CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Walgreens – Shares rose 6% after an upgrade to buy from hold Deutsche Bank, which said it liked Walgreens’ merger and acquisition plans. Duolingo – Shares of the foreign language learning platform lost 10% after the company reported revenue below expectations while also posting a smaller-than-expected quarterly loss.

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CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Uber plans to cut spending and hiring in an attempt slow the company’s plummeting stock price, which is down nearly 50 percent for the year. . Johnson & Johnson is looking to boost growth at its medical devices unit after it completes plans for a spinoff of its consumer health business next year. Scott Olson | Getty Images.

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CFO Simplified

MAY 14, 2024

Think of restaurants, grocery stores, pharmaceutical companies. This requires more management because the risk of loss is greater, and the loss is instantaneous, and irrecoverable. In the pharmaceutical industry, drugs have a certain shelf life before they become unsafe, or their efficacy is reduced.

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Profit and Loss Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Vendor Management 52

Musings on Markets

DECEMBER 10, 2023

We will end with a discussion of how enterprises try, with mixed effects, to build protections against the loss of key personnel. We will then follow up with a framework for thinking about how key people can affect the value of a business, with practical suggestions on valuing and pricing key people. Who is a key person?

Valuation 116

Valuation Profit and Loss Entertainment Investments 116

Musings on Markets

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Even a cursory examination of the the Nifty Fifty , the stocks that drove US equities upwards in the early 1970s, reveals companies like Coca Cola and Gilette, where brand name was a significant contributor to value, as well as pharmaceutical companies like Bristol-Myers and Pfizer, which derived a large portion of their value from patents.

Valuation 106

Valuation Profit and Loss Accounting Investments 106

Musings on Markets

OCTOBER 28, 2024

That was the thought that came to mind, as I was writing about the US government's plans to break up big tech, and chronicling how much the big tech companies have struggled, trying to enter new businesses, notwithstanding the capital and brainpower that they have at their disposal.

Investments 66

Investments Profit and Loss Benchmarking Accounting 66

Finvisage

JANUARY 2, 2020

The objective of TCI is to indemnify the supplier against losses which arise as a consequence of a buyer’s inability to pay. It does not aim to replace profits lost on the transaction. Industry groups have started stockpiling vital goods, for instance non-perishable food products, pharmaceutical supplies and vaccinations.

Construction 52

Construction Manufacturing Economics Profit and Loss 52