Axel Springer Buys Stake in Uber
The publisher of Business Insider, Berlin based publishing and digital media firm Axel Springer SE bought a stake in the taxi service firm Uber Technologies. Though the company did not disclose the amount of stake [...]
Arnault Family to Take Full Control of Christian Dior in $13bn Deal
The Arnault family, which controls the French luxury products maker, LVMH Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy SE, announced a $13bn plan to buy the 25.9% outstanding stake of the fashion firm Christian Dior SE. With this, [...]
Admit your family business needs help before it’s too late
In a 2007 article published in the New York Times, author Nora Klaver of May Day! Asking for Help in Times of Need says that asking for help “makes business sense.” Yet, it is rare [...]
Australia: Family business succession: When to pass control? Watch out for tax and duty traps.
A common question for family business succession, and particularly for primary production family business, is when control of the business should be passed to the next generation, without risking the valuable assets of the business [...]
The tyranny of a level playing field
Mandar Kagade Analyst at the Bharti Institute expresses his views in the context of the recent proposal by transport regulators in Karnataka to prescribe both a floor and a cap price for cab aggregators operating [...]
CSR a key element for success at top family businesses
Fast-growing, mid-sized family businesses around the world have identified corporate social responsibility (CSR) as an important element for their success, according to a joint report by Citi Private Bank and UK-based family business information provider [...]