Sentences with phrase «as good of a company»

As good of a company as State Farm is, the life insurance offerings it provides are seldom the best choice in terms of price.

Not exact matches

The LNG Canada and Kitimat LNG projects, as well as a fourth plant proposed for the northern B.C. coast by Malaysian state energy company Petronas and Calgary - based Progress Energy, will likely have to wait for new pipelines to be built directly from the shale gas fields of northeastern B.C. Kitimat LNG's owners are separately developing the Pacific Trails pipeline to their terminal.

«The CEO wanted to have a certain culture at the company, but he had a lot of other priorities to focus on as well,» Duffin says.

T. Rowe Price cut valuations for 12 of its 17 investments in private tech companies, including the accommodations share site Airbnb, ride share company Uber, cloud storage company Dropbox as well as open - source development company Cloudera, and Evernote, the organization app company, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.

That vision and his company's incredible financial performance — Nvidia has been growing profits at better than 50 % annually and its stock has leapt from $ 30 to above $ 200 in two years — make Huang the clear choice as Fortune's Businessperson of the Year for 2017.

The company breaks out grams sold by dry cannabis versus oils, which is not common across the sector, as well as the number of grams produced suitable for sale.

We will work to assist all employees and contractors who may be directly impacted by the order, both those who may be traveling, as well as those currently in the United States from one of the restricted countries with Green Cards or visas,» the company told Fortune.

This could be true of your company as well.

Smith selects the different charities that Cotopaxi supports through the personal relationships he has forged with nonprofits, as well as by targeting areas and companies that have a history of making an impact in education and healthcare.

Rumours of Verizon's entry into Canada recently subsided with the company's purchase of Vodafone's 45 % Verizon stake, as well as statements from Verizon's CEO indicating that the company wasn't particularly interested in going north.

Freelance work can allow them to get real world experience and earn some money until they land a full - time job, he said, although relying solely on that type of employment can also mean there's a lack of corporate identity — for the company as well as for the freelancers themselves.

Best of all, small - and medium - sized business users get the very same platform as enterprise users, with all of the functionality that the largest companies have.

Since Ripple controls 61 % of the world's supply of XRP coins — 61 billion out of 100 billion in total — the gains placed Larsen's personal position in the cryptocurrency as well as his share of the XRP owned by his company at a dizzying total of $ 59.8 billion.

Blockchain Capital manages $ 250 million across a number of funds, having invested in a number of decentralized crypto exchanges and Bitwise, the crypto asset manager, as well as other companies spanning the crypto market.

Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in such forward - looking statements and that should be considered in evaluating our outlook include, but are not limited to, the following: 1) our ability to continue to grow our business and execute our growth strategy, including the timing, execution, and profitability of new and maturing programs; 2) our ability to perform our obligations under our new and maturing commercial, business aircraft, and military development programs, and the related recurring production; 3) our ability to accurately estimate and manage performance, cost, and revenue under our contracts, including our ability to achieve certain cost reductions with respect to the B787 program; 4) margin pressures and the potential for additional forward losses on new and maturing programs; 5) our ability to accommodate, and the cost of accommodating, announced increases in the build rates of certain aircraft; 6) the effect on aircraft demand and build rates of changing customer preferences for business aircraft, including the effect of global economic conditions on the business aircraft market and expanding conflicts or political unrest in the Middle East or Asia; 7) customer cancellations or deferrals as a result of global economic uncertainty or otherwise; 8) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which we operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; 9) the success and timely execution of key milestones such as the receipt of necessary regulatory approvals, including our ability to obtain in a timely fashion any required regulatory or other third party approvals for the consummation of our announced acquisition of Asco, and customer adherence to their announced schedules; 10) our ability to successfully negotiate, or re-negotiate, future pricing under our supply agreements with Boeing and our other customers; 11) our ability to enter into profitable supply arrangements with additional customers; 12) the ability of all parties to satisfy their performance requirements under existing supply contracts with our two major customers, Boeing and Airbus, and other customers, and the risk of nonpayment by such customers; 13) any adverse impact on Boeing's and Airbus» production of aircraft resulting from cancellations, deferrals, or reduced orders by their customers or from labor disputes, domestic or international hostilities, or acts of terrorism; 14) any adverse impact on the demand for air travel or our operations from the outbreak of diseases or epidemic or pandemic outbreaks; 15) our ability to avoid or recover from cyber-based or other security attacks, information technology failures, or other disruptions; 16) returns on pension plan assets and the impact of future discount rate changes on pension obligations; 17) our ability to borrow additional funds or refinance debt, including our ability to obtain the debt to finance the purchase price for our announced acquisition of Asco on favorable terms or at all; 18) competition from commercial aerospace original equipment manufacturers and other aerostructures suppliers; 19) the effect of governmental laws, such as U.S. export control laws and U.S. and foreign anti-bribery laws such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the United Kingdom Bribery Act, and environmental laws and agency regulations, both in the U.S. and abroad; 20) the effect of changes in tax law, such as the effect of The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the «TCJA») that was enacted on December 22, 2017, and changes to the interpretations of or guidance related thereto, and the Company's ability to accurately calculate and estimate the effect of such changes; 21) any reduction in our credit ratings; 22) our dependence on our suppliers, as well as the cost and availability of raw materials and purchased components; 23) our ability to recruit and retain a critical mass of highly - skilled employees and our relationships with the unions representing many of our employees; 24) spending by the U.S. and other governments on defense; 25) the possibility that our cash flows and our credit facility may not be adequate for our additional capital needs or for payment of interest on, and principal of, our indebtedness; 26) our exposure under our revolving credit facility to higher interest payments should interest rates increase substantially; 27) the effectiveness of any interest rate hedging programs; 28) the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting; 29) the outcome or impact of ongoing or future litigation, claims, and regulatory actions; 30) exposure to potential product liability and warranty claims; 31) our ability to effectively assess, manage and integrate acquisitions that we pursue, including our ability to successfully integrate the Asco business and generate synergies and other cost savings; 32) our ability to consummate our announced acquisition of Asco in a timely matter while avoiding any unexpected costs, charges, expenses, adverse changes to business relationships and other business disruptions for ourselves and Asco as a result of the acquisition; 33) our ability to continue selling certain receivables through our supplier financing program; 34) the risks of doing business internationally, including fluctuations in foreign current exchange rates, impositions of tariffs or embargoes, compliance with foreign laws, and domestic and foreign government policies; and 35) our ability to complete the proposed accelerated stock repurchase plan, among other things.

The grand plan is that the company will eventually have content available on the full range of media platforms anywhere in the world, from traditional print publications and cable channels to snappy websites with streaming video suitable for hand - held devices, as well as downloadable digital magazines.

As his company began to grow, he found himself «in the office every day, dealing with an assortment of HR, IT, technical, office management, and building issues,» unable to handle what he does best: customer acquisition and retention.

As Director of Marketing for an agency who primarily represented sponsors, I've seen the best and worst in terms of marketing activation from Fortune 100 companies.

«As a young company, we can count on any number of booths having better production value than ours, even if they belong to our competitors, he says.

That's a lesson that's served Beshara well with his San Francisco company, which started life in Austin as Crowdtilt, a more charitably minded version of crowdfunding platforms like Kickstarter and Indiegogo.

America is consistently ranked as one of the top entrepreneurial countries in the world, and the average person on the street probably believes that a good company can always find financing to grow and expand.

Digital media is an ever - growing source of entertainment, news, shopping and social interaction, and consumers are now exposed not just to what your company says about your brand, but what the media, friends, relatives, peers, etc., are saying as well.

As a result of these disclosures and the clout of these companies, we're finally beginning to see more transparency and better details about these programs for the first time since their inception.»

Zymeworks would use its knowledge of computing to develop and license platforms: the software engines with which other companies could test their compounds virtually so as to stand a better chance of success in the laboratory.

The fallout of the new laws on companies and workers reflects back on the state as well.

Media companies of all kinds are using Slack not just to chat about the news, but to collect and aggregate and publish it as well.

A whopping 57 percent of employees say they wouldn't recommend their company as a good place to work.

When the company rolled out its app platform in 2007, the company explained to users that when they installed an app they'd be able to share not only their own information, but that of their friends as well, he said.

Nearly as surprising was the willingness of Russia and private oil companies in North America to carry on at prices that were understood to be well below their break - even points.

Setting up a company and culture that allows people to do what they do best (Mastery), in the way that they think will bring about the best results (Autonomy) focused on something that is meaningful (Purpose) as part of group aligned in values (Connectedness) is what drives a great and powerful culture.»

In its 2017 State of Cannabis report released earlier this year, California marijuana delivery company Eaze reported that edible sales have increased as more people learn best practices for proper dosing.

And Steam Whistle has plenty of workers who live and breathe their jobs — the «Good Beer Folks,» as the company fondly refers to all of its employees.

Launched in 2009 by three Yale alums — Mahbod Moghadam, Tom Lehman, and Ilan Zechory — and refined during a stint with the well - known startup incubator Y Combinator, the company was completing the details of a massive $ 40 million funding round by one of the top investors in tech, a piece of news they had agreed to announce as part of a profile on Business Insider.

For the second consecutive quarter, Continental bested rival Whiting Petroleum Corp to be the largest oil producer in the Bakken, solidifying that crown and its place as one of the most - prolific U.S. shale companies.

Some of the factors they might consider in reevaluating a company include its financials, the performance of comparable companies that are publicly traded, as well as the overall performance of equities markets.

That could certainly be a problem for companies such as Square, which filed its IPO papers last week with a valuation near $ 7 billion, as well as for a host of tech companies whose red - hot valuations now appear to be cooling.

That could lead to a chaotic last few weeks of 2017, as companies try to best position themselves.

Stroz Friedberg argues that the tendency to send files to personal accounts, as well as the increasing prevalence of BYOD (or «bring your own device») policies at companies puts this information at a heightened risk of theft.

Lending Club's stock price and that of its competitor OnDeck have been hammered in recent months as well, as investors have begun to question the long - term viability of such companies.

Two companies that grew out of new technology for delivering stuff just proved they can make it just as well as the Hollywood establishment.

Weakness in the global economy and concern about the uneasiness of markets, as well as uncertainty about many lushly - priced private companies known as unicorns, drove the markdown, investment experts said.

There are a number of issues the company would like the media and the financial community to better understand, such as that the BlackBerry is still the bestselling smartphone in Latin America, and that it recently became the No. 1 device in Nigeria, Africa's most populous country.

It is better to hire them as a consultant than to give away a part of your company or to find out later that he / she is not a good partner for you.

Leader - Chivée is one of the individuals I was fortunate enough to interview for a series on the year ahead, Big Ideas for 2018, where I asked a number of my favorite award - winning marketing experts, authors, and other thought leaders — as well as some of Firebrand Group's own digital strategy and branding experts — to recommend one «Big Idea» that companies can take advantage of to get ahead in 2018.

This type of system is well suited for companies that rely on e-mail newsletters as a large part of their business.

Many of those companies have promised to do better, but change is slow, as shown in the diversity reports that a number of tech firms now regularly publish that detail the demographic makeup of their employees.

This board should contain relevant news from all sources: companies big, small, public, private as well as any other type of news that could inspire or influence the direction of the startup.

Defensive stocks, as they're often called, are big players like Coca - Cola or McDonald's — companies that have a lot of customers in sectors that aren't as dependent on good economic conditions to survive.

According to Jeff Cheal, director of personalization, campaign and analytics strategy for the global software company Episerver, companies are trying to glean as much data as possible to both give individual customers a more personalized experience, but also to better understand the customer base as a whole.

That, combined with a streak of hubris, brought a decade - long antitrust battle between the company and the U.S. Justice Department, as well as 20 state attorneys general.