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☆ When Europe’s railroad dining cars were the height of luxury
  + stars: | 2024-10-11 | by ( Oscar Holland | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +11 min
The most luxurious experience of them all, however, could be found in the dining car. The latter was the first train car to offer on-board meals, including regional specialties like gumbo, which were prepared in a 3-foot-by-6 foot kitchen. By the 1870s, dining cars could be found on sleeper trains across North America. But this decentralized production model also contained the seed of dining car’s ultimate demise. And despite a revival of interest in train travel on the continent, dining cars (or certainly those equipped with kitchens) are now largely the preserve of tourist services.
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☆ SoftBank's View files for bankruptcy 3 years after its SPAC. Here's how it went from investor darling to problem child.
  + stars: | 2024-04-03 | by ( Hayley Cuccinello | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +1 min
Glassmaker View Inc. has filed for bankruptcy 3 years after its SPAC and is going private. SoftBank invested $1.1 billion in View, which has been dogged by cash and regulatory troubles. AdvertisementSoftBank has made headlines for prized investments that have filed for bankruptcy, including WeWork, Katerra, and genetic testing business Invitae. There's an addition to the list: View, which raised $1.1 billion from SoftBank in 2018. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers.
Persons: SoftBank, — Organizations: Service, Business Locations: SoftBank, Milpitas , California
☆ SoftBank's View avoids SEC fine, but is still running low on cash. How it went from investor darling to SPAC disaster.
  + stars: | 2023-07-05 | by ( Hayley Cuccinello | Aaron Weinman | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
SoftBank-funded View Inc. has been dogged by regulatory troubles for more than a year and a half. The agency declined to fine View as the company self-reported the liability understatement, cooperated with the investigation, and "promptly undertook remedial measures." The SEC order did find that View violated several securities laws pertaining to negligence-based antifraud, internal accounting controls, and other matters. The firm's controversial CEO, Rao Mulpuri, has managed to raise cash for View multiple times when the company ran perilously low on cash, including from the now-bankrupt financier Greensill Capital. This is the second time View has been threatened with delisting since going public via SPAC in March 2021.
Persons: Vidul Prakash, Prakash, Rao Mulpuri, He's Organizations: Inc, Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, Greensill, New York Stock Exchange Locations: California, SPAC
☆ 10 money managers who quietly control the vast fortunes of Jeff Bezos, Sergey Brin, the Waltons, and other big-name billionaires
  + stars: | 2022-12-27 | by ( Hayley Cuccinello | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +24 min
Many über-rich people don't outsource their wealth — they hire their own chief investment officers. He left SAC in 2005 for Dune Capital Management, but stayed in touch with Steve during his five-year term at the investment firm. Andrew oversees CPV's portfolio, which primarily comprises direct private investments such as Collectors Universe, a collectibles-authentication company, and the New York Mets. In 2011, Wildcat Capital Management was launched with Potter as president and chief investment officer. Since November 2021, Carland has also served as the interim chief investment officer for Builders Vision's asset arm.
☆ One factory worker takes on Mexico's powerful unions
  + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( Daina Beth Solomon | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +9 min
CTM representatives say their unions defend worker rights, offer perks such as scholarships and sports programs and abide by Mexico's new labor rules. Along with La Liga, other new unions have also won victories over powerful rivals in the past year at GM, Japan's Panasonic (6752.T) and French glassmaker Saint-Gobain (SGOB.PA), pledging better pay. Even among the new crop, La Liga stands out for its broader vision: targeting companies no matter the sector, no matter the location. Leaving her three kids at home, she is traveling factory to factory seeking support. What's more, to drum up support, La Liga must fight a deeply embedded culture of fear and apathy around speaking out.
☆ SoftBank's View just narrowly escaped running out of money. Here's how it went from investor darling to one of the worst SPAC deals ever.
  + stars: | 2022-08-08 | by ( Hayley Cuccinello | Aaron Weinman | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +1 min
The California glassmaker announced on October 27 that it raised $200 million in convertible senior notes due in 2027. View has struggled since going public less than two years ago via SPAC, and was nearly delisted by the New York Stock Exchange for failing to file numerous financial statements. For those looking from the outside, View's troubles came on suddenly, but insiders said the company burned cash and struggled with product failures for years. Insider spoke with 27 former employees and two current employees across View's finance, sales, marketing, factory-operations, engineering, recruiting, and IT departments. "He's always been able to pull a rabbit out of a hat when it comes to procuring more money for the company," one banker familiar with View said.
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