Sentences with phrase «heavily on acquisitions»

When you're looking for high return investments, it pays to be skeptical of companies that rely too heavily on acquisitions.

This means that Sony and Nintendo's concentration on a handful of AAA titles at E3 is likely a trend that will continue, particularly as Sony has begun to lean more heavily on the acquisition and distribution of third - party and indie titles as a major selling point for their system.

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The outspoken founder of Kynikos Associates has heavily criticized Valeant for its general approach to business as a drug maker — including his assertion that the company has relied on acquisitions rather than R&D in order to grow its pipeline.

On the surface, this makes sense, as most REITs rely heavily on debt to fund acquisitions of their properties, and rising rates will increase their expenses and cut into their returnOn the surface, this makes sense, as most REITs rely heavily on debt to fund acquisitions of their properties, and rising rates will increase their expenses and cut into their returnon debt to fund acquisitions of their properties, and rising rates will increase their expenses and cut into their returns.

That belief drove companies to open their wallets and spend heavily on drilling new wells, acquisitions, and capacity expansions.

Reflexivity plays a smaller role in Stratasys's earnings — the company does not rely as heavily on stock sales to finance its acquisitions, thus the effect of perception on fundamentals is less direct.

The SPC Ardmona acquisition is ticking along satisfactorily but depends much more heavily on the grocery trade than the core drinks businesses.

On the flipside lots of excitement with the 2 new acquisitions off the pitch for our transfer dealings can't wait to see what type of fruits come from it: Leon Goretzka & Nzonzi are heavily linked.

Its business model has become heavily reliant on the kind of investment banking Bob Diamond pioneered at Barcap, a division he created and was determined to lead to global dominance until Alistair Darling impolitely stopped his acquisition of Lehman Brothers in September 2008.

The Kindle Fire preload is the ultimate in discoverability, and on our roadmap this year very heavily is customer acquisition, letting people know about it, people who are not just comics people.

Primary similarities include 1) the security business throws off a steady cash stream from «subscribers», therefore allowing the use of significant debt leverage, 2) acquisition costs are capitalized and shield cash income from taxes, and 3) operational success depends heavily on efficient «subscribers» acquisition (marketing) and retention or churn management (service).

Dennis Moroney, a banking industry consultant with Tower Group, says banks rely heavily on rewards programs as a huge driver of credit card acquisition, retention and utilization.

A painting by Hungarian artist Simon Hantai, which the curators said they believe has been on display just once since its acquisition in the early 1970s, was selected after they discovered it heavily wrapped and «stuck behind two Lichtensteins» while foraging for pieces in the museum's storage site in Queens.

Left Coast: Recent Acquisitions of Contemporary Art presents an overview of the Museum's collecting habits in contemporary art over the past five years, focusing most heavily on artists living and working in Southern California.

So many times environmental education focuses heavily or exclusively on scientific knowledge acquisition, and it's encouraging to see that changing.

The slump in coal prices has driven at least two dozen coal companies into bankruptcy in the last three years alone, including major producers like James River Coal and Patriot Coal Corporation, after many of the worst performers — who betted on an upturn that never came — made acquisitions and borrowed heavily.

They're key to strengthening brand recognition and protecting against fraudulent and / or counterfeit operations, which is why they're now heavily focused on during merger and acquisition due diligence processes — almost as much as patents, copyrights and other crucial intellectual property assets.

So we started out heavily focused on mergers and acquisitions.

Executive Management Duties & Responsibilities Provide effective solutions to complex issues such as cost budgeting, pricing strategies, vendor negotiations, revenue projections, purchasing and sales negotiations, business development tactics and industry competition Identify and develop talent among team members with targeted recruitment, focused training efforts and the promotion of a performance - based work environment that leverages individual talents for group benefit Utilize needs - and situation - based assessments to manage costs and capital outlays and determine potential ROI Participate heavily in all marketing, branding, public relations and communications activities Develop leadership team and support staff to aid in efficient business operations, sales and marketing functions, and client service execution, delegating important tasks and assignments while monitoring for effective resolution Lead through example with consistent work ethic, attitude, and professionalism, while performing sales presentations, overseeing market operation and business development, creating new revenue channels and managing key vendor and client relationships Collaborate in all phases of strategic planning with senior - level management, while furnishing oversight and guidance regarding effective acquisition strategies, pricing, market trends, and operational structures Assess and expand key markets and potential business ventures while ensuring operational efficiency and solid execution of corporate mission Create and implement marketing and sales strategies while tracking progress versus established internal and external benchmarks, focusing on both revenue generation as well as cost control Maintain a strong working knowledge of the products, services and respective marketplace, including pricing and regulatory trends, competitor strategies, general economic conditions and other business metrics Act as a liaison between staff, clients, and other management members to resolve issues in a timely manner

Commercial lending comes in two forms (bridge lending for acquisition and term lending for stabilized portfolios) and is true cash flow lending, whereby the underwriting leans more heavily on the cash flow of the investment and the value of the collateral and less on the underwriting of the individual.