Word: investments
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...order to get the movie he wanted. To change that, Blockbuster had to overhaul its business model. In the past the company bought tapes from the studios for about $65 apiece. Because each store has 10,000 tapes, the inventory got expensive, thus limiting the company's willingness to invest in too many copies of one film. Now Blockbuster has revenue-sharing deals with all but a couple of major studios. The deals dramatically lower Blockbuster's up-front costs to about $6 a tape. In exchange, Blockbuster hands over roughly 40% of rental revenue...
...afford not to invest in the powerful trend toward people's shopping, at incredibly low prices, from the convenience of their homes? That was the pitch I used back when I was a broker at Goldman Sachs, and since that was in 1986-87, I wasn't hawking the Internet but rather an outfit called Home Shopping Network, which peddled stuff on TV and took orders by phone. Its stock had gone from 18 to 133 in the time it takes to say "cubic zirconium," and I thought it could only go higher. Instead, it suffered the most brutal, protracted...
...union got some jobs and a promise not to sell plants," says Szczesny. "GM will invest $180 million in the Flint Metal Center in exchange for an improvement in productivity there." In return, the union will settle the festering disputes at three other locations not on strike -- and Szczesny thinks GM may have won more than the union announced Tuesday. "There should be more back end for GM coming out soon" as details of the deal emerge over the next few days, he says. No matter how it did, the world's largest carmaker can't get back to making...
Seoul (11/97) Signed a "preliminary memorandum of understanding" to invest in a park...
...money in mutual funds, it's just as important to know in which countries and industries they invest. Many so-called U.S. funds are heavily exposed to Asia. You can usually find out where a fund invests by tapping into its website or calling its 800 number. If the fund can't tell...