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...that doesn't mean we wouldn't eventually want an international investor to buy a minority part...
...company in 1997 instituted a code of conduct, which all suppliers must sign, and maintains inspectors in countries where its products are made. Still, watchdog groups continue to cite problems, including excessive overtime and lax health-and-safety regulations. Says Carl-Henric Enhorning, director of H&M investor relations: "We believe the best way to have a positive impact in developing markets is to be there and to be buying so that they have money to live...
When London-based Atlantis Investment Management launched a fund in medium-sized Chinese companies last March, the fund's size was a modest $15 million. Eleven months later, the stocks in its portfolio have doubled and the inflow of new money from eager investors has swelled its value to $116 million. "Europeans want to get exposure to what's happen-ing in China," says James Alexander, Atlantis' head of marketing. While the big jump in prices has made some investors wary, he says "there's still plenty of demand." That may be the understatement of the year. Chinese stocks, particularly...
Taqueria veteran Felipe Herrera and Boston investor Tom Brush hope to jointly open Felipe’s Taqueria by mid-March, offering an authentic Mexican feel to satiate Square cravings...
Taking over a conglomerate mired in controversy poses unusual challenges. "I wasn't naive about what I was entering," Breen says. "My first day, almost 20% of our investor base showed up--in the third hour--in my office." They wanted to know how Breen was going to restore credibility to a health-care, electronics and security-alarm company that once aspired to be the next GE before Kozlowski's fall brought it to disrepute. The new CEO moved quickly. In his first six months he replaced Tyco's board of directors wholesale, fired the entire top corporate team...