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Another tech company says it will cut hundreds of jobs amid pivot to AI
Layoffs have continued with another tech company saying it was cutting people to enable it to use more artificial intelligence. Groupon…
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7 signs top founders know it’s time to pivot, not panic
You can feel it before you can articulate it. Growth stalls. Customer calls feel repetitive in the wrong way. Your team keeps pushing, but…
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Liza Minnelli’s Uncharacteristic Pivot to Self-Disclosure
This sounds remarkably unlike something a real human might say, but then sounding like a human has never been Minnelli’s strength. In an…
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Start Young, Pivot Fast, Build Relentlessly Now
I’m Erik Huberman, and my stance is simple: momentum beats perfection. Careers are not straight lines. They are a series of quick moves,…
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Manulife US Reit unitholders agree to strategic pivot into non-office sectors
The shareholders approve two resolutions to support the Reit’s ‘Growth and Value Up’ plan Unitholders of Manulife US Reit (MUST) have…
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Manulife US Reit proposes strategic pivot to retail, living, industrial sectors
It seeks mandates for US$350 million in divestments and US$600 million in acquisitions Manulife US Reit is seeking unitholder approval for…
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Global private equity funds consider return to China as investors pivot from US
Private equity-backed deals targeting Chinese companies have totalled US$25 billion so far this year Global private equity partners are…
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The human cost of Xiaomi’s rapid pivot from smartphones to EVs
The company still has a long way to go before it could break into the elite club of automakers Months before he dropped to the floor in…
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Barclays, BNP pivot to September Fed rate cut on Powell’s labour warning
Barclays and BNP Paribas expect the US Federal Reserve to make a 25-basis-point interest rate cut in September, according to notes dated…
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“Highest 2 Lowest” Marks a Conservative Pivot for Spike Lee
It’s fascinating when filmmakers make drastic late-career shifts, as Martin Scorsese did with “The Wolf of Wall Street” and Francis Ford…
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Hollywood’s Conservative Pivot
“King of the Hill,” the animated sitcom that first ran for thirteen Americana-powered seasons between 1997 and 2010, had a deceptively…
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Alibaba movie unit’s pivot, rebrand bring US$2 billion value gain
DAMAI Entertainment Holdings, formerly Alibaba Pictures Group, is shifting its focus from movies production to faster-growing…
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Wanted: C-suiters and specialists to serve ultra-rich as they pivot to alternative assets
As demand for alternative assets is heating up in Singapore, so too is the need to hire more staff versed in the field. Leading…
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Permira shuts Hong Kong, Shanghai offices in pivot to India
Permira Holdings is overhauling its Asia strategy, closing offices in Hong Kong and Shanghai and shuffling senior leadership to India,…
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Trump Media pushes forward with pivot to crypto, ETF plans
US President Donald Trump’s social media firm, Trump Media & Technology Group, said on Tuesday (Apr 22) it had reached a binding agreement…
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Asia: Markets mixed as traders digest Fed’s hawkish pivot
EQUITIES fluctuated on Friday (Dec 20) and the US dollar maintained its gains against its peers as investors assessed the fallout from the…
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Toyota aims to ramp up China production in a strategy pivot: sources
TOYOTA aims to make at least 2.5 million vehicles a year in China by 2030, three sources said, an overhaul that will see it bring its…
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Yen is first of many Japanese assets set to pivot on US election
A VICTORY for Kamala Harris in the US presidential election has the potential to support Japan’s ailing currency while a win for Donald…
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Is Dyson’s pivot to consumables a prescient move or misstep?
WELL-KNOWN consumer electronics giant Dyson is expanding into haircare and beauty products, with its first haircare product line,…