Decision. Magazine – The Business Development Magazine

The American warehouse group Prologis went public last month with a rejected all-share proposal for Segro, the FTSE 100 logistics landlord, valuing its target at roughly £12.6 billion. Under British takeover rules the bidder must now table a formal offer by 22 July or withdraw for six months. Segro’s board has dismissed the approach as inadequate, opportunistic and on...

Eurostat confirmed on Friday that euro area annual inflation stood at 2.8 percent in June, down from 3.2 percent in May and the lowest reading since February. Three days earlier, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the US consumer price index fell 0.4 percent in June on a seasonally adjusted basis, the largest single-month decline since April 2020. Taken toge...

Something unusual happened in the semiconductor market between Monday and Friday. TSMC, the world’s largest contract chipmaker, reported a sharp jump in quarterly profit, exceeded consensus estimates, and lifted both its revenue and capital spending projections for the year. The stock then dropped 7.3 percent in Taipei. It was not an isolated reaction. The Philadelphi...

The energy crisis of recent years has fundamentally changed the way Brussels thinks. The primary focus of European energy policy was once reducing carbon emissions. Today, policymakers are asking a very different question: how can the economy of an entire continent be powered while relying as little as possible on imported oil and natural gas? The European Commission’...

Football loves heroes. A world-class striker, a brilliant midfield conductor, or a goalkeeper who decides a penalty shootout. These are easy stories to tell, which is precisely why we enjoy them. Reality, however, is far less romantic. Behind the greatest successes are almost always invisible processes. Organizational cultures that are built over years, sometimes deca...