Sentences with phrase «buy stakes in it»

Mo Lingmei was among nearly 400 people to buy stakes in Le Sports, a LeEco affiliate that acquires sports broadcasting rights such as the right to show Premier League soccer online in China.

He didn't buy stakes in MBIA or Ambac, but in one of the two healthy firms, Assured Guaranty.

Those that are healthy don't need the money, and there is a public policy reason why the government should not forcibly buy stakes in solvent companies.

With Bumi's shares at about a quarter of their IPO price, the Bakrie family in October offered to buy the stakes in Bumi Resources and Berau from Bumi.

The companies have begun to crack open the door of property investment to a larger pool of investors, enabling individuals to buy stakes in rental properties and share in the revenue that those properties generate without having to help manage the properties.

The site currently enables investors to buy stakes in income - generating properties, like rentals.

White said that more small, retail investors are now able to put money into startups due to recent changes in the law and that the SEC is closely monitoring new crowdfunding portals where those investors buy stakes in companies.

But it doesn't have its own investment vehicle where money is used to directly buy stakes in companies, according to the Journal.

For example, Uber sold new shares to SoftBank Group in January in a deal that valued the ride hailing startup at $ 48 billion, significantly higher than the nearly $ 4 billion valuation at which Google had bought its stake in the company five years ago.

The company recently bought a stake in an e-commerce hub called Shop.ca, and owns a western Canadian newspaper chain.

From a purely financial point of view, there may have been companies and investors who were willing to buy a stake in Gawker before Peter Thiel's involvement became public on the assumption that it might win the Hogan case on appeal or that damages might be reduced.

Bertelsmann's RTL Group, which has interests in about 60 channels across Europe and Asia, racks up billions of digital video views each month after buying a stake in a web video network called BroadbandTV.

His method: Buy a stake in a company, help improve the bottom line, and then gain enough control to merge with or buy yet another one.

Last year, Berkshire Hathaway bought stakes in all four major U.S. carriers — American Airlines (aal), Delta (dal), Southwest (luv), and United Continental (ual)-- in an investment now worth about $ 9 billion.

The major crowdfunding platform is taking advantage of new securities rules that allow anyone to buy stake in a project.

In January, Hitachi and Toshiba joined a high - level Japanese trade delegation, while Ogilvy & Mather has bought a stake in Burma's top advertising firm.

Falih said Aramco was also looking at buying stakes in existing major refiners and expansion projects in India.

Will Uber keep withdrawing from territories while buying stakes in its victorious competitors?

Over the last few years, Amazon has taken over more control of its logistics, buying stakes in cargo airlines, handling more package delivery itself and leasing thousands of its own truck trailers.

American's decision to cancel the agreements has not derailed Qatar Airways» plan to buy a stake in American.

Private equity firm VMG group bought a stake in Kind in 2008.

Alabbar has also made other investments in new technology and e-commerce — buying a stake in regional logistics firm Aramex last year and is in the process of setting up a high - end Middle East online fashion retailer with Yoox Net - a-Porter after buying a 4 % stake in the Italian - based online retailer for 100 million euros last April.

Yet another Asian national energy company has bought a stake in the shalefields of northeastern B.C. Malaysia's Petronas announced June 2 it had a deal to acquire 50 % working interest in Progress Energy Resources Corp.'s properties in the Montney region for $ 1.07 billion.

When she decided to become a spokeswoman for Weight Watchers, she also bought a stake in the company, and the stock has recently risen as her weight has fallen.

The billionaire businessman's empire of phone, construction and banking companies often expands by buying stakes in small companies.

An Orange spokesperson told Reuters on Wednesday that the company denies a recent unsourced report by French magazine Challenges that Orange had reached a deal with Vivendi that would include Orange buying a stake in Telecom Italia — the Rome - based telecom in which Vivendi has a 24.9 % stake — and buying up to 20 % of the film and television production studio Canal Plus Group.

Forbes has estimated Tepper's worth at $ 11 billion and he's already gone through the league's vetting process while making the deal to buy his stake in the Steelers.

The New York Stock Exchange in January bought a stake in Coinbase, a bitcoin wallet, in case stock exchanges decided to go for decentralisation.

SINGAPORE / HONG KONG, April 11 Singapore state investor Temasek Holding is considering buying stakes in aviation infrastructure and logistics businesses of debt - saddled Chinese group HNA, said two people familiar with the matter.

NYSE in 2015 bought a stake in Coinbase, one of the biggest crypto exchanges.

HBO's parent company, Time Warner, had talks with Vice last year about buying a stake in the company.

Competition is intensifying in China for mobile users, with Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., the nation's largest e-commerce company, buying a stake in Sina Corp.'s Twitter - like Weibo service in April.

Known as a buy - and - hold value investor, Buffett typically buys stakes in — or purchases outright — companies whose business operations he says are easily understandable.

However, many budding real estate investors don't have the vast amounts of capital required to buy a stake in large - scale properties such as multi-family projects, retail c...

In other words, the law allows businesses to raise money from investors in exchange for equity in a company and it allows non-accredited investors to buy a stake in startups.

Buying stakes in two more group firms probably ups Elliott's total outlay on Samsung by more than a quarter.

This time, the company is reportedly planning to buy a stake in Virgin Galactic.

Nemaska Lithium agreement with private equity giant Orion Mine Finance comes a week after $ 100B Japanese technology fund bought a stake in Quebec - based firm.

** Three global companies are in the race to buy a stake in leading Turkish health insurer Acibadem Sigorta, sources familiar with the matter said, underscoring appetite among international investors for the fast - growing sector.

Financial services group Citi has bought a stake in blockchain startup SETL.

Buying a stake in the carrier has all the hallmarks of a politically motivated deal.

But if you bought your stake in those companies in say 1996, and you're suddenly being offered a ridiculous amount for them (like 40 + times earnings), then it's just like if someone wants to buy your house.

The Chinese insurance conglomerate was reportedly in advanced talks to buy a stake in the Midtown office tower and help Kushner redevelop it into a retail and condo building.

Powell Jobs's investment is part of a trend in which deep - pocketed financiers and Silicon Valley billionaires are buying stakes in professional sports properties, helping drive franchise prices to even greater heights.

In April, Ctrip bought a stake in China Eastern Airlines Corp..

Both John Paulson and George Soros bought a stake in the same gold miner recently as well.

When you invest, you're buying a stake in a business, so you want to find businesses that are performing very well.

National Australia Bank has been doing the rounds with investors in the United States who bought stakes in its US regional bank Great Western in last October's initial public offering.

Gazal bought the stake in July 2017 with the intention of making an offer for the struggling OrotonGroup and turning it around.

On Wednesday, Liberal MP Dan Tehan stepped up pressure for restrictions governing the level of foreign ownership for national carrier Qantas to be lifted, a measure Mr Abbott supports over the government buying a stake in Qantas.