Sentences with phrase «demanded board seats»

Not exact matches

«Investors can come with demands (equity, board seats, etc.), so a smart thing to do is consider what you need the money for (new product, new markets, «supercharging» growth, etc.) and balance what you will get, with the trade - offs you'll have to make.

Arby's restaurant owner Roark Capital Group will buy Buffalo Wild Wings for $ 2.4 billion, months after an activist investor won seats on the chicken wing restaurant's board following a proxy fight demanding management change.

With Wall Street legend Carl Icahn on one side pushing for board seats and Jeff Smith's Starboard Value on the other demanding an entirely new board of directors, Newell's situation made its stock «the ultimate battleground,» Cramer said.

«Beth Comstock of GE, who is on the board of Nike, told me that given the reality of our jobs, you can only take one public board seat with the time commitment and demands of our current careers.

But analysts said it's unlikely Icahn will be able to use that to press the kind of demands he's made in the past, such as a board seat or a change in management.

In growing numbers, parents, school - board members, and lawmakers, convinced that seat belts would significantly reduce the number of injuries, are demanding that school buses be outfitted with safety restraints — and that school systems ensure their proper use.

The high - end luxury vehicle segment demands bells and whistles and the ’03 Navigator doesn't disappoint, with optional power - deployable running boards, power - folding third - row seats and a power liftgate.

It's a very tough business because the marginal cost of a seat is practically nothing, you have these huge fixed costs and if you take one more person on board there's virtually no cost to it, so you're very tempted to sell that last seat too cheap, and if you sell the last seat too cheap it becomes the first seat in a way... the hope is that they keep orders [of aircraft] in reasonable relationship to potential demand and lately they've been operating at 80 % [load factors] for a while.

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Main Cabin Select comes with perks like six extra inches of legroom, complimentary food and drinks, one free checked bag, plush leather seats, on - demand entertainment and games, plus priority security and boarding.

We already know that Cathay will be following the herd as it reconfigures its 777 - 300 aircraft with 10 - across seating in Economy Class — so that's the end of comfort in Cathay Pacific's Economy Class cabin — and recent rumors have suggested that the airline would introduce «buy on board» meals on its short - haul flights while, at the same time, giving up on the idea of offering «dine on demand» in Business Class.

Extra Comfort seats provide 36 inches of pitch, and purchasers also get priority boarding, complimentary on - demand entertainment and a power outlet.