Sentences with phrase «buy other large companies»

I'm glad I didn't end up at that consulting firm, assembling presentations to advise large companies on whether to buy other large companies.

Not exact matches

He has focused on trade relationships where other countries run large surpluses with the U.S., meaning they sell more to U.S. consumers than they buy from American companies.

There are 1,750 corporate members throughout the network, including most of America's largest publicly - owned, privately - owned and foreign - owned NMSDC companies, as well as universities, hospitals and other buying institutions.

It's all part of the phenomenon of repressed yields and cheap credit: Companies are borrowing large amounts of money to buy back their own shares and to buy out each other, instead of funding investments in productive activities.

I am actually surprised that Disney and other large media companies have been playing it cool and not buying in the space.

But Mr. Lee and others argue that the recent spate of large deals, which also include the $ 16 billion merger of cable companies Liberty Global Inc. and Virgin Media Inc., and the $ 18.1 billion to be spent by Comcast Corp. to buy General Electric Corp. out of broadcaster NBC Universal, are more than coincidental timing.

The building would be the first major development to take advantage of the Midtown East rezoning plan adopted by the city last year, which allows companies to buy air rights from other properties in the area to build larger, modern offices.

Because McDonald's buys through suppliers that also serve other companies, pushing the suppliers to source more certified coffees should also have positive spillover effects in the larger market.

The facilities that bought and processed his apples and those of other Sonoma County farmers went under as national produce companies turned increasingly to the cheap concentrate from China, and by 2004, Manzana Products Company, a large gray aerodrome - like facility, was the last processor in town.

Shortly after that, Playtex and several other large international companies tried unsuccessfully to buy out Paddi from Robinsons.

Other suppliers, like Lightning Source, allow you to set your own discount within limits but offer just that one discount to every retailer or jobber who buys your book from Ingram — the world's largest book distributor and the parent company of Lightning Source and IngramSpark.

The Kobo app for iOS does not let you buy books anymore and neither do any of the other large ebook companies.

The company continued to grow its assets under management and it also bought other companies: State Street Research & Management in 2005; Merrill Lynch Investment Managers in 2006; and then during the financial crisis Barclay's Global Investors and its large Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) business iShares.

Of course on the other hand there is quite an argument to be made that large enough «green» funds should actually buy substantial positions in companies with poor environmental records and steer the company towards greener policies but that might be a hard sell to investors.

Midland Funding is part of Encore Capital Group, one of the largest debt buying companies in the U.S. Through its subsidiaries, Encore Capital and other debt buying companies purchase credit card, medical and other debts, usually from the original creditors after many months, or even years, of unsuccessful collection attempts by the original lenders.

Whether it's putting aside a little bit here and there to build a future for yourself or buying a large stake in a company you really believe in, investing prudently gives you the opportunity to move towards financial independence and can create a better world for others associated with the investment.

A mutual fund, sometimes referred to as an open - end investment company, pools money together from a large number of investors and uses that money to buy stocks, bonds and other securities.

I know that companies keep themselves slim to avoid takeovers, A large amount of slack assets invites others to come in and buy the assets to manage them.

In NPR's piece When Patents Attack, the Planet Money team explores the world of Patent Trolls — companies that buy up large collections of patents just so that they can sue other companies who produce technology that might be covered under these patents.

So, if you think about the number of local businesses — the $ 1 to $ 10 million dollar range, green products and service companies — that don't necessarily have big ad budgets, that can't go out and buy huge amounts of marketing on Google and other places, it's very tough for them to compete with some of the larger companies.

If California does commit to tropical forest protection, advocates of REDD hope other states and countries, and perhaps large companies that buy food commodities, will follow suit, creating a substantial flow of funds.

But they are also used when and / or if the company wants to expand, hire, or let go of a large amount of workers; sell shares; buy any form of intellectual property rights; and / or any other major decision that will affect the company in a significant way.

Having bought a large number of escalators both directly and through contractors, ÖBB sought to recover the cartel damages from Kone and the other bid rigging companies.

In other areas of business software, the trend has been towards consolidation, where the largest companies buy up tools with an existing market.

They can grow considerably larger as you age, depending on when you bought your policy and other factors that your insurance company might consider.

I just don't see buying 1 % of a company's stock as being a rational way to change any company, unless maybe they have other «large» stockholders in their camp already.

Supervised team of 50 in the planning, buying, inventory turns, and sales of promotional product solutions to Fortune 100 and other large companies.

That's a big difference from the last boom, when a large share of property purchases were made by apartment companies buying each other.

The company was able to make such a giant leap forward by not only buying two other multifamily REITs, but at least three other large portfolios.

The record amounts of capital raised by the REIT industry have been used to acquire properties, buy large portfolios of properties, take over other REITs or, in some cases, absorb real estate operating companies.