Using Adjusted Earnings and Assets, FB’s Adjusted Return on Assets was 43% in 2015 – roughly five times the traditional 9% ROA most financial databases report. This difference is primarily caused by FB’s $18.0bn goodwill, […]
From supply chains to production to customer experience, digitization is transforming the way industry functions—and unleashing global opportunities for value creation. In the past few years, we have seen digitization bring its first benefits to […]
By Tristan Van Iersel. We already knew Uber’s intention to eventually replace its drivers, who take 80% of what riders pay, with fully autonomous cars. The interesting pieces are: Partner choice: The Swedish carmaker, and […]
A startup called SelfScore has raised $7.1 million in new venture funding to help bring much-needed financial services to international students at U.S. colleges and universities. SelfScore advertises as the International Student’s MasterCard, and largely […]
Enterprise software company SAP is acquiring Altiscale, a startup that offers a cloud-based version of the Hadoop open source software for storing, processing, and analyzing lots of different kinds of data. The deal could be […]
When Facebook purchased WhatsApp for $19 billion in stock in 2014 (which eventually ended up costing $22 billion), all everyone wanted to know was how it would contribute. As of February this year, WhatsApp had […]
Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) is reportedly looking to get more social. While building one of the world’s most impressive ecosystems, the company focused on making that platform the best for its users, rather than trying to dabble […]
Uber (Private:UBER) has reportedly generated losses of almost $1.3 billion in the first half of the year. The company has been valued at more than $60 billion, and even as high as $69 billion, according […]
The seemingly unstoppable rise of the yen has firmly entrenched a deflationary and bargain-hunting mindset among Japanese consumers and caution in the business world. The government’s latest stimulus package is also being dismissed as Abenomics […]
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