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☆ Bank of America downgrades Deutsche Bank as it struggles to improve profitability
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-10 | by ( Sarah Min | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

It's time to sell shares of Deutsche Bank , according to Bank of America. Analyst Rohith Chandra-Rajan downgraded shares to underperform from neutral, as the European bank deals with challenges around profitability. "We see Deutsche Bank struggling to improve profitability as growth is heavily volume reliant, consuming cost and capital resources. Deutsche Bank shares are outperforming this year. The European bank stock is up more than 8% in 2023, better than the S & P 500's 6% gain.

"The company has received a proposal from the JIP consortium," Toshiba said in a statement. Two of the sources said major Japanese banks, including Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (8316.T), had issued letters of commitment to provide 1.4 trillion yen ($10.6 billion) in loans to the group. The final buyout proposal would also include an equity portion of about 1 trillion yen, they said. The Nikkei business daily reported the total value of the buyout proposal was around 2 trillion yen. JIP was then asked by Toshiba to provide commitment letters from banks by Nov. 7, something it was unable to do.

☆ Airbus urges suppliers to carry extra stocks amid output snags
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-09 | by ( Valerie Insinna | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Airbus currently has an ultimate goal of producing 75 of its best-selling family of A320neo single-aisle jets a month by the middle of the decade. Charbonneau also suggested that suppliers would bear the burden of carrying extra inventory to smooth any disruption, saying it was "very important" that suppliers create "buffer stocks" of critical items. "Ultimately, working capital in sub-tier suppliers could actually determine how many airplanes are going to get built," he said. Industry sources have said earlier plans for a sharp increase in output rattled suppliers worried about being left with surplus inventory and reluctant to carry surplus stock. The United States is Airbus' single largest supplier, with more than 2,000 U.S. companies located in about 40 states.

Major Japanese banks, including Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (8316.T), had issued letters of commitment to provide the loans to the JIP-led group, said two of the sources, who declined to be identified because the information has not been made public. The 1.4 trillion yen of loans included a commitment line of 200 billion yen for working capital, the sources said. The final buyout proposal would also include an equity portion of about 1 trillion yen, they said. The Nikkei business daily reported a final buyout proposal worth around 2 trillion yen. The banks asked Toshiba to promise the sale of underperforming businesses if earnings deteriorated after a buyout was concluded, sources, including those who spoke on Thursday, have previously said.

☆ Credit Suisse posts biggest loss since 2008
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-09 | by ( Hanna Ziady | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

London CNN —Credit Suisse (CS) has reported its biggest annual loss since the financial crisis in 2008, highlighting the scale of the challenge facing the scandal-plagued Swiss bank as it attempts a turnaround. The lender on Thursday posted a loss of 1.4 billion Swiss francs ($1.5 billion) in the fourth quarter of 2022, extending a losing streak that started in 2021 and taking its full-year loss to 7.3 billion Swiss francs ($7.9 billion). In 2008, Credit Suisse made a loss of 8.2 billion Swiss francs ($8.9 billion). Customers withdrew 111 billion Swiss francs ($121 billion) in the final three months of 2022, when the bank was hit by social media speculation that it was on the brink of collapse. For example, the collapse of US hedge fund Archegos Capital Management, a client of Credit Suisse, in 2021 cost the bank $5.5 billion.

☆ Wall Street’s frozen IPO market is thawing as companies take advantage of stock rally
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-09 | by ( Hugh Son | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Wall Street in New York City. Wall Street just pulled off its biggest IPO in four months, giving bankers hope that the market for newly-listed company shares is stirring to life. The solar technology firm Nextracker raised $638 million by selling about 15% more shares than expected, sources told CNBC Wednesday. Wall Street's so-called IPO window, which allows companies to readily tap investors for new stock, has been mostly shut for the past year. "The window seems like it's cracked open right now," Wise told CNBC in a phone interview.

Major Japanese banks, including Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (8316.T), have issued letters of commitment to provide the loans to the JIP-led group, said the sources, who declined to be identified because the information has not been made public. The Nikkei business daily reported a final buyout proposal worth around 2 trillion yen had been submitted. Sources said the 1.4 trillion yen of loans included a commitment line of 200 billion yen for working capital. Toshiba named the JIP-led group as its preferred bidder in October. The private equity firm was then asked by Toshiba to provide commitment letters from banks by Nov. 7, something it was unable to secure by that date.

Finance chiefs are coming into the year grappling with a variety of challenges, from rising interest rates and inflation to managing labor disruptions, pricing and inventory. Newsletter Sign-up WSJ | CFO Journal The Morning Ledger provides daily news and insights on corporate finance from the CFO Journal team. “But…there’s more and more of a belief that any kind of downturn will be short and shallow, frankly. Some finance chiefs, meanwhile, are finding opportunities to expand in the volatile economy. You can’t take everything that your vendors are sending you.”Labor woes persistHiring, however, remains a challenge for finance chiefs.

☆ Column: India's economy - and emissions - primed for big jumps in 2023
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-08 | by ( Gavin Maguire | Thomson Reuters | Gavin Maguire Is The Global Energy Transition Columnist. He Was Previously Asia Commodities | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Climate trackers will be alarmed by such a robust outlook, as India's power sector already spewed out near record emissions in 2022 when its economy was stuck in a lower gear, and will likely elevate pollution totals further as momentum builds. RECORD USE OF COALIndia's power sector emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) and equivalent gases are on track for a record in 2022, according to data from think tank Ember. The emissions tally for January through November - the latest monthly data available - is 7.5% above the same period in 2021, which registered a record annual power sector emissions total of 1.091 billion tonnes. Strong, sustained electricity demand from households, retail outlets and offices - mainly for air conditioners - helped push India's overall electricity demand higher in 2022, despite the soft showing from manufacturers. India's electricity generation and emissions scale record highs in 2022Total electricity generation through November increased by 8.3% from the year before, indicating that India's power producers successfully deployed larger amounts of new clean power in 2022 (up 13.3%) than new fossil-fuel power (up 6.7%).

☆ Why analysts are bullish on this little-known aircraft parts producer with one of 'best business models' in the sector
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-08 | by ( Samantha Subin | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Under-the-radar aircraft parts producer TransDigm Group is getting a lot of love from analysts this week, who view the stock as an optimal way to play the commercial aftermarket sector. TransDigm also raised its outlook, with commercial aftermarket revenues expected to grow more than anticipated. His $838 price target implies nearly 13% upside for shares from Tuesday's close. The new price target implies roughly 7% upside for shares from Tuesday's close. "We view the company as having the most defensible business model amongst peers and management has overcome numerous short theses," she said.

☆ See the 12-slide presentation that a health-insurance startup used to land $58 million after its public competitors tumbled
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-08 | by ( Rebecca Torrence | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Angle Health wants to use tech to transform health insurance where other upstarts have failed. Angle Health raised $58 million to disrupt employer-sponsored health benefits using this pitch deck. Companies like Oscar Health, Clover Health, and Bright Health raked in investor cash on the promise that they could transform health plans with tech, and each went public in 2021 at a lofty valuation. Angle Health provided Insider with the pitch deck it used to raise $58 million in Series A funding from Portage and other investors. Here's the pitch deck Angle Health used to land a $58 million Series A.

☆ Volkswagen boosts earnings in 2022, high inventory drags down cash flow
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-07 | by ( Victoria Waldersee | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Earnings of 22.5 billion euros ($24.11 billion) put Volkswagen at the higher end of the 7-8.5% margin it had forecast in March of last year, with sales beating 2021 figures at around 279 billion euros compared with 250.2 billion the year prior. Still, net cash flow came to only around 5 billion euros, under the target of matching 2021's 8.6 billion euros, which the company blamed on an unstable supply chain leaving it sitting on high inventories of unfinished goods, supplies and materials. "Current planning for 2023 suggests that this year-end 2022 increase in working capital will largely reverse during the year," it added in its statement. Volkswagen also warned in January that the outlook for 2023 remained clouded by weak economies and supply-chain shortages. ($1 = 0.9331 euro)Reporting by Victoria Waldersee in Berlin Editing by Thomas Escritt and Matthew LewisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ TripActions Rebrands as Navan, Adds ChatGPT to Expense Reports
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-07 | by ( Angus Loten | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +6 min

TripActions, a business-travel software startup, plans to integrate OpenAI’s ChatGPT capabilities across its online platform, an effort aimed at seizing market share by making expense reports easier to use. That way, the expense report is generated during the trip as expenses are incurred, Mr. Cohen said. “Generally, software in the business-to-business space is designed to serve the company,” rather than the employees, Mr. Cohen said. “Using AI helps you create the kind of software that I’m talking about,” Mr. Cohen said. PREVIEWSAP Concur has also begun using AI in its travel and expense software, which can “tap decades of expense data and experience tracking to identify hard-to-detect spend issues and anomalies,” said Charlie Sultan, president of Concur Travel.

☆ What Is an SBA Loan?
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-07 | by ( ) www.wsj.com time to read: +13 min

By Tanza LoudenbackEntrepreneurs without a ton of cash or access to affordable financing may want to consider an SBA loan. Types of SBA loansThe most common type of SBA loan is a 7(a) loan. SBA loan rates and repayment termsInterest rates on SBA loans are negotiated between the lender and the borrower, within the SBA’s minimums and maximums. “The big difference is SBA loans tend to have much more favorable terms,” says Chris Hurn, the founder and CEO of Fountainhead, an SBA lender. How to apply for an SBA loanHere are the steps to apply for an SBA loan.

☆ This fund manager says there's a 'value gap' in European markets. Here's how he's playing it.
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-07 | by ( Samantha Subin | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

There's a "value gap" in European markets, and that's creating a unique opportunity for investors to buy up top-notch financial and industrial names at a bargain, according to David Herro, chief investment officer of international equities at Harris Associates. European markets dropped sharply last year as war concerns mounted in Ukraine, energy prices surged, and the Chinese economy struggled. But even as share prices dropped, earnings continued improving, opening up what Herro calls a value gap. When it comes to international markets, Herro's got the credentials to support this type of declaration. "Just about every one of the major European financials is over capitalized, and distributing that money back to shareholders positions," Herro told CNBC.

☆ LGBTQ+ founders face extra challenges when fundraising, with 75% hiding their sexual or gender identity, report finds
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-07 | by ( Riddhi Kanetkar | Tasmin Lockwood | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

LGBTQ+ founders face extra barriers when fundraising, and many feel the need to conceal their identities. A new report tracking the experiences of LGBTQ+ founders and investors in the UK startup and venture capital ecosystem paints a dire picture. LGBTQ+ founders — especially those who identify as women and nonbinary — face additional barriers when fundraising, the report found. Cisgender refers to a person whose gender identity is the same as the sex assigned to them at birth. Funds could also commit a proportion of investment to diverse founders, including LGBTQ+ founders, the report's authors said.

☆ This startup helps McDonald's and Starbucks cut down on food waste and energy use. Here's the 12-slide pitch deck Therma used to raise $19 million.
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-07 | by ( Tasmin Lockwood | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Therma helps restaurants like McDonald's reduce food and energy waste via fridge management. A startup helping restaurants like McDonalds and Starbucks save money on food and energy waste has just raised $19 million in a Series A round. San Francisco-based Therma, which was founded in 2019, uses IoT devices to turn "dumb" fridges and freezers into smart devices where temperature management can be automated. The company's tech can also monitor for any issues that could lead to food waste, which could be as simple as someone leaving the door open for an extended period. Meanwhile food waste is responsible for 10%, per WWF.

☆ This college dropout sold his first company for six figures at 21. Here's his recipe for success
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-06 | by ( Goh Chiew Tong | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

When Kevin Kim dropped out of college at 21 to become an entrepreneur, it seemed like a huge gamble. Kim had just sold his first company — which he started when he was just 18 — for "six figures." His e-commerce company imported streetwear from South Korea and sold it all over North America, he told CNBC Make It. The importance of company culture cannot be underestimated, Kim stressed, if one wants to build an "iconic long-term company." Kevin Kim Co-founder and CEO, Stadium Live

☆ Canoo's shares sink after EV maker agrees to sell $52 million in discounted stock
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-06 | by ( John Rosevear | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Shares of electric vehicle startup Canoo were sharply lower in early trading on Monday after the company said that it has agreed to sell discounted shares to raise $52.5 million. Canoo said in a statement that it has entered into agreements with institutional investors to sell 50 million new shares, together with warrants that give the investors an option to buy up to 50 million more. Canoo didn't name the institutional investors involved in the deal. For current shareholders, the deal also means significant dilution of their holdings, as it will add between 50 million and 100 million shares to the company's current outstanding share count of 356 million. Canoo said in November that it was running low on cash and that it expected to raise funds by issuing new shares.

☆ Tenaris says Benteler N.America halts sale of steel pipe business
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-05 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

Feb 5 (Reuters) - Tenaris SA (TENR.MI) said on Sunday that Benteler North America Corp has called off a previously announced agreement to sell 100% of its shares in its steel pipe business to the Luxembourg-based company. Tenaris, which produces pipes for oil and gas exploration, announced last year that it would acquire U.S.- based Steel & Tube Manufacturing Corp for $460 million as it seeks to expand its manufacturing capabilities in the United States. The company said it would acquire 100% of Benteler Steel on a cash-free, debt-free basis, which includes $52 million in working capital. The deal had been expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2022. Reporting by Lavanya Ahire in Bengaluru; editing by Jason NeelyOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Insider has an exclusive copy of the pitch deck Kewazo used to raise $10 million. Kewazo's clients include the multinational construction firm Bilfinger and the industrial-services firm Altrad. Kewazo recently raised a $10 million Series A funding round, which was led by the US venture-capital firm Fifth Wall. The early-stage Boston investor Cybernetix Ventures, the Texas venture-capital firm Unorthodox Ventures, and the German construction-software company Nemetschek also took stakes in Kewazo. Insider has an exclusive copy of the pitch deck that Kewazo used to raise the funds.

☆ Brazil's Americanas board to remove top executives after accounting scandal
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

SAO PAULO, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Brazilian retailer Americanas SA (AMER3.SA) said on Friday its board had decided to remove three directors and three executives amid investigations over so-called accounting inconsistencies. Americanas, backed by the billionaire trio that founded investment firm 3G Capital, entered bankruptcy protection last month after disclosing "inconsistencies" in its accounting worth 20 billion reais ($3.88 billion). In a securities filing, Americanas said three directors and three executives had been removed "from all their roles and activities at the company and its subsidiaries." Americanas said it had also removed executives Fabio da Silva Abrate, Flavia Carneiro and Marcelo da Silva Nunes. Americanas added that it has hired a forensic expertise institute and a consultancy to protect company data while its reorganization and legal procedures take place.

The Capital One Spark Travel Elite, a premium travel business card, will be joining the Venture cards and getting a new name: the Capital One Venture X Business. Capital One Venture X Business benefitsThe Capital One Venture X Business will be a premium metal card with a new design. Here are some key features of the card: The Venture X Business is a charge card. Alternatively, you can look into the Capital One Venture X Rewards Credit Card. Capital One Venture X Rewards Credit Card Learn More Information about the Capital One Venture X Rewards Credit Card has been collected independently by Select and has not been reviewed or provided by the issuer of the card prior to publication.

When the Federal Reserve cut interest rates, I moved my savings into CDs and corporate bonds. At the time, I kept my emergency savings in a high-yield savings account, with some additional savings in a regular savings account. Pretty soon, my high-yield account stopped seeming so "high-yield," with interest rates dropping from 2.50% to 0.50% over the course of the year. I employed a laddering strategy, spreading my money over a number of CDs with different interest rates and terms. Because of this, I decided to move all of my emergency savings back into my high-yield savings account, so it's all in one place and is more easily accessible.

☆ Meta follows Chevron with a huge buyback that likely signals more are to come
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-02 | by ( Bob Pisani | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Investors also like returning capital, and that $40 billion share buyback announcement certainly fit into that category. With a market cap of $407 billion, that $40 billion is about 10% of the market value. And that is on top of the $10.97 billion buyback that Meta has left from a prior authorization. That $40 billion is not as big as Chevron's $75 billion buyback , but it is enough to start the first quarter of 2023 with a bang. Oddly, we have had heard nothing from politicians in Washington about the Meta buyback .

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