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Why Financial Statements Don’t Work for Digital Companies

Harvard Business

Similarly, Microsoft paid $26 billion for loss-making LinkedIn in 2016, and Facebook paid $19 billion for WhatsApp in 2014 when it had no revenues or profits. This becomes clear when you look at a company’s two most important financial statements: the balance sheet and the income statement.

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Former Fed Governor Thomas Hoenig Says US Banks Undercapitalized, Unsafe, and Unsound

MishTalk

percent of assets at the end of 2014, well above required regulatory minimums. percent at the end of 2014. Thomas Hoenig on State of US Banks Let''s take a look at April 2 statements by Thomas Hoenig in the FDIC Release of Fourth Quarter 2014 Global Capital Index. That is, they operate with between 1.5 percent (column 8).

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ECB's €40bn Stimulus Gamble: ECB Pulls Out Bazooka, Cuts Rates, Buys Assets; Will this Stimulate Lending?

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Governing Council decided today to lower the interest rate on the main refinancing operations of the Eurosystem by 10 basis points to 0.05% and the rate on the marginal lending facility by 10 basis points to 0.30%. Interventions under these programmes will start in October 2014. in August 2014, after 0.4% in 2014, 1.1%

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How to Improve Your Finance Skills (Even If You Hate Numbers)

Harvard Business

After all, if you’re trying to sell a product or strategy, you need to be able to demonstrate that it is both practical and high margin. Here are some strategies to improve your financial intelligence. See More Videos > See More Videos > Tackle the balance sheet. Overcome your fears. Related Video.

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Seven Charts Explain Why Chicago Bonds Rated Junk

MishTalk

Chart #2: Growing Payments While the current state of the city’s balance sheet is dismal, the real problem relates to what is expected to develop over the next decade. Chicago pension plan payments are expected to double from 2014 to 2015, and will then continue to rise for another decade before they begin to decline.

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The Globalization Backlash Is Reverberating Through Boardrooms

Harvard Business

As a practical matter, for example, these changes in the global policy regime are forcing multinational corporations to scale back and sell parts of their international operations. And in 2014, Pfizer, the U.S. According to the World Trade Organization, international trade this year will grow at its slowest pace since 2007.

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Research Shows That Smaller M&A Deals Work Out Better

Harvard Business

Sponsored by Accenture Strategy. Several companies we studied show the value of programmatic M&A strategies. Walter Thompson Company for $566 million in 1987 and Ogilvy for $864 million in 1989 — big acquisitions that stretched the company’s balance sheet. Insight Center. Competing in the Future.