However, secondary cities including Phoenix, Austin, Texas and Raleigh - Durham, N.C. are starting to show tremendous growth in office demand from tech tenants as well,
as firms look for cheaper, but still urban - orientated, markets that will offer fresh labor pools, but with lower operating costs.
Print sales are however well down
as firms look to cut costs and come to rely increasingly on online services.
As firms look at the products and services available, they may realize that they should stay in a pre-AI state.
As firms look for new ways to charge for their services, they are also exploring collateral issues, including the way they pay and promote associates.
Merit - based pay growing in popularity
as firms look to reward star performers.
Is it the first step in a long march across the continent for ever - expanding global firms, or a temporary blip
as firms look to diversify their portfolios in uncertain economic times?
Increased pressure to expand geographical reach, develop a strong sector presence, and improve market position has triggered a period of consolidation in the legal sector
as firms look for inorganic ways to grow or build cost synergies.
Constellation Brands has acquired Florida - based Funky Buddha Brewery
as the firm looks to «lead the high - end beer segment» in US.
The program also comes without blackout dates and without foreign transaction fees, an important concern
as the firm looks to go global.
Allen & Overy's (A&O) flexible legal services business Peerpoint has increased the number of lawyers on its books by more than 50 % in the past year, with New York and Frankfurt top of the agenda
as the firm looks to expand the service around the world.
Allen & Overy (A&O) has hired banking partner Ben Regnard - Weinrabe from Paul Hastings,
as the firm looks to grow its capabilities in the fast - growing payments sector.
Irwin Mitchell has added private wealth specialist Berkeley Law to its growing list of subsidiary businesses
as the firm looks to take advantage of the Mayfair - based boutique's roster of high - net - worth clients.
Thirteen equity partners have left Olswang's Berlin office
as the firm looks to focus on its Munich operations.
Team led by three partners being consulted on over possible redundancies
as the firm looks to boost Birmingham office
Now is a more exciting time than ever
as the firm looks to move to into a new office space that can facilitate their rapid expansion...
Now is a more exciting time than ever
as the firm looks to move to into a new office space that can facilitate their rapid expansion plans...
Not exact matches
While these giant
firms look at startups
as takeover targets — to keep their innovation engines humming.
Cornell's emphasis on analytics appealed to Target's board
as it
looked for a new CEO, according to the director who oversaw the search, Roxanne Austin, head of Austin Investment Advisors, a private investment and consulting
firm.
He says he's been derided
as American short seller who doesn't understand the Canadian market, a shark
looking to make a quick buck by destroying the reputation of an upstanding
firm.
«Young people do not
look at sales
as a realistic, ideal career path,» says Jamie Scarborough, co-founder of the recruitment
firm Sales Talent Agency and a PROFITguide columnist.
He then told us he was
looking for the right PR
firm to reach the newly - minted dotcom millionaire market segment, who perceived PW
as their «grandfather's bank.»
«
As a consumer you have a voice, and people are beginning to
look at those voices,» said Bonnie Caver, the president of the reputation consulting
firm Reputation Lighthouse.
The asset management
firm Standard Life is
looking at Ireland
as its European base for when the United Kingdom leaves the European Union, its CEO told CNBC Tuesday.
BlackRock and Neuberger Berman Group are among
firms that California Public Employees» Retirement System, the largest U.S. pension fund, might
look to partner with
as it seeks help to manage its $ 40 billion private equity portfolio, people familiar with the matter said last month.
Look at valuation metrics such
as price - to - earnings and price - to - book, and compare those valuations to comparable
firms.
But if you already offer health insurance,
as do more than 90 percent of large companies, things may
look worse than they really are, according to a new study conducted by ADP, a large benefit and payroll processing
firm based in Roseland, New Jersey.
It
looks like the winner - take - all explanation can be applied to
firms as well.
It's attempting to
look at the tech industry not
as a silo of big tech
firms such
as Google and Facebook, both of which have offices in New York City, but
as a diverse ecosystem stretching throughout the city's economy.
Even in strictly defined technology jobs, employers are increasingly
looking for «soft skills and leadership abilities,» says the Robert Half
firm, adding that «many employers now view these skills
as requirements for some IT roles.»
So it is constantly
looking for new tools and better ways to get the job done; and (d) the company is struggling — right along with every other tech
firm — with how it can make the work force more diverse even though, in terms of gender at least, it's already
as diverse
as any
firm in the city.
The biggest demand for commercial loans,
as far
as U.S. Bank is concerned, is primarily for middle market
firms looking for loans of up to $ 1 million or more, and on the lower end for $ 250,000 or less, says John Elmore, vice chairman of consumer banking for U.S. Bank.
And,
as a side note,
as U.S. search and content
firm Yahoo
looks to unwind its 23 percent ownership stake in Alibaba when Alibaba goes public in September, it could end up competing with Alibaba for companies to acquire
as it
looks to reinvent itself.
It competes against recruiters, such
as San Francisco - based Hired.com, which is
looking for
as many
as 200 Canadian software engineers for Silicon Valley
firms to hire.
Cook has made frequent trips to China over the past year,
as the
firm has
looked to revive sales in the market and make a push into services that require working with local partners on data storage.
As the VC market recovers, we
look at the
firms funding American innovation.
«When I heard the team [at Tanium] was
looking to expand the board, I really went for it in terms of pursuing it
as an opportunity,» said Chadwick, who five years ago joined the board of F5 Networks (ffiv), a public cybersecurity
firm that provides software to data centers.
Singapore is
firming as a significant source of capital for Perth - based property players,
as developers and private equity fund managers from the South - East Asian country increasingly
look for Western Australian assets to add to their investment portfolios.
Simple steps, such
as looking for suppliers and vendors on the island, using one's connections to help other local
firms tap into demand or meet investors, and expanding one's own business beyond Puerto Rico can all make a difference.
Looking to 2016, oil prices are expected to
firm modestly
as supply is reduced and becomes more closely aligned with demand.
If it
looks as though your
firm is a contender for either ranking, our research team will contact you starting in March 2018 to find out more about your business and to verify your financial data.
If, after all the reference - checking, soul - searching, and risk - reward analysis, the candidate from a rival
firm still
looks as good
as you imagined, don't forget that you need to sell them on what you and your company have to offer.
Finally, a stage - four deal is the easiest to attract funding partners,
as the venture can
look to either expand internal infrastructure, acquire additional capabilities, create a formal alliance with another
firm, or approach potential buyers about purchasing the
firm.
But
as volume grows and user bases scale fast, finding ways to monetize quickly should be a priority for
firms looking to stay ahead.
A Google artificial intelligence program defeated a Chinese grand master at the ancient board game Go on Tuesday, a major feather in the cap for the
firm's AI ambitions
as it
looks to woo Beijing to gain re-entry into the country.
The start - up founder had, it seems, conceived of his postings
as a way to help other company founders understand what a funding round
looks like from the inside, and the effect was that the investment
firms began bidding against one another.
bnotions was founded seven years ago
as a small software
firm specializing in building Flash applications for consumer brands
looking for interesting ways to market themselves online.
SecureWorks joins several
firms looking to tap the capital markets
as investor interest in them grows after a spate of cyber attacks on big companies including banks and retailers.
The deal is a clear indication of Uber's determination to ditch drivers in in its minicabs, and is the latest move by traditional vehicle manufacturers
looking to team up with Silicon Valley
firms long seen
as disruptive threats to their industry.
But if we
look at the fastest - growing
firms in recent years
as ranked by Inc., we see all sorts: pet food, alternative energy, online gaming, cybersecurity.
So La Marca struck a deal with another, more affluent
firm: give me a desk and make me
look as if I belong, and I'll give you a share of the profits
as my business grows.