Sentences with phrase «for rival companies»

This however will be good news for rival companies like Amazon and Barnes & Noble.

He tells Adam he is going to work for his rival company — Eikon, run by his former partner, Jock Goddard (Ford)-- and gain valuable inside information for Wyatt's personal gain.

Not exact matches

For the second consecutive quarter, Continental bested rival Whiting Petroleum Corp to be the largest oil producer in the Bakken, solidifying that crown and its place as one of the most - prolific U.S. shale companies.

For years, Canadian UAV companies have had an edge over their American rivals because our regulators have been more permissive in allowing drone flights, and don't require operators to have a pilot's licence — an expensive hurdle.

Sarepta Therapeutics, which won a pioneering Food and Drug Administration approval for its Duchenne muscular dystrophy drug last year, has settled a patent dispute with rival BioMarin over the «exon - skipping» technology at heart of the companies» muscular dystrophy treatments.

He said it would be hard for the Justice Department to argue that such a commitment did not address its concern that AT&T would raise the rates it charges for Time Warner content to rival pay - TV companies.

For example, young companies that target big business customers are increasingly checking out rival Microsoft (msft) Azure, while those wanting extensive analytics take a good hard look at Google Cloud Platform.

Other companies reporting quarterly results today include book retailer Barnes & Noble (BKS), which is expected to report a decline in its fourth - quarter sales — a drop that would represent the company's fourth - straight quarterly decline — as the retailer faces the increasing threat of online rivals as well as underwhelming demand for its Nook e-readers.

As Bloomberg notes, rival apparel companies like Under Armour (UA) and Adidas (ADS) are likely to enter the bidding for the lucrative Texas contract — which could be worth more than $ 15 million per year — once it comes up for grabs, which means Nike will face some fierce competition if it wants to keep doing business with the school.

Outspent by rival Apple more than three - to - one in advertising for mobile phones in the U.S. in 2011, Samsung responded with a marketing blitz on TV, billboards, the Internet and print media that moved the Korean company into the pole position last year.

Whether it's the startups themselves, the international and domestic investors, the ecoystem for foreign and domestic companies, or the accelerators, it's certain Tel Aviv is emerging as a serious rival to other global tech hubs and is opening its doors to the world.

With a library of more than 2.2 million e-books, with five million customers in 100 countries so far, the Toronto - based e-book retailer has shown potential to build itself into Amazon's chief global rival for digital reading, concentrating on markets like Europe where the American company isn't as strong.

Finland's Nokia launched a new brand - licensed tablet computer on Tuesday which is designed to rival Apple's iPad Mini, just six months after the company sold its ailing phones and devices business to Microsoft for over $ 7 billion.

Peugeot's rival Renault SA also says it has banned models for years in Europe preferring «car explainers,» whose appearance didn't matter as long as they were tall enough to be noticed, a spokeswoman for the company said.

Time Warner and AT&T, the No. 2 U.S. wireless company which also owns DirecTV, announced their deal in October 2016, but it was not until last month that the Justice Department sued AT&T to block the deal, arguing it could raise prices for rivals and pay - TV subscribers and hamper the development of online video.

The German sportswear company made the uniforms for both countries, keeping rivals Nike and Puma out of the spotlight for the final game at the Maracanã stadium in Rio de Janeiro.

For a company that's struggled to expand its user base and whose advertising revenues have been left in the dust by Facebook, its much bigger rival, it's a very attractive strategy.

Ackman's Pershing Square Capital teamed up with Valeant to mount a failed hostile takeover of rival pharmaceutical company Allergan, and at the time, the famed fund manager credited Pearson for being able to spot opportunities where others couldn't, much like business legend Warren Buffett.

A healthy paranoia will keep you looking for ways to stay ahead of rivals and keep abreast of new technologies and changing customer needs that could make your company's product obsolete.

If Walgreens buys smaller rival Rite Aid (RAD), the combined company may end up with far fewer stores than it bargained for, according to an analysis by real estate services company Cushman & Wakefield.

The uptick in the shares reflects a belief that Netflix is now in a position to sign up more subscribers this year than analysts had previously anticipated, generating additional revenue that the company can spend on TV series and movies as it bids against rivals such as HBO, Amazon.com, YouTube and Hulu for licensing rights.

Richard Beckwitt, Lennar president, and Stuart Miller, Lennar CEO, discuss the company's acquisition of rival CalAtlantic for $ 9.3 B.

When Atlantic Canada's biggest lumber company, J.D. Irving Ltd., was assessed a duty of only 3 per cent, the Chronicle Herald described the sanction as an «opportunity» for the company to gain market share at the expense of its more heavily taxed Canadian rivals.

Since then, the companies have been scrambling to rack up indications for the rival drugs, which are both approved for treating melanoma and lung cancer.

The company two years ago had planned to buy smaller rival Rite Aid in its 4,500 - store entirety but in the face of anti-trust regulators balking in June, instead settled for a downsized deal announced in September.

The Justice Department said AT&T would use Time Warner's films and movies to force rival pay TV companies to pay «hundreds of millions of dollars more per year for Time Warner's networks» in its lawsuit filed late Monday in federal court in Washington.

The company's basic idea of selling goods at a low price with great service has remained constant for two decades but it keeps investing in new technology and improving operations to stay ahead of rivals.

The paperwork for the funding round was reportedly submitted towards the end of May, just before Rubin unveiled the company's first two devices: a «PH - 1» smartphone and a speaker to rival the Amazon Echo.

The deal is the latest takeover by a large Big Beer company for a smaller, but faster growing rival.

The company's stock has barely moved, inching up a cumulative 6.5 % over the past two years, vs. 23 % for rival Colgate and 29 % for the S&P 500.

Teva Pharmaceuticals has proposed buying rival Mylan for $ 40 billion in cash and stock, as the Israel - based drugmaker looks to gain dominance among generic pharmaceutical companies.

The company obtained 32 % of sales in such economies at the time, compared with about half for rivals Unilever and Colgate - Palmolive (CL).

But BMS» rival treatment Opdivo has been significantly outpacing Merck in sales, and the company is trying to amass new approvals for treatments to different types of cancers as quickly as possible.

The company's results have been pressured by weak Russian and Ukrainian beer demand, where an ongoing geopolitical crisis has pressured sales for Carlsberg and some of its rivals.

Comcast offered 12.50 pounds in cash per Sky share on Tuesday, well above the 10.75 pounds Twenty - First Century Fox Inc - run by Roberts» rival Rupert Murdoch - had agreed to pay for the British company.

That's to prevent a company from seeking to hamper rivals for use of technology that an entire industry may depend on.

The late Ted Rogers» family has seen the value of its stake in Rogers Communications go up more than 15 % in the past year, a 12 - month stretch that included the company going halves with bitter rival Bell Media to buy a 75 % stake in Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment for $ 1.07 billion.

This is 10 % higher than the bid of rival Xstrata, which had proposed to buy LionOre at C$ 25 ($ 23) a share, equal to C$ 6.2 billion ($ 5.7 billion) for the whole company.

Known for his steely determination in business, Khodorkovsky bought up floundering state companies for a pittance, turned them around and used his resulting power to squeeze out rivals and minority shareholders.

Unlike rival Netflix Inc, a standalone Internet TV service, Amazon's Prime video service comes bundled with the Internet retailer's two - day delivery for items purchased on the site, which costs $ 99 a year, a key driver of revenue for the company.

While there are loud critics who wage public campaigns against companies they short, many other short - sellers had long kept positions secret for fear of losing access to corporate management or retribution from rival Wall Street investors through a so - called short squeeze.

The Waterloo, Ontario - based company said its customers have registered for five million BES licenses since a migration push was launched in March, with some 30 percent of these prospective clients moving from rival mobile device management platforms.

He declined to say if the deal gives Insight a control position, but did acknowledge that the round values Campaign Monitor higher than the reported $ 270 million to $ 300 million that IBM (ibm) recently agreed to pay for rival email marketing company Silverpop.

The company's biggest rival Burger King didn't seem to try as hard with innovation in 2013, with its biggest new product being the lower - fat Satisfries — or, for some unknown reason, Gratifries in Canada.

Kraft Heinz Co has agreed to withdraw its proposal for a $ 143 billion merger with larger rival Unilever Plc, the companies said on Sunday.

Though King wouldn't say whether Walmart had concrete plans to eventually make marketplace items available for services like in - store pickup of online orders, as it does for its own assortment, it's clear Walmart's 4,000 - some stores could give the company a big advantage over its main marketplace rivals, Amazon.com (amzn) and eBay.

Marathon Petroleum said it would buy rival Andeavor for more than $ 23 billion to form a company that would leapfrog Valero Energy as the largest U.S. refiner by capacity.

Rival company Apple is also paying attention to facial recognition: Last week, the tech giant acquired a patent for a way to «detect faces using information in digital video feeds,» Bloomberg reports.

THE fight for control of Foodland entered a new phase this week with reports the company was talking with interested parties to rival grocery wholesaler Metcash Trading's aggressive bid for the locally based supermarket chain.

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