Sentences with phrase «in failed companies»

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In its recent settlement, McKesson acknowledged failing to identify and report «certain orders placed by certain pharmacies which should have been detected by McKesson, in a manner fully consistent with the requirements» set forth for the company by the DEIn its recent settlement, McKesson acknowledged failing to identify and report «certain orders placed by certain pharmacies which should have been detected by McKesson, in a manner fully consistent with the requirements» set forth for the company by the DEin a manner fully consistent with the requirements» set forth for the company by the DEA.

These companies use political contributions and armies of lobbyists to cajole governments to ignore the consequences: an economic crisis worse than the recent recession awaits if these nations fail to spark growth in areas that can stimulate growth and create jobs.

Keep in mind Forrester only surveyed 395 companies, which might not serve as a big enough pool to provide such a blanket statement that Facebook is failing marketers.

The company has been struggling in the console market after the failed Wii U proved a drag on revenue.

He grew up poor in communist China, failed his college entrance exam twice, and was rejected from dozens of jobs, including one at KFC, before finding success with his third internet company, Alibaba.

Great Southern receiver McGrathNicol has opted to wind up the olive schemes operated by the fallen agribusiness company after failing to overcome a stalemate with two of the biggest names in Western Australian horticulture.

Oscar, which offers health insurance policies that are easier to understand within a user - friendly app - based interface, has raised a reported $ 727 million in funding since 2013, though the company has failed to generate a profit and faces a murky future thanks to the uncertainty surrounding Obamacare.

They outsourced the watch design and production to a company in China that failed to deliver and — Tan writes — walked away with a good portion of their money.

WHEN Tasmanian forestry products heavyweight Gunns missed out on securing the assets of defunct agribusiness company Timbercorp, those vying for assets of another failed timber company knew they were in trouble.

To push the corporate world in the right direction, she says, the company will be «naming and shaming» those who have failed to act as it pulls its funding.

In the Lean Startup model what we're trying to show is that something can be wrong with your idea but that doesn't mean your company has to fail.

Instead of focusing on developing a blockbuster drug only to have it fail in trials, Tehrani's company would concentrate on the process of innovation.

Specifically, Defendants made false and / or misleading statements and / or failed to disclose that: (i) BRF employees paid bribes to regulators and politicians to subvert inspections in order to conceal unsanitary practices at the Company's meatpacking plants; (ii) the foregoing conduct, when it came to light, would foreseeably subject the Company and its officers to heightened regulatory enforcement and / or prosecution; and (iii) as a result of the foregoing, BRF's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.

Investors who spoke to CNBC all described a common experience with the ICO in question: They thought the project was legitimate until warning signs began to appear, including a falling out with the company's sole supplier, a lack of correspondence from its supposed founders, and failed attempts to recoup the lost funds.

Rob Ferguson has resigned as chairman of litigation funder IMF Bentham after failing in a push for the company's three executive directors, including founder Hugh McLernon, to retire from the board.

Though it's fairly common knowledge that using social media is important in your online marketing plan, many companies fail to understand the dynamics required to make an effective campaign.

-- Com Mirza, «The $ 500 Million Man» and CEO of Mirza Holdings; failed in eight companies back to back and today, runs a nine - figure empire with over 600 employees

The Swedish company, which began trading in an unorthodox direct listing on the New York Stock Exchange in April, reported steady growth by most financial measures but failed to deliver the commanding performance that could...

Despite becoming aware of the breach and having it reported to Yahoo's senior management and legal department, the company failed to properly investigate and did not disclose it to the public until more than two years later, when it was in the process of being acquired by Verizon Communication Inc, the regulator said.

The company tried to launch a similar program in San Francisco in mid-December, but failed to get the proper license and the California DMV revoked the registrations of the company's 16 vehicles.

«The company had never really failed before,» says a former employee who worked in both the U.S. and Canada.

WSJ writer John Carreyrou reportedly spoke to four former employees, none of whom are named in his story, including one who «accused the company of failing to report test results that raised questions about the precision» of their tests, which could be «a violation of federal rules for laboratories,» the Journal article said.

Companies that aim to gauge employee happiness and engagement through an annual survey — the blunt HR tool used in many corporate environments — may capture how a workforce feels on polling day, but they fail to document the dips and rises that occur throughout the year in response to hirings and firings, swings in the business cycle or even news events and weather.

Speaking at the World Business Forum in New York City, the influential management thinker outlined why some companies thrive while others fail in hard times.

While many biofuel companies have tried and failed to sell jet fuel in large quantities, Fulcrum BioEnergy has some support that other haven't had.

Failing to hit its projections in its first few quarters as a public company would trigger shareholder lawsuits and cripple Spotify's ability to raise further capital, said Steve London, a partner in the securities practice of law firm Pepper Hamilton.

Price has been pilloried on Fox News and trashed by the multimillionaire Limbaugh («I hope this company is a case study in MBA programs on how socialism does not work, because it's gonna fail»).

In response to a suit Hyundai is facing, the company asserted last December that there aren't any problems or defect with its sunroofs, and denies it failed to warn drivers about any «alleged» danger.

Activist investor Bill Ackman of Pershing Square Capital — a business partner with Valeant in its failed bid last year for Allergan — offered a spirited defence of the company in a conference call Friday that lasted nearly four hours.

In 2005 the company agreed to pay a $ 1.1 million fine after the EPA alleged that VW had received numerous reports in 1999 and 2000 about a defective exhaust part, which was causing excess carbon monoxide and other dangerous emissions, but failed to report the defect to regulators, as required, until the EPA came across it in a random tesIn 2005 the company agreed to pay a $ 1.1 million fine after the EPA alleged that VW had received numerous reports in 1999 and 2000 about a defective exhaust part, which was causing excess carbon monoxide and other dangerous emissions, but failed to report the defect to regulators, as required, until the EPA came across it in a random tesin 1999 and 2000 about a defective exhaust part, which was causing excess carbon monoxide and other dangerous emissions, but failed to report the defect to regulators, as required, until the EPA came across it in a random tesin a random test.

The latest example: McKesson shareholders narrowly failed to pass a resolution calling for the company to sharply reduce the massive exit pay package in store for its handsomely compensated CEO.

To date, the company has purchased four plants, three of which were on the verge of failing — most notably Republic and Kensington, both in 2009.

The remarks came days after a spokesperson for Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains said Ottawa would look into allegations that RBI failed to live up to promises made under the Investment Canada Act in 2014 to secure approval for the deal to acquire the company.

Over the last two decades of building and running businesses, and the last couple of years working full time with dozens of startup founders and CEOs on their strategies and funding plans in my consultancy business, I have observed that there are a common set of reasons that startups struggle and fail, and a consistent set of factors that make startup companies successful.

Research released in September by communications company Digital Bridge said a third of consumers would be more likely to buy something after using mixed / augmented reality to preview products, but more than half think retailers are failing to take full advantage of the technology now available to them.

In this context, «hard» business applications are such things as manufacturing and financial management software from companies like SAP and Oracle, and the databases that underly those applications as well as transactional systems that — should they fail — cost companies big money.

Many such companies operate in a global marketplace, yet few have the resources to properly attack it, which is why so many stay small or fail.

And if your company is like three quarters of the organizations in that same study, your team struggles or fails to execute your plans.

Henderson says companies like his have failed in the past, and that he's «one of the few people on the planet doing it.»

«The downside to starting a company is having it fail, but in the process of potential failure, there's the fun of doing what you love every single day, which to me means there's absolutely no downside.»

One is to regard capital as the fuel that is keeping our company alive for a finite period of time, during which one of two things will happen: 1) We prove our company to be a worthy proposition, which will bring it more investment or increased revenue and allow us to stay in business, or 2) we fail to create a worthy proposition, and it's time to move on.

If your service fell short in any way and the customer is upset, immediately acknowledge where the company failed.

The amount of times I hear that a company only uses social media because they think they ought to has diminished over the years, but there are still some out there who don't get that digital is here to stay, and therefore fail to embed it deeply in their future plans.

site in 2007 and has transformed it into a media company that now includes more than 50 online humor sites, including FAIL Blog, The Daily What and Cheezburger, that generate more than 400 million page views every month.

A Quebec Superior Court judge awarded a group of Dunkin' Donuts franchisees $ 16.4 million in damages, plus legal costs, after ruling that parent company Dunkin' Brands failed to heed 15 years» worth of warnings that Tim Hortons was poised to topple the U.S. chain's long - held dominance of the Quebec market.

The problem is that, in the scramble to create the requisite impeccable customer experiences needed, these same companies run the risk of building on long - established myths promising, but failing to deliver, great business returns.

One of the top reasons companies fail is that they're offering a product or service that no one wants — and with no need in the market, your business is basically dead in the water.

While the Finnish company used to dominate in such places, analysts say it has failed to react to changing tastes and needs.

As a result, small businesses may fail to identify valuable ideas that would assist them in growing a profitable company.

WASHINGTON — Thirty years after failing to convince the Supreme Court of the threat posed by home video recordings, big media companies are back and now trying to rein in another technological innovation they say threatens their financial well - being.