ValueAct Pays a Price for Its Supporting Role at Valeant

Puerto Rico defaults on $422 million

Article by Heather Long | Featured on CNN Money Puerto Rico is dialing 9-1-1 for any help it can get. The island was unable to make a $422 million debt payment due Monday. It's another alarm bell of how bad the situation is getting on…
Shoe Dog

Six Takeaways From Phil Knight’s Memoir

A Sneakertown book review.  Phil Knight, co-founder of Nike and the richest person in Oregon, has just released his memoir, Shoe Dog (Scribner, 400 pages, $29)—which is coincidentally already the title of a kids' book about a dog who…
ValueAct Pays a Price for Its Supporting Role at Valeant

Major League Soccer Stadium Proves a Good Financial Bet for Portland

Major League Soccer Stadium Proves a Good Financial Bet for Portland New figures show the city is getting its money back from the Portland Timbers’ stadium. Article By Nigel Jaquiss | Featured on WWeek Sometimes, history doesn't…
Sports Authority bankruptcy sale could close remaining stores

Sports Authority bankruptcy sale could close remaining stores

Article by Chris Isidore | Featured on CNN Money Sports Authority, the struggling chain which filed for bankruptcy in March, is weighing a sale of its assets that could be end up closing most if not all of its 450 stores. Under its original…
Global factory growth nearly stalled in April: PMI

Global factory growth nearly stalled in April: PMI

Article Featured on Reuters Global manufacturing growth almost stalled last month as rising price halted a pick-up in new orders, a survey showed on Tuesday. JPMorgan's Global Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI), produced with…
Lew Calls for Congressional Action on Business Tax Code

Treasury chief Jack Lew calls for business tax reform

Secretary rails against corporate tax inversions Bloomberg News Jack Lew, U.S. Treasury secretary. By GREGORY ZUCKERMAN | Featured on Market Watch LOS ANGELES — Treasury Secretary Jack Lew urged Congress to embrace business tax reform,…
Annual Growth Figures for American Craft Brewers

Annual Growth Figures for American Craft Brewers

By Samurai Artist | Featured on newschoolbeer The Brewers Association (BA), the trade association representing small and independent1 American craft brewers, has released 2015 data on U.S. craft brewing2 growth. Even with more breweries…
Fed's Williams Sees 'Huge Impact' on U.S. From China, Brazil

Fed's Williams Sees 'Huge Impact' on U.S. From China, Brazil

Article Featured on Bloomberg News Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco President John Williams said the global economy, particularly China and Brazil, was having a significant impact on measures that U.S. policy makers watch to determine…
ValueAct Pays a Price for Its Supporting Role at Valeant

ValueAct Pays a Price for Its Supporting Role at Valeant

Article Featured on New York Times | By Andrew Ross Sorkin Bill Ackman gets a lot of ink and a lot of criticism as one of the largest investors behind the crisis-ridden Valeant Pharmaceuticals. But another activist investment firm with a…
ValueAct Pays a Price for Its Supporting Role at Valeant

Latest Updates On the Technology Sector in 2017

The year 2017 was very eventful for the Technology sector as there was something new better and more advanced coming up every month for the tech savvy people that made things better for them. There have been more than 2000 different additions…