Sentences with phrase «acquisition spree»

The privately held conglomerate, which has gone on an overseas acquisition spree, sought to address concerns about its ownership structure.

Or, corporations will view higher rates as a sign of economic strength (it's there, you know) and go on a massive acquisition spree, pushing up stock valuations?

Now, as it looks to sell billions in real estate, observers wonder what the company can salvage from its recent acquisition spree in New York and other major cities around the world.

In recent years, Chinese companies have embarked on a global acquisition spree for everything from sports teams to entertainment companies to trophy assets in commercial real estate.

Actavis went on a $ 100 billion acquisition spree over roughly a year, culminating in its $ 70.5 billion white - knight takeover of Allergan last fall.

It looks like Marissa Mayer's acquisition spree continues.

Publicly - listed Automotive Holdings Group (AHG) of Australia continues its aggressive acquisition spree by acquiring City Mazda dealership in South Melbourne, reports The West Australian her... Read more

During its recent acquisition spree, undertaken primarily through a joint venture with Canadian giant RioCan REIT, Cedar has been able to grow its portfolio at a very attractive profit margin, Ullman notes.

Worse still, its disastrous acquisition spree was funded by the sale of a 24 % stake in DuPont.

The purchase is part of a nearly two - year acquisition spree for the Michigan - based group.

All sounds great, but this completely ignores the (totally un --RRB- exceptional charges being expensed every single year, the increasing levels of capex, the continuing & quixotic acquisition spree in the US (believe me, $ 200 mio of pro-forma US revenues does not make you a player there), and let's not forget the whopping GBP 116 mio net pension deficit.

But the deal, which is scheduled to close in early fall, is somewhat of an anomaly, since Centro faces enormous pressure to pay billions of dollars in debt it took on to fund large acquisition sprees in the heady days of 2007.

The aviation - to - financial services conglomerate is suffering financial strain following a $ 50 billion acquisition spree over the past two years, which has sparked regulatory scrutiny of its opaque ownership and use of leverage.

The Chinese e-commerce giant will pay $ 457 million for the stake as the company's acquisition spree continues.

Ever since he took over as CEO, former music critic Mathias Dopfner has pursued a single - minded strategy of using the cash flow from those dying print vehicles (and sales of regional titles and magazines) to fund an acquisition spree.

For Valeant, the deals are a step toward lowering the $ 30 billion debt it accumulated, in part, by an acquisition spree it went on in years past.

The company embarked on an acquisition spree, buying enterprise - focused players like Force10 Networks, which made routers and switches, and EqualLogic, a maker of storage equipment.

The financial crash also put a stop to eOne's acquisition spree.

After its takeover of the New York Stock Exchange in 2013, Intercontinental Exchange (ice) has continued on an acquisition spree, which helped it grow sales more than 27 % last year — just the boost it needed to help it break into the Fortune 500.

GrubHub has been on an acquisition spree to boost its restaurant network and has lapped up Foodler, OrderUp, and Yelp's food delivery platform Eat24.

Valeant Pharmaceuticals was on an acquisition spree before accounting problems brought down its stock.

The logistics firm, which transports cargo between various points in a supply chain, more than tripled its sales in 2015 after an acquisition spree in which it snapped up four other truckers.

With $ 180 million in fresh capital, led by existing investors Insight Venture Partners and Accel with participation from Sequoia Capital, Qualtrics is poised to go on an acquisition spree instead.

Stolar believes its acquisition spree was solely to add revenue.

«During the last 15 years, we tended to go out on an acquisition spree, buy a bunch of revenue, buy a bunch of infrastructure and sites, and not be able to retain the big customers,» he says.

Talk to 99 % of the Toronto private equity guys, and they're not going to back Hootsuite or Shopify to go on an acquisition spree.

As Valeant's share price soared in 2015, it went on an acquisition spree, spending more than $ 11 billion for gastrointestinal drug company Salix and then $ 1 billion for «female Viagra» drug Addyi a few months later, racking up more than $ 30 billion in debt in the process.

It's part of an acquisition spree that comes from a war chest of $ 50 million that Solium has told the public markets is going to buying companies and developing new products.

The Sydney - headquartered insurer, which owns about 100 businesses throughout Asia, the Americas and Europe courtesy of an acquisitions spree by former CEO Frank O'Halloran, will retain its Puerto Rico unit to facilitate claims resulting from Hurricane Maria.

The purchase could signal the start of an acquisition spree for the company, which has raised $ US80 million ($ 104 million) from investors such as Blackbird Ventures, San Francisco's Felicis Ventures and even Hollywood stars Owen Wilson and Woody Harrelson, since it was founded six years ago.

The company had gone on an acquisition spree in recent years, adding cycling and protective - gear brands like Bell, Blackburn and Giro, and the paddleboard maker Jimmy Styks.

WeWork continues its acquisition spree, paying $ 400 million for the Chinese co-working company Naked Hub.

Singapore - based DBS Private Banking has been on an acquisitions spree, and earned top marks in Asia - Pacific (four awards overall), cementing its position as a rising challenger to the Western global giants.

Multifamily investors scaled back their acquisition sprees, and the days of robust rental building portfolio deals all but vanished.

The more than $ 215 billion Apple has in reserve is a constant fascination of bloggers and market watchers, who imagine the company going on an acquisition spree or buying back (even more) company stock.

• MRV spent $ 690 million during an acquisition spree in 2000, over 4 times the Company's current market capitalization.

If we look at UTV's recent history, they went on an acquisition spree about 5 - 6 years ago, and are still paying the price... EPS declined from GBP 23.08 p in 2006 to the most recent FY of 16.7 p — reflecting an increased interest bill plus a painfully dilutive rights issue, rather than significantly poorer performance.

Moreover, IMN has been on an acquisition spree in 2011 and existing shareholders may see further value destruction given the track record of management.

Brands: Accor has been on an acquisition spree over the last few years and now has 27 brands, second only to Marriott!

While DLA trimmed from its payroll an undisclosed number of staffers from its 26 offices in the U.S. as recently as last November, the firm has kicked off 2011 with an acquisition spree.

EDF has been on an acquisition spree since 2008, and proceeds from a sale of the power grid would help pay down debt the company piled up in those deals, the NYT says.

It's part of an acquisition spree that comes from a war chest of $ 50 million that Solium has told the public markets is going to buying companies and developing new products.

Fitbit's been on a bit of an acquisition spree over the last couple of years, as the company's looked to grow its business inside the stagnating wearables category.

Apple seems to be on an acquisition spree and its next purchase might help it gain a foothold in the online video streaming market.

The smartphone company recently went on a acquisition spree of camera technology companies, including InVisage, which uses quantum dot technology and can help Apple design its own lenses.

This acquisition spree will be focused on...

Ventas Inc. continued its acquisition spree with the announcement that it has reached a definitive agreement to purchase Cogdell Spencer Inc., the owner of 72 medical office buildings, in an all - cash transaction.