In Britain, the struggling bank HBOS became the focus of attention as its shares halved in the space of an hour.
The maker of semiconductors used in Apple's iPod has seen its stock halved after displeasing Wall Street on two fronts.
While the CEAA was mulling over how to operate on its newly halved budget, the Canadian energy industry was riding a decade long boom and looking for ways to expedite future projects.
Vodafone, the world's largest wireless company, said it more than halved its loss for the first six months of the fiscal year, and reported improvements by almost every measure, including increased cash flow and lower debt.
In another sign of the strain, Société Générale put out an unusual announcement on Monday morning revealing it had more than halved its unsecured dollar funding to $33 billion euros, from $72 billion euros in early July.
In Ethiopia the figure has dropped from seven to five; in Côte d'Ivoire it has almost halved from its peak; in Botswana it has more than halved.
It is a country that has almost halved its child mortality rates in just ten years, putting it on a par with its wealthier EU neighbour, Hungary.
While Zenefits more than halved its valuation in 2016, lost its CEO, faced numerous regulatory issues and had to lay off a large number of staff, Namely — which also competes against the biggies like ADP as well as other startups like Gusto — paints a different picture of the world of HR startups.
G.E., led by Jeffrey R. Immelt, holds some $90 billion of cash to deal with any blips in refinancing the medium-term debt it took on during the crisis; halved its dependence on the short-term commercial paper market; and has nearly reached a goal of whittling down its finance arm's balance sheet to $440 billion.
Its value nearly halved and sent inflation racing.
