Jeff For Banks

APRIL 5, 2012

Last Fall, they embarked on “Operation Twist,” to sell shorter dated securities and buy longer dated ones in an effort to push long term rates down, especially to get mortgage rates lower to help the still struggling housing market. But we know that only three things in life are certain—death, taxes, and a Fed that goes too far.

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Jeff For Banks

APRIL 10, 2015

It has been nine years since the Fed last tightened policy in June, 2006; maybe they are getting anxious. The US has led the world in energy and oil production from its shale and fracking operations. Some Fed officials want to raise rates regardless, saying rates are just too low with an unemployment rate of 5.5%

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CB Insights

JUNE 6, 2019

The company announced it was effectively ceasing operations immediately and filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, putting more than 1,100 people out of work overnight. In January 2019, Munchery abruptly ceased all operations, as it informed customers via email. By September 2011, Solyndra’s business model had fallen apart.

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

In the early 70s, See’s was able to produce about $2M a year (after tax) on just $8M in net tangible assets (including all accounts receivable.) Berkshire Hathaway bought See’s, and by 1982, it was up to producing $13M after taxes on just $20M in net tangible assets. That premium is the company’s “economic goodwill.”.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 26, 2020

In 2006, investment banks were at the top of the finance world. While the rules against prop trading have more recently been loosened, the restriction has still changed how investment banks operate. Even as the regulation pendulum swings back toward more limited oversight, how investment banks operate is fundamentally changing.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Date: November 30, 2006. Date: February 6, 2006. In 2006, it was the most-visited website in the US, even beating out Google. Mattel took an after-tax loss of $430M, with a possibility of making some money back if Gores got the company to profitability, which did actually happen only 75 days after the handoff.

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CB Insights

MAY 23, 2019

Rishi Shah and Shradha Agarwal founded healthcare information startup Outcome Health in 2006 while the pair were still studying at Illinois’ Northwestern University. Founded by Renaud Laplanche in 2006, LendingClub quickly became one of the largest online lenders in the US. Hampton Creek busted buying its own merchandise.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

and the Tax Reform Act of 1976 gave many tax incentives to homeowners who decided to restore their homes. Despite the rapid growth of bed and breakfasts in the 1980s and 1990s, bed and breakfast operators faced some marketing challenges. The National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 fostered historic preservation in the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

MARCH 19, 2018

And that we should do that not because they’re tax evaders or evil — all things he said they, like all of us, are. Before there was Google Pay , there were three earlier versions of Google payments, starting with Google Checkout in 2006. They examined anonymized tax data starting in the 1940s until 2015. They all died.

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CB Insights

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

In 2006, amidst high user growth and revenue numbers, several firms took part in Facebook’s Series B: Founders Fund, Interpublic Group, Meritech Capital Partners, and Greylock Partners backed the $27.5M In 2006, Mason told Lefkofsky about his idea for a crowd-sourced voting site called The Point. When Snap Inc.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 31, 2017

After Amazon announced in March that it was planning to shut down Diapers.com and all the other eCommerce sites operated by Quidsi, the company it acquired in 2010 — the online retailer has pulled all of the Quidsi apps from its app store. Title: ChaCha, unable to find financial answers, shuts down operations. Product: Quidsi.

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CB Insights

MAY 1, 2018

While still in operation, Google+ is hardly anybody’s favorite social network. Zune, Microsoft (2006). EZ Squirt Ketchup, Heinz (2006). Mobile ESPN, ESPN (2006). HD DVD, Toshiba (2006). Frescata, Wendy’s (2006). Sony finally ceased supporting the robotic creatures in 2006.

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Its acquisitions of smaller grocers like Roundy’s (2015) and Harris Teeter (2014) have bolstered Kroger’s supply chain further by integrating their warehouses and distribution centers into the company’s larger operations. This data underpins other improvements to Kroger’s operations. This helps them increase their margins.

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