Sentences with phrase «few interesting companies»

There are a few interesting companies I've been looking at in the last couple of weeks who have taken old industries and ramped up their functionality rather than change the business model altogether.

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Michael Dell doesn't talk specifically about the companies he's interested in, but according to an April 2012 Forbes interview, Dell said he, personally, looks at over 250 companies every year that might fit into the company's acquisition strategy, even if the company only acts on a few.

He was repeatedly grilled by a shareholder about what he saw is a misalignment of interests with the board and management who owned few shares in the company.

There's a lot you don't know about intrapreneurship, but through my research, I've uncovered a few interesting findings that reveal more about how supportive companies are and how it can lead to entrepreneurial ventures later.

«If a company needs to raise only $ 10 million, few underwriters would be interested in an IPO.

Deloitte's interest in 3D printing has grown along with improvements in the technology over the past few years that increasingly let companies quickly print custom designed products with materials like plastics, nylon, and other resins.

You'll have a tough time recruiting top talent if you can't even generate enough interest in your company to get a few articles written.

Hey, Inc., the company behind the app had an interesting backstory: After building a few successful gaming apps, they had tried, for four years, to make their social media app take off.

With data being the company's main currency, Google is far more interested in the information it can glean on users from their financial transactions than it is in a gaining a few percentages of a penny on each purchase.

Achievement of these goals was considered by the HRC as very challenging, even aggressive, given the expected modest economic growth for 2007 for the financial services industry, the impact and duration of the on - going flat / inverted yield curve (meaning short - term interest rates that are virtually equal to or exceed long - term interest rates, thus lowering profit margins for financial services companies that borrow cash at short - term rates and lend at long - term rates), potentially higher credit losses, fewer available high - quality, high - yielding loans and investment opportunities, and a consumer shift from non-interest to interest - bearing deposits.

A few projects are underway to address the concerns, and the company seems interested in recruiting a chairman who might help things along — during an investor call, executives said they planned to appoint an outsider to the role, one with public company experience, a global perspective, and a focus on products.

Card companies are generally prohibited from adjusting the interest rate on the card unless one of a few things occur.

His company has interests in an array of Internet technology firms, including Facebook, Airbnb, Twitter and Pinterest, to name only a few.

Just as striking as Amazon's lack of interest in generating profit has been investors» willingness to back the company.195 With the exception of a few quarters in 2014, Amazon's shareholders have poured money in despite the company's penchant for losses.

One of the governance principles is that «Shareholders should be entitled to voting rights in proportion to their economic interest...» In other words, the Group does not favour multi-voting share structures that characterize over 80 companies on the TSX and that have been popular in Canadian IPOs over the last few years (see comments on Aritzia's IPO here).

A few other interesting points that I expect Tesla will address include, plans for production in China now that the door appears to be open, timing on Model Y since news came out that Tesla was aiming for a start of production in November 2019, and even though the company and Musk directly addressed it a few times recently, I expect analysts will want more details about Tesla's plan not to raise capital this year.

If a company is going to ask an investor to lock - up their money for longer, in this loan, they have to offer a higher interest rate than they would if the loan is only for a few years.

If you're a dog walker looking to pair up with a local dog treat company and see you have a few friends in common on Twitter, Direct Message your common friend and ask about the dog treat company owner you're interested in working with.

Because SoFi looks for creditworthy borrowers, the company also has few fees and offers interest rate discounts for managing your loan responsibly.

Insurance companies are some of the few beneficiaries of higher interest rates.

Some credit card companies offer great transfer offers, such as the ability to have no interest charges for a few months.

Over the last few years large mining companies and investment banks cut staff almost to the bone in that regard because no one was interested in doing deals or looking at acquisitions.»

One reason Uber is in talks to raise money again just a few months after a prior round is because of an overwhelming amount of investor interest, said a person with knowledge of the company who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the process is confidential.

When asked if they were interested in starting a company in the next few years, 62 % weren't interested and only 8 % were very interested.

The Michigan franchisees all own one store each, but the company is in talks with a few current franchisees interested in owning a second location.

Rather than offering products that guests may or may not be interested in, the company has spent the last few years studying what its guests are saying.

The company has seen an increased interest in Spanish products over the past few years, as well as authentic Asian cuisine, which consumers are beginning to enjoy and be able to differentiate items specific to a region, be it China, Japan, Thailand or Indonesia, he points out.

Just a few people outside the event can draw the attention of participants to the conflicts of interest in accepting formula - company sponsorship and offer them leaflets (left, outside the prestigious Grand Connaught Rooms, London, on 15 July 2014).

Since Motrin is recommended (by brand - name) by hospitals for post-natal pain, the company has an interest in getting new moms to keep buying it after those first few weeks.

There's no clear evidence that the Yahoo facility sparked Blackrock's interest, although Kucharski said the company began its investigation of the region after Yahoo opened its data center but «backed off» a few times before committing to the project.

They will be happy in their jobs, but they would like to have more time for their interests and their family and, perhaps, rather fewer responsibilities for and commitments to meeting the annual company targets.

And, inevitably, a few companies will attract the most interest — if you can anticipate this ahead of time, you can spread those companies out.

Hopefully once you've been through this process a few times, you'll have much deeper insight into the roles that interest you as well as suitable companies, and this will help to make your future applications stand out.

Any food that is experiencing a lot of interest and growth inevitably ends up with a few companies that don't do a good job with the processing and handling.

Although he grew the business into one of the most recognizable names in the dating industry in a few years, he lost controlling interest in the company to an American partner.

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I also offer a few foreign companies such as: Copeland Organic food certification policy and programs are an interesting case to explore in terms of policy diffusion, as there has been interesting dynamics

The company showed off the first photo of the movie, which apparently just began principal photography, along with a finalized cast list that includes a few interesting surprises.

But as tens of millions of public funds are diverted to this lucky company, the most interesting development of all may well be that while Jumoke / FUSE Inc. claims to be focused on operating schools in Connecticut, their Booker T. Washington application failed to mention that just a few months ago, Jumoke / FUSE Inc. was able to get a contract from the Louisiana Recovery School District in Baton Rouge, Louisiana to take over a school there.

But as tens of millions of public funds are diverted to this lucky company, the most interesting development of all may well be that while Jumoke / FUSE Inc. claims to be focused on operating schools in Connecticut, their Booker T. Washington application fails to mention that just a few months ago, Jumoke / FUSE Inc. was able to get a contract from the Louisiana Recovery School District in Baton Rouge, Louisiana to take over a school there.

The company will celebrate its 100th anniversary in 2020 and is already looking ahead for its next 100 years with a few interesting concepts and kei vehicles like its e-Survivor compact SUV seen here.

The impending return of TVR to the sports car fold has caused quite a stir in the last few weeks — so much so that the company has decided to allow interested parties to put deposits down for its first car.

Just few days ago, T - Mobile representative said that the company was not interested in adding WiFi calling into Android devices.

So what might have been seen as a conflict of interest a few years ago, today is an independent publishing company created by an agent for other agents.

Every few years, there'll be a company that has power in books, and tries to exploit readers and / or authors for its own selfish interests.

Once upon a time, when a customer was interested in making a purchase, s / he simply searched for that product or service, and went to the first few company websites that showed up.

And while there was plenty of interest from people wanting to submit content, it took the company a few years to figure out how to make money off of self - published submissions.

Apparently, the company will start in the next few months with a boutique retail store in Seattle to gauge interest and see if it could be a profitable venture.

I would say that if you get a few online friends to get interested and post links to it on various places on the net, or sign up as affiliates with companies like Amazon and then write articles promoting the book, then the effect can snowball.

While it's interesting to see a company taking an innovative approach to the tablet space, there are a few reasons to be skeptical.