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" ... And like those famous 300 warriors of lore, the point was not victory, but the character of the fight. And despite all my tricks – the butter and the lamb, the imported feta that’s only available in my neighborhood, and kefir, a somewhat-elusive yogurty-milk drink, which served as a sort of Greek coup de grâce for the dish – I still lost. ... "
" ... Debt-laden American Airlines is not an outlier among the nation’s largest corporations, though. If anything, its financial gymnastics might well have been a playbook for boardrooms around the country. Year after year, as the Federal Reserve pumped liquidity into the economy, some of the biggest firms in the United States—Coca-Cola, McDonald’s, AT&T, IBM, General Motors, Merck, FedEx, 3M and Exxon—have binged on low-interest debt. Most of them borrowed more than they needed, often returning it to shareholders in the form of buybacks and dividends. They also went on acquisition sprees. Their actions drove the S&P 500 index ever higher—by 13.5% on average annually from 2010 through 2019—and with it came increasingly rich pay packages for the CEOs leading the charge. The coup de grâce was President Trump’s 2017 tax cut, which added even more helium to this corporate-debt balloon. ... "
" ... Failure to adapt ensured that the Irish industry delivered its own coup de grâce. ... "
" ... Physical retail has gone through a disaster while online has exploded. A sudden change, but not a new trend. The pandemic was the coup de grâce for many companies that were already limping and becoming prey for bargain hunting acquirers. ... "
" ... The proverbial coup de grâce was an unexpected request the manager made after two half-day training sessions and several hours of coaching. She asked, “How can I incorporate these tools we have learned into everyone’s performance review?” ... "