Sentences with phrase «controlling share in the business»

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We also decided to wind down our activities in the wind pitch control business by year end, resulting in a charge of $ 0.72 per share.

Drilling in deeper, however, it is apparent that equity investors require control, possibly a share of the profits, and maybe a return on their investment through an eventual sale of the business.

«The public confidence is everything in this business,» he said, adding that the company faced an uphill battle persuading defense contractors to be open to sharing some sort of command and control with other drones.

And while Sears Holdings CEO Eddie Lampert, a hedge fund manager who controls about half of its shares, has repeatedly said in recent years that he has been trying to transform the business into a retailer focused on members and less reliant on physical stores, the sales declines are only getting worse and suggest little customer attachment to the brand names.

These risks and uncertainties include competition and other economic conditions including fragmentation of the media landscape and competition from other media alternatives; changes in advertising demand, circulation levels and audience shares; the Company's ability to develop and grow its online businesses; the Company's reliance on revenue from printing and distributing third - party publications; changes in newsprint prices; macroeconomic trends and conditions; the Company's ability to adapt to technological changes; the Company's ability to realize benefits or synergies from acquisitions or divestitures or to operate its businesses effectively following acquisitions or divestitures; the Company's success in implementing expense mitigation efforts; the Company's reliance on third - party vendors for various services; adverse results from litigation, governmental investigations or tax - related proceedings or audits; the Company's ability to attract and retain employees; the Company's ability to satisfy pension and other postretirement employee benefit obligations; changes in accounting standards; the effect of labor strikes, lockouts and labor negotiations; regulatory and judicial rulings; the Company's indebtedness and ability to comply with debt covenants applicable to its debt facilities; the Company's ability to satisfy future capital and liquidity requirements; the Company's ability to access the credit and capital markets at the times and in the amounts needed and on acceptable terms; and other events beyond the Company's control that may result in unexpected adverse operating results.

The Schedule 13G states that the shares were acquired and are held in the ordinary course of business and were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of IBM.

That opportunity is to attract or retain the business of public pension funds and union related funds (which control approximately $ 3 trillion in assets), the institutional leaders in the shareholder empowerment movement, which are shifting their portfolios away from high cost, actively managed mutual funds and hedge funds to low cost indexed funds, the kind of funds that the top 10 largest mutual fund advisors dominate in terms of market share.

-- Introduce your business to thousands of potential customers in the entire market area of Cape Cod, the Islands, and the South Shore — Influence the buying decisions of thousands of potential customers — Speak to people who will make a decision to buy your product or service this week — Create a consistent flow of new customer opportunities via foot traffic, phone calls, website traffic, e-newsletter sign ups, social media engagement — Tell «the story» of your business — Differentiate your business from your competitors — Encourage customer loyalty — Educate past customers on why they should come back and do business with you again — Grow your market share — Make your business a household name and create top of mind awareness — Build the credibility of your business — Control the public's perception of your business

What they all share in common is a game - winning pitch, a successful business strategy, and a keen desire to control their own destiny.

Perceiving social responsibility as building shared value rather than as damage control or as a PR campaign will require dramatically different thinking in business.

Economically, he started flexing the muscles of the state to arbitrarily enforce arcane laws in order to force most successful independent business sell controlling interest of their shares to Gazprom.

Hungarian director Ildikó Enyedi's «On Body and Soul» is set in a slaughterhouse, where a business manager and a quality control worker discover they share the same dream every night.

Extending control to JV in products in home appliances using similar technologies for auto is a good way to expand their business and market shares.

Among the software features that have been integrated with the Gingerbread to ensure operating the tablet is safe in its business operations include instant provisioning for employees as per their access rights, control and monitor the use of approved apps, along with the tried and tested password protected sharing feature.

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None of these companies have disclosed how the shares changed hands in those transactions since the initial purchase in 2006, but Spalding remains the majority shareholder and controls the business.

In 1962, he began buying share of the failing textile business Berkshire Hathaway, until he eventually become the controlling shareholder and was appointed CEO.

Second, I was quick to recognize that this spinoff had all the makings of a classic Joel Greenblatt (meaning, attractive) spinoff; the parent's two businesses were in completely unrelated fields (Coal and small home kitchen equipment), it was somewhat complicated (family controlled, dual class share structure) and it was a small enough transaction to be under the radar of most institutional and hedge funds.

He holds a majority controlling share in Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), a company with a market capitalisation of $ 47 billion and global business interests that include petrochemicals, oil, natural gas, polyester fibre, Special Economic Zones, fresh food retail, high schools, life sciences research and stem cell storage services.

· Listening to customer requirements and presenting appropriately to make a sale; · Maintaining and developing relationships with existing customers in person and via telephone calls and emails; · Cold calling to arrange meetings with potential customers to prospect for new business; · Responding to incoming email and phone inquiries; · Acting as a contact between a company and its existing and potential markets; · Gathering market and customer information; · Representing the company at trade exhibitions, events and demonstrations; · Negotiating on price, costs, delivery and specifications with buyers and managers; · Advising on forthcoming product developments and discussing special promotions; · Creating detailed proposal documents, often as part of a formal bidding process which is largely dictated by the prospective customer; · Reporting to Senior Management on sales and potential opportunities in your area; · Reviewing your own sales performance, aiming to meet or exceed targets; · Gaining a clear understanding of customers» businesses and requirements; · Following up with customers for payment; · Doing Quality - Control on products delivered; · Attending team meetings and sharing best practices with colleagues in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

ABS differs from how law firms in the US operate in two fundamental ways: Lawyers and non-lawyers can share in the management and control of these businesses and they can have non-lawyer investment.

(i) BMO reducing its roster of firms from about 800 to 200 with further reductions planned; (ii) the clients of seven sister firms hiring me to help them get control over their legal spend and forge stronger and more value based relationships with their firms; (iii) the many small and mid-sized businesses who hire accountants to do all of their tax and structuring work because it is cheaper than dealing with lawyers; (iv) firms hiring me to help them figure out how to budget, set and meet client expectations without losing money; (v) «clients» who never become clients at all as they do their own legal work based on precedents that friends share with them; (vi) the various forms of outsourcing that are now prevalent (from offices in India to Tory's office in Halifax); (vii) clients hiring me to figure out how to increase internal capacity without increasing headcount in order to reduce external spend; (viii) the success of firms like Conduit, SkyLaw and Cognition (to name a few) who are taking new approaches to «big» and «medium law» work; (ix) the introduction of full time project managers in many firms; and (x) the number of lawyers throughout the profession who regularly don't docket chunks of their time in order to avoid unpleasant fee conversations with their clients.

The remaining partners / shareholders may not be able to fund a buy - out of the deceased's share of the business, which may result in an unwanted outside interest gaining control of part of your company.

Most small businesses have a number of owners or partners who keep control of the ownership shares in the company.

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And as this is Apple (and not Facebook), you're in complete control of the interaction and none of your personal information is shared with the business.

Created Enterprise Data Warehouse architecture and standards, plus trained two architects in dimensional modeling and data quality; created shared Master Data sets and data models for Business Objects in an Oracle Financials ERP BCNF (inventory control) including Requisitions, PO, AP, and GL

The article talked about how powerful your state of mind is in your business and quoted a study that showed that out of the top 100 salespeople in the world, the No. 1 common denominator that they shared was «the ability to manage or control their own state of mind.»

Including these offers in my lead generation direct mail resulted in my controlling way more than my share of out - of - town business.