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A Plumbing Giant Is Breaking Up. Here’s What That Means for U.S. Investors.
Text size Photograph by Samuel Sianipar Plumbing and heating firm Ferguson has been undervalued due to poor performance at its British business, but a new activist shareholder and a plan to separate operations could boost the stock. The United Kingdom–listed firm (ticker: FERG.UK) generates 90% of its sales in the U.S. In June, activist Nelson …
Why one of the world’s top investors says now may be the time to raise cash
‘In these factious times, investors are hard put to find their footing. They face rising uncertainty but falling returns. By some measures, uncertainty about economic prospects is currently highest on record. Further, policy makers seem to have limited ammunition to reflate economies.’ That’s the bleak assessment of the global landscape offered …
Investors Clinic plans to upgrade technology to boost revenue
Faced with competition from tech-based realty brokerage firms, Investors Clinic is investing ₹ 50 crore to upgrade its technology that will help in completing transactions faster and earn more revenue. Among the organised real estate brokerage houses, Noida-based Investors Clinic is a leading player and competes with the likes of Anarock, PropTiger, Square Yards, Quikr, …
Can big investors save the world?
Image copyright Google Image caption While young people have been demonstrating against climate change, big financial players are putting on pressure from a different direction While young people throng the streets demanding action on man-made climate change, an older, more sober group of activists is fighting a green campaign: big investors. The men and women …
European shares edge higher as investors tread lightly By Reuters
By Agamoni Ghosh (Reuters) – European shares inched higher on Monday, as investors returned to riskier assets after a volatile week highlighted by U.S.-China trade tensions and Italy’s political turmoil, while a bidding war for German lighting group Osram led corporate news. The pan-European STOXX 600 index () pared earlier gains, moving 0.2% higher with …
Libra may never launch, Facebook has warned investors
The company has warned investors that the currency, which it wants to launch next year, may not ever get off the ground. The news: In its quarterly report, Facebook reminded investors that the proposed currency, called Libra, is “based on new and unproven technology,” adding that the legal environment surrounding digital currencies is “uncertain and …
Investors Seek an Edge By Using Technology That Reads Between the Lines
Ever since British economist JohnMaynard Keynes first declared that investors are prey to people’s urge to act,however irrationally, the financial world has tried to quantify the impact ofpublic sentiment on stock prices. Solving the puzzle would give investors inthe know a huge advantage over the competition. Over the past decade, one vibrant corner of that …
Pitch to the world’s top investors at Hardware Battlefield 2019 – TechCrunch
Early-stage hardware startup founders, it’s your turn to step into the spotlight and launch your innovative inventions to the world’s top investors. We’re inviting you to apply to compete in our hardware-focused pitch competition, Hardware Battlefield at TC Shenzhen on November 11-12. You might even walk away with $25,000 and a whole new business trajectory. This is our …
Investors and regulators fall out of love with colossal deals
NO ONE ON Wall Street puts it quite like Carl Icahn. “There are far too many boards”, the veteran activist investor opined on June 24th, that “believe…that stockholders are the peasants who represent a necessary evil that must be tolerated, possibly patronised, but certainly ignored.” Mr Icahn’s target was Occidental, an oil firm whose directors …
WSJ: Investors are pumping billions into construction technology
Dive Brief: Investors are eager to sink money into construction technology, which could finally push the industry into investing time and other resources into automation, according to The Wall Street Journal. Quoting from a recent report from research company CREtech, The Journal reported that venture capital investment in private contech firms increased from $352 million in 2016 …
