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by batmenace 7y ago
Monstly agree - but dividends that go to every owner aren't unfair per se, a cap on dividends would be very good, though. As for options, depending on the company they can be a hiring incentive, and not being able to grant any may rest
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by batmenace 7y ago
Elliott? The article only mentions Daniel Loeb (Third Point Capital)
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Trading halted as U.S. stocks plummet(axios.com)
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by batmenace 7y ago
I do, for the sole reason that at the end of (almost) every private equity deal is an exit, and in order for the company to be sold at a higher price than it was bought, it still has to be good/better at what it is supposed to be doing
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by batmenace 7y ago
It's never too early to spread some good feelings, though
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by batmenace 7y ago
They could just as well be buying it as a platform for their portfolio, and look to buy more similar companies to consolidate. PE is more than just buying struggling companies, it’s often buying fairly valued companies in a fast growing sec
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by batmenace 7y ago
Why are you automatically assuming their goal is to load the company with bad debt? That’s only the outcome if the acquisition and plan are unsuccessful...
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by batmenace 7y ago
On this subject, there is a very interesting new book about Jim Simmons, the founder of Renaissance Technologies, who used to work as a codebreaker in the US. I think for many of the people in these programs, the attraction is getting to so
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by batmenace 7y ago
Dark Grey, usually
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by batmenace 7y ago
I don't see why not? The prizes are handed out by the Nobel foundation, which is independent of government, and as far as I know, financially self-sustaining, so there are no sponsors to upset, and no government that has oversight.
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by batmenace 7y ago
For one, Apple, unlike Google and Facebook, is not an advertising company. Selling your data is not part of their business model
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by batmenace 7y ago
Regarding 1. the risk can also be substantially lower for PE firms, because A. Extensive FVDD (Financial Vendor Due Diligence) and other types of risk assessment are carried out over the negotiation phase, and you are far less susceptible t
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by batmenace 7y ago
I definitely felt like that for a long time. With automation, I only have a few ones right now: One that is activated with my alarm in the morning and opens my Things agenda and the weather, and ones toggling Do not disturb when I get to&#x
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by batmenace 7y ago
But apple doesn't make it harder for you to install a competing application on your device, or hides those features from users.
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by batmenace 7y ago
I guess a lot of families also have iPads that they get for their kids, I see them relatively frequently in restaurants etc.
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by batmenace 7y ago
To be fair, I still feel like it all depends on the company's definition of value. There is an interesting book on Financial Analysis by McKinsey, in which two of the firm's partners write in the foreword that the maximisation of
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by batmenace 7y ago
An S-1 is the prospectus a company has to file before going public. It includes historical financials, an overview of the business, go-to-market and a lot of additional information. It should generally tell you everything relevant about the
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by batmenace 7y ago
Profitability and the value of the equity aren't necessarily related, though. Amazon was unprofitable for many years, but its stock still increased in value.
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by batmenace 7y ago
AtR is a really good podcast, I agree. Lewis is great at writing/ presenting in an engaging manner. Listening to the podcasts felt to me like listening to short audio books of his. Who knows if moderation in the way he analyses it will
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by batmenace 7y ago
They said the reason Airbus was not invited for the offer was because they are always months late with their delivery
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by batmenace 7y ago
I might well be biased since I do work in an investment bank that caters mainly to private equity clients, and having spent a decent amount working in a PE fund, but this article also conveniently focuses solely on the bad part of the indus
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by batmenace 7y ago
Im guessing since the art would be on the company's balance sheet as an asset, a sale of the company would include the sale/ transfer if its assets, thus breaching the law saying the birds cannot be sold.
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by batmenace 7y ago
surely it depends on how you offset your CO2, no? Makes a difference if its through using planting trees etc.
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by batmenace 7y ago
Well at least on the consumer side, my perception has always been that their brand revolves around solidly built products that last long. We have a bunch of power tools that must be like 20 years old and still work like new.
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by batmenace 8y ago
how is it the purpose of youtube to encourage or allow illegal action
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by batmenace 8y ago
I thiink the idea behind this post was more to avoid this kind of thing from happening https://xkcd.com/1319/
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by batmenace 8y ago
I like the idea, but why would I use this instead of Mendeley or EndNote, for example? Especially since Mendeley is free, and has a word plugin for writing and referencing.
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by batmenace 8y ago
It's not the same, but even if you are not a billionaire, there comes a point where giving relatively more of your added income serves a greater good (i.e. funding for gov't) than the money just being in your bank account. Once yo
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by batmenace 8y ago
It's not like you just send the government more money if you feel like they should tax more... People like Buffet and Gates donate so much in part because they believe that wealth should be redistributed better than the government curr
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by batmenace 8y ago
I mean... The two are not necessarily mutually exclusive. If Bill Gates gives away 49% of the money his investments make a year (hypothetically), he makes money, and he gives money away. If he funds the Series A of a biotech company to help

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