Brooke Sutherland
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New York, NY, United States
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Private Equity Goes to War — for a Pump Maker
The public battle between KKR and Arcline for Circor underscores the attractiveness of digestible industrial deals. → Read More
Port Labor Dispute Shows Options Aren’t Just for Factories
The push to have plants in several places to avoid supply chain snags applies to transportation, too. → Read More
Want to Measure the Rebound in Travel? Try the Shrimp
Businesses are splurging on group gatherings (and raw bars) amid weaker demand for other types of trips. → Read More
Norfolk Southern Decides to Take a Different Track
The railroad’s CEO, Alan Shaw, intends to keep employees on the payroll and continue to invest in operations instead of cutting back when the economy slumps. → Read More
Reinvigorated Airline Antitrust Scrutiny Arrives Too Late
An effort to unwind a marketing alliance between JetBlue and American shows regulators are trying to thwart the wrong deals. → Read More
Honeywell Is Satisfied With the Sum of Its Parts
The conglomerate is bucking the breakup trend and is focusing on adding products through smarter research and development and possibly some acquisitions. → Read More
Honeywell’s New CEO Needs to Pick a Lane
The company should decide what kind of business it wants to be under new leader Vimal Kapur. → Read More
Picking Up Where I Left Off on Manufacturing
A lot has changed, and some things haven’t, in the past six months. → Read More
The Do-It-Yourself Home-Improvement Boom Is Over
Stanley Black & Decker slashed its 2022 earnings guidance nearly in half as the pandemic surge in house repair and renovation projects fades. → Read More
Spirit Had No Choice But Heed Investors and Jilt Frontier
The ultra-low-cost airline couldn’t persuade enough shareholders to back a deal with its preferred but more stingy partner. → Read More
3M’s Headaches Won’t Vanish With New Maneuvers
Spinning off the conglomerate’s health-care business and seeking bankruptcy for its troubled earplug unit are a start, not a solution. → Read More
3M’s Headaches Won’t Vanish With New Maneuvers
Spinning off the conglomerate’s health-care business and seeking bankruptcy for its troubled earplug unit are a start, not a solution. → Read More
Perishing Casket Sales Aren’t a Death Sentence
As more people choose cremation, Hillenbrand is using the cash flow from its shrinking casket business to transform into a diversified industrial company. → Read More
The Customer Demand Is There. The Supply Still Isn't.
Whether it’s airlines, railroads or the manufacturing industry, demand isn’t yet a problem. Service is another issue. → Read More
Industrial Slowdown Doesn’t Look Too Frightening
Distributor Fastenal is a harbinger for the rest of the sector. Costs are still high but stabilizing, the ability to source products is improving and hiring is on the upswing. → Read More
Industrial Slowdown Doesn't Look Too Frightening
Distributor Fastenal is a harbinger for the rest of the sector. Costs are still high but stabilizing, the ability to source products is improving and hiring is on the upswing. → Read More
Frontier Tries to Call Spirit Shareholders’ Bluff
The airline wants to force a decision on the antitrust risk of its offer compared with the one from rival suitor JetBlue, but the price gap between them is still too wide. → Read More
Caterpillar and Boeing Show Headquarters Don’t Matter
For a growing number of US manufacturing companies, where the home office is situated is increasingly irrelevant. → Read More
Caterpillar and Boeing Show Headquarters Don’t Matter
For a growing number of US manufacturing companies, where the home office is situated is increasingly irrelevant. → Read More
JetBlue’s New Takeover Offer Puts Rival Bidder Frontier in Hot Seat
Spirit shareholders might still be wary, but JetBlue’s dogged pursuit of the budget carrier increases pressure on Frontier to pony up. → Read More