Sentences with phrase «bigger stakes in companies»

The investor, who is notably averse to technology, is taking ever bigger stakes in companies such as Apple.

Startups don't have the luxury of paying the highest salaries; many are scrappy and they rely on investors with big stakes in the company.

Icahn's big stake in the company is another complication: He's hinted that he might push Herbalife to go private, which would be disastrous for short - sellers like Ackman.

Moreover, series developer tri-Ace looked bound for background roles and mobile - game toil after Nepro Japan bought a big stake in the company and Square Enix relegated them to support work on Final Fantasy XIII sequels.

Not exact matches

He's still one of the biggest shareholders in the company, with a 5 % - plus stake that's worth about $ 300 million, according to SEC documents, mostly in a trust for his kids.

Where big corporations generally have layers and layers of corporate bureaucracy to wade through, not to mention the livelihoods of thousands of employees in their hands, and many stock and stake holders to answer to, smaller companies have always had the advantage of being able to pivot fast by making quick decisions.

Seattle - based PopCap, meanwhile, was acquired by giant Electronic Arts in 2011 for $ 750 million, and Finland's Supercell, which currently rules the mobile roost with its hit Clash of Clans, last month netted a cool $ 1.5 billion after Japanese telecom provider Softbank purchased a 51 % stake, which values the company at $ 3 billion — or bigger than Zynga.

Thanks to sports» increasing value over the past two decades, Teachers» was able to parlay a $ 50 - million investment in 1994 for a 49 % stake in the Maple Leafs and Maple Leaf Gardens, one of the biggest, most profitable sports companies in the world, selling its stake for $ 1.32 billion.

Of course, it includes a lot of assets that an average investor can't easily buy — including big stakes in privately held companies and infrastructure facilities like toll roads and airports, to name just a couple.

On Tuesday, Lagunitas, another big California brewer, announced it had sold a 50 % stake in the company to Germany's Heineken, in a move to greatly boost its distribution.

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.

Wellard chief executive Mauro Balzarini has sold a big chunk of his stake in the local agribusiness to a Chinese firm and repaid the company $ 16.3 million through his private investment vehicle.

So if he buys up a chunk of your company, take it as a mark of confidence: The sale of CPPIB's stake in auto parts manufacturer Gates Corp. for $ 1.5 billion and its $ 128 - million purchase of 115,000 acres of Saskatchewan farmland are just two recent examples that show no deal is too big or small for the CCPIB head honcho.

They may have big dreams for their stake in the company, but they are less likely to demand growth on a quarterly basis the way shareholders in a widely - held company are likely to do.

At that time, taking on a bigger stake in Apple seemed like a potential misstep: The company's stock had been swooning amid three straight quarters of profit and revenue declines due to decreases in iPhone sales.

It's not a great time to be a media company with a big stake in traditional television.

Some of the most widely held mutual funds in 401 (k) plans, including the $ 116.1 billion Fidelity Contrafund and the $ 39.3 billion Fidelity Growth Company, have large tech stakes and big chunks of assets concentrated in their top five holdings.

Saudi Arabia is converting Aramco, the holding that controls the world's biggest oil reserves, into a joint - stock company and plans to list a stake of up to 5 % on stock exchanges in Riyadh.

While Western Australia is a lot bigger than one man and one company, with a bit of imagination it is possible to see the state through the financial health of a firm that sells equipment to the mining industry, and the personal wealth of a man with the biggest stake in that business.

Last week, former Microsoft Corp Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said he has taken a 4 percent stake in Twitter, making him the third - biggest individual shareholder in the social media company.

The growing opposition from major shareholders could be a big problem for Dell because in order for the company to go private, he needs the approval of the majority of shareholders, excluding his stake in the company.

Investors include Shark Tank Mark Cuban, who gave Carbone $ 2 million for a 20 percent stake in the company — the biggest deal in the TV show's history.

The company said Thursday it sold a majority stake to an affiliate of Roark Capital Group, an investor in such big - name fast - food chains such as Carl's Jr., Hardee's and Arby's.

What's at stake for big cell phone companies with the iPhone 6 hitting stores in one week as they fight to sign up more customers?

The company, which produces $ 100 billion in annual revenue, has made multibillion - dollar deals in the United States, Europe and the rest of Asia, amassing big stakes in multinationals like Deutsche Bank and Hilton Hotels.

His most valuable asset is a 57 percent stake in America Movil, the biggest mobile - phone operator in Latin America, followed by his stakes in holding company Grupo Carso and banking and insurance firm Grupo Financiero Inbursa.

With his $ 98 billion Vision Fund, he has barged into Silicon Valley, paying top dollar for big stakes in the ride - sharing giant Uber and the office - space company WeWork.

Coca - Cola's (NYSE: KO) announcement last week that it had acquired a $ 2.15 billion, 16.7 percent stake in Monster Beverage (NASDAQ: MNST) pairs the biggest soda company in the world with the biggest energy drink brand in the United States.

Ford has made Detroit's biggest investment yet in self - driving technology, acquiring a majority stake in artificial intelligence startup Argo AI for $ 1 billion, the company announced on Friday.

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters)- Saudi oil giant Aramco will buy an equity stake in Malaysian firm Petronas» major refining and petrochemical project, the companies said on Tuesday, pumping in $ 7 billion in its biggest downstream investment outside the kingdom.

Surve hoped to eventually purchase a majority stake in the company, but in 2000 the company went under in the biggest corporate scandal in South African history.

On the upside, Whitbread PLC shares WTB, -0.73 % jumped 7.2 % after Elliott Management said in a statement over the weekend that it has amassed a stake of more than 6 % in Britain's biggest hotel and coffee - shop operator and believes it's currently the largest investor in the company, whose businesses include the Premier Inn chain.

Meanwhile, Markel pays no dividend, but instead uses its cash to buy other companies (or big stakes in them), which deliver further cash flow.

Softbank is a diverse company holding stakes in one of China's biggest e-commerce company Alibaba.

One of the biggest and costliest deals so far this year was the acquisition of a stake in the Interactive Data Corporation, a financial market data company, by two private equity firms, Silver Lake and Warburg Pincus, according to Capital IQ, which tracks the industry.

Assuming the deal goes ahead, it would mark Mitsui's first takeover of an Australian company and give it a 50 % stake in the country's biggest onshore conventional gas find in 40 years at a time when local gas demand is soaring.

And whoever buys Yahoo has to also deal with SoftBank and its desire to get out of large annual payments it makes to the company, which owns a big stake in Yahoo Japan.

Dan Loeb's hedge fund Third Point has built a stake of more than $ 4.6 billion in the world's biggest food company.

Nestle is being targeted by activist investor Dan Loeb's hedge fund Third Point, which has built a stake of more than $ US3.5 billion ($ 4.6 billion) in the world's biggest food company.

The company that owns a 48 per cent stake in the battling Maggie Beer Products gourmet foods business has undertaken a big share consolidation to escape from the ranks of the penny dreadful stocks with billions of shares on issue.

Hewitt Cattle Australia, backed by one of Canada's biggest pension funds, the Public Sector Pension Investment Board, has snapped up a 15 per cent stake in Australia's leading organic beef company Arcadian Organic & Natural Meat.

The company that owns a 48 per cent stake in the battling Maggie Beer Products gourmet foods business has undertaken a big share consolidati...

Lion boss Stuart Irvine, who was in Geelong on Monday morning to launch the nation's biggest brewer's new Little Creatures brewery, said his company's lightening purchase of a 10 per cent stake in takeover target WCB two months ago would deliver it a «seat at the table» and influence over the direction of the outcome.

Dana has a minor ownership stake in the company, and this fight would generate a big amount of $ $ $.

Ministers are looking to raise up to # 3bn before the end of the year through the sale of the government's 33 % stake in Urenco, the uranium enrichment company, in one of the biggest privatisations in years

You can make sure that people have a bigger stake in society — more generous pensions, easier to get on the housing ladder, more access to shares and savings over their life, perhaps a stake in the company that they work for.

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Big pharmaceutical companies often put stakes in promising start - ups.

The new network analysis technique reveals «backbones» in these ownership networks: big players that together own a controlling stake in more than 80 percent of the companies in the markets.

Typically, venture capitalists or other investors will like to see that the people they are investing in have a big stake in the success of the company.