Sentences with phrase «companies at more»

First, we expect a PE expansion as the market inevitably values these companies at more normal PE ratios.

The move comes shortly after WeWork received a $ 300 million investment from SoftBank, valuing the company at more than $ 17 billion.

• Fresenius SE & Co KGaA (DB: FRE) is close to acquiring Akorn (Nasdaq: AKRX), a Lake Forest, Ill. - based generic drugmaker, in an all - cash deal valuing the company at more than $ 4 billion, according to Reuters.

This explosion in popularity landed FanDuel in the top 10 of the Silicon Alley 100; its $ 275 million series E funding round in July valued the company at more than $ 1 billion, vaulting it to the ranks of so - called «unicorn» startups.

A business born of a need to find a way to pay the rent receives funding that values the company at more than $ 1 billion.

Private equity firm Berkshire Partners LLC said on Wednesday it would acquire a significant minority stake in Kendra Scott Design Inc, in a deal that sources said values the Austin, Texas - based jewelry company at more than $ 1 billion.

An analysis by New York HR consultant Nat Stoddard pegs the price of a CEO mis - hire at a large - cap company at more than US$ 50 million, based not only on salary and severance outlay but also factors like lost productivity and opportunities.

The deal will likely value the company at more than 800 million euros ($ 870 million).

Metcash recently increased its bid for Foodland, valuing the WA - based company at more than $ 1 billion.

The deal values the company at more than $ 1 billion, sources familiar with the deal confirmed.

Then, having not reached an agreement with Barnes & Noble by November, Sandell proposed to take Barnes & Noble private in a deal that valued the company at more than $ 650 million, or over $ 9 per share.

It reports $ 110 million of net income on $ 3 billion in revenue for the nine months ending Nov. 2, 2013, compared to $ 95 million in net income on $ 2.88 billion in revenue for the year - earlier period. www.michaels.com National Mentor Holdings, a Boston - based provider of home and community - based health services to children and adults with disabilities, is preparing to file for an IPO that could value the company at more than $ 1 billion, according to the Wall Street Journal.

The deal values the company at more than $ 1.2 billion, including debt, according to Reuters.

Fortune says the company has raised $ 400 million from equity sales to investors who have effectively valued the company at more than $ 9 billion.

(Reuters)- Private equity firm HGGC LLC has agreed to acquire a controlling stake in HelpSystems, valuing the U.S. information technology management software company at more than $ 1.2 billion, including debt, according to people familiar with the matter.

(Reuters)- German healthcare conglomerate Fresenius SE & Co KGaA (FREG.DE) is close to acquiring generic drugmaker Akorn Inc (AKRX.O) in an all - cash deal valuing the company at more than $ 4 billion, people familiar with the matter said on Monday.

Floated in December 2014 at $ 1 a share, SurfStitch shares reached $ 2.12 in less than 12 months, valuing the company at more than $ 500 million, following a spate of acquisitions.

A round this summer valued the company at more than $ 50 billion, a bit more than Facebook was valued at after its last big round of private capital fund - raising in 2011.

The Apollo Global Management - backed company is working with Goldman Sachs Group Inc to run a sale process that is in the early stages and could value the company at more than $ 1.7 billion, two of the people said.

LendingClub's shares rose as much as 67 percent to $ 25.44 on the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday, valuing the San Francisco - based company at more than $ 9 billion.

Saudi officials said they hope to raise a record $ 100 billion by selling a five percent stake, valuing the company at more than $ 2 trillion and dwarfing the $ 25 billion raised by Chinese Internet retailer Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. in 2014.

Updated: Groupon may have gotten the lion's share of the attention in the group - buying market lately, thanks in large part to its chutzpah in turning down a $ 6 - billion acquisition offer from Google (s goog) and reports of a planned IPO that would value the company at more than $ 15 billion, but competitor LivingSocial is making some news of its own: the company today launched a promotion with Amazon (s amzn) that shows the kind of marketing power the group - buying company now has at its disposal, as a result of the recent $ 175 - million investment it got from the online retailing powerhouse.

The deal values the company at more than $ 1 billion, sources familiar with the deal confirmed.

Shares in Sprouts, based in Phoenix, rose 5.7 percent in early trading in New York to $ 23.27, valuing the company at more than $ 3 billion.

(Bloomberg)-- Blackstone Group LP is exploring a sale of its European industrial - property unit Logicor in a deal that could value the company at more than 10 billion euros ($ 11 billion) including debt, two people with knowledge of the matter...

New York - based real estate startup Compass Inc. raised new financing that values the company at more than $ 1 billion, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Not exact matches

Many people believe that leadership is even more vital for small businesses because small companies can fall apart at a much faster rate without effective leadership.

More than anything else, BuzzFeed is the poster child for the multi-platform approach to media — according to the Fast Company piece, as much as 75 % of the site's output never appears on its website at all.

Robert Byrne, a manager at the market research firm Technomic, says while the company does a brisk business with Millennials, it scores even more highly with Gen Z guests «who over-index for frequent visits to the chain relative to the family - dining segment.»

«U.S. stocks are probably among the more overvalued companies on a global scale,» says Luc de la Durantaye, managing director of asset allocation and currency management at CIBC Asset Management.

Not only does it give employees more accessibility by having important information with them at all times, but it allows companies to cut on costs that would otherwise accrue.

Consensus estimates indicate several more quarters near that pace, but it will be difficult for companies to maintain that at this relatively late stage of the economic cycle.

The two seemed to agree that some unicorn companies» high valuations are more tied to flexibility at the negotiating table than to underlying value.

KIND, which launched in 2004, has sold more than one billion bars and currently has 300 people working full - time at the company.

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While employees from enterprise companies (defined as companies with 500 or more employees) like Salesforce and Dell have held memberships at the co-working spaces in the past, WeWork started making a concerted effort to tailor its spaces to these types of workers about a year ago.

«If you bring in more external people in the firm and board, it'll be positive for the company,» said Einar Lier Madsen, the study's author and a researcher at the Nordland Research Institute in Norway.

The problem for Nintendo is the NX's launch is at least a year away — likely more, as the company reportedly just started talking about it with third party partners at this year's E3.

Ferrick's lawsuit sought at least $ 200 million on behalf of copyright holders from Spotify, a private company which says it has more than 75 million users and has been valued at $ 8 billion.

More than half of those openings are at one company, Accenture, which is looking to fill a large number of entry - level roles including consulting analysts and software engineers.

If companies can rethink their policies and remove or alter those that are unnecessary or demoralizing, we'll all have a more enjoyable and productive time at work.

At the other end, funds such as OMERS Ventures and Georgian Partners, two of the country's most prominent VCs, are capable of investing large amounts of money in more mature companies.

«Inspiring children through play and creativity is crucial to early development and no company has done more in that space over many generations than Mattel,» said Georgiadis in a statement «As a parent, I have seen this first hand and am honored to be joining the Company at this exciting time of renewed focus.company has done more in that space over many generations than Mattel,» said Georgiadis in a statement «As a parent, I have seen this first hand and am honored to be joining the Company at this exciting time of renewed focus.Company at this exciting time of renewed focus.»

Legere likes nothing more than to travel around the country and visit that gold mine, at the stores and call centers where most of the company's 51,000 U.S. employees work.

Nonetheless, expect to see less place for every day items at CVS stores eventually and more room for the higher value health care services, a move telegraphed by the company in 2014, when it changed its name from CVS Caremark to CVS Health.

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By avoiding the task of employing extra staff members or handling operations such as payroll and web development, employees at a company will also be able to free up more time to focus on delivering their goods to their customers and carrying out the tasks that they were employed for in the first place.

«Companies have gotten very good at providing creature comforts to developers — they have candy, free lattes, free massages — but if you ask developers what they want, it's a quiet place to work, with a door that closes and more flexibility on getting to learn the technology and experiment.

Giving a gift at a different time is unexpected and more effective, just as companies that go out of their way to surprise and delight us are more likely to win our long - term loyalty.

Companies are boosting marijuana inventory in anticipation of legal recreational sales in July, and have much more weed than can possibly be sold at this point.