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...Could one argue that financial firms need to get bigger, not smaller? There is no evidence that large, multiplatform banks are more efficient or able to sustain risk than smaller banks. When I was on Wall Street, we used to have at least 20 firms that competed in the market. My book is the story of how Wall Street started as a group of small firms, and how those firms maneuvered to survive and prosper, but in the process, most either failed or were swallowed up by others. The net result has been a positive for users of capital markets...
...analysis by Goldman Sachs suggests that while Ford is expected to gain some market share in the months ahead, Toyota will contribute relatively little. "We continue to view Chrysler and GM as being the largest source of share gains," it states, adding, "We expect a modest gain against foreign brands...
...most likely the biggest beneficiary of Toyota's accelerator recall? Its longtime rival Honda. "We see Honda as being the best positioned across a broad range of vehicles to gain," write analysts from Deutsche Bank. "Honda competes at or near the top of the market in five impacted segments, models which account for 80% of sales...
...Third Dimension: Critics have shown “Avatar” remarkable lenience because of the perception that it will kickstart the 3-D segment of the film market, which up until now has been remained marginal, despite being populated by lucrative-but-questionable gems such as “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” and “My Bloody Valentine 3-D.” It’s true that Cameron managed to force the design and adoption of certain technologies a few years before they might otherwise have been picked up. However, three-dimensional...
That Google would even consider pulling out of a burgeoning and potentially very lucrative market out of moral concerns is impressive in many respects. Although Google’s 30.1 percent share of the Chinese search engine market is relatively paltry compared to the 63.9 percent share held by China’s homegrown Baidu, withdrawing from the country altogether represents a very serious business decision for the company...