Sentences with phrase «acquire smaller companies»

Corporations don't need law firms exhorting them to acquire smaller companies or launch IPOs; they'll do that themselves when they're good and ready.

I agree with all your points, companies are having trouble growing and while credit is cheap they are looking to acquire smaller companies that will spur growth.

Accordingly, some drug manufacturers, flush with cash, attempt to acquire smaller companies — and their pipeline of drugs under research and development.

And the logic of one revered brand buying another seemed broken, based on Apple's history of acquiring smaller companies.

The Chinese eCommerce giant has been busily acquiring smaller companies to increase its presence and influence in the region.

U.S. retailers Walmart and Sam Edelman are expanding in the Chinese market, while The Children's Place makes its debut, GAC Motor is trying to bring its vehicles to American consumers and, within China, Alibaba has been busily acquiring smaller companies in the constant race to maintain its edge over competitor Tencent.

It creates a conundrum for company's like Amgen: do they invest heavily in their pipeline and try to develop there way out of slowing growth, or do they look to acquire a smaller company further along in the development phase.

As an alternative, Amazon is thinking of acquiring some smaller companies to further its goal.

They could use this money instead to expand their sales force, increase the production capacity of their factory, acquire a small company in a related industry or increase their advertising (and hopefully future sales).

If you go and acquire a small company, it comes out with lot of issues in terms of integration.

Apple has acquired a small company named Beddit, which creates a wide range of sleep - tracking apps for the iPhone.

The 1970s — A.E. LePage becomes a national real estate company, acquiring smaller companies across Canada and adding new services.

Not exact matches

FiberTower, a small company acquired by AT&T (t) in February, spent a decade trying to get off the ground until it filed for bankruptcy in 2012 and had many of its licenses stripped by the FCC.

Prologis, a logistics company with a global footprint, will acquire smaller U.S. rival DCT Industrial Trust in an $ 8.4 billion all - stock transaction, including the assumption of debt, the two companies said on Sunday.

Prologis will acquire smaller U.S. rival DCT Industrial Trust in an $ 8.4 billion all - stock transaction, including the assumption of debt, the two companies said on Sunday.

Vistaprint, the office supply company that caters to very small businesses, will acquire digital marketing company Webs.com for $ 117.5 million, the companies announced today.

Herjavec concluded that the success of the companies on the show — and any small business — depends on how they make use of their newly acquired knowledge and resources.

The challenge they are facing is the same one faced by any big company acquiring a small innovative one.

Rosalind Resnick, the founder and CEO of Axxess Business Consulting, a New York City consulting firm that advises startups and small businesses, is the co-founder and former CEO of NetCreations, a two - person homebased web design firm that grew to a $ 58 million public company and was acquired for $ 111 million in cash in 2001.

Inversion is a process whereby a bigger organization targets and acquires a smaller firm that's located in a more corporate tax - friendly country, with the deal structured so that the smaller company becomes the controlling partner of the larger firm.

Yahoo has acquired several small mobile and Web start - up companies since Mayer became chief executive last year.

The discount retailer, locked in a fierce battle with Amazon.com (amzn) to shorten the time it takes to get customers» packages to their homes, last week acquired Parcel for an undisclosed amount «smaller than previous acquisitions» Walmart has made this year (which include Bonobos, Moosejaw, and Modcloth), the company said in a blog.

MONTREAL — Telecom giant VimpelCom has withdrawn its bid to acquire full ownership of Canada's Wind Mobile, leaving the founder of the small wireless company the option of buying it back.

Telus has tried to acquire the small provider on two occasions but was denied both times by the government, meaning there's zero chance the company can sell out for relative big bucks to an incumbent.

Eugene Qian, chairman of UBS» China strategy board, says Chinese companies are still acquiring even though the size of each deal is now smaller.

Starks first joined St. Jude in 1996 as part of the firm's purchase of another corporation, took over as CEO and president in 2004, and has acquired a string of smaller companies since.

• Apax Funds agreed to acquire ECi Software Solutions, a Fort Worth, Texas - based provider of enterprise resource planning software solutions for small and medium - sized companies.

Some of the smaller companies developing immunotherapy drugs could be acquired by the pharmaceutical giants, analysts said.

The current owner acquired this company as part of a larger deal; he's ready to sign off but expects the small staff to stay.

In the last few months, a number of the industry's leading companies have been acquired by or have made acquisitions of smaller companies.

Taweel spoke at Stanford GSB's first Search Fund CEO Conference, a daylong event examining the challenges of leading small high - growth companies that entrepreneurs locate and acquire using the search fund model (see sidebar).

Earlier this week, WIND Mobile CEO Anthony Lacavera announced he is interested in opening merger talks with troubled telecom company and fellow small player Mobilicity, after the federal government rejected an application from major player TELUS to acquire Mobilicity's spectrum licenses.

The company also entered the crowdfunding arena, scooping up startup Common Assets, and acquiring its software that allows individuals and smaller companies to invest in solar panels.

In the medtech part of its business, J&J sold Codman Neurosurgery to Integra LifeSciences for $ 1 billion and acquired several smaller equipment and device companies.

Grubhub paid $ 288 million for the company — in cash — which Bloomberg noted was twice what Yelp paid when it acquired the smaller food delivery company in 2015.

They churn out major cash and have been acquiring a lot of smaller companies.

Snap by Groupon (previously called SnapSaves) was acquired by Groupon in 2014, and Buytopia.ca, who accelerated their growth by acquiring seven smaller competitors, ranked # 3 on the «Profit Hot 50» list of the fastest growing Canadian companies, and # 1 on Chatelaine's W100 list of fastest growing companies.

The company uses most of its cash flow (46 % of cash from 2011 - 2015) to acquires smaller business and integrate them to their model.

In 2008, the company made a small but significant step in that direction by acquiring boutique chip maker P.A. Semi.

On November 21st, a relatively small biotech company named Gilead Sciences (GILD) made headline news in the pharmaceutical investment community when it acquired a little - known hepatitis C drug developer named Pharmasset Inc. (VRUS), for $ 10.8 billion, in an all - cash deal.

In the asset allocation piece, this has become a portfolio tilted towards small companies and value, with a wodge of reits, and the bond allocation has suddenly acquired TIPs.

That follows the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board's US$ 12 - billion deal to acquire General Electric Co.'s business that lends to smaller companies.

Hot crypto company Blockchain is opening in San Francisco after acquiring a small app building shop

If it decides to seek strategic partners, then the big question is whether IPG Photonics will look to acquire smaller niche players itself, or search for a larger company wanting to buy it out.

Successful smaller companies eventually move up the ladder, acquire other businesses or assets, and grow into larger public companies.

For instance, when Violi acquired the company in 2007, the manufacturing facility had only one small, unlidded soup kettle that didn't fit Butterfield Foods» needs.

The shares soared to $ 2.70 in mid-November — despite the company recording modest sales revenue — largely on the strength of the potential in China and a small stake in a Melbourne infant formula packaging facility acquired by a large Hong Kong - based consortium.

But although 412 Food Rescue recently acquired a small refrigerated truck for highly perishable items, their model relies on a large network of 750 individual volunteers, much like the new crop of tech - driven companies around the nation that are finding ways to simultaneously reduce food waste and feed the food insecure.

«Industry giants like Google, Microsoft and Yahoo are spending tens of billions of dollars a year on acquiring smaller firms for market entrance, strategic intellectual property and talented employees, but face a real challenge identifying companies with the right products or technology in the vast startup universe,» said Gene Moo Lee, UTA assistant professor of Information Systems and Operations Management.

Yet one thing is clear: Major pharmaceutical manufacturers, originally skeptical about the prospects for large - molecule therapies, have long since joined the race to develop the treatments, acquiring, merging or partnering with small companies working on mAbs and other biologics.