APPROXIMATELY 95% of employers are considered to be a small business (less than 20 employees), including micro businesses (less than five employees). Micro & small businesses make a significant contribution to the total value of industry output. Small businesses are spread out over all industries. In the Coffs Harbour region ‘health care and social assistance’…
Pillarstone, the European platform set up by US private equity firm KKR, is in advanced talks with creditor banks regarding the restructuring of the Notos Com Holdings group and frozen seafood company Kallimanis. The debt management firm will provide the funds needed for the restructuring of the two enterprises debts and will take an active…
Facebook dropped Mark Zuckerberg’s plan to restructure the company’s voting shares. James Martin/CNET Facebook is dropping a plan to restructure its stock, which would have allowed CEO Mark Zuckerberg to retain control of the company even as he planned to sell his shares for philanthropic causes. Zuckerberg said Friday he’s still committed to his philanthropic…
Facebook reportedly settled a lawsuit over Mark Zuckerberg’s voting power. James Martin/CNET Facebook is dropping a plan to restructure its stock, which would have allowed CEO Mark Zuckerberg to retain control of the company even as he planned to sell his shares for philanthropic causes. Zuckerberg said Friday he’s still committed to his philanthropic efforts,…
General Electric Co. is nearing an agreement to sell its industrial-solutions business to ABB Ltd. in a deal valued at $2.5 billion to $3 billion, people with knowledge of the matter said. The companies are likely to announce an accord by next week, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the talks…
Fred Troncone ran the Wellard Rural Exports business until 2015 and was recently appointed to the board. A Wellard non-executive director has been pulled back into the live export business to take over responsibility for its day-to-day operations from founder and chief executive Mauro Balzarini. The appointment of former Wellard senior manager Fred Troncone as…
Australia | 12:11 PM Brickworks continues to derive benefit from strong construction activity on Australia’s east coast but, beyond the next 6-12 months, the outlook is more uncertain. -Rising energy costs envisaged eroding margins in FY18-Property earnings and profits expected to ease from highs-Strong building product order book, not expecting demand to slow for 12 months …
Hewlett Packard Enterprise is cutting 5,000 jobs as part of a wider effort to slash costs at the company, Bloomberg reported. The layoffs will affect about 10% of HPEs workforce, including employees both in the US and abroad, according to the report. HPE will start making the cuts before the end of the year, Bloomberg…
There were no famous athletes at Nike’s annual shareholder’s meeting Thursday, no fashion models, little of the customary glitz and glamour, perhaps befitting a new era of austerity and resurgent competitors. “This was a particularly challenging, difficult time,” said Mark Parker, Nike chief executive, president and chair, said of the company’s just-ended fiscal year. “Having…
Partners said Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s Next restructuring initiative is set to power a sweeping set of channel improvements that is going to drive double-digit channel sales gains. Joseph Yang, director of professional and managed services for Microware Limited, a $130 HPE Platinum partner, said he sees the Next initiative making HPE his No.1 partner in…