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Polish Investors Hopeful For eCommerce After Allegro IPO

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Executives at MCI Capital , the biggest publicly traded private equity firm in Poland, are optimistic that a recent record-breaking initial public offering (IPO) in the eCommerce space bodes well for the industry, Bloomberg reported. Online retailer Allegro.eu Eyeing the success of that transaction for the owners who took Allegro.eu

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Bank Brand Value: Calculated!

Jeff For Banks

I ask and ask and ask: what does brand get you? Forbes calculated brand value in their " World's Most Valuable Brands " by taking anything that a company achieves over an 8% return on equity. What if the company is more capital intensive, and has to carry more capital than other companies? i.e. brand.

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Lowe’s, PetSmart And Others Take On New Leadership

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Despite another quarterly earnings miss announced Wednesday (May 23), Lowe’s shares got a 9 percent bump mid-week after poaching JCPenney CEO Marvin Ellison on Tuesday, a move that garnered support from Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square Capital Management LP. Zulily was one of those ventures, bought by QVC in 2015 for $2.9 Campbell Soup.

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How Can Financial Services Institutions Better Support Women? – An International Women’s Day Blog

Perficient

Promote the advancement of women into leadership roles. The firm developed a Curated Coaching for Entrepreneurs offering that provides free small-group coaching to female entrepreneurs as part of its Women on the Move initiative. Goldman Sachs has a similar initiative called 10,000 Women.

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Brian Bell Navigates the Evolving Insurance Space to Provide Maximum Client Value Across Industries

Perficient

With nearly three decades of experience directing commercial lending, corporate finance, and insurance for leading brands, Perficient’s Insurance Principal, Brian Bell, stands at the forefront of our financial services practice. It starts at the beginning in creating the playbook and is prevalent throughout delivery and beyond.

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Paychex Expands With Lessor Acquisition

PYMNTS

Payroll and human capital management company Paychex is growing through the acquisition of industry peer Lessor Group. Lessor offers its own platform with Microsoft Dynamics as well as a cloud-based platform, offered to businesses under various brand names across northern Europe.

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Travel Firm Booking Invests $500M In Didi Chuxing

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dollars on its balance sheet after it raised $4 billion in new capital late last year. Building on its leadership and expertise in the global online travel market, Booking is championing a digital revolution of travel experience. Chinese ride-hailing company Didi Chuxing has received $500 million in funding from Booking Holdings.