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The 3 benchmarks are AI, S&P500 and cd’s/treasuries for 5 years total return

AI. 100%+
S&P500. 85%
CD’s/Tr. 15%
Waters 0%

Waters is clearly not a growth company, but stagnant.

Not only will we beat the numbers, we will blow past them

The numbers are awesome, we are returning to growth

I'm on GT.. we're a supporting function, cost center, I get it, we're going to be targeted for cuts. But airmi makes the actual product, don't they?

No growth company divests from producing its producing its actual main product. No amount of 'modernization' is going to make up for lost capacity from manpower, as I see it.

Heard 4th resignation in last 2 weeks. These people were top performers who found better opportunities outside ... guess with so much uncertainty here and with zero growth opportunities, people are going to leave and these are not slackers

If you have talent then job market is not that bad..

Watch how a company makes money. If they're healthy, they invest, they grow, they expand. Profits come from doing more. If they're sick, they cut. They restructure, they lay off, they squeeze. Profits come from doing less with fewer people. That tells you everything about where AT&T really stands.

What is it with all these Growth Symposiums and Practicums with all these highly paid people flying around, sharing the same stuff, and seeing no material progress? I thought it would end with KD and RM but it still seems to continue. Will it ever stop and money spent in actual product development?

Today is the day that many folks in SP1 are moving offices. What is the intent of the office building reshuffles? Will space be sublet out or is this just to free up space for future growth?

It feels like tech compnies have figured out a way to make their numbers look better than they really are.

They keep raising prices, which boosts reported sales, even though they are not actually selling more.

So on paper it looks like growth but in reality nothing has really changed.

Got the email today, looks like 40 ish prone across business development and advisor practice growth etc.

What the he-l is going on? Some leaders who I know and I like. If we are trying to grow the wealth management business, this seems short sighted.

I joined a while back from a competitor to escape their layoffs and now it’s happening here. Seems pretty dispassionate.

Up almost $10 from lows in less than a month. Is there a reason or just random?

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Looks like wells fargo want to move its business and operations to India.

Which division under Baker Hughes would you say is the safest from layoffs?

Which division do you think will get hit the hardest?

The company as a whole seems to be in a downsizing strategy? Or do you see some areas with growth/increased hiring?

Kalshi operates a rapidly growing prediction market. This market focuses on the number of tech layoffs. It has already generated over $30 million in trading volume. The market predicts a high chance of increased layoffs in 2026. Trading volume for this market grows 20% weekly.

https://www.businessinsider.com/kalshi-market-tech-layoffs-mansour-lopes-lara-2026-4

https://seekingalpha.com/article/4888770-ibm-ai-sting
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"International Business Machines Corporation faces as much AI-driven disruption risk as potential AI-driven growth, challenging the prior bullish narrative."
"IBM stock valuation still doesn't reflect limited AI upside and the risk of AI cannibalizing legacy businesses despite quickly falling $70 this year."
Take a look.

Sony Pictures Entertainment has begun layoffs across its motion picture, television, and corporate offices. This move is part of a strategic refocus on growth-oriented strategies. The company aims to strengthen differentiated businesses and ROI drivers. Growth areas include Crunchyroll, other anime, and PlayStation adaptations. Chairman and CEO Ravi Ahuja sent a memo to staff regarding these changes.

https://deadline.com/2026/04/sony-pictures-layoffs-refocus-on-growth-1236782963/

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Listening to yesterdays call even if everything goes great over the next year where is the upside? Where's the growth coming from? Best case scenario sounds like incremental growth in na partners but dtc continues to "right size" and bleed out china will continue to take on water emea is lost. And news flash things are not going to go perfectly shipping will only get more complicated. it might take years for tariff relief to actually help the bottom line. our dear leader doesnt seem to think much of sportswear and especially not the swoosh. 20s incoming

At some point, Truist should be growing ans investing in their workforce. It is a short term thought process that damages long term potential to constantly bring in contractors.

Rumor is that with Optum Real getting phased out, the work is going back to UHC for the super connectors project. Any truth to how stable the team will be long term as it grows?

A new milestone! last time was oct 18, 2017. Going back to the old Nike that was a growth company.

All concerns are just temp. Sales/profits are growing fast. This will offset debt over time... recent OpenAI funding reduces risk around its contract with us. Debt peaked. We are valued at 20x revenue, below averages - when we adjust to 25x the stock goes to $240 which is a 60% bump. Thank me later.

We need net Adds for Q1

https://www.investors.com/news/citi-stock-ceo-jane-fraser-commentary-fee-targets-growth-geopolitics-private-credit/

Weird, never seen them hire so many employees and managers, they say it's in anticipation of a huge surge in work

It doesn't matter in the end. If your number's up, you're gone, and the only reason is the bottom line. Don't ki-l yourself trying to prove your worth. You'll just regret the wasted effort later. Nobody's indispensable to leadership, especially when there's no growth strategy anyway.

Anyone count this project for growth?

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.fastcompany.com/91501853/nike-acg-latest-innovation-is-a-fully-portable-soccer-field&ved=2ahUKEwiU28rglIyTAxW6IjQIHe54AGgQxfQBKAB6BAgLEAE&usg=AOvVaw36Xbab9srd1gqONP7UnDce

We need real growth, not by pulling ahead to make quarterly figures. Financial Hocus Pocus always ends in tears.

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https://financebuzz.com/7-eleven-new-stores

I can confirm random dismissals without consideration of overall performance or necessity for the company. More than 100 employees are on the final list across all departments.

Goodbye growth! I think that, regardless of the consequences, the wrong horse is being backed here and core competencies are being neglected in the long term.

Who else started following her on TikTok after the mention during the Enterprise Town Hall? I'm loving this employee-generated content and it will be really interesting to see what kind of sales impact she will have. The growth in number of followers and all the enthusiasm for Staples in her post comments is exciting to witness.

What are your thoughts on our partnership with NVDIA? does this have a potential to put is in a position where we finally get some growth. Honestly , I think the most of our problems stem from the fact that our growth is su-ky and maybe we can catch some of this ai pixie dust to help with that...

thoughts?????

So Anderson says AIG is ready to grow... Are we going to buy other companies or what? I wonder if they will finally manage to create a working IT infrastructure with AI that actually helps people and doesn't drag them down

Don't dismiss why Jana Partners is taking a position.

1. Speed - let's be honest, Fiserv has become a slow company from a client view.
2. Growth - you can't cut your way to prosperity, growth requires prioritization, focus and execution. Sadly every thing at Fiserv is a priority therefore nothing is. Best example is Toast - unheard of five years ago, today completely pushed Clover out of restaurants.
3. Too much expensive management who seems themselves as the center of the universe vs the inverter pyramid where the people who do the work are at the top of the pyramid.
4. Arrogance - you can't treat investor, clients and employees the way you are and think all will be well.

Any good acquisitions being looked at for growth in sales and gathering new innovations? For the right price Solventum could be a good value.

From under $12.8 upto $13.4 today just under 5% in a day. You won't get that in a bank account.

Under $13 is good.

Will Ayman have a plan to switch the company from cost-cutting back to growing revenue? Are customers actually paying extra for the new AI features, or are they just free add-ons to keep people from leaving?

I don’t see a way to break out of our current low-growth holding pattern. Thus the only future is for all divisions to eventually be acquired. Does anyone else see it differently?

With year after of failure to grow they should be pipped. Unfortunately HR and the Renumeration Committee are all in the deal to look after each other. Raul is doing 3 other jobs and the other Execs are Flying around globe with no intention of any growth. How is this possible?