The first is cyclical businesses, which can, in the managers’ view, be priced as if they will never recover. “But economies do tend to recover eventually,” they said, and named ITV, Marks & Spencer and WPP as examples. The second group involves another type of cycle, this time the ebbs […]
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Only a planning revolution can help turn renters into ‘Generation Buy’
Their conclusion was that overall the scheme “not only had limited effects on affordability but may have also led to unwanted regressive distributional effects”. Some 270,000 homes have been sold under HTB so far, an admittedly small share of the total over the past seven years. But rather than instinctively […]
The wave of staycations helping to turn the tide for coastal resorts
Coastal areas score highly in the Government’s deprivation index, with many of the poorest lining the coast in the North East, East and South West of England. Henry Overman, professor of economic geography at the London School of Economics, explains the decline is then worsened by a brain drain. “The […]
Why Apple is about to turn the iPhone app industry upside down
On its face, that might make advertisers’ protests seem strange. Are they really objecting to having to ask for user consent, however bluntly? And if doing so will lead to most opting out, isn’t that an effective admission that they never truly had people’s consent in the first place? That […]
Spotify’s grand plan to turn podcasts into riches
“Right now, most podcasts don’t make any money from advertising, because they aren’t big enough to sell ads directly to an agency,” says Evans. “But Spotify could aggregate podcasts and sell to advertisers based on who’s listening, rather than what they’re listening to, and make podcast advertising work more like […]
Has Ted Baker done enough to turn itself around?
Still, one can’t help but wonder what lasting damage recent events have exacted. The company has swung from a £30.7m annual profit to a £79.9m loss after racking up a pile of one-off costs including a £16.2m writedown on its stores, but even on an underlying basis the numbers are […]
Huawei teardown shows US ban made company turn to Chinese parts
TOKYO — A year has passed since Huawei Technologies was put on a black list by the U.S. government that banned American companies from selling to the Chinese telecoms group. Nikkei, together with Tokyo teardown specialist Fomalhaut Techno Solutions, took apart Huawei’s flagship model, the Mate 30, to analyze the parts that have gone […]
Shippers turn to Belt and Road trains to beat coronavirus shutdowns
HAMBURG, Germany — With few international flights operating and many cargo ships knocked off course by the coronavirus pandemic, businesses sending goods between Asia and Europe have turned in desperation to trains linked to China’s Belt and Road project. “These days, many European customers are exploring rail freight on the […]
Shippers turn to Belt and Road trains to beat coronavirus lockdowns
HAMBURG, Germany — With few international flights operating and many cargo ships knocked off course by the coronavirus pandemic, businesses sending goods between Asia and Europe have turned in desperation to trains linked to China’s Belt and Road project. “These days, many European customers are exploring rail freight on the […]
As Tokyo roads empty, speeding cars turn into deadly menace
TOKYO — Though Tokyo’s streets are virtually empty, fatal car accidents are up. Both drivers and pedestrians seem to be flouting traffic rules as road traffic disappeared upon the government’s stay-at-home request, leading to higher instances of serious accidents. One accident on the evening of April 14 illustrates is a case […]