Sentences with phrase «by public companies for»

It is an attempt to highlight the invisible violence that underpins the international industry of death and suffering: the commercial and government complicity that allows for weapons to be made and sold by public companies for shareholder profit; the laws banning assault rifles which go neglected; and the films and video - games which depict trigger - happy heroes.

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BEIJING, May 3 - Smartphone and connected device maker Xiaomi filed for a Hong Kong initial public offering on Thursday, in what is expected to be the largest listing by a Chinese tech company in almost four years.

That's what I use — a pattern of red and blue G's and black quote bubbles that are part of the branding for my public relations company, By George Communications.

Wilson ignited a public relations crisis for the company in November by suggesting to Bloomberg TV that Lululemon's yoga pants don't work well for some women.

The government did pledge $ 47 billion to infrastructure spending over the next 10 years and extended the accelerated capital cost allowance for manufactures — a tax relief program for investments in new machinery and equipment — by two years, which means stock holders could get a boost if public companies are able to take advantage of this spending and savings.

Four months before political cartoonist Mike Fiore won a Pulitzer Prize for his work, his NewsToon app was rejected by Apple in December 2009, with the company citing rules about making fun of public figures.

The issue is particularly sensitive for Saudi Arabia, which is transforming its economy ahead of an expected initial public offering by state - owned oil company Saudi Aramco.

The Morgan Stanley presentation was requested by Founders and Board to have options for review and informed the decision - making process for all — and everyone agreed with the decision that the company would not go public in 2018.»

A condo at 23 East 22nd Street was purchased for $ 4.5 million in 2014 by a shell company called Cricklewood One Madison L.L.C. that listed Ai Swan Loo as its authorized signer, public records show.

Presumably for securities - law reasons, all the talks by public - company executives will be webcast.

Enough so that the analysts led by Davis Maris cut their valuation range for Valeant from $ 30 to $ 31 down to $ 27 to $ 31, saying the compensation increases will likely worsen the company's already decaying public image and sputtering sales.

Sundararajan adds that Uber should also be concerned about investors pressuring the company to go after profit prematurely, say, by filing for an initial public offering.

Yet the gamblers were allowed to play on for weeks, according to reports by the casino's parent company, Bloomberry Resorts Corp., and the Philippine Senate Committee on Accountability of Public Officers and Investigations.

The federal appeals court in Boston said only people who work for public companies are protected by the Sarbanes Oxley Act.

Instead of having banks determine the price of shares before the company officially opens up for trading to the public, Spotify stock price would be determined solely by supply and demand on the market.

A US - founded tech company specialising in counter-drone systems has launched its prospectus for a $ 5 million initial public offering, with plans to list on the ASX by next month.

The fight for Canadian Pacific Railway by its largest shareholder, Pershing Square Capital Management, epitomizes a growing problem with public company governance.

For Apple, it might mean forcing the company to allow other companies to build devices using iOS or macOS, either by licensing them to competitors or by eliminating the copyright protection on older versions of those operating systems to push them into the public domain.

And Munro, an NDP campaigner hired by the public - affairs company Earnscliffe precisely for her knowledge of that dialect, is one of the people who can tell them.

The trend is partly driven by the fact that going public is no longer the only — or even the primary — means for a company to grow.

Apple (aapl) just announced record earnings for fiscal 2015, posting nearly one - quarter of a trillion dollars in revenue, and it remains the most valuable public company by far.

There have been numerous times when Musk's endeavors would have benefited by having more capital, yet he has resisted the urge to take SpaceX public because the board of directors of a publicly - held firm would undoubtedly force him to make changes in the company that would improve its profitability at the expense of its chances for reaching Mars.

The government says deferred prosecution agreements (DPA), which were called for in public consultations last fall, will be another tool used by judges to hold companies accountable.

If you're thinking about launching an initial public offering for your company, this step - by - step guide to IPOs will familiarize you with the process.

«We are extremely saddened to learn of the collapse of abuilding complex in Bangladesh and our condolences go out tothose affected by this tragedy,» Julija Hunter, public relationsvice - president for Loblaw Companies, said in an email.

New guidelines approved in May by the SEC and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board will make it less costly for companies to meet the regulatory demands required by SOX.

Since most politicians» campaigns are largely funded by wealthy companies and individuals, it would give voters a better sense of who the candidate they are voting for is actually representing if the company's logo, or individual's name, was prominently displayed upon the candidate's clothing at all public appearances and campaign events.

The public trial will run for the next two months, and may be extended by the companies for as long as it continues to yield valuable feedback and data, they said.

Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg both issued statements days after the revelations were made public, but by the weekend, some felt that the company's leadership wasn't remorseful enough for the leak.

Activists use their ownership stakes in public companies to pressure them to change in order to boost returns — whether by restructuring their businesses, shaking up management, or even putting themselves up for sale.

Comparably, a platform that provides compensation data for public and private companies, launches today with $ 6.5 million in funding led by Crosslink Capital.

In fact, a multi-year financial analysis revealed public companies recognized for high employee ratings outperform the Standard & Poor (S&P) 500 by 122 percent.

The second step is to begin a dialogue on how to reduce the need for legislation on every aspect of business life and instead implement regular independent reviews of large companies to identify the ones that pose risks that are not overwhelmingly balanced out by the public benefits they provide.

The results are dismal: The report gave 20 of the 25 companies failing grades for not effectively responding to a «growing public health threat by publicly adopting policies restricting routine antibiotic use» in meat.

The $ 303 million initial public offering by earthmoving company NRW Holdings Ltd has led Western Australia's strong resources - driven growth in IPO activity for the September quarter.

According to the GAO report, public companies with $ 75 million or less in market capitalization paid a median of $ 1.14 in audit fees for every $ 100 in revenue under the act, compared to just 13 cents for every $ 100 by companies with over $ 1 billion in market capitalization.

We'll start seeing Google's self - driving cars being tested on roads from this summer, with the company hoping to have one ready for public release by 2020.

Think about the public calls by Facebook (FB) and Google (GOOG) for looser immigration standards — or companies like Apple (AAPL) offshoring jobs and then requesting that the government give them tax breaks to repatriate income.

«On the IPO side, favorable public market conditions and stronger valuations are contributing to better quality IPOs for venture - backed companies as evidenced by the jump in dollars raised on the public markets,» NVCA Head of Research John Taylor said in a statement.

Unilever (U.K.) SCORE: 73.18 Essentially a holding company for numerous consumer brands, Unilever has been raising its public visibility by attaching its own logo to marketing efforts

The centre says CEO pay for Canadian public companies listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange has ballooned by 73 per cent between 1998 and 2012, the latest figures available.

His second company Niku, which created cloud - based management applications, went public in 2000, before getting acquired by Computer Associates for $ 350 million in 2005.

By contrast, the price point for FiscalNote's software as a service offering starts at around $ 10,000 a year for a nonprofit, and is upward of $ 200,000 for a large private or public company.

Among the people who've left or announced departures, either under pressure or for other reasons, are seven executives who had reported to Mr. Kalanick: SVP of Business Emil Michael, who is one of Mr. Kalanick's best friends and was the second-most powerful person at the company; ridesharing president Jeff Jones (ostensibly the No. 2 executive for Uber's core business); head of growth Ed Baker; engineering vice president Amit Singhal; communications and public policy chief Rachel Whetstone; head of finance Gautam Gupta; and Anthony Levandowski, head of Uber's autonomous vehicles program, who was fired amid theft allegations made against him by his former employer.

BLUE SKY FEES AND EXPENSES: $ 35,000 A disadvantage of going public on the Nasdaq SmallCap Market, as Multicom discovered, is that state regulators do not automatically accept the new security for sale by brokers in their own states as they do with companies listed on the Nasdaq National Market, the New York Stock Exchange, and the American Stock Exchange.

After expanding its room count by a third under Chief Executive Officer Christopher Nassetta, Hilton went public in December 2013 in a record IPO for a hotel company, raising more than $ 2.35 billion.

David Cowan of Bessemer Venture Partners in Menlo Park, Calif., told me in an e-mail: «For garage - dwelling entrepreneurs to crack the 1 % wealth threshold in America, their path almost always involves raising venture capital and then getting their start - up to an initial public offering (IPO) or a large acquisition by another company.

A proven model — proven, that is, by billionaire Peter Thiel — for bankrupting news companies and driving them out of business by using the court system and jury trials, which can leverage public disgust for The Media (see no. 6 above) into jury awards that defendants can not possibly pay.

(The number of people viewing and applying for open positions at the company fell by about 15 % in the months after she went public with her experience.)

For the past week, as the electric - car maker Tesla has been buffeted by a barrage of negative news, Elon Musk, its chief executive, has offered no public comments on the company's shaky finances, its slumping stock price or the increasing questions about the safety of its self - driving technology.