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...It has offered access to SGE to only a select few users, including some subscribers to its Google One bundle that offers benefits such as extra cloud storage for a monthly fee....
...“You are starting to see this a bit more with pre-IPO companies [such as] OpenAI, Canva, SpaceX: private companies doing tender offers for staff who tend to have more concentrated positions in the company...
...The figures show that the 16 water monopolies have paid out a total of £78bn in dividends in the 32 years between their privatisation in 1991 and March 2023....
...Analysts estimate that NetEase, as the publisher of Blizzard games in China, made as much as 5 per cent of its total sales from Blizzard games before the partnership was terminated....
...Liontrust’s latest figures are another sign that UK equity markets are struggling as investors continue to shift capital to international stocks in search of higher returns....
...Over 10 years it has delivered a total return of 46.5 per cent compared with its peer group average of 32.5 per cent, according to Citywire....
...The conditions remain in favour of financial performance for other divisions of defence and space, and global services....
...“Inflation can mislead people to think equity markets are doing better than they are....
...The $1.1bn total return fund has underperformed over three, five and 10 years....
...However, Netflix said on Thursday that from next year it would stop revealing its total number of subscribers, a metric that has been a crucial benchmark for investors in the streaming era....
...Fink also said BlackRock was seeing “accelerating momentum” because it was winning new business from “marquee” clients for its technology, retirement and portfolio management services....
...ISS said the board had tried to justify the increase in Botín’s pay by pointing to the group’s strong results and shareholder returns, as well as the need to stay competitive with rivals....
...Instead, such products were held too long, costing 381 customers $1.3mn in total. The entities were also fined an additional $1mn in total. Spokespersons for Stifel and Finra declined to comment....
...“The marketplace for purchasing air travel generally works well, so long as the consumer is made fully aware — in a timely and consistent manner — of the total cost of air travel when shopping for airfares...
...But those deals were not total flops. Even if those brands never became an important part of its business, Walmart gained valuable knowhow that helped jump-start its ecommerce operations....
...In the professional services, the numbers leaving firms of their own accord have swung to historic lows, as tech groups, investment banks and other destinations have gone from hiring mode to firing mode....
...Now turn to Amazon’s retail business. It enjoys network effects, but also depends very heavily for its increasing returns on traditional economies of scale and learning by doing....
...Business lobby group CBI publishes its quarterly Financial Services Survey....
...The number sounds impressive, but it is still little more than 1 per cent of the total revenue Microsoft is expected to report this year....
...BDCs or Business Development Companies are set up to provide financing to small and middle market enterprises....
...The retail banking arm was its standout performer last year, delivering a 19.2 per cent return on tangible equity as the total business produced a 10.6 per cent return....
...Investors in funds that follow a narrow theme have lost out on more than two-thirds of their potential total returns over the past five years due to buying high and selling low, research from Morningstar...
...Small caps and value stocks have not done as well as big caps and growth, but they have done darn well: More than 1,300 of the S&P 1,500 stocks have positive returns over the period....
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