Word: cendant
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Even simpler tools can make certain problems go away faster and shrink expense reports. In February, Cendant Corp. needed to design a facade for a hotel in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, that was becoming a Day's Inn. Architects and designers drew up rough drafts in the Parsippany, N.J., headquarters of Cendant's hotel division--which operates 6,440 hotels in 24 countries. Then the New Jersey team e-mailed the designs to Egypt and arranged a conference call with the franchise designers and operators in Sharm El Sheikh. "Before this, we would have spent...
...Early bird gets the return. "You make money by changing the rules and being there first," says Henry Silverman, CEO of Cendant. Not everyone has such clout. But by using special knowledge of your job or hobby you can spot a trend early...
There's even a parody for people opposed to hunting: Deer Avenger (Cendant Software; $19.95). In it, bazooka-toting deer lure potbellied hunters to their death with such "genuine hunter calls" as a feminine cry of "Help, I'm naked, and I have a pizza." This game has yet to crack...
...Does management deserve a second chance? Put Dunlap in charge of a bloated company in trouble, and I'd buy the stock. (I'd also sell it within a year.) I also believe Henry Silverman, CEO of the marketing firm Cendant, will fix things in the wake of a disastrous merger with CUC International. His may be the ultimate display of agility. Silverman is selling chunks of the company he built, which is now worth more in liquidation than its value in the market...
...surfaced for those itching to load up on stocks at today's lower prices. Alan Greenspan's surprise interest-rate cut, which sent the market rocketing higher on Thursday, is one. But even before that move, savvy corporate buyers had been turning up the volume. Last week marketing firm Cendant unveiled a $1 billion program to buy its own shares. This followed on the heels of buybacks by Pfizer ($5 billion), McDonald's ($3.5 billion) and American Express ($3.3 billion). In September $25 billion in share repurchases was announced--double the pace of earlier this year...