Welcome to the daily Olympic newsletter. I’m your tour guide John Cherwa and I was a little surprised how the US came out ahead of the total number of awards with 12. Who’s second? Home team, France with eight. The biggest story of the Games, at least until the bigger story comes, is the US, … Read more
Prize table | Olympic Schedule | Olympic News LILLE, France – Watch for Kevin Durant next time he takes over for Team USA at the Olympics. He is lurking. He is hunting. He is waiting. And then he hits, without mercy and without stopping. As long as he is by your side, it is very … Read more
To find more stock-baggers, which of the following should we look for in a business? Basically, the business will show two ways; first is to grow up come back on capital employed (ROCE) and secondly, increase money of money spent. Essentially this means that the company has profitable ventures that it can continue to invest … Read more
Investors in The Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. (NYSE: IPG) had a good week, as its shares rose 4.5% to close at US$30.98 after the release of quarterly results. Revenues were US$2.3b, roughly in line with expectations, although statutory earnings per share (EPS) performed well. EPS of US$0.57 was also better than expected, beating analyst … Read more
Welcome to our Olympic newsletter on the first real day of competition. I’m John Cherwa and I’ve never watched an opening ceremony that was as creative as the one in Paris. Now it’s competition time. There are many comments about the opening ceremony as well as reports from our staff on site. So, I’ll make … Read more
The collapse of Diamond Sports Group, operators of regional sports network Bally Sports, … [+] made it impossible to see clear trends in the general viewership of MLB’s RSNs. (Photo by David Berding/Getty Images) Getty Images Over the past two seasons, overall viewership trends for the regional sports networks that support Major League Baseball have … Read more