Companies & Capital
Business models, sectors, earnings, management, valuation, capital allocation, and companies as evidence of larger systems.
216 articles
How Sophisticated Investors Got Into FTX
Sam Bankman-Fried, also known as SBF, received financial support from a large number of the world's top investment organisations, including Sequoia Capital and Singapore's state-owned Temasek.
22 Nov 2022
Cost-Cuttings And Lay-Offs At Amazon
Amazon's leadership is carefully examining its Alexa business as part of its ongoing cost-cutting review. Alexa is Amazon's voice assistant available on a range of devices, the company is reportedly reviewing whether it should invest in the addition of new capabilities
15 Nov 2022
Southwest Airlines, Moving America
Southwest Airlines is one of the major airlines of the United States and the world's largest low-cost carrier. It is headquartered in Dallas, Texas, and has scheduled service to more than 120 destinations in the United States.
13 Nov 2022
FTX Is Done
Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao (also known as CZ) tweeted over the weekend that the company will liquidate its stakes in FTT, the fiat-currency created by FTX which is the third largest crypto exchange.
10 Nov 2022
Stripe To Reduce Headcount By 14%
Stripe CEO Patrick Collison stated in a letter to staff that 2022 has been more difficult than previous years. The company blamed inflation, energy shocks, higher interest rates and lower investment budgets for the company's slowdown.
08 Nov 2022
Big Tech Is Crashing
Amazon anticipates fourth-quarter revenue to be between $140 billion and $148 billion, up 2% to 8% from the same period last year. Refinitiv reports that analysts were anticipating sales to total $155 billion.
01 Nov 2022
Procter & Gamble, The Defensive And Inflation Proof Play?
The Procter & Gamble Company (P&G) is an American consumer goods giant specializing in a wide range of personal care and hygiene products. P&G is one of the world’s largest consumer goods company with net sales of $80.1 B in 2022.
30 Oct 2022
Meesho Is Catching Up
The app, which is only available in India, has 127 million downloads within the same time period compared to 81 million for Amazon and 50 million for Flipkart.
28 Oct 2022
Rivian, Still A Bubble?
Founded in 2009, Rivian Automotive, Inc. is an American manufacturer of electric vehicles and provider of automotive technologies. Its car a built on a so-called skateboard platform that can accommodate future vehicles or be adopted by other automotive companies.
17 Oct 2022
The Home Depot, Built From Scratch
The Home Depot operates 2,317 stores located throughout the U.S., Canada, and Mexico and counts over 490,000 employees.
03 Oct 2022
Chinese Firms Audits
U.S. officials have begun scrutinizing audits conducted in China, starting a process that will take many months and determine whether companies like Yum China and Alibaba can continue to trade on American stock exchanges.
29 Sept 2022
Robinhood, Broken Promises?
The Menlo Park, California-based financial services firm Robinhood Markets, Inc. offers commission-free stock trading, exchange-traded funds, and cryptocurrencies using a mobile app that was launched in March 2015.
19 Sept 2022
JPMorgan Moves Further Into FinTech
To counter threats from fintech companies like Stripe and Block, JPMorgan Chase has agreed to buy a payments startup named Renovite.
15 Sept 2022
Apple's Ads Push
Apple wants to roughly double the personnel in its rapidly expanding digital advertising business. According to recruitment websites, the iPhone manufacturer's ad platforms team consists of roughly 250 employees.
09 Sept 2022
Volkswagen To Go Ahead With The Porsche IPO
Volkswagen and Porsche Automobil Holding SE, the Porsche family holding and the company's largest shareholder, announced their intention to proceed with the IPO of Porsche AG.
07 Sept 2022
The Walt Disney Company, One Of The World's Most Valuable Brand
The Walt Disney Company is an American entertainment company active in mass media and entertainment. The company is headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios complex in Burbank, California.
05 Sept 2022
Netflix To Charge $ 7 to $ 9 For Ads-Supported Service
According to a Bloomberg article released over the weekend, Netflix's new ad-supported plan may cost between $7 and $9 per month.
30 Aug 2022
Nubank, South America's Champion
David Vélez, Cristina Junqueira and Edward Wible launched Nubank in 2013 after becoming dissatisfied with the Brazil's banking services. The company secured a $2 million seed investment from Sequoia Capital and Kaszek Ventures.
21 Aug 2022
Banks Roar Back While Fintech Lenders Struggle
Bank stocks have posted strong outperformance against the S&P500 in recent weeks after a dramatic sell-off in the first half of 2022.
19 Aug 2022
The Complex Dynamics Of The Streaming Market
Last week, Walt Disney announced a better-than-anticipated 26% increase in revenue thanks to record performance at its theme parks sector and the addition of more new subscribers to its main streaming video platform Disney+.
16 Aug 2022