Sentences with phrase «general investment work»

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«Netflix intends to use the net proceeds from this offering for general corporate purposes, which may include content acquisitions, capital expenditures, investments, working capital and potential acquisitions and strategic transactions,» Netflix wrote in a statement Monday.

The most important office law business in America such as the law business incidental to banking, insurance, trust - company operation, investment work, railroading, patents, admiralty, and large corporation matters in general is in the hands of non-Jewish firms many of which, even though they have numerous Jewish clients, have no Jewish partners.

Jeb Miller joined Icon Ventures in 2009 as a General Partner, bringing over fifteen years of experience working with early - stage technology companies as a venture capitalist, operating executive and investment banker.

He worked with Bankers Trust Company as an associate (1993 - 1995), Korfez Securities (Garanti Bank) as Co-Head of Research (1995 - 1997), UB Ulusal Securities (formerly SAMBA Saudi American Bank) as Managing Director for research and asset management (1997 - 2000), Kent Securities as Deputy General Manager responsible for the asset management department (2000 — 2001), and ABN AMRO Asset Management as Chief Investment Officer in Istanbul (2001 - 2004).

A former Google engineer, Teo worked briefly for Benchmark Capital, helping steer the firm into investments in Twitter and Instagram; afterward, he spent several years at General Catalyst Partners, where he was a cherished board member to several founders before jumping ship to partner with Caldbeck.

To determine if the infrastructure is developed enough, regulations, working FinTech mechanisms and general investment environment should be considered.

It comes after a $ 500 million investment in January by General Motors in Uber's ride - hailing competitor Lyft, and an agreement in May by Fiat Chrysler to work with the tech giant Google to create - self - driving minivans.

The investment decisions of private companies, for example — decisions that affect how and where people work and what and how much they produce — are made in offices far removed from those workers or the general public.

Three candidates couldn't make through the National Assembly hearing process under the current president for the last four years because of (1) his speculative investment in real estate using secret information, (2) earning too much money when working as a lawyer, and (3) his historical viewpoint that lawmakers and general public don't endorse or agree to.

Director general Albonetti says the functions of the Forum will include «fostering public debate and monitoring changes in public opinion on the societal impact of science and technology, providing the Regional Executive and Regional Council with guidance and information on research investments and innovation programs, and working with regional and international institutions to promote the transfer of research results to economic development.»

Let me tell you, it is not going to be easy to do that because they're powerful industries, who have, as their general interest, getting people to eat more food than last [year]-- that's just the way our investment system works.

Of course, you can always substantially lower the time investment in your career if you want to avoid the slog and unlock things faster, as a subset of the general settings specific to Career Mode allows you to skip most of the real - life work involved in actual racing.

Previous work on the impact of philanthropy in education terms these types of status quo investments as «lower leverage» grants, which can include funding for efforts in professional development, unrestricted or general purpose grants to schools, or special - purpose grants to fund a particular program or activity (e.g. arts enrichment).4 The contrasting approach — the «higher leverage» investment — is investment with the potential to exert systemic influence on public education, which can be divided into two broad categories: 5

Despite the unprecedented past success of GM high - performance engines and powertrain components in racing, work at the GMPRC will include powertrain related projects for General Motor's investments in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, the NASCAR Nationwide Series, the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, the Verizon IndyCar Series, the TUDOR SportsCar Championship, the Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge, the Pirelli World Challenge, NHRA (COPO Camaro Program), and the Global Rally Cross.

Such statements reflect the current views of Barnes & Noble with respect to future events, the outcome of which is subject to certain risks, including, among others, the general economic environment and consumer spending patterns, decreased consumer demand for Barnes & Noble's products, low growth or declining sales and net income due to various factors, possible disruptions in Barnes & Noble's computer systems, telephone systems or supply chain, possible risks associated with data privacy, information security and intellectual property, possible work stoppages or increases in labor costs, possible increases in shipping rates or interruptions in shipping service, effects of competition, possible risks that inventory in channels of distribution may be larger than able to be sold, possible risks associated with changes in the strategic direction of the device business, including possible reduction in sales of content, accessories and other merchandise and other adverse financial impacts, possible risk that component parts will be rendered obsolete or otherwise not be able to be effectively utilized in devices to be sold, possible risk that financial and operational forecasts and projections are not achieved, possible risk that returns from consumers or channels of distribution may be greater than estimated, the risk that digital sales growth is less than expectations and the risk that it does not exceed the rate of investment spend, higher - than - anticipated store closing or relocation costs, higher interest rates, the performance of Barnes & Noble's online, digital and other initiatives, the success of Barnes & Noble's strategic investments, unanticipated increases in merchandise, component or occupancy costs, unanticipated adverse litigation results or effects, product and component shortages, the potential adverse impact on the Company's businesses resulting from the Company's prior reviews of strategic alternatives and the potential separation of the Company's businesses, the risk that the transactions with Microsoft and Pearson do not achieve the expected benefits for the parties or impose costs on the Company in excess of what the Company anticipates, including the risk that NOOK Media's applications are not commercially successful or that the expected distribution of those applications is not achieved, risks associated with the international expansion contemplated by the relationship with Microsoft, including that it is not successful or is delayed, the risk that NOOK Media is not able to perform its obligations under the Microsoft and Pearson commercial agreements and the consequences thereof, risks associated with the restatement contained in, the delayed filing of, and the material weakness in internal controls described in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended April 27, 2013, risks associated with the SEC investigation disclosed in the quarterly report on Form 10 - Q for the fiscal quarter ended October 26, 2013, risks associated with the ongoing efforts to rationalize the NOOK business and the expected costs and benefits of such efforts and associated risks and other factors which may be outside of Barnes & Noble's control, including those factors discussed in detail in Item 1A, «Risk Factors,» in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended April 27, 2013, and in Barnes & Noble's other filings made hereafter from time to time with the SEC.

Such statements reflect the current views of Barnes & Noble with respect to future events, the outcome of which is subject to certain risks, including, among others, the effect of the proposed separation of NOOK Media, the general economic environment and consumer spending patterns, decreased consumer demand for Barnes & Noble's products, low growth or declining sales and net income due to various factors, possible disruptions in Barnes & Noble's computer systems, telephone systems or supply chain, possible risks associated with data privacy, information security and intellectual property, possible work stoppages or increases in labor costs, possible increases in shipping rates or interruptions in shipping service, effects of competition, possible risks that inventory in channels of distribution may be larger than able to be sold, possible risks associated with changes in the strategic direction of the device business, including possible reduction in sales of content, accessories and other merchandise and other adverse financial impacts, possible risk that component parts will be rendered obsolete or otherwise not be able to be effectively utilized in devices to be sold, possible risk that financial and operational forecasts and projections are not achieved, possible risk that returns from consumers or channels of distribution may be greater than estimated, the risk that digital sales growth is less than expectations and the risk that it does not exceed the rate of investment spend, higher - than - anticipated store closing or relocation costs, higher interest rates, the performance of Barnes & Noble's online, digital and other initiatives, the success of Barnes & Noble's strategic investments, unanticipated increases in merchandise, component or occupancy costs, unanticipated adverse litigation results or effects, product and component shortages, risks associated with the commercial agreement with Samsung, the potential adverse impact on the Company's businesses resulting from the Company's prior reviews of strategic alternatives and the potential separation of the Company's businesses (including with respect to the timing of the completion thereof), the risk that the transactions with Pearson and Samsung do not achieve the expected benefits for the parties or impose costs on the Company in excess of what the Company anticipates, including the risk that NOOK Media's applications are not commercially successful or that the expected distribution of those applications is not achieved, risks associated with the international expansion previously undertaken, including any risks associated with a reduction of international operations following termination of the Microsoft commercial agreement, the risk that NOOK Media is not able to perform its obligations under the Pearson and Samsung commercial agreements and the consequences thereof, the risks associated with the termination of Microsoft commercial agreement, including potential customer losses, risks associated with the restatement contained in, the delayed filing of, and the material weakness in internal controls described in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended April 27, 2013, risks associated with the SEC investigation disclosed in the quarterly report on Form 10 - Q for the fiscal quarter ended October 26, 2013, risks associated with the ongoing efforts to rationalize the NOOK business and the expected costs and benefits of such efforts and associated risks and other factors which may be outside of Barnes & Noble's control, including those factors discussed in detail in Item 1A, «Risk Factors,» in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended May 3, 2014, and in Barnes & Noble's other filings made hereafter from time to time with the SEC.

Reversionary working interest: In oil and gas programs, a sharing arrangement whereby the general partner does not share in revenues until the limited partners have recouped their initial investment.

However, I can give general recommendations that are made without the personal information necessary to do the work of an investment advisor.

Not only will you have a much better understanding of how ETFs work as a product... but you'll understand how investment products work in general and what the implications of the «fine print» mean for you as an investor.

While the bottom - up investor, like the Fund and predecessor investment vehicles, will be wrong about almost a certain percentage of investments over the long term, most of the investments ought to work out «good enough» regardless of what happens in the general market.

I have worked in investment management for a number of life and general insurers in the UK and with a number of actuaries, some of these have been extremely able and had an outlook very similar to that which you hold.

Although your investments may go up or down with the general market, the trend should be continuing to climb and allowing money to work for you.

But this collection of articles about investment opportunities and retirement accounts is a good place to start for general information on what might work best for your financial situation and investment portfolio.

I've just started working and I'm building up several of my investments (mortgage preparation fund, general savings fund, rainy day fund, wedding fund).

The general rule of thumb is that you should have no more than 5 - 10 % of your investments in any one company — even one you work for.

He has also worked as a Researcher at General Electric?s Global Research and has been a member of the investment community since 2005.

He said that special situations and control investments work as a shield against poor general market developments.

A recent U.S. study cites three reasons: In general, they work fewer years than men, they earn less and they take on less investment risk, which means lower investment returns.

The ship will undergo various engineering works, general maintenance and refurbishment during the dry dock, as well as the creation of several new public areas and guest facilities, as part of a multi-million Pound investment.

(10) It would be better for Britain to support living artists than raise millions to save Old Master paintings from going abroad; (11) In general, buy art for pleasure, not as an investment; (12) Few video artists have improved on works by the great pioneers of video art, namely: Bruce Nauman, Andy Warhol, Vito Acconci, Joan Jonas etc; (13) Blue Electric Chair is Any Warhol's best painting; (14) His favourite non-blockbuster art show was Clyfford Still's retrospective at the Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art, NY, (Nov 1979 - Feb 1980); (15) The fact that only 5 of the last 40 Turner Prize nominees have been painters, says more about curators than about the state of painting today.

In light of this week's U.N. General Assembly and Climate Summit, 118 groups from 37 countries urged U.N. Secretary - General Ban Ki - moon (1) to ensure that private finance is not counted as international climate finance, and (2) to work against the greenwashing of private investment, particularly in the exponentially - growing green bond market.

And his plan worked out: UN Secretary - General António Guterres urged that he no longer supports fossil fuels because this would amount to an «investment in destruction».

After she finished her master in Civil and commercial Law, Gina worked as a government official in the taxation and revenue bureau in China, and later as a general manager of outbound investment and capital market finance projects.

Our recent tax work has included structuring and tax optimisation of M&A transactions, financial transactions, investment funds and incentive schemes as well as general corporate tax and tax litigation.

All aspects of mergers and acquisitions and general transactional work are covered by our team including inward investment, joint ventures and corporate reorganisations.

Prior to joining Taft, Will was an investment banking analyst at Credit Suisse and worked for the general counsel department at Developers Diversified Realty.

All aspects of corporate, financial, banking, regulatory and general transactional work are covered by our team including inward investment, mergers and acquisitions, private equity and venture capital, corporate structuring and restructuring, joint ventures, corporate reorganizations and initial public offerings.

The firm has a strong track record in major distribution deals, M&A work and complex regulatory issues, and has retained a strong client base in the general insurance, life and pensions, savings and investments and health sectors.

Main areas of work Debevoise & Plimpton LLP has three main areas of practice: corporate (including mergers and acquisitions, private equity, investment funds, insurance, banking, leveraged finance, business restructuring and workouts, asset management, capital markets, corporate governance, structured and project finance, aviation finance, healthcare and life sciences, intellectual property, media and telecommunications, real estate, energy and environmental law), litigation (including white collar / regulatory, international dispute resolution, intellectual property, general commercial litigation, cybersecurity and data privacy, insurance, securities, antitrust, employment, bankruptcy and products liability) and tax and employee benefits.

As noted by way of an introduction to the critical statutory franchise rescission remedy in Ontario in a Law Works Franchise Justice Blog Post on September 8, 2013, «Terminating a Franchise Agreement: A Primer ``, if a franchisor fails to deliver a disclosure document as required under Ontario's Arthur Wishart Act (Franchise Disclosure), 2000 and its Regulation, General Ontario Regulation 581/00, a franchisee is entitled to cancel (legally «rescind») the entire purchase of the franchised business from the start of the transaction, including all franchise and related agreements, and claim a return of all his or her investment and losses.

Prior to that, he was legal adviser to Pioneers Securities, where his investment - fund - related work focused on money markets, fund management, general financings, Murabaha financings, insurance and Waqf (endowment) cases.

The variety of her experience is illustrated by her work with LOVEFiLM and a number of other companies on venture capital transactions, acting for both companies and Nomads on numerous AIM listings, advising recruitment group OPD Group on its proposed takeover offer of Imprint, acting for investment trust Throgmorton on a large scale restructuring, as well as providing general company law advice to many large and small private companies.

During her time in New York, Anushka developed an excellent working relationship with the Department for International Trade (formerly UK Trade & Investment) and the British Consulate - General.

My main areas of work are general commercial disputes, international contractlaw, public international law and investment disputes.

Reporting to the General Counsel, the Legal Counsel will work within a small legal team based in London, supporting and collaborating with investment and operations teams in London and across AgDevCo's 8 offices in sub-Saharan Africa.

Chi - Hua Chien, a general partner at venture firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers who found the Facebook investment while previously working at Accel Partners, said his firm is actively exploring investments related to Bitcoin and has already looked at more than two dozen such companies.

As such, we call on Governor Rauner and the Illinois General Assembly to work together on a budget — or, more accurately, budgets — that promotes a strong Illinois economy and ensures that the critically important early childhood investments proposed today can become a reality.

In general, counseling works best when there is still investment in the relationship, when there is a willingness to take accountability and examine your own behavior (versus blame everything on your partner), and when there is motivation to participate in therapy and create active change.

He's newer to the area but has a background as a general Contractor as well and has worked enough investment projects to be able to know which are worth tackling and how much they'll cost.

We help the hard - working middle - class build real asset portfolios by providing free investing education, podcasts, and networking plus access to investment opportunities not offered to the general public.