Hints and tips:
...In the videos, “consumers highlight the quality and texture of vintage materials, briefcase locks and of course the sentimental value,” observes WGSN strategist Ana Correa....
...In that case, the final value would be the average of the two closest of the three estimates....
...Woven through all this, according to a growing body of regulators, are the sort of tactics that IT companies have long used to “lock in” their customers....
...The first means that equities don’t move as much in lock-stop, increasing the opportunities for active management; and the second means that the difference between good and bad stocks is elevated, enhancing...
...There could be new ways “to lock up the thing that feeds the power of [large language models], which is content”, he said. LLMs underpin generative AI, the technology behind tools such as ChatGPT....
...As a result, even if, say, a Citadel or Millennium has God-level risk management skills and Satan-level capital lock-ups, it’s easy to envisage a scenario where a smaller, less adept multi-manager hedge...
...However, there was no lock-up on agents included in the deal, one of the people said, though most have non-compete clauses in their contracts....
...The founders and launch partners are currently restricted from trading ApeCoin, with lock-ups unwinding in batches over the next 36 months....
...But for many traders the prospect of joining one of the large multi-manager firms, which employ tens or even hundreds of different trading teams and which often lock up investor money for years, is far more...
...“Clouds love lock-in, they force people into massive multi-year commitments,” said Jonathan Frankle, co-founder of MosaicML, an AI company that is trying to commoditise the cloud for its corporate clients...
...After all, a loft to me feels like somewhere to lock the door and while away hours reading and playing games....
...According to analysts, the cloud companies are also offering deals to lock in customers for longer....
...Millennium’s strong returns have meant that it has been able to get clients to commit to longer lock-ups for their cash, giving the firm a longer-term and more stable asset base....
...Law firm Pallas Partners has hired a team from Boies Schiller & Flexner including Duane Loft, who will lead its new practice in New York, and Melissa Kelley, who joins as counsel....
...By far the most important is The Worldwide Production Services LLC (WWPS), a Toronto-based film company that holds digital distribution rights to the ILBE-produced Puffins and Arctic Friends series....
..., at its discretion, from the date it became an investor in SVF2 LLC to the end of the company life of SVF2 LLC....
...He also extended a $30mn loan to a company registered in the name of Epstein’s private pilot. The company, Plan D LLC, owned a Gulfstream jet....
...In 2021, 25 per cent of IPOs — 91 in all — included early lock-up period releases, according to Renaissance Capital. 4....
...But forcing companies to split themselves up — the most radical solution under discussion — is probably politically unfeasible. An easier win would be to loosen their lock on customers....
...They can also be expedient: sellers sometimes look to quickly lock in gains and show strong returns as they raise their next fund, notes one private equity firm executive....
...Duration mismatch to the extent illiquid private investments are funded with capital that can be redeemed. The typical HF vehicle has much shorter duration and quarterly lock-up periods....
...“We’ve sat next to one another on countless flights, squished next to one another on drives to meetings, and huddled together in conference rooms as we worked to lock down crucial deals.”...
...Chinese media outlet LatePost first reported the extension of the lock-up period for Didi employees. Additional reporting by Eli Meixler in Hong Kong...
...Once called up, that money, which is expected to be roughly $10bn, will move into the firm’s long-term share class. The plans were confirmed by people familiar with the matter....
...They’ve built their platform lock-in which makes it extremely hard for any company to compete, even if they were able to compete on fair terms. But then they don’t let them compete on fair terms....
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