Word: investor
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...Archrival Circuit City has seen sales decline from $12.6 billion to an estimated $10.3 billion over the same period. Research firm Retail Forward says Best Buy generates $870 in sales per sq. ft. of retail space, in contrast to Circuit City's $480. (Highfields Capital, a large Circuit City investor, offered to buy out the company for $3.25 billion last month...
...former President's testimony "appears extremely important for the resolution of the case." In the longer term, boosting international confidence in Ukraine's economy will be crucial. Critically, outside experts say the country needs to improve corporate governance and the functioning of the nation's puny financial markets. Investors currently have little protection from powerful locals who use practices frowned upon in the West - such as sales of stock to insiders at below-market prices and reverse stock splits - to squeeze out small shareholders. "One shouldn't get caught up in the emotion of a political fairy tale," cautions William...
...Angel investor Peter Thiel throws One Million User Party at Frisson (San Francisco...
...that doesn’t mean things won’t change. After all, the boys have already been tempted once—last summer, as debts piled up. Ultimately, Zuckerberg chose not to partner with a venture firm, essentially setting the company’s current investor policy. Instead, he sought advertisers, earned back the debt money he owed himself, and kept TheFacebook free of venture capitalists...
Accomplishments: Early investor. Coordinated national and local advertisements to keep the site financially stable...