Sentences with phrase «about private companies»

Finding information about private companies — and the vast majority of all companies in the U.S. are private — is a bit trickier.

However, arguments about private companies in the NHS will be sure to continue for many years and it would be difficult for anyone to make any definite comments on whether or not this government strategy will make medical negligence solicitors busier.

I am interested in obtaining business model information about private companies.

Erdmann attended the demonstration because he is worried about private companies» intrusion into public services such as education, he said.

«For us, it has always been quite challenging to find information about private companies,» Gonzalez said.

If the next decade of human space transportation is about private companies finding and developing cheaper and more efficient ways into Earth orbit, the decade following will be all about space agencies learning how to operate farther and farther from home, with an eventual eye to orbiting and eventually landing humans on Mars in the mid-2030s (per NASA's timeline).

So when circumstances require that kind of information about a private company, its owner must hire someone to perform a study of its value that is logical and defensible,» explains Thomas Giordano, director of valuation services for the accounting firm Goldstein Golub Kessler & Co., in New York City.

Not exact matches

That order came as a result of charges the Federal Trade Commission levied against Facebook alleging that the company had deceived consumers about their ability to keep information they posted on the service private.

Mohu's Crabill wouldn't provide specific unit sales or revenues since the company is private, so we can't prove what he's saying about antennas is true.

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.

This latter legislation, known as «Ban the Box,» took effect Jan. 1, 2018, and bans private companies from asking about the criminal history of a job applicant.

This is especially concerning for some in the context of China's emerging «surveillance state,» but there is also a chance that companies could abuse the private information they have about employees.

WA Labor is operating a cash - for - access Leaders» Forum — which charges wealthy company bosses about $ 25,000 a year for private meetings with the Premier and his ministers and is a carbon copy of a secretive Liberal Party fundraising venture slammed by Mark McGowan when he was in Opposition.

The trend isn't surprising, «given how much everyone complains about the burden of being a public company and how much money is swirling around the private equity landscape,» according to Bulger Partners managing director Doug Melsheimer.

And within a span of six weeks this fall, Hillary Clinton caused a drop in biotech stocks with a tweet calling for greater regulation of drug prices, then single - handedly tanked stocks of private - corrections companies when she tweeted about prison reform.

Investors and employees who previously worried about how to realize their gains from selling equity can now do so with innovative financial restructuring if the company plans to stay private.

Twitter's S - 1 is the first step in filing for an initial public offering, and it also represents the first time the private company has parted the iron curtain on details about its revenue and (lack of) income.

The company said this month that it would sell its private - label unit to TreeHouse Foods, after it came under pressure from Jana Partners, its second - biggest shareholder with about 7 % stake.

Gapstow Capital Partners» CJA Private Equity Financial Restructuring Master Fund I, LP holds 9.8 % of the company pre-offering, and Wolfson Equities holds about 6.3 %.

Softbank, and a consortium of other investors, bought their Uber stakes at a steep discount, valuing the company at about $ 48 billion — about 30 % less than its previous private valuation of $ 68 billion.

A head of one of the largest U.S. private equity companies said a geopolitical surprise is the only thing for markets to worry about in the next two years.

Thomas McGlaughlin, an attorney who had worked since June 2012 as a legal - data analyst in Skillman, N.J., for the private company's Bloomberg Law division, had been seeking to organize about 80 salaried colleagues there since early this year.

The company is backed by Silver Lake and GIC Private, and commands a valuation of about $ 2.6 billion, according to Reuters.

Pilbara - focused Flinders Mines has recommended its shareholders accept an improved takeover offer from private New Zealand company Todd Corporation that values the target at about $ 74 million.

Specialist materials technology company Alexium International Group has raised about $ 8.45 million in a placement to a US private investor to fund development of its fire - retardant chemicals project.

That amounts to about 1.2 % of all shares outstanding, which could be worth more than $ 300 million if the company is valued at $ 25 billion (its last reported private valuation) when it goes public — and a lot more than that over time if the stock goes up.

Perth - based private mining contractor Barminco has posted a 30.7 per cent rise in operating profit for the 2016 financial year, with the company optimistic about prospects in the gold sector for the year ahead.

While venture capitalists, mutual funds and other private investors can only see upside in a zero - interest environment where growth is hard to find, public investors would be skeptical of a public Uber, Smith explains, just as they've asked tough questions about companies like Twitter and Yelp.

That August, the two met in the Aloha State and talked about taking his company private, and over the next few months they hashed out what became the buyout.

But at an age when most Canadians are thinking about retirement, you seem to be getting even more active in the business community, as a mentor and private investor to at least six up - and - coming companies.

Local oil and gas company Antares Energy has sold its two remaining assets in the Permian Basin in Texas to an undisclosed private equity buyer, for about $ US250 million ($ A360 million).

About 18 months ago, OST took on a private investor who became the majority partner in the company.

In its last investment round as a private company in May 2015, Mulesoft held a valuation of about $ 1.5 billion, so this IPO represents a significant uptick in its value.

Private companies are viewed more favourably than state - owned firms, and the CEOs were lukewarm about the idea of using ownership policy to promote democracy, such as limiting the ability of companies based in undemocratic countries to buy Canadian assets.

As more sensitive data inevitably moves to the cloud, and that data is managed by private entities (think: Dropbox, Box, etc.), tech companies must begin thinking about how to approach transparency in an era of FISA and other government - related surveillance requests.

The private equity firm will buy the remains of the company for $ 310 million plus the assumption of about $ 115 million in debt.

Daniel Lamarre, president and CEO of Cirque du Soleil, talks about how private equity firm TPG is supporting growth at the entertainment company.

It said it expected to price its shares at around $ 13 to $ 14 a share, raising questions about whether the company would be valued at less than its private company valuation of nearly $ 2 billion.

According to the company, there are about 28 million small businesses in the country, and the overwhelming majority are hidden from investors; they're too small for private equity firms to take notice, but not right for a traditional bank loan either.

NEW YORK — An audit of Facebook's privacy practices for the Federal Trade Commission found no problems even though the company knew at the time that a data - mining firm improperly obtained private data from millions of users — raising questions about the usefulness of such audits.

For decades, if not centuries, talking about one's salary has been the biggest taboo in capitalism, which is why the idea of salary transparency — the current «it» strategy among progressive young private companies — makes so many people uncomfortable.

The gaming company said this week that hackers had released stolen data about its users, including emails, private messages, and phone numbers after it refused to pay $ 100,000.

«The beauty of our company,» chairman Grauer observes, «is that as a private business with essentially one shareholder, we can take a very long - term view about these opportunities,» tolerating a «slow ramp - up to profitability.»

The company consults with a range of clients, from private firms to government offices, advising facility managers about how to make their workplaces safer, or, at the very least, how to «harden the structure» to make it more difficult for a dangerous individual to gain entry.

The situation dates back to 2011, when private equity firm Rizvi Traverse Management, in partnership with Hefner, bought Hefner's company Playboy Enterprises (which in turn owns Playboy) and took it private for about $ 217 million.

Private - equity acquisitions of retailers have become increasingly rare, as the investment firms worry about increasing headwinds facing the industry and their portfolio companies struggle with the debt burden left behind from leveraged buyouts.

Corporate filings are often more legalistic and technical than what executives say during presentations to analysts and investors, when they may sound optimistic about the company's outlook, law professors and private lawyers noted.

«The best way to think about them is as a private - equity shop operating in the software industry,» says Jeff Mo, a portfolio manager with Calgary's Mawer Investment Management, which has a 12 % stake in the company.

A one - way ticket on Blade One, the company's private jet service from New York to Miami and Palm Beach, costs about $ 2,200.

Avon has racked up about $ 1.8 billion in losses and last year sold off its North American business to private equity firm Cerberus, a huge blow for a company founded in 1886 in New York when a door - to - door bookseller found that the perfumes he mixed himself were popular with his customers.