Sentences with phrase «for other big companies»

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«What this has done is really allowed for more pools of money to be available to entrepreneurs, so that's the really big news about all of this,» says Geri Stengel, founder and president of Ventureneer, a digital media and market research company that, among other issues, specializes in crowdfunding.

UPS told Reuters it is now eyeing the furniture delivery business — one of the fastest - growing segments of online retail — with Amazon, Wayfair and other e-commerce companies competing for market share against chains like Crate and Barrel and big - box stores.

Leader - Chivée is one of the individuals I was fortunate enough to interview for a series on the year ahead, Big Ideas for 2018, where I asked a number of my favorite award - winning marketing experts, authors, and other thought leaders — as well as some of Firebrand Group's own digital strategy and branding experts — to recommend one «Big Idea» that companies can take advantage of to get ahead in 2018.

The second Canadian outpost of Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey's other big tech company goes for a wide open feel to foster collaboration

Among other things, it could reduce turnover, which is expensive for small companies, by giving employees a bigger incentive to stay at their jobs.

Dataminr is the biggest player in a nascent industry — call it alternative big data for big finance — that has exploded in the past six months: In March it raised $ 130 million from Fidelity as well as other investors, including former Citigroup (C) CEO Vikram Pandit, valuing the company at $ 700 million.

Yet analysts have given the big phone company high marks for allowing AOL to operate independently and folding in other recent acquisitions without much drama.

Somewhere along the line many of us have grown accustomed to using tools from Facebook, Google, Amazon and other big companies to log in to websites and apps, instead of creating new usernames and passwords for each one.

Finnegan is one of the individuals I was fortunate enough to interview for a series on the year ahead, Big Ideas for 2018, in which I asked a number of my favorite award - winning marketing experts, authors, and other thought leaders — as well as some of Firebrand Group's own digital strategy and branding experts — to recommend one «Big Idea» that companies can leverage to get ahead in 2018.

When I started my company, iDoneThis, the biggest question on my mind — and I'm guessing it's top of mind for other young founders too — was: «Hmm... how do I sell this?»

Despite its size and power, the biggest challenge for the company isn't all that different from what other media companies are facing: Its core business is slowly fading, due primarily to competition from the Web, so Bloomberg has to figure out how to transition from that business to a different one.

The bigger impact for Boeing and other companies may come if a Trump Administration clamps down on defense spending.

Google (goog), like other big tech companies including Apple (aapl) and Microsoft (msft), has been pushing its digital assistant as a new way for people to interact with their smartphones and other devices like the company's web - connected Google Home speaker.

The big tech companies» vast computing power makes it hard for others to challenge their dominance.

Assange has said that WikiLeaks will share details of the vulnerabilities with Apple and other big tech companies, so they can fix the vulnerabilities that the CIA uses for its hacking tools.

Indeed, the fact that Fluid Life has designed its offices to keep everyone thinking big is just one reason the firm — along with 44 others — joined the ranks of Canada's Best Managed Companies for the first time this year.

And when there's no other compelling use for a company's cash, this is a better alternative than risky spending on takeovers or other big investments.

Many of its former employers have gone on to work for other big technology companies over the years like Intel (intc), Nvidia (nvda), and supercomputer maker Cray, explained Patrick Moorhead, the president and principal analyst at Moor Insights & Strategy.

Home Depot has held internal discussions in recent months about a potential acquisition bid for XPO, a $ 9 billion publicly traded company that offers transportation, delivery and other logistics services for big retailers and brands, according to a person familiar with Home Depot's thinking.

Analyst Bryan Kraft said that its leadership in the space had made it «very difficult for the traditional media companies, or even other big tech companies, to catch up.»

The tax bill lowers the corporate tax rate from 35 % to 21 %, eliminates the penalty under the Affordable Care Act for failing to have health insurance, a narrower estate tax, and cuts the top effective marginal tax rate for S corporations to a top rate of 29.6 percent, among other measures that gives the biggest breaks to the wealthiest individuals and companies.

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Amazon Web Services was a pioneer in such low - cost data warehousing and remains one of the biggest providers, but for a variety of reasons — whether because companies want additional technical support or because regulations require them to store their data within Canada's borders — many are looking around for other options.

A wealth of big businesses provide new market opportunity for smaller ones: Startups are increasingly going the business - to - business (B2B) route, meaning they frequently work with other companies as opposed to going directly clients.

Teva, for its part, is headquartered in Israel, though of the three companies, it stands to gain the biggest tax benefit if its proposed acquisition is successful: The company said that buying Mylan would allow it to reap $ 2 billion per year in tax savings and other «cost synergies.»

Pinterest's growth should scare the hell out of Facebook, Twitter, Google, and every other company that will have to compete with it for the marketing budgets of big companies.

As a result, Nevada has become a haven for celebrities, movie stars and other highly visible individuals (such as big company CEOs) who seek anonymity when conducting their business and investment activities.

«The big impact Tesla will have is the reach to which that we induce other car companies to accelerate their plans for electric vehicles.»

In fact, there are more unicorns now than at any other time in the past four years, thanks in part to free - flowing venture capital, and investors seeking big payoffs for companies they hope will be the next Facebook or Google.

While the company had plenty of other problems — its failure to create sufficient revenue through its retail products, for one — Brush's reluctance to listen to and respect his workers was one of the biggest.

For example, ConAgra's Banquet frozen meal line is changing several recipes to use real cheese and real butter and other big food companies such as Kraft Heinz, Campbell Soup, General Mills, Kellogg, Unilever and Hershey are among others with initiatives in various stages to reformulate some classics.

Sanofi CEO Olivier Brandicourt said that his company would rely on the U.S. national health expenditures (NHE) growth projection to cap price increases other than for a «sound reason» (in which case the firm would disclose the reasoning behind the bigger hike).

Student loan refinancing remains a big business for the company, which claims 300,000 customers and $ 20 billion in loans extended; but SoFi also has expanded gradually into other types of financial products, including personal loans, mortgages, wealth - management products, and insurance.

On the other hand, more than 300 people gave the device a shot at the company's booth, and by almost all accounts, it was a big hit and worked well for virtually everyone who tried it.

Unlike other companies, Chinese smartphone maker Huawei had a big quarter for tablet shipments.

The company's overstated political influence was noted by the New York Times political reporter Ken Vogel, who tweeted on Monday that the company's «BIGGEST SECRET» was that it was «an overpriced service that delivered little value to the TRUMP campaign, & the other campaigns & PACs that retained it» and that most people hired it because it was seen as a «prerequisite» for receiving cash from the Mercer family.

As for the ingredient transformations at the company's other brands, from Almond Joy to York Peppermint Pattie, the details — and, in some cases, the big questions — are still being worked out.

Such affiliations are cropping up among small banks all across the country, in part because they've got to compete not only with bigger banks but with credit - card companies and other financial - services organizations that offer this type of full - service menu and are hungry for a share of the small - and midsize - business market.

Employer branding and research company Universum recently released its 2016 Global Workforce Happiness Index and, among other insights, it has one big one for U.S. business leaders: Our employees are restless.

At the time of the launch, Facebook told Inc. that Workplace was a big bet for the company, on par in importance with other efforts like Instagram and Oculus.

Beyond Charney's proclivity for attracting lawsuits, the other big challenge for the company is to deal with its debt — $ 175 million as of the end of last year.

And while it marked the beginning of some companies» big runs at the U.S. market — namely, Alibaba's initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange — it also signaled what could be the beginning of the end for others, including Delia's and Deb Shops.

Canadian companies typically can't afford the reported $ 5 - million US price tag for a 30 - second spot on the American broadcast, and without substitution they're excluded from the biggest date on the TV calendar, something they fear could happen with other high - profile events including the Golden Globes, Grammy Awards and the Oscars

The biggest contributors to Hensarling are employees and political action committees of banks, securities and investment firms and other financial companies, which have given him about $ 6.9 million since he first ran for Congress in 2002.

But factors other than political ones were at play as well, including a big (5 percent) drop in shares of defense behemoth United Technologies after it announced plans to buy another company for what some analysts deemed an exorbitant price.

In other words, for the most part, the big five tech companies exist at their current size and scale only because they serve a larger underlying economy of profitable companies.

Von Bormann also expressed that he is not particularly worried about a competition with Tesla for this venture since the market is big enough, adding that they can simply coexist with other companies offering similar products.

Last year, Blue Origin entered the running for a potential wave of funding to be given by the U.S. Air Force, rivaling other space companies both big and small, including the aforementioned SpaceX, United Launch Alliance, and Orbital ATK.

But analysts have speculated the company could be a takeover target, which would result in a big payday for Jana, Neuberger Berman and other investors.

MV: Given how fragmented the marketplace is, do you see big discrepancies in prices from one trading venue to another, and does that create opportunities for companies like Cumberland to buy on one, sell on the other, and profit from the difference?