Uber IPO falls 8.5% as $3B losses expose profitability gap
Uber's 2019 IPO fell 8.5% day one because it lacked the profitability that protected Facebook and Alphabet post-IPO.
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Roblox leveraged pandemic-driven engagement growth to file for a direct listing at a $4B+ valuation, despite losses tripling as user hours surged 171%
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A bored startup worker's meme account became Indonesia's go-to tech gossip platform with 168K followers and mainstream media influence
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Chipotle's Cultivate Foundation ran a non-equity accelerator offering mentorship and credibility, with startups valuing long-term partnerships over fast exits
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The new chairman sold Colombia and Malaysia, franchised Greece and Indonesia, and reinvested the proceeds in French stores — profit tripled in a year.
Lire le casArgentina prisons authorize cellphones, transforming inmate life during pandemic
Buenos Aires courts authorized cellphones in prisons during COVID-19 lockdowns, turning isolation into connection, education, and digital access for inmates.
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After US deportation, Fernando Figueroa joined HolaCode, a Mexico City bootcamp that trains return migrants in software engineering for high‑pay jobs.
Lire le casNorsk Hydro demerged its fertilizer arm Yara in 2004 and listed it on the Oslo exchange
State-controlled Norsk Hydro spun off 100-year-old fertilizer unit Yara in March 2004; the focused company became the world's top crop-nutrition firm.
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Japan's biggest parcel firm raised base shipping fees for the first time since 1990, choosing higher prices and lower volume over unpaid driver overtime.
Lire le casVodafone Idea swapped ₹16,133 crore of government dues for a 35.8% stake and stayed alive
India's government converted Vodafone Idea's interest dues into equity in 2022, keeping the telco out of bankruptcy.
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Vista shifted its focus from large‑scale buyouts to a dedicated $850M fund for smaller software firms, unlocking new deal flow and operational upside.
Lire le casVienna part-privatised its airport in 1992, listing it on the Vienna Stock Exchange
Flughafen Wien AG became Europe's second listed airport in 1992 when Austria, Vienna and Lower Austria sold shares while keeping control.
Lire le casVice Media's Acquisition of Refinery29 Boosts Audience and Scale
In 2019, Vice Media acquired women‑focused digital publisher Refinery29 for about $400 million to gain its young female audience and increase its digital scale.
Lire le casValaris erased $7.1B of debt in Chapter 11 and rode the offshore drilling recovery
The world's largest offshore driller by fleet left Chapter 11 in 2021 with $550M of debt and fresh capital, then returned to solid profit as dayrates recovered.
Lire le casUSG spent five years in Chapter 11 walling off asbestos, then sold to Knauf for $7B
USG funded a $3.95B asbestos trust in Chapter 11, kept shareholders whole, rebuilt the Sheetrock business, and exited to Knauf at $43.50 a share.
Lire le casU.S. Steel's asset-revitalization plan turned a $440M loss into $387M profit
After two years of losses, CEO Dave Burritt bet on fixing existing plants, and 2017 was the first profitable year in a decade.
Lire le casSachem Head's 8.7% stake forced US Foods to replace its CEO and reset its board
The foodservice distributor that slipped to No. 3 gave an activist two board seats and a new CEO, then spent two years taking market share back.
Lire le casJANA's TreeHouse campaign ended with a $950M divestiture and a $2.9B take-private
The private-label giant gave JANA two board seats, sold its meal-prep arm for $950M to cut debt, and five years later sold the whole company for $2.9B.
Lire le casTCS pivots to AI services, boosting revenue to $2.3B annually
TCS pivoted from back‑office IT to AI orchestration, using legacy‑system expertise to own the AI deployment layer, hitting $2.3B AI revenue in 2026.
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