you reckon the likes of R&D should be expensed or capitalised....
...The Cac 40 has risen 16 per cent so far this year and by more than 30 per cent since a low at the end of September, outperforming Europe’s region-wide Stoxx 600 and the US S&P 500 over the same period....
...In the US, Hulu continues to operate as a separate service to Disney and is the home to edgier programming, such as R-rated films....
...Earlier this month S&P Global’s purchasing manager indices showed the sharpest decline in private sector activity since November 2020....
...After all, how much marketing or R&D do you need for a product where you have a huge natural advantage from your legacy franchise?...
...Ticketmaster: The Senate judiciary committee will hold an antitrust hearing focusing on the meltdown during the sale of tickets for Taylor Swift’s upcoming Eras tour....
...In the supply chain rankings of 2007, P&G, Toyota and Walmart all had a peer ranking score at least double that of Apple....
...Z Zverev The most hard-to-like player on the pro tour?...
...A version of this article was first published by Nikkei Asia on March 14 2022. ©2022 Nikkei Inc. All rights reserved....
...It was the most discussed stock this week on the r/WallStreetBets, a forum popular with retail investors, according to data provider Breakout Point....
...CD&R could equally sell the food manufacturing business....
...At the time, their size, relative to the S&P 500, meant any influence was small, and r/WallStreetBets was largely dismissed as a curiosity....
...After closing, we expect to remove $100 million of annualised operating expenses on a net basis or roughly $25 million per quarter, primarily from reduced R&D spend....
...A lack of these was a big barrier to Tesla’s entry to the S&P 500 in spite of rapid stock price gains. It finally joined in December as the sixth-biggest company on the benchmark index....
...The International Maritime Research and Development Board (IMRB) is a $5bn programme, governed by the IMO, to co-ordinate and fund applied R&D to catalyse the introduction of zero-carbon fuels and technologies...
...The rally came after a user on Reddit’s r/WallStreetBets forum urged people to buy shares and silver options to put a squeeze on banks....
...The blue-chip S&P 500 rose 1.4 per cent, with more than four-fifths of the companies in the index advancing....
...The three joined from the S&P 400 benchmark of midsized companies and will switch places with tax software group H&R Block, Coty, a beauty company, and Kohls, a department store, which are dropping to the...
...Turning to Matsushita, his guide on the tour, he said: “You are called the god of management. Will you help us modernise our economy?” Matsushita, fatefully, agreed....
...The S&P 500 opened 0.3 per cent lower and the tech-focused Nasdaq Composite dropped more than 1 per cent....
...To be fair, many have escaped to the seaside towns outside of New York City since the widespread coronavirus lockdowns in March, but few are getting R&R at the moment....
...Over this period, the S&P 500 ESG index, which tracks big US companies with high ESG ratings, beat the normal S&P index by 0.6 per cent....
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