Diego Segura
@diegosegura
designer, writer, founder. currently obsessed with monetary theory, high finance, corporate law, regretting dropping out of high school, and sudoku. author of a 2018 book, “the dropout manifesto.”
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the merger of these two companies speaks to the predicament of American fashion, which is not focused on managing brands so much as it is about managing businesses
Coach & Kors’ Marriage of Convenience
Tapestry and Capri
Assume, again, a one percentage- point drop in the bonds’ respective yields. In that case, the U.S. Treasury 1.875s of 2051 would rally by 24%, to 74.30 from 60.15, and the on-the-run 30-year Treasury, the 4.125s of 2053, by 19%, to 116.69 from 97.91.
Holed up in a room with a whiteboard, the founders sketched out what an ideal insurer would look like—from a Millennial’s point of view. It would be online only (no paper or insurance brokers), low-cost, easy to deal with and “trustworthy.” They weren’t naïve about needing insurance expertise and, in May 2015, recruited Ty Sagalow, a 36-year... See more
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Arnault has never acquired a business with back-office synergies on his mind
Coach & Kors’ Marriage of Convenience
this makes me want to cry tears of joy holy shit
According to a 2020 study published by Nikkei that analyzed the solid-state battery patent landscape, “Toyota is the leader with 1,331 known patents while Panasonic Holdings is a distant second with 445 patents. Idemitsu Kosan holds 272 patents, meaning Japanese companies held the top three spots.”
Sure, a television show or movie can still make you a star. But advertising campaigns make stars generationally rich—and developing one’s own brand can make them fuck-you money
The Tao of Shemarya
To be clear, Buffett is the largest economic shareholder in Paramount but Shari still controls nearly 80 percent of the voting stock
Are You There, Aryeh? It’s Me, Shari…
Shari only owns 10% of the company, and that 10% first-class stock has 80% of the voting shares, which is wild. Back in the L*s M**nves days, they tried a “nuclear option” with Marty Lipton to provide a dividend to the second-class shares that didn't give money but instead granted votes, which would have the Redstone shares powerless. It never went through.