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21 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Favorite Business or Entrepreneur Turnaround Story

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It was originally a holding company founded by William C. Durant lost control of GM to a bankers' trust just two years later, in 1910, due to enormous debt and a crumble in automobile sales. Eventually, the company was led to global dominance by Alfred P. Durant in 1908. According to too Bloomberg, the U.S. 14- Flickr.

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30 Machine Intelligence Startups to Watch in Israel

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Investors will ask management what their “AI strategy” is before investing and will be wary of companies that don’t have one (Fred Wilson, USV). Security will shift from defensive to predictive AI-powered security (Norwest Venture Partners). The company has just announced its $22M series C in December 2016.

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9 Common Things that Stunt Business Growth (and What to Do about Them)

ConversionXL

Before we get to that though, I asked my LinkedIn connections about the #1 thing holding back their companies. It’s clear from the 80+ answers that many things hold companies back, so consider these nine a starting point in your quest to improve your business. (As So, what can companies do about it?

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How Investors Are Increasing Their Returns Through Collaboration and Technology

David Teten

With a unique vision for starting and successfully managing innovative companies, he is the Managing Partner of Social Leverage, a holding company that invests in early stage web businesses. He has been granted two software patents, and has multiple patents pending. Moderator: Robert Savage, CEO, Track.com.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter October 2011 Edition

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The Cerro del Aguila power station, located in Tayacaja Province in central Peru, in March signed a 15-year power purchase agreement with Peru’s government-owned electricity company, which will come into effect when the power station is completed in the second half of 2015. Israel Corporation is Israel’s largest holding company.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter March 2010 Edition

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In 2008, Teva acquired American company Barr Pharmaceuticals, a maker of generic birth control pills, for about $7.5 Teva, Israel’s largest company, has a market value of about $56 billion. Ratiopharm, a privately-owned subsidiary of German holding company VEM, was founded in 1973 and has annual sales of about $8.6

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