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...A $504mn writedown on home improvement lender GreenSky in the second quarter, which it bought in 2021 for $2.2bn but is already in the process of selling, has added to the pain....
...It was part of an effort by Griffin to imbue a mentality of relentless, almost military style improvement in his staff, according to multiple past and present employees....
...In India, Tiger Global told investors in a letter this year, the firm had “made mistakes and had many opportunities for improvement”....
...But ISS backed the company — and with it Park Chan-koo, the uncle — after it issued its own set of counter proposals, including plans for higher dividends and oversight improvements....
...“Google’s advantage comes from scale,” he said, as the endless user feedback helps to tune results and identify areas of improvement....
...Others have experimented with four-day weeks: New Zealand’s Perpetual Guardian has claimed significant improvements in both profits and productivity as a result, and a trial by Microsoft Japan boosted productivity...
...For decades, Tokyo Dome has been a centrepiece of the Japanese capital: the world’s largest covered baseball stadium is home to the country’s biggest team....
...Even bullish analysts do not expect an improvement for another year. Investors should pay more attention to Lendlease’s growing portfolio of projects outside Australia....
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...The firm grew out of the family office of Charles Feeney, the billionaire co-founder of Duty Free Shoppers, and has also bought stakes in ManoMano, an online DIY and home improvements platform; Sézane, a...
...The New Jersey-based purveyor of home furnishings said net sales fell 11 per cent from a year ago to $3.3bn in line with expectations....
...“That’s going to underpin home prices in years to come.”...
...Google had found a game-changing, zero-cost asset that could be diverted from service improvement towards a genuine commercial exchange....
...Some have failed; others, such as Dandelion, which brings geothermal energy into people’s homes, are now companies....
...The US, Sweden, Germany, South Korea and Brazil are all home to companies with two share classes. Now other countries are looking to follow suit....
...US home improvement retailer Lowe’s has bowed to pressure from activist investor DE Shaw, announcing on Friday plans to add three new independent directors to its board....
...“Unemployment is low, wages are starting to accelerate and lower taxes for individuals mean more take-home pay....
...Activist battles 1: Lowe’s THE BUSINESS An $84bn US home improvements chain based in Mooresville, North Carolina, with almost 1,900 stores across the country....
...Morgan Stanley estimates that China’s overall debt-to-GDP ratio rose by only 4 percentage points in the first nine months of 2017, a “significant improvement” compared to the 42 percentage point increase...
...Today, it is home to some of the industry’s oldest and biggest high-frequency traders such as Optiver, IMC and Flow Traders....
...Christmas is coming and it is time once again for the Long View to pay its annual visit to the offices of Hindsight Capital LLC....
...There must have been bemusement when Dan Loeb’s letter turned up in Vevey, home of Nestlé....
...To date, more than $8bn of unsecured consumer loans have been originated through the Prosper platform, mostly for debt consolidation, medical expenses and big home-improvement projects....
...Woolworths’ exit from its disastrous foray into home improvement has been complicated by last-minute legal action from US retailer Lowe’s Companies, its joint venture partner in the project....
...He says this strategy is a response to an industry under threat from digital disrupters such as Airbnb, which can turn any home into a competing mini-hotel, and the online travel agents (OTAs), such as Booking.com...
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