Description: As sales continue to plummet Source: Fortune.com – video report Date: Aug 25, 2016 Link: http://for.tn/2bm6web Questions for Discussions: What is the significance of this financial action? What does it say about the company CEO? Do you think Sears can regain adequate sales and profitability levels to sustain the company?
Posts Categorized: Financial Planning
Teen-Jewelry Retailer Claire’s Seeks Debt Swap to Cut Borrowings
Description: Claire’s Stores Inc., the struggling tween-jewelry retail chain, is asking bondholders to exchange almost $800 million of notes for new loans that would cut the company’s debt load and buy it more time to turn around its business. Source: Bloomberg.com Date: Aug 13, 2016 Link: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-08-13/teen-jewelry-retailer-claire-s-seeks-debt-swap-to-cut-borrowings Questions for Discussions: What are the risks for… Read more »
Walmart Inks $3.3 Billion Deal For Jet.com In Biggest U.S. E-commerce Acquisition Ever
Description: Walmart agreed to purchase Jet.com for $3.3 billion, papering what would be the most expensive U.S. e-commerce acquisition of all time. Source: Forbes.com Date: Aug 08, 2016 Link: http://www.forbes.com/sites/ryanmac/2016/08/08/walmart-inks-3-billion-deal-for-jet-com-in-biggest-u-s-e-commerce-deal-ever/#1d29af9b94eb Questions for discussion: Do you think the acquisition makes sense from a financial point of view? How would Walmart’s results be expected to change going… Read more »
The World’s Richest Airlines Can’t Get Enough Hand-Me-Down Jets
Description: It’s a tale that could be dubbed “From Russia to Love.” Source: Bloomberg.com Date: May 11, 2016 Link: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-05-11/the-world-s-richest-airlines-can-t-get-enough-hand-me-down-jets Questions for discussion: What is motivating the purchases of older planes? How does this affect the operating finances of these airlines?
This Is Why J.C. Penney’s Shares Are Tanking Today
Description: Cost-cutting measures have already begun. Source: Fortune.com – video report Date: May 06, 2016 Link: http://for.tn/1SUgToR Questions for discussion: Why is the company share-value falling so dramatically? Do you think the current valuation represents a buy-opportunity as the firm attempts to rebuild momentum?
Sean Parker Is Digging up the Entrenched World of Cancer Research
Description: By getting institutes to collaborate Source: Fortune.com – video report Date: Apr 28, 2016 Link: http://for.tn/1XX4Ief Questions for Discussions: How is Sean Parker changing the efficiencies of financial resources in the research field? Do you think this strategy is a disruptor for traditional organizations such as pharmaceutical companies? How should investors in pharmaceuticals weigh… Read more »
How This 16-Year-Old Company Survived the Dot-Com Bubble
Description: Cornerstone OnDemand CEO Adam Miller explains the company’s strategies. Source: Fortune.com – video report Date: Apr 21, 2016 Link: http://for.tn/1SvOpn6 Questions for Discussions: How did CEO Adam Miller answer the question posed in the title? What other factors do think allowed the firm to grow?
The Not-So-Sweet Fight Over Maple Syrup
Description: Canadian maple-syrup output is capped by the Federation of Quebec Maple Syrup Producers, a kind of government-sanctioned cartel that accounts for 71 percent of world supply. But Quebec growers are now demanding the shackles be loosened as they watch competitors in Canada and the northern U.S. boost supplies to meet rising demand. Bloomberg’s Pamela… Read more »
The Academy’s biggest night costs well into eight figures.
Description: The 87th Academy Awards show costs nearly $43 million Source: Money.com – video report Date: Feb 26, 2016 Link: http://money.us/1p8N8Zt Questions for discussion: Summarize the financial management of the Academy Awards event. What is the basis for self-financing and profitability of this event?
Is the Worst Yet to Come for Chipotle?
Description: Wall Street is struggling to figure out if the worst is over for Chipotle Mexican Grill. Bloomberg’s Craig Giammona has more on “Bloomberg Markets.” (Source: Bloomberg) Source: Bloomberg.com – video report Date: Jan 11, 2016 Link: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2016-01-11/is-the-worst-yet-to-come-for-chipotle- Questions for discussion: Why has the range of stock prices widened so dramatically? What would you advise… Read more »
