Sentences with phrase «by the firms with»

A recent report from Hedge Fund Research shows that approximately 69 % of hedge fund assets are controlled by firms with over $ 5 billion in assets under management and 91 % are controlled by those with more than $ 1 billion in assets.

If it did, there is the potential for pro-competitive conduct by firms with substantial market power to be deterred, with consequentially reduced gains in efficiency and productivity and hence economic welfare.

Records show Percoco was paid by firms with major state development contracts — COR Development and CHA Consulting.

The study concludes with a warning: «If consumers seeking a healthy diet inaccurately estimate nutritional content of products marketed by firms with strong reputations for corporate social responsibility, it can lead to serious health consequences for both individuals and society.»

These are loans that are typically taken on by firms with higher existing levels of debt (hence the use of «leveraged» in the name).

To determine whether the power industry made optimal choices, we analyzed EIA data on all 5,242 reported generation plants, separating plants built by firms with monopoly - protected territories and plants built by independent power producers.

The report also reveals that big law continues to command a hefty piece of the M&A pie with 72 % of all M&A matters in 2014 and 2015, handled by a firm with more than 500 attorneys.

Whether you face allegations regarding firearms, ammunition, offensive weapons or a bladed article, you will be represented by a firm with considerable experience of defending such matters.

Mid-sized firms with 10 - 20 lawyers were next at 5 %, followed by firms with 5 - 10 lawyers at 4 %.

Twenty - eight respondents who are employed by firms with 21 - 50 attorneys were removed for analytic purposes.

The following items should be considered by the firm with a view to obtaining an informed opinion of its own and the candidate firm's strengths and weaknesses, and the potential configuration of the proposed entity.

As an example, using all the M&A matters worked on in 2013 by firms with more than 750 lawyers, the weighted average partner rate on the median matter was $ 706 per hour.

Since no significant work has been expended by the firm with regard to litigation avoidance, this bonus is usually pure profit.

Facebook has been caught in a medial maelstrom over its lax approach to data sharing; specifically over the Cambridge Analytica issue, through which it was recently revealed that Facebook users» data was being used by the firm with the intent to influence the 2016 US election.

Developed and implemented written policies and procedures to ensure compliance by the firm with relevant SEC rules and other applicable laws.

Not exact matches

Moreover, with nearly half all of business R&D conducted by just twelve firms, there is even more reason for concern about long - term BERD performance.

Attended by DFJ staff but open to Jurvetson's personal friends who are unaffiliated with the firm.

The firm, billed as a national plaintiffs» practice with offices in Raleigh, North Carolina, and Washington, D.C., marks a return to the career where Edwards made his fortune by winning multimillion - dollar verdicts in personal injury and product liability cases before entering politics.

The most critical person to hire in the customer service schema is the manager, says Andy Fromm, president of Service Management Group, a Missouri - based firm that works with retail and restaurant chains on improving customer service, since employee turnover is directly driven by manager turnover.

With big repercussions, according to an analysis by Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, one of the largest law firms in the US.

The slowing economy has hit smaller accounting firms harder than the big players, judging by revenue data released over the past month, with practices in Western Australia affected more than those in other states.

Launched in 2013, Cohesity has already raised $ 70 million in just two rounds, with a $ 350 million valuation, backed by A-list venture - capital firms Sequoia, Qualcomm Ventures, and others, according to PitchBook.

Paired with some of the lowest interest rates on record, one might have thought these firms would have rewarded Ottawa's kindness by leading an economic turnaround.

A December survey by Public Policy Polling, a Democratic firm, found that McConnell is the least popular senator in the country, with his approval rating underwater by 30 points.

The rate of new firms entering the marketplace has fallen by nearly half over the 40 - year period from 1978 to 2012, to 8 percent, compared with a steadily increasing rate of new firm closures, up two full percentage points, to about 10 percent, over the same period, according to the Brookings Institution, a policy think tank.

Technology research firm Gartner predicts that by 2022, a typical family home will contain at least 500 smart devices, with overall adoption increasing 30-fold from 2009 to 2020.

The European Union's executive body is frustrated with the relatively low corporate taxes paid by firms such as Facebook (fb) and Amazon, and individual EU countries are frustrated at seeing overseas firms take business from local rivals while booking their revenues elsewhere.

Aeryon, an 80 - person firm that has staked its business on serving the exacting needs of professionals with products that sell for up to $ 200,000, could end up being side - swiped by producers of the type of flying toy you bought at Best Buy for your kids for Christmas.

Earlier Wednesday, research firm NPD Group estimated that the industry's sales increased by 5 % last year, boosted by Star Wars toys — a property that is closely associated with Mattel rival Hasbro (has).

By the end of October, things were verging on the comic: In a superior display of pettiness on both sides, a Google Ventures partner explained why the firm didn't invest in Theranos, and Theranos responded with a full - on he - didn «t - reject - us - we - rejected - him.

Most of the big law firms in Perth have shrunk in size over the past year, with Ashurst experiencing the biggest drop in staff, while only a couple of smaller firms have achieved significant growth, research by Business News has found.

The holding company of South Perth accounting firm William Buck (WA) has been ordered into liquidation by a Perth judge, following a lengthy dispute with a former director.

• Mednax, a U.S. healthcare network operator targeted by Elliott Management, is facing acquisition interest from several private equity firms, according to people familiar with the matter interviewed by Reuters.

In March of 2017, Ripcord announced that it had raised a Series A round of $ 9.5 million, led by legendary venture firm Kleiner Perkins, with participation from Wozniak himself.

Only 77 % of homes with Internet connections subscribed to cable or satellite TV last year, down from 81 % in 2016, according to surveys by the research firm Parks Associates.

A panel of three entrepreneurs discussed the relationship between purpose and profitability in greater depth: Pocket Sun, who, as founding partner of female - focused VC firm SoGal Ventures, has a purpose of «building an empire for millennial women to invest in startups»; Eileen Gittins, a serial entrepreneur who founded book self - publishing firm Blurb and now runs Bossygrl, a mobile app meant to introduce Gen Z girls to entrepreneurship by helping them launch micro-businesses; and Cathie Reid, co-founder and current digital advisor to Icon Group, an Australian cancer - care company with annual revenue of more than $ 1.5 billion.

TriNet generally absorbs at least half of the legal liability for their clients, and they also enable smaller firms to compete with larger, wealthier employers by putting together competitive bonus packages.

Fast - casual chain Chipotle Mexican Grill added some spice to its long - running «Food With Integrity» sustainable farming campaign by teaming with Academy Award - winning design firm Moonbot Studios for The Scarecrow, an animated short film and accompanying mobile game created to increase consumer awareness of animal confinement, synthetic growth hormones, toxic pesticides and other fixtures of industrial food productWith Integrity» sustainable farming campaign by teaming with Academy Award - winning design firm Moonbot Studios for The Scarecrow, an animated short film and accompanying mobile game created to increase consumer awareness of animal confinement, synthetic growth hormones, toxic pesticides and other fixtures of industrial food productwith Academy Award - winning design firm Moonbot Studios for The Scarecrow, an animated short film and accompanying mobile game created to increase consumer awareness of animal confinement, synthetic growth hormones, toxic pesticides and other fixtures of industrial food production.

With Sequoia Global Growth Fund III, the firm aims to buck the hot venture market trend of aggressive management fees set by managers of some megafunds.

It amounts to a counterintuitive bet: a passive music service delivered by cable firms and operated with financial discipline can win against flashy VC - backed on - demand streaming companies.

But what emerged is a story of a company trapped by an overly ambitious launch schedule, an inexperienced leadership team expected to deal with the biggest crisis in the firm's history, and a sophisticated retail giant felled by the most mundane, basic and embarrassing of errors.

Total sales for fast - casual restaurants grew by 10.5 % last year in the United States, compared with 6.1 % for traditional fast food, according to Mintel, a market research firm.

He's taken a stake in TYT Network, one of the top online - video political news networks, as part of $ 20 million in funding led by growth equity firm 3L Capital with participation from Greycroft and e.ventures.

She cites the example of a recent client, a private B.C. firm with $ 400 to $ 500 million in annual revenues, and which is controlled by the third generation.

Leading RegTech specialist Harry Toukalas will be revealing how his firm's AI tool can predict misconduct in financial services.This ground - breaking technology developed in conjunction with MIT analyses email communication patterns and psycholinguistic analysis of email content to flag up issues such as mis - selling, cyber security and fraud.The Blackhall & Pearl tool already being used around the world by more than 40 organisations is eight times faster than other methods.

But the firm still ended its 2015 fiscal year on an upswing, with revenues up by 10 %, earnings up 17 % to $ 70.2 million and the stock price back up in the $ 25 range.

The radio broadcasting business is undergoing a similar process as the brick - and - mortar meltdown, where PE firms piled into big retailers during the LBO boom before the Financial Crisis and left the sector strewn with over-indebted retailers that then got slammed by a structural shift to online that they no longer had the resources to follow.

A recent report by professional services firm Deloitte Access Economics suggests retail spending could be slowly picking up in Western Australia, with recent official data finding sales grew 0.3 per cent in January after seasonal adjustment.

That means Goldman's project is on track: People familiar with the bank's plans said late last year that firm aimed to have its new business running by the end of June.

TD Ameritrade beat on the top line with $ 22 billion in net new client assets, but missed on the bottom line by $ 0.01 The firm also reported 943,000 client trades per day, beating the 931,000 Wall Street projected.