In this excerpt, adapted from her new book, Green Giants: How Smart Companies Turn Sustainability into Billion - Dollar Businesses, E. Freya Williams looks at nine companies whose standalone businesses, product lines or business units know how to maximize profit and be a force for social good. (fortune.com)
In acquisitions of rate - regulated utilities, companies are typically buying standalone businesses rather than trying to consolidate, meaning that management is unlikely to be making a lot of people redundant, he says. (canadianlawyermag.com)
Since then, Flipboard has raised $ 50 million in additional funding, and McCue has said the company is well positioned to continue as a standalone business. (fortune.com)