Sentences with phrase «buying stakes»

Texas - based Exxon Mobil Corp. is also very close to buying stakes in the project.

The company has invested heavily in both mobile and triple - A gaming, acquiring Riot Games and buying stakes in Unreal Engine creator Epic Games and World of Warcraft developer Activision Blizzard.

15) The foolishness that exists today regarding the government buying stakes in financial companies has now transferred itself to policymakers who think the equity market is now cheap, so invest the Social Security surplus in the equity market.

State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli proudly boasted he's made more than $ 1.60 for every dollar spent in an investment area that's been bulked up since he took office in 2007: buying stakes in New York companies, including 13 in the Capital Region.

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.

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

It said it was buying the stakes from four sellers, which it did not name.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

Until now, the terms of the joint venture dictated that Novartis had the right to demand GSK buys its stake at any point over the next 17 years.

The uncertainty Walmsley is referring to stems from the fact that, under the terms of the joint venture's formation, Novartis had the right to demand that GSK buys its stake at any point over the next 17 years.

Instead, they must find another investor to buy that stake.

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.

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

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

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.

No large institutional investor reported buying a stake after Spotify's debut on the NYSE.

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.

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.

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.

During an IPO, the previous owners are attempting to raise capital for expanding the business, cash out their interest for estate planning, or any other myriad of reasons that all result in one thing: a premium price that offers little chance for buying your stake at a discount.

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

It bought its stake using a mix of newly issued shares and secondary, but the value of that holding is around $ 1.5 billion based on a rough $ 20 billion valuation for Spotify.

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 GP buys a stake of the equity (note the GP principals typically have to personally guarantee the loan so they have that skin in the game too).

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

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.

The company has been approached by funds looking to buy a stake, people with knowledge of the matter said.

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.

U.K. stocks end slightly higher as traders remain wary over Syria conflict Micro Focus soars on report that hedge fund has bought stake U.K. stocks struggle for direction on Thursday, as investors remain nervous over the potential for a military conflict in Syria and digested the latest Federal Reserve minutes.

So when the inevitable recapitalization occurs, it will likely involve the government asking foreign banks to buy a stake or buy banks outright.

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.

Tokyo - based Softbank is negotiating on buying a stake worth $ 9.6 billion in Swiss Re, a deal that would value the reinsurer at about $ 39 billion, according to a «Bloomberg» report.