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May 9, 2017 Ready for the monster of all deals? We crunched some numbers on Warren Buffett’s wish list
Warren Buffett’s war chest is ready for his next deal — maybe even his biggest one yet. The company’s cash swelled to $86.4 billion at the end of 2016, and at this rate it means even takeovers in the $100 billion ballpark are conceivable, as my colleague Noah Buhayar wrote for Bloomberg News this week. He flagged […]
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November 1, 2016 STARTUP STATISTICS – The Numbers You Need to Know
We’ve collected these startup statistics for small businesses from a variety of sources. Last updated: October 23, 2016 GENERAL STARTUP STATISTICS 51 percent of owners of small businesses are 50-88 years old, 33 percent are 35-49 and only 16 percent are 35 years old and under. 69 percent of U.S. entrepreneurs start their businesses at […]
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October 6, 2016 Amazon, Flipkart, Snapdeal Claim Massive Sales Numbers on Day 1 of Festive Sales
E-commerce majors Snapdeal and Flipkart on Sunday claimed lakhs of transactions on their platforms on the first of the 5-day discount sales even as some consumers expressed woes on the social media about certain glitches. Amazon, which started its 5-days special sale on October 1, on Sunday said it has seen 6-fold growth over its […]
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February 26, 2016 Counterpoint ‘Grossly Underestimated Our Numbers’, Says Xiaomi India Head Manu Jain
Less than 24-hours after the Counterpoint Research’s Market Monitor analyst report stated thatMicromax’s Yu is outselling Xiaomi online, and that Xiaomi registered a 46 percent drop in smartphone shipments (its first-ever drop in the country), Xiaomi has issued a counterpoint of its own by saying it sold record 1 million plus units in Q2 (July […]
