Sentences with phrase «based company took»

In 2017 the Sweden - based company took in five - billion dollars in top - line revenue.

The release will come as a shock to a few who are still settling into and actually getting to grips with iOS 11.0.x, but it's not an entirely unprecedented move as the Cupertino - based company took the same approach last year with iOS 10.1.

The Cupertino - based company took a similar approach with its A-series SoCs found in the iPhone and iPad.

The Canadian based company took two of their most popular titles in early May and made them available through Amazon, Kobo and iBooks.

Soon, the small, home - based company took their products to regional stores, where they found continued success.

After the testing proved successful, the Provo, Utah - based company took off and now has 30 locations worldwide.

Established in 1999 as a frozen vegetable supplier to food manufacturers nationwide, the Warrenville, Ill. - based company took its business into a new direction when it launched the Path of Life brand in 2012.

The Denver - based company took home the prize for advancements in protective equipment.

This model exists in many other countries, and we see local food - based businesses, bars and pubs, art and creative studios and other product based companies taking advantage of these models and raising on average about $ 700,000.

Not exact matches

Wrapify, based in San Francisco and launched in July, takes an idea that's long been in the marketplace — wrapping cars with company logos and marketing messages — and drives it into the 21st century.

Shares in South Perth - based Noble Mineral Resources have surged more than 37 per cent on news Chinese group Zhongrun is to invest $ 87.7 million and take a 42 per cent stake in the company.

In a time when tech companies are starting to behave like industry giants of the past, taking their interests — and their money — to K Street to influence legislation (consider Mark Zuckerberg's immigration lobby), it seems natural that several of these scrappy sharing - based start - ups are beginning to band together.

Chinese tech giants are now outright acquiring or taking majority shares in overseas companies, such as Ctrip's (China's leading online travel agency and number two market leader in the world, second only to Priceline) acquisition of the UK's leading travel search site Skyscanner, Tencent's 93 % investment in U.S. - based gaming company Riot Games and 84 % investment in Finland - based gaming company Supercell, and Alibaba's 83 % stake in Southeast Asia's online shopping site Lazada.

The Kitchener, Ont. - based company, which makes furnace and water meter monitors, beat out five other startups at Communitech's Rev Demo Day to take the top prize.

Some companies, like Toronto - based Hubba, reportedly gave staffers the pre-emptive OK to duck out for a day, with no loss of pay or no need to take vacation.

Perth - based biotech company NeuroDiscovery is taking a punt on radiotherapy technology being developed in the United Kingdom.

Ecommerce companies should be taking feverish notes: A recent demonstration of AR technology by Florida - based startup Magic Leap showed one way retailers might integrate AR technology into an e-commerce environment: The demonstration showed how a user could superimpose virtual models of lamps and other room décor atop a real - world dresser, with the digital objects shown to scale, to help the user determine how those items might look within the space.

All of these things take time to learn, and this knowledge base is part of the unique culture and shared language of the company; when employees leave, or when new hires get brought on board, the company needs to have a plan in place to preserve the continuity of the company's institutional knowledge.

As investors await further clarity on the status of the deal, CNBC takes a look at the top 10 U.S. acquisitions by Chinese companies, based on data from Dealogic.

But what caused the big oilsands and power companies to support the plan is that it primarily takes the form of a broad - based carbon tax.

Typically, what happens is you take a really nominal base salary and you get a bunch of equity that would get liquid and realized in years 5, 6, or 7 of a company's life cycle.

Criteria Corp, a pre-employment testing company based in West Hollywood, California, offers 20 percent off of pet insurance for all employees, who can then take the remaining amount out of their checks pre-tax if they desire.

If your company is scaling and needs to bring on more than a few new faces, it only makes sense financially to take this step when you consider that an outside recruiter is going to charge somewhere in the ballpark of 20 percent of a new hire's base salary.

Avoiding Lottery Fever Darrel Rhea of Cheskin Research says that taking an equity approach shows a greater sophistication among service - based companies — an awareness that, in today's complex business climate, they must transcend their narrow disciplines.

Josh Notes, chief visionary officer for the Maryland - based company, was so taken that he and greeNEWit's two other owners eventually purchased an AArrow franchise.

If you have a service - based business like a law firm, tutoring company, consulting firm or similar business that's heavily dependent on your personal brand, take the time and energy to build a strong one.

In the latest instance of a renegade employee taking embarrassing control of a company's Twitter account, a disgruntled staffer of the soon to be bankrupt U.K. - based global music and video retailer HMV (which doesn't include the separate Canadian HMV) live - tweeted the company's recent layoff proceedings.

Companies such as Signal360 and Swirl offer powerful platforms to take advantage of smart phones» ample location - based data.

«If your business is structured as a sole proprietorship or an LLC, you are probably better off taking distributions from the company and paying taxes on an estimated basis during the year,» Spark says.

The company, which also exports poultry - and pork - based products to over 120 countries, has gone through deep changes since 2013, when Brazilian billionaire Abilio Diniz took over as chairman, pledging to make the $ 7.4 billion food giant leaner and more profitable.

A year ago, Rackspace put itself on the block and four months later took itself off, so clearly the San Antonio, Texas - based company is ready to review its options.

Instead, they are morally opposed to the site's mission, and demanded that its Toronto - based parent company Avid Life Media take Ashley Madison and «sugar daddy» dating site Established Men offline.

Calling the company «America's fourth automaker,» Morgan Stanley's Adam Jones noted that Tesla, based in Palo Alto, Calif., recently acquired the ability to mass - produce vehicles after taking control of a former GM - Toyota factory that can churn out 500,000 units per year.

Cloud - based business software company Salesforce said Tuesday that a particular type of malware that usually goes after information at large financial companies could be taking aim at its users.

New York - based resource investment company Sigur Minerals has taken a $ 1.9 million placement in Walkabout Resources, representing 19.9 per cent of the Perth - based junior exploration firm's stock.

Sundance Resources boss Giulio Casello has taken a big pay cut as the company seeks to cut costs, with the Perth - based explorer also locking in a $ 1.3 million investment to assist in the search for a partner for its Mbalam Nabeba iron ore project in Africa.

«You have to know what you're going for, and do it with your eyes wide open,» says Francisco Dao, founder and president of The Killer Pitch, a firm based in Tarzana, California, that helps companies and entrepreneurs refine their message, and former business coach and columnist for Inc. «Look at yourself in the mirror and ask yourself what it's going to take to achieve your goals.»

Former Wallaby player and experienced minerals executive John Welborn will take the helm of Perth - based gold company Resolute Mining when outgoing CEO Peter Sullivan steps down in late June.

If you Google «home cleaner,» or «babysitter» or «handyman» in a certain city, you'll either see ads for one (or multiple) of the aforementioned on - demand platforms on the first page of Google; or you'll find directories (like Yelp) listed high up in Google, taking you to a more curated and ratings - based search results page where those same on - demand companies are listed or have ads running.

What you can do: Encourage employees to tweet with their own personal voice rather than taking on a scripted tone — a strategy Peter Shankman, founder of the New York - based consulting firm Shankman / Honig and author of Nice Companies Finish First (Palgrave Macmillan, 2013) calls «shredding the scripts.»

«AI technology allows us to take an experience that would have required our customers to navigate through several pages on our website, and turn it into a simple conversation in a chat environment,» said Steve Ellis, head of Wells Fargo's Innovation Group, where the company's AI team is based.

The MCNs behind some of YouTube's biggest stars have grown to become quite valuable to major media and entertainment companies: in just the last year, Disney bought Maker Studios for $ 500 million, German - based broadcaster Prosieben invested in Collective Digital Studio, Otter Media took a controlling stake in Fullscreen and Europe's RTL Group bought a majority stake in StyleHaul.

But like many other, overly optimistic hydrogen - based fuel entrepreneurs, Dean, whose company made a specialized membrane that was to be used in the fuel - cell modules, watched the ground open beneath his feet as the commercial take - up proved to be far slower than anyone anticipated.

We might be losing $ 50 million per day today because our pipelines feed the middle of North America as opposed to the coasts, but when companies were selling the idea of more pipelines right into the heart of the now - discounted mid-continent market, they did so on the basis that we'd make millions of dollars per day taking advantage of a growing market premium.

Some investors clearly expected more from Dorsey, the company's co-founder who took the CEO role earlier this month after serving on an interim basis for nearly four months.

The cloud - based business software company said a certain type of malicious software that typically targets large financial companies could be taking aim at its customers.

Broadly, the Asia Pacific region is very important to the the California - based company, according to Blecharczyk, and it is taking steps to solidify its presence there.

Gartner ranks the companies relative to each other based on its own metrics, which take into account core services, geographic coverage, and sales strategy.

Its latest purchase took place on Aug. 16, when it bought Cordys, a Netherlands - based company that makes business process management software, for $ 33 million.

Sales trainer Richards counsels his financial company clients to take steps such as inviting potential customers to sit in on financial management sessions or sending out differentiated newsletters based on the prospects» interests.