Remove 2002 Remove Capital Remove Leadership Remove Marketing
article thumbnail

Trump transition team releases names of additional CFPB landing team members

CFPB Monitor

Mr. Atkins is an attorney who served as a commissioner on the SEC from 2002 to 2008. Jordan is currently President and CEO of a government relations firm that specializes in strategic business development and President of the National Black Republican Leadership Council. Consuala “CJ” Jordan. Julie Bell Lindsay.

article thumbnail

The Mother List of All Banking Books

Jeff For Banks

The Panic of 1907: Lessons Learned from the Market's Perfect Storm 2009 Lowell L. Oil Capital: The History of American Oil, Wildcatters, Independents and Their Bankers 2016 Dwight L. Bonadio Bonadio, Felice A. Giannini: Banker of America 1994 Richard X. Bove Bove, Richard X. Bruner Bruner, Robert F. Bryan Bryan, Lowell L.

America 78
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Fools Rush In: 37 Of The Worst Corporate M&A Flops

CB Insights

In a deal that aimed to open the Chinese coal markets, US heavy-equipment behemoth Caterpillar paid $677M in 2012 to acquire ERA Mining Machinery Ltd. The Chinese coal market is one of the biggest in the world and this deal looked like easy money. a leading producer of hydraulic coal-mine roof supports in China. Google and Motorola.

Google 76
article thumbnail

Here Are 35 Casualties Of The Retail Apocalypse And Why They Failed

CB Insights

Summary: Toys “R” Us was the third largest bankruptcy in the US (after KMart in 2002 and Federated Department Stores, now Macy’s, in 1990). The company struggled to retain business in a difficult denim market that was being chipped away by the athleisure clothing trend as well as fast fashion and low-priced retailers.

Retail 78
article thumbnail

24 Lessons From Warren Buffett’s Annual Letters To Shareholders

CB Insights

Market volatility. Brown, instead of managers getting stock options or guaranteed bonuses, every manager got paid $7,800 a year (the equivalent of about $14,500 today), plus “a designated percentage of the profits of the company after these are reduced by a charge for capital employed.”. Stock ownership. to buy half of.

Omaha 78
article thumbnail

21 Lessons From Jeff Bezos’ Annual Letters To Shareholders

CB Insights

The online bookseller didn’t turn a profit for six years — today, it’s the second publicly traded company ever to hit a $1T market cap. 2002: Build your business on your fixed costs. The longer a company is able to retain its customers, the less it needs to spend on acquisition or marketing. Just execute.