Sentences with phrase «controlled by a large company»

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So Viacom's new chairman is not only unloved by some large shareholders, but also unloved by his own vice-chairman, the daughter of the company's controlling shareholder and one of the people who will direct Redstone's assets after his death.

If larger issues can be ruled out, Caver said the company needs to regain control of the conversation by creating strong online content about the company, as well as encouraging transparency.

Koch Industries is one of the largest privately owned companies in the U.S., and it is controlled by billionaire brothers Charles Koch and David Koch.

A 1993 survey in Wyatt Comparison by benefits consultancy the Wyatt Co. in Washington, D.C., notes that large corporations start flex plans mainly to control costs, but smaller companies do so mainly to offer choices to their workers.

Modern corporations are typically characterized by a «separation of ownership and control» — that is, companies are generally run by professional managers, who manage on behalf of a very large number of mostly - anonymous shareholders.

But with the relative stability of large public companies behind most major marketing clouds, the standardization of plug - ins to those clouds offered by their ISV programs, and the open architectures enabled by middleware, the vendor risk associated with most marketing technologies is increasingly being mitigated and controlled.

At the same time, these founders wind up ceding control of their companies by giving up large chunks of equity in exchange for cash and other resources from their investors.

Yet this time around Burger King, backed by its largest shareholder, a Brazilian private equity firm called 3G Capital, plans to locate the holding company that will control the two chains squarely on Canadian soil.

Chilean stocks rose because labor's savings were being channeled into a rather small number of stocks in the large companies controlled by the oligarchy.

Ford Motor Company has the three largest recalls, by far, on the list, due to electrical components - ignition switches in 1981 and cruise - control switches in 1999 - that were installed across the company's entire Company has the three largest recalls, by far, on the list, due to electrical components - ignition switches in 1981 and cruise - control switches in 1999 - that were installed across the company's entire company's entire lineup.

While its very large e-commerce has been a strong driver of the rise of alternative payment providers in the country, Citi points at a number of other factors that have facilitated the rise of those third - party payment companies, among which an under - developed banking system viewed by the public as quite unreliable (unsurprising given how tightly controlled banking is in China, which has stifled customer - oriented innovation), and «relaxed regulation.»

Rather, it is controlled by two separate and larger investment companies: Botree Capital Partners and Alexandria PHL.

Greater deal of investor satisfaction — Investing in specific deals, which can be very thoroughly vetted by viewing the relevant documents online, can provide a greater sense of control and satisfaction than buying shares of stock in a large company.

«A combined Murray Goulburn and WCB will create one of hte largest Australian owned food and beverage businesses and a globally competitive dairy foods company 100 per cent controlled by dairy farmers,» he said.

RiceBran Technologies (NASDAQ: RIBT and RIBTW)(the «Company» or «RIBT»), a global leader in the production and marketing of value added products derived from rice bran, today announced that the Company has entered into an exclusive strategic supply agreement for organic rice bran and an LLC Agreement for the formation of a jointly owned sales and marketing entity with the Bangkok, Thailand based Narula Group of Companies («Narula Group»), one of the world's largest growers of organic rice, which is controlled by social impact entrepreneur Arvind Narula.

Hence, we shall increasingly find that our economy is controlled by the Government and a few large multi-national companies.

Such statements reflect the current views of Barnes & Noble with respect to future events, the outcome of which is subject to certain risks, including, among others, the general economic environment and consumer spending patterns, decreased consumer demand for Barnes & Noble's products, low growth or declining sales and net income due to various factors, possible disruptions in Barnes & Noble's computer systems, telephone systems or supply chain, possible risks associated with data privacy, information security and intellectual property, possible work stoppages or increases in labor costs, possible increases in shipping rates or interruptions in shipping service, effects of competition, possible risks that inventory in channels of distribution may be larger than able to be sold, possible risks associated with changes in the strategic direction of the device business, including possible reduction in sales of content, accessories and other merchandise and other adverse financial impacts, possible risk that component parts will be rendered obsolete or otherwise not be able to be effectively utilized in devices to be sold, possible risk that financial and operational forecasts and projections are not achieved, possible risk that returns from consumers or channels of distribution may be greater than estimated, the risk that digital sales growth is less than expectations and the risk that it does not exceed the rate of investment spend, higher - than - anticipated store closing or relocation costs, higher interest rates, the performance of Barnes & Noble's online, digital and other initiatives, the success of Barnes & Noble's strategic investments, unanticipated increases in merchandise, component or occupancy costs, unanticipated adverse litigation results or effects, product and component shortages, the potential adverse impact on the Company's businesses resulting from the Company's prior reviews of strategic alternatives and the potential separation of the Company's businesses, the risk that the transactions with Microsoft and Pearson do not achieve the expected benefits for the parties or impose costs on the Company in excess of what the Company anticipates, including the risk that NOOK Media's applications are not commercially successful or that the expected distribution of those applications is not achieved, risks associated with the international expansion contemplated by the relationship with Microsoft, including that it is not successful or is delayed, the risk that NOOK Media is not able to perform its obligations under the Microsoft and Pearson commercial agreements and the consequences thereof, risks associated with the restatement contained in, the delayed filing of, and the material weakness in internal controls described in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended April 27, 2013, risks associated with the SEC investigation disclosed in the quarterly report on Form 10 - Q for the fiscal quarter ended October 26, 2013, risks associated with the ongoing efforts to rationalize the NOOK business and the expected costs and benefits of such efforts and associated risks and other factors which may be outside of Barnes & Noble's control, including those factors discussed in detail in Item 1A, «Risk Factors,» in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended April 27, 2013, and in Barnes & Noble's other filings made hereafter from time to time with the SEC.

State - controlled oil producer OAO Rosneft said it has paid back $ 7 billion of a bridge loan it had taken to acquire TNK - BP, the largest foreign debt repayment by a Russian company since Western sanctions were imposed.

He also stated that the»em ployees» will own over 14 % of the equity of the combined company, a large portion of which is controlled by him.

Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan (NYSE: POT) is the world's largest fertilizer company by capacity, controlling 20 % of the global potash market and third largest market share in nitrogen and phosphates.

Of course, we must acknowledge the gap between a company's share price and its intrinsic value can sometimes be a long & difficult journey... But in terms of a key event / catalyst, this Sunday Times story (from March) is critical: «Tom Roche, the largest shareholder in NTR, has wrested back control of his 38 % stake in the investment firm after a receiver was appointed to the company that holds the stock... It is understood Roche had been seeking a substantial discount on the borrowings guaranteed by shares in NTR... Roche, who is the chairman of NTR, won a last - minute reprieve by writing a cheque for the full amount of the loans last Monday».

When it comes to costuming, larger dogs are increasingly joining the fun, says Erin Breig, sales and product development for Richmond Hill, N.Y. - based Rubie's Costume Company, Inc. «It used to be a market controlled by small and medium dogs, but the big dogs want to dress up and be fashionable too,» says Breig.

Both properties, owned by a controlled affiliate of Starwood Capital Group, will be operated under a franchise agreement with hotel management company and specialists in the extended - stay market, Cycas Hospitality — London's second largest operator of serviced apartment and apart - hotels.

Furthermore, large «Private Military Companies», or PMCs, that had been supported and controlled by the Patriots have collapsed, spawning countless rogue entities with origins to larger criminal organizations.

A century long struggle to gain full control of its natural resources and refining capacities has been punctuated by many events: from the exploits of the Anglo - Persian Oil company (later to be known as British Petroleum or BP), in the early part of last century; to the CIA backed overthrow of the first democratically elected government in the 1950s, after it nationalized the country's oil fields; to the destruction toll of several oil installations during the decade long Iran - Iraq war; to current pressures by large international firms to negotiate contracts for the exploitation rights of oil and gas.

Second Largest Privately - Held US Corporation If you haven't heard of Koch Industries, its an oil company controlled by David and Charles Koch and is the second largest privately held corporation in the United States, with operations in about 60 couLargest Privately - Held US Corporation If you haven't heard of Koch Industries, its an oil company controlled by David and Charles Koch and is the second largest privately held corporation in the United States, with operations in about 60 coulargest privately held corporation in the United States, with operations in about 60 countries.

The UN Group of Experts» latest report, published in December 2008, asserts that the world's fifth largest tin - processing company, Thailand Smelting and Refining Co (Thaisarco), buys ore from an exporter who is supplied by mines controlled by the Forces Démocratiques pour la Libération du Rwanda (FDLR).

The project, which is part of a larger collaboration between the Empire State Building Company, the Clinton Climate Initiative, Johnson Controls, Jones Lang LaSalle and the Rocky Mountain Institute, is expected to reduce the solar heat gain of the building by more than 50 % and save an estimated $ 400,000 in annual energy costs.

The research draws upon work first begun by Richard Heede in 2014, when he published research tracking the carbon dioxide emissions of the world's largest publicly traded and state - controlled fossil energy companies.

Workers of the Hamburg - based Nordex company were operating a large hoisting crane by remote control as it lifted the 60 - tonne wind turbine rotor assembly for mounting -LSB-...]

In January 2006, Paul D. Thacker, a journalist who specializes in science, medicine and environmental topics, reported in The New Republic that Milloy has received thousands of dollars in payments from the Phillip Morris company since the early nineties, and that astroturfs controlled by Milloy have received large payments from ExxonMobil [5].

Too many of the media institutions are controlled by holding companies with large interests in fossil fuels — hence, the real solution to the problem might be something like antitrust regulations for media corporations.

Again, the point here is that while a handful of companies whose profit margins are improved by being able to pollute may be hindered by air pollution controls, the economy at large sees substantial benefits from everybody else not having to breathe unhealthy air.

We have represented large domestic and foreign financial institutions and other companies in connection with some of the most prominent enforcement matters brought by U.S. financial regulators, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), the Department of Justice and the SEC, involving sanctions, anti-money laundering and anticorruption issues.

Controlled by private equity firm CVC Capital Partners, Germany's Elster Group is one of the world's largest metering companies for electric, gas, and water.

The Republic of Croatia had commenced the Geneva - based arbitration against MOL in 2014 under the UNCITRAL rules, alleging that MOL (the largest company in Hungary and the second largest in Central and Eastern Europe) had acquired controlling rights in Croatia's national energy company, Ina Industrije Nafte d.d (INA), by paying a EUR 10 million bribe to former Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader.

The Thomson Corporation merged with Reuters, thereby reducing the Thomson family's stake in the company to just over 50 %, but raising the prospect that a future merger by Thomson Reuters with another large company could see Thomson maintain control without having majority ownership.

But the larger reality remains: Facebook wants this HTML5 app platform to succeed so the mobile world is not fully controlled by those two companies.

The local payment sector is controlled by the likes of Alipay from Alibaba, an e-commerce firm and Tencent pay from Tencent, China's largest technology company.

Hearn publicly left the bitcoin community in January 2016 when he published an open letter entitled The resolution of the Bitcoin experiment in which he described bitcoin as «a payments network that: couldn't move your existing money,» «had wildly unpredictable fees that were high and rising fast,» «allowed buyer to take back payments they'd made after walking out of shops, by simply pressing a button,» «is suffering large backlogs and flaky payments,» «which is controlled by China,» «and in which the companies and people building it were in open civil war.»

Evansville, Indiana About Youtuber Founded in 1981 by Kevin C. Pass, Action Pest Control is the largest locally - owned pest control company in Indiana and KeControl is the largest locally - owned pest control company in Indiana and Kecontrol company in Indiana and Kentucky.

Midwest Steel Blanking (Lombard, IL) 07/2004 — 08/2008 Director of Operations • Oversaw daily operations and management of 40 employees including 2 project managers • Served as an advisor to the President on all critical and strategic issues • Led presentations to banks, governmental agencies, potential investors, and large volume customers • Oversaw production, maintenance, quality control, and all other dealings with all outside vendors • Negotiated all insurance policies and contracts concerning account receivables and insurance related claims • Developed the ISO 9000 quality manual and OSHA safety awareness programs, training, and documentation • Trained future managers of the company in professional skills, managerial decision making, and business communications • Designed and implemented a new inventory control systems for managing raw - material and finished - goods • Ensured cost control limiting the direct expenses incurred and indirect impacts such as inefficiencies, downtime, and waste • Over a 3 year period, reduced the account receivables insurance premium from $ 55K to $ 13K / year • Renegotiated all other insurance contracts for better coverage and reduced premiums by 20 % • Reduced «outside parts manufacturing» cost by 50 % • Maintained the cost of all supplies at the 2004 levels • Instituted production reporting and operational data analyses for decision making • Reduced down time by 60 %, overall operation's cost by 4.5 %, and scrap generation by 3 % • Developed ISO 9001 quality manuals and handled external annual audits • Introduced safety procedures and training programs

The parents of the control group were recruited by direct contacts with parents working in large, high - technology companies to match for the relatively high socioeconomic status of the clinical group.

«CBRE Group Inc., the world's largest commercial real - estate - services company by revenue, is negotiating to buy the division of Johnson Controls Inc. that manages 1.8 billion square feet of corporate real estate globally, according to a person familiar with the matter.»

At the time, as Titley recalled in a radio interview, most of the brokerage business in Canada was controlled by large trust companies «and they were very hard to compete against as an independent broker.»