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☆ Recovery in Asia M&A, stuck at 8-year-lows, rests on macro conditions
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-19 | by ( Kane Wu | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Deals are set to revive slowly as companies and funds watch out for easier macroeconomic conditions, they said. "This will provide a more stable backdrop for the return of a more robust M&A market," said Maliah. Deals in private equity, a major M&A driver, amounted to $139 billion as of Dec. 15, down 52% on all of 2021. "Banks' ability to write big-size checks is still much challenged," said Samson Lo, UBS's co-head of Asia-Pacific M&A. An improvement in Asian equity capital market volumes from three-year lows will also help M&A deals, dealmakers said.

☆ Arielle Charnas' company, Something Navy, is floundering amid dwindling sales, an employee exodus, and furious suppliers
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-08 | by ( Katie Warren | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +36 min

From the outside, it doesn't look as if Charnas' company is in trouble. Mark Sagliocco/Getty Images for Beach MagazineSeveral former employees told Insider they cut ties with Something Navy because they saw signs the company was struggling. Several current and former Something Navy employees told Insider they'd been inundated with emails since the spring from suppliers, freelancers, and models asking where their money was. In one email viewed by Insider, Scanlan told a supplier that cash was tight but promised payment was on the way. The current Something Navy employee said that based on data she'd seen, the retail locations most likely don't turn a profit.

☆ Louis Vuitton picks Shanghai for first furniture and homewares store
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-25 | by ( Casey Hall | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

SHANGHAI, Nov 25 (Reuters) - Louis Vuitton on Friday announced plans to open a dedicated furniture and homewares store in Shanghai, a world first for the French luxury brand as it aims to expand further into lifestyle offerings to affluent Chinese clients. Louis Vuitton, part of LVMH (LVMH.PA), said in a statement the showroom will be trialled for several months as a pop-up and if successful will then become a permanent feature. A smaller side building is dedicated to showing designs by Frank Chou, the first mainland Chinese designer tapped by Louis Vuitton to collaborate on the Objet Nomades collection, as the furniture and homewares ranges is known. Louis Vuitton dipped its toes into a more lifestyle-oriented offering in China last month when it opened a store in the southwestern city of Chengdu that included an exhibition space and restaurant. Verghese sees homewares as a good bet for Louis Vuitton, especially in China.

☆ Anxious Twitter users find few alternatives to platform after Musk deal closes
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-28 | by ( Jennifer Korn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

But with few obvious alternatives, Twitter users may be left with nowhere else to go. Other platforms, like Mastodon, have promised a more decentralized social media experience. “Excited to see what you accomplish here,” retired basketball star Shaquille O’Neill tweeted at Musk on Wednesday ahead of the deal closing. Musk has said he would restore Trump’s Twitter account, though Trump has previously said he would remain on Truth Social. By unbanning users and unwinding content moderation efforts, Musk could make Twitter less palatable for its most vulnerable users, typically women, members of the LGBTQ community, and people of color, according to safety experts.

☆ Studiu: Simptomele neurologice ale COVID-19 cresc de şase ori riscul de deces
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-12 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +2 min

Pacienţii cu COVD-19 care dezvoltă simptome neurologice prezintă un risc de şase ori mai mare de deces, potrivit unui studiu internaţional publicat marţi de revista medicală JAMA Network Open, relatează EFE, citat de agerpres.ro. Rezultatele, încă provizorii, au fost obţinute pe baza a 3.744 de adulţi spitalizaţi în 133 de centre de pe cele cinci continente. Principala concluzie a studiului este că 82% dintre pacienţii spitalizaţi au dezvoltat simptome neurologice, care merg de la dureri de cap şi până la pierderea mirosului sau a gustului, ceea ce creşte de şase ori riscul de deces. De asemenea, pacienţii cu boli neurologice preexistente, precum demenţă sau migrene cronice, au un risc dublu de a dezvolta simptome neurologice asociate COVID-19. Sherry Chou, profesor de neurologie la Universitatea din Pittsburg (SUA), a condus consorţiul internaţional care a realizat studiul.

Persons: Chou, Sherry Organizations: Network Open, Universitatea din Locations: Pacienţii, Universitatea din Pittsburg, SUA

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