Sentences with phrase «company over the past couple of years»

But they can also be weapons — as the actions of big technology companies over the past couple of years have shown.

Being the CEO of a public company over the past couple of years has been difficult.

I have hired at least five other companies over the past couple of years and spent thousands of dollars in marketing and web optimization with absolutely nothing to show for it.

Not exact matches

-- Blodget said on the conference call that the company still has about $ 22 million of the $ 50 million in financing that it has raised over the past couple of years.

Fresh food is already available in more than half of Walmart's 337 stores, and the company has nearly doubled its grocery market share over the past couple of years.

Over the past couple of years, dozens of companies have joined the coveted «unicorn» club by achieving valuations of $ 1 billion of more, but a chill seems to be setting over the indusOver the past couple of years, dozens of companies have joined the coveted «unicorn» club by achieving valuations of $ 1 billion of more, but a chill seems to be setting over the indusover the industry.

Over the past couple of years, insurance companies like Progressive and State Farm have created tracking devices that can lead to lower insurance rates for safe driving.

Though the company now claims more than 310 million monthly active users, that figure has increased at a snail's pace over the past couple of years — a major concern for any social network.

The U.S. and China diplomatic teams remain far apart on a host of issues including Chinese hacking that targets U.S. companies, China's buildup of islands in the South China Sea for military purpose, and the pressure American companies say they've faced in China over the past couple years.

The three CEOs, over the span of a dozen years, followed a strategy that has become the norm for many big companies during the past two decades: large stock buybacks to make use of cash, coupled with acquisitions to lift revenue.

Even that had been a source of trouble for IBM, with the company seeing declines in software - related revenue for seven straight quarters over the past couple of years.

Over the past couple of years, the company has further developed its niche skill sets to better serve certain industry areas.

Peppermaster is a Quebec, Canada outfit run by Greg and Tina Brooks and the couple has been steadily making their company's presence known to American over the past few years with their massive lineup of unique sauces and products.

Hisense isn't necessarily a brand that you might think of when it comes to mobile devices, but it certainly hasn't stopped the company from releasing smartphones and tablets over the past couple of years.

«The real value [now] we think is in U.S. health care» because stocks of companies in that sector have been punished over the past couple of years because of uncertainty about health care reform, and government regulation, he said.

Over the past couple of years, numerous local lawmakers imposed a number of different regulations requiring student loan companies to get state - valid licenses and cater more towards borrower instructions.

You have to know that you need perseverance to hold any of Michael Smith's companies; we've learned that through the corporate gyrations that have taken place over the past couple of years.

Michael Smith, after all the shenanigans over the past couple of years, spinning off KHD, splitting KHD into two then remerging Mass Financial with the KHD's mineral rights, has done little to enhance the value of the new company over the past year.

The company has returned $ 3.60 per share in dividends / return of capital over the past couple of years so my investment «problem» is getting smaller rather than larger.

Despite the steady operating improvement over the past couple of years investors have not rewarded the company with even a market multiple.

Oh yes, there IS a «short» thesis about how the company is only a house of cards built on serial acquisitions and supported by fraudulent accounting, but I think that Ebix's cash generation over the past couple of years disproves this theory entirely.

Similar to the slowdown in dividend growth, the slowdown in share count reduction suggests that the company is conserving cash in both programs (dividends and share buybacks) over the past couple of years.

One of the most notable — and perhaps most powerful — demonstrations of these companies» commitment has been the formation of a loose network or consortium of regional, independent distributors over the past couple of years.

Also, especially over the past couple of years, EA's PC revenue looks very respectable compared to what the company makes from the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

Nintendo has remained an interesting company when you look at their stance over the past couple of years regarding bringing some of their popular franchises over to mobile device for mobile gamers to enjoy.

Weather and flood damage has take it's toll on insurance company coffers over the past couple of years and it's true that they are making adjustments to help sustain insurance products that work for all Canadians.

Smartphones as a general class, not just the iPhone, have been drifting up in price over the past couple of years as companies try to differentiate with ever more premium features (which cost more to manufacture).

This time around, it's a digital comic — a change the company says it meant to showcase the creative side of its community, given its expansions in to vlogging and creative content over the past couple of years.

Asus may have been a late entrant to the smartphone sector, but the company has been able to make giant strides in the industry with its handsets over the past couple of years and ever since it introduced its first - generation ZenFones at the 2014 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada.

ASUS tasted success with its first and second - generation ZenFones over the past couple of years, so naturally, the company seems quite upbeat about its third - gen ZenFone 3 line, which is all set to be unveiled at the upcoming Computex 2016 event in Taiwan.

Samsung's dominant position in the memory chip market has allowed the company to make money hand over fist for the past couple of years.

Meizu isn't a company that's very well known in Western markets, but over the past couple of years it has pushed beyond its Chinese market roots.Like most smartphone makers, Meizu is battling against a race towards uniformity.

Android Wear has been an ever - growing platform for smartwatches over the past couple of years and while in the beginning it was mostly dominated by technology companies that manufacture smartphones and other mobile devices such as Samsung, LG, Motorola, ASUS and others, slowly but surely there have been a few companies which are firmly rooted -LSB-...]

The company has since tried to repeat the formula but never quite tasted success, mainly because the price - to - performance equation had been militantly overhauled first by regular Android players and over the past couple of years by the «budget flagship» phenomenon.

Over the past couple of years there has been a surge of emerging tech companies creating mid to high - end devices, at a lower price than ever before.

While the name «Acer» is one more synonymous with desktop and laptop computers, over the past couple of years the Taiwanese company has released some solid budget and mid-range smartphones, such as the Liquid Z4 and E3.

To start with, the astounding growth enjoyed by several cryptocurrencies, most notably bitcoin, over the past couple of years has given rise to several imitators and scammers, including companies that issue misleading ICOs (Initial coin offerings, which is a whole other story).

Over the past couple years, there's been a big shift — most startup companies are now locating their offices within the boundaries of San Francisco, with very little startup momentum in the south bay or anywhere else.

«However, given the large number of REIT and public real estate company acquisitions over the past couple of years, the slowdown in the number of acquisitions will be noticed by the media and investors.»

Over the past couple of years, the reverse mortgage industry has seen an influx of «lead generation» companies to assist lenders with their marketing efforts.