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IDEX, a global applied solutions provider, had a mixed Q3 2024. Revenue rose 0.6% to $798 million while earnings before interest and taxes fell 6.1 % to $168 million over the same period last year. A review of IDEX’s 30 October 2024 earnings call and associated financial reports provided insight regarding the importance of pricing on performance. IDEX is a diverse and complex business. It has three reporting units, Fluid & Metering…
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Preventing the Resale of Sporting Event Tickets
StubHub, TicketNetwork, and eBay are marketplaces that allow customers to buy and sell unwanted tickets. For example, a season ticket holder uses StubHub as form of consignment to sell a Dallas Mavericks basketball ticket to a consumer that is available and willing to attend the game. The sellers of tickets in the secondary market are capitalizing on possessing elastic demand characteristics. But what about the team owners?
Read More The 2011 graveyard of dead icons might get another — Eastman Kodak. This 131-year old mainstay of Corporate America is struggling to survive. It recently posted a much higher than anticipated loss and lower revenues. It continues to struggle from selling film to selling digital camera and printers.
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