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Michael Flaherty Updated Jan 13, 2025 - Business Corporate spinoffs grow in size and complexity
The average size of corporate spinoffs is growing, as CEOs look beyond hiving off unloved divisions and toward more complex, transformative deals.
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Dan Primack, Axios, 6 Feb. 2025
In the history play named for him, Richard III’s resentment, going back to having been a deformed and unloved child, makes more sense.
—Rachel Hadas, The Conversation, 5 Feb. 2025
Apple was unloved and arguably fell out of favor in 2024 as AI darling Nvidia overtook the favorite tech stock crown.
—Jeff Kilburg, CNBC, 31 Jan. 2025
The average size of corporate spinoffs is growing, as CEOs look beyond hiving off unloved divisions and toward more complex, transformative deals.
—Michael Flaherty, Axios, 13 Jan. 2025
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Dan Primack, Axios, 6 Feb. 2025
In the history play named for him, Richard III’s resentment, going back to having been a deformed and unloved child, makes more sense.
—Rachel Hadas, The Conversation, 5 Feb. 2025
Apple was unloved and arguably fell out of favor in 2024 as AI darling Nvidia overtook the favorite tech stock crown.
—Jeff Kilburg, CNBC, 31 Jan. 2025
The average size of corporate spinoffs is growing, as CEOs look beyond hiving off unloved divisions and toward more complex, transformative deals.
—Michael Flaherty, Axios, 13 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unloved
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To have hate at such a young age for another student is awful.—
Kellie Love,
Hartford Courant,
21 Mar. 2025
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But against lefties, while hitting from the righty batter's box, Cabrera has been downright awful, with a .562 OPS and anemic .209 batting average in 187 career plate appearances.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
19 Mar. 2025
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This is notable, given that post-Covid brick and mortar shopping has generally become so unpleasant, it’s given rise to the need for a personal shopper.—
Jennifer Leigh Parker,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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Less a song than a gag, every individual element is unpleasant: single-entendre lyrics; vocals and synths that aren’t even in the same key; and the less said about Space Cowboy’s guest verse, the better.—
Kristen S. Hé,
Vulture,
19 Mar. 2025
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The Trump administration’s task force to combat antisemitism pulled $400 million in federal grants and contracts from Columbia University this month in response to the school’s appalling mismanagement of the abuse of Jewish students by anti-Israel activists.—
The Editors,
National Review,
25 Mar. 2025
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There have been some appalling train tragedies due to lack of proper funding.—
Joshua Sammons,
Newsweek,
23 Mar. 2025
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Canadian Jasmine Mooney was locked up for two weeks in horrid conditions for no good reason.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
22 Mar. 2025
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Fears of an economic recession have been cited as a catalyst for the stock market’s horrid run this week.—
Fred Imbert,
CNBC,
13 Mar. 2025
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Tim, Victoria, and Piper The episode begins with an obnoxious fake-out where Tim imagines killing himself, before sending most of the Ratliffs, save Saxon, off to the monastery so Tim and Victoria can have a look around this place where their daughter intends to live for at least a year.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
23 Mar. 2025
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In that role, Simpson distinguished himself as a foul-mouthed, intemperate, obnoxious purveyor of misinformation about Social Security.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Mar. 2025
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In a word: dreadful. Related Articles President Trump vows 200% tariff on EU wine and champagne, escalating trade tensions AI made its way to vineyards.—
Laura Ness,
The Mercury News,
18 Mar. 2025
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The tutorials are dreadful, though, and most of your knowledge about how combat works comes from hours of experimenting and dying a lot.—
Josh Broadwell,
Rolling Stone,
18 Mar. 2025
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Taken by the apparent deterioration of his health, users made those clips go viral and eventually adapted the money spread into a mini-dance trend where users bop to the song before flaunting an obscene amount of cash (or weed baggies or fishing lures!).—
Andrew Unterberger,
Billboard,
19 Mar. 2025
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But there are more visible and indecent »Paris Game« leftovers: the enormous/obscene sportsbook ads on display at every other métro station.—
Eduardo Tansley,
The Athletic,
23 Feb. 2025
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How does this happen, no matter how revolting or nonsensical the trend can be?—
Daniel Hernandez,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Oct. 2022
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These highly emotional sequences are less riveting and more revolting as they’re primarily used to add shock value, graphically depicting their triggering subject matter.—
Courtney Howard,
Variety,
6 Oct. 2022
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“Unloved.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unloved. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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