ZF's cost cuts lifted H1 2026 EBIT margin to 5.0% and doubled free cash flow
The German supplier raised adjusted EBIT to €964M (5.0% margin) from €853M (4.3%) a year earlier as restructuring took hold and headcount fell by about 3,500.
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Yeovil hospital hoisted a ready-made 24-bed ward onto its roof in a capacity crunch
After a black alert year and 5% annual demand growth, Yeovil hospital lifted 16 ward modules onto the outpatients roof — 24 beds fitted in 10 weeks.
Read caseYahoo built native-ad platform Gemini in a 45-day skunkworks; $300M in 2014 (interview)
In a Fast Company oral history, Marissa Mayer's team recalls how 18 people built the Gemini native-ad platform in 45 days; it made $300 million in 2014.
Read caseUnilever sold Zwitsal in 2026 to keep pruning its portfolio around 30 global Power Brands
The September 2026 sale of Zwitsal to Royal Sanders shows Unilever shedding regional brands to concentrate capital and marketing on its 30 Power Brands.
Read caseTfL made London's New Routemaster front-boarding only after a pilot halved fare evasion
London's hop-on hop-off Routemaster, a 2012 design icon, was converted to front-door-only boarding in 2020 after a pilot halved its fare evasion.
Read caseRella's hard pivot took a creator tool to $3M ARR on four founders (interview)
In a Practical Founders interview, Natalie Barbu recounts relaunching Rella from $25K and zero revenue to $3M ARR in 12 months with four co-founders.
Read caseNew CEO Cahillane's turnaround lifted Kraft Heinz's outlook, but volumes still slide
Steve Cahillane, CEO since January 2026, pushed protein-heavy innovation and price hikes; Kraft Heinz beat sales estimates and raised its 2026 outlook.
Read caseIkea turned its meatball restaurants into a $1.5 billion growth business
Ikea Food's managing director applied the furniture playbook — scale, sustainable sourcing, democratic design — to a division seen as just a sofa-seller.
Read caseCuritiba built Latin America's first landfill solar plant on its closed Caximba dump
Curitiba's 4.55 MW 'solar pyramid' on the closed Caximba landfill cuts municipal electricity bills ~30% — about R$2.65M a year — and 2,000 tons of CO2.
Read caseCiti split Banamex from its Mexico institutional bank to set up a 2025 IPO
Effective 1 December 2024 Citi runs two Mexican groups — a 3,000-person Citi México and a 39,000-person Banamex — ahead of floating 15–20% of the retail bank.
Read caseCiti exits retail in 14 markets, Poland its 10th sale, keeping only Mexico's Banamex
Five years into retreating from international consumer banking, Citi Handlowy sold its Polish retail arm to VeloBank for about $292.5M — the 10th of 14 exits.
Read caseBaton flipped from selling to buyers to referring vendors — revenue grew 15x
Baton's Zillow-for-small-businesses couldn't give valuations away, so it asked owners what they needed and took a 10% referral fee — revenue grew 15x, per Inc.
Read caseBASF moved four $28 billion businesses toward the exit to refocus on core chemicals
New CEO Markus Kamieth put agrochemicals, battery materials, coatings and environmental catalysts — 37% of sales — on separate paths out of BASF.
Read caseAutoCanada shut its loss-making C2C finance and Kijiji instant-offer units
The Canadian dealer group wound down two online side businesses that lost $6.0M a year, buying back iA Financial's 10% stake for $8M to refocus on dealerships.
Read caseAkzoNobel sold its India paints business to JSW for $1.6B to refocus on global coatings
AkzoNobel agreed to sell up to 75% of AkzoNobel India to JSW Group at a $1.6 billion enterprise value, keeping powder coatings and its research center.
Read caseWarner Bros. Discovery split linear TV from streaming — shares jumped 15% in a day
WBD announced a split into Global Linear Networks and Streaming & Studios — HBO under streaming — in a structure that could simplify future consolidation.
Read caseUCI Health opened a 144-bed hospital campus that runs entirely on electricity
Mid-construction, UCI Health swapped its planned gas plant for heat pumps and opened a 144-bed all-electric hospital — claimed the only one over 500,000 sq ft.
Read caseSAMHI swung to ₹85.5 crore profit as its GIC partnership and ACIC deal took hold
FY25 brought India's SAMHI Hotels a ₹85.5 crore PAT after a ₹234.6 crore FY24 loss, with consolidated EBITDA up 47.9% and the GIC platform deal completed.
Read caseOptum Health lifted patient-facing hours 12% to steady its Medicare business
After Medicare care activity blew up its 2025 results, Optum Health's CEO says new clinical programs and cost discipline have metrics beating expectations.
Read caseIpca rebuilds its US generics line from a 2017 FDA ban toward $200M (interview)
With the FDA import ban lifted and Unichem integrated, Ipca Labs targets $200M in US generics revenue in 12–18 months — up from $30–35M before the 2017 ban.
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