Business Week (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
Unraveling the Mystery Behind U.S. Treasury PricesRecent trading in U.S. government debt has puzzled even seasoned pros. looks into the Treasury market's stratospheric pricing By In a season characterized by an ever-growing list of unprecedented events—from repeated capital infusions by the federal government into U.S. financial institutions to historically high market volatility—it's tempting...
OnCustomers (Free subscription) | yesterday
... company for assistance but there is not value for them or the company. Eliminate dumb contacts. Bill Price, Driva Solutions, USA. By following a customer order through the entire delivery process, most companies are able to identify 20-4-% of the activities that don’t add any value. Graham Hill, CACI, Germany. Reducing the pain of doing business can be more effective than reducing...
New York Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
... & Johnson will start a cash tender offer for $31 a share — nearly double Mentor’s Friday closing price of $16.15. The drug company will also assume Mentor’s debt, about $50 million, and make the company a stand-alone unit in its Ethicon business, a top provider of , mesh and other surgical products. Mentor, based in Santa Barbara, Calif., has about 1,300 employees and had $373 million in...
Globe and Mail (Free subscription) | yesterday
Johnson & Johnson doesn't have a cosmetic surgery franchise, but this summer it launched a collagen-based skin filler called Evolence. Some products made by Ethicon increasingly are being used in plastic surgery, including sutures, mesh implants for facelifts, and harmonic scalpels, J&J spokesman Bill Price said.
LA Times (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
... surgery, including sutures, mesh implants for facelifts, and harmonic scalpels, J&J spokesman Bill Price said."Mentor's going to become sort of a cornerstone for ... our strategy to become a major player in this area," he said.Santa Barbara, Calif.-based Mentor has about 1,300 employees and had $373 million in 2007 sales."The addition of Mentor, a market-leader and one of the most...
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
... deal, J&J will start a cash tender offer for $31 per share - nearly double Mentor's Friday closing price of $16.15 - for a total of $1.07 billion. J&J will assume Mentor's net debt, about $50 million, and make the company a stand-alone unit in its Ethicon Inc. business, a top provider of sutures, mesh and other surgical products.
"For Mentor, what a payday!" said Erik Gordon, associate...
SeekingAlpha.com (Free subscription) | 28/11/2008
T-Bills are hitting Great Depression type levels as the flight to safety and economic conditions have driven yields into the ground, therefore sending T-Bill prices through the roof. As recently as last week, when the S&P was hitting multi-year lows, the near month T-Bill rates were basically at zero. That doesn't even make any sense and can only be explained by...
Uk Business Energy News Blog (Free subscription) | 30/11/2008
... of pounds in advance for gas, providing the industry with a cash balance which may be as much as £4billion. Mr Bentley maintains that British Gas customers go into winter with an average credit balance of £6.50. Mr Bentley defended direct debits, arguing that most consumers like to spread their bills. Mr Bentley said that he would welcome an Ofgem investigation, and argued...
Trading Goddess Stock Blog! (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
So who want's to talk about Government Bonds? T-Bills are hitting Great Depression type level's as the flight to safety and economic conditions have driven yields into the ground and therefore T-Bill prices through the roof. As recently as last week when the S&P was hitting multi-year lows the near month T-Bill rates were basically at zero. That doesn't even make...
Time (Free subscription) | 28/11/2008
... Are you a no-TV or all-TV household on Thanksgiving? And are you with the New York Daily News' Bill Price, who wants to yank the football away from the Lions for future Turkey Days? I'd complain about kicking the team when they're down, but when else are you going to kick the Lions?
OnCustomers (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
We have just completed editing a publication for Ogilvy’s Customer Future’s Group on The Importance of the Customer Experience in a Down Economy. This 83 page, multi-author document is available as a free download by clicking here. Advocates of a focus on the customer experience argue that it is the major source of competitive differentiation. It takes the focus off of price and enhances the...
