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The UK Construction Sector’s B2B Payment Practices Crumble

PYMNTS

write off $62 billion in unpaid invoice debt as losses every year. 28) concluded that 55 percent of companies in the construction subcontracting industry feel powerless to influence the payment terms of their contracts with larger construction companies. Late payments are considered an epidemic by some in the U.K.

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To NPV or Not to NPV: That Is the Question

Fpanda Club

oracle Aesop formulated his investment insight "a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush" and since that time the model for calculating the value of an asset as the present value of the cash generated by this asset throughout its life has remained unchanged. In about 600 B.C. and help identify most probable outcomes.

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Do Our Roads Have to be Built by Government?

CFO News Room

Ironically, it was during Jefferson’s presidency that the government first embarked upon road construction, with the National Road. The door was now open to federal “investments” in roads, canals, railroads, and other internal improvements. Thus did the federal camel get its nose under the road construction tent.

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Global trade to rebound modestly: Allianz

Future CFO

To offset some of its losses in global export markets and soft domestic demand, China has increased and will maintain policy support, while also increasing investment abroad to consolidate its influence, Allianz added. Going forward, rising rates should continue to bite profitability and liquidity , while revenue growth should soften.

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What Does the Market “Know” ?

Barry Ritholtz

If anything, finding contrary pieces helps reduce confirmation bias and curtails my time in a limited information bubble of my own construction. When big reversals occur, the dynamics of that risk/reward ratio change, often leading to losses. We cannot avoid that fate entirely but we can do our best to keep it to a minimum.

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Beyond WeWork, The Vision Fund’s Bumpy Bets On Tech Disruption

PYMNTS

As far as investments go, SoftBank’s Vision Fund’s recent bumps and bruises, and the state of many of its once high-flying holdings, bring to mind that scene in a long-ago Monty Python movie focused on the Holy Grail. In that film, the plague has struck, and the carts are in the streets collecting the bodies…. Bring out your dead.”.

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Alexa Is A Costly Success For Amazon

PYMNTS

Will that device construction project look as tempting now that it is known that Alexa is not exactly a money maker? Amazon may not be making money, but then — Amazon is known for loss leading as it consolidates markets. Probably not.