 It used to be fashionable for companies and corporations to be large enough to take care of their local markets. Then globalisation sets in and new markets and opportunities around the globe opened up to be exploited and tapped into, and suddenly, the era of local giants became extinct and less profitable.
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UACN: Building A Well Fed Nation
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 He is a lover of Manchester United, an English team that plays an exciting brand of football. So, when Larry Ettah Ephraim assumed leadership of the UAC conglomerate, industry watchers expected to see dynamism and an exciting leadership and business model. Ephraim has not disappointed on both counts.
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Cadbury: A Long Way Home.
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 It has all the ingredients of a typical sorry-ending play; sunny bright day, with a hint of happy things to follow, then inexplicably something happens out of turn and everything goes awry.
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The Cadbury story was a rosy one. For five years to 2005, the company declared very impressive results; Cadbury's five-year financial summary reveals over 100% growth in turnover from N13.2 billion (2001) to N29.4 billion (2005), an increase in PBT on ordinary activities from N2.4 billion (2001) to N3.8 billion
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John Holt: A Breath Of New Life
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As one would expect of anything old – at over 120 years, it is the oldest conglomerate in Nigeria – John Holt was beset with the usual old-age ailments; it became stiff in limbs and couldn’t adapt to the fast-changing business environment as it hobbled after the unrelenting and dynamic business crowd. The results have been predictable. In the last six years, the group had been hemorrhaging, with all the ratios swathed in red. In it’s 2005 financial report, the group recorded a staggering 44% decline in revenue from its operations.
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 Dividend yield is a financial ratio that shows how much a company pays out in cash to its shareholders each year relative to its share price. Its beauty is that it cannot be falsified or massaged and you can put it in your pocket and use it to buy things. Investors who require steady income should pay close attention to stocks that pay relatively high and stable dividends.
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