Sentences with phrase «in fire sales»

As well as raising his expectations for sales of the Fire, Bartley also lowered his sales estimate for Kindle ereaders from 28 million to just 24m but he pointed out that this was not as a result of the increase in Fire sales and probably down ot more competition int he market.

He also bought competing sites in fire sales as they went out of business.

Founded by the creator of ill - fated music sharing service Imeem (which quietly died in a fire sale to MySpace), Picplz already has an Android version available in addition to iPhone and offers similar quirky filters for photos.

The head of the Continuum Company claims that his partners, frustrated by the slow pace of sales, want to slash prices on condos and unload units in a fire sale.

If so, they are already trading at a value lower than would be fetched in a fire sale.

If IMN's IP and thus its intangible assets are absolutely worthless, IMN would be worth under $ 2 in a fire sale liquidation.

The studio was purchased by Deep Silver back in 2013 in the fire sale that followed THQ's demise.

Not exact matches

Ultimately if you're seeking for approval or board consensus on an action (getting approval for a budget, raising money, investing in CAPEX, firing a head of sales — whatever) your job is to hold a discussion in which all board members who want to voice an opinion can do so and ultimately pushing for a vote or a resolution.

After receiving a $ 10 - billion bailout from the Dutch government in 2008, ING embarked on a fire sale of foreign divisions and «noncore» assets that continues today.

One example is the use of stolen financial information to undercut an acquisition target's market value in order to later acquire the company at a fire - sale price.

The causes of the crisis that nearly killed Bilinkis's company were many: a patronage system, started by Juan and Eva Perón in the 1950s, that grew into a bloated government bureaucracy; a corrupt privatization of government services that sold off some of the country's most valuable assets at fire - sale prices; and a reactionary monetary policy that exacerbated both of these problems.

You may not have heard of Wayfair, but neither have a lot of the people who've turned the online purveyor of home goods (faux florals, ceiling fans, fire pits) into a nearly $ 1 - billion - in - sales business.

Stumpf said all 5,300 employees fired in connection to the scandal were removed for ethics violations and not sales goals.

That's because one of the advantages of owning preferred stock is that preferred stock holders get their money back before «common» stock - holders in the case of a fire sale.

The challenge for boards with these leaders is to ensure that they don't get diverted by new opportunities too soon or engage in fire - sale asset auctions to build short - term credibility.

APPLE STILL «FIRING ON ALL CYLINDERS,» the company's CEO Steve Jobs said in a news release about Apple's great sales numbers from the holiday quarter.

Ariad's leukemia drug, Iclusig, which is expected to generate sales of $ 170 million - $ 180 million in 2016, came under fire in October for «staggering» price increases.

The article said that numerous employees had been fired for creating phony customer accounts in order to meet aggressive sales goals.

Still, the Silk Road fire sale exposed the feds to ridicule from cryptocurrency devotees — and in an era of strained budgets, the pressure to sell high is great.

But last month Amazon unveiled its Kindle Fire tablet, which goes on sale in the U.S. Nov. 15th at US$ 199.

More broadly, the regulatory agencies in the United States and the Financial Stability Board internationally have work under way focusing on possible fire - sale risk associated with the growing share of less liquid bonds held in asset management portfolios on behalf of investors who may be counting on same - day redemption when valuations fall.

When you run the numbers, it may be more cost - effective to invest in your employees, rather than firing off the poor performers and finding new ones, which, in sales, can be an expensive process that can take months.

The company's comparable sales for the third quarter were down 3 percent, including an estimated negative impact from a fire at one of its distribution centers in August.

The plan protects bonuses for top executives in the event that the company sells, and it extends the severance period and accelerates stock vesting for top executives in the event that they are fired after a sale.

As Adams explains, «You don't ever want to need the money you've got in the stock market and have to go out and sell shares at a fire sale.»

If they are otherwise good employees, firing all of them is just going to cost you a lot of money, slow down sales growth, and cause a big drop in morale (and maybe leave you vulnerable to lawsuits).

Since 2011, U.S. automakers have been firing on all cylinders, boasting record sales and healthier bottom lines, but in terms of reputation, they still have a long way to go.

China sales have underperformed aggressive targets set by the company, and Chief Executive Elon Musk is prepared to fire overseas executives if they fail to turn around operations in the country, Reuters reported last month, citing sources with knowledge of the matter.

In extreme cases, liquidity risk can cause you to take huge losses because you have to mark down your property at fire sale prices to attract buyers.

Attorney Jonathan Delshad filed two class - action lawsuits against Wells Fargo in September on behalf of former employees, including one business banker, who say they were fired for refusing to create fake accounts to hit sales quotas.

These included overly optimistic economic growth and oil price assumptions; cutting the contingency reserve by two - thirds; selling shares in GM at fire sale prices; raiding EI revenues; and even booking «savings» from unilateral changes to federal employees» sick leave benefits.

In simple terms, a bank must have enough liquid assets that can be easily liquefied (not at fire - sale prices) to meet any of its liabilities that fall due within that 30 - day period.

Despite the unforeseen fall in oil prices in 2014, the Conservative government, with a lot of slight of hand (reduction in contingency reserve, selling GM shares at fire sale prices, optimistic economic and oil price assumptions), produced a budget that financed all of its pre-election promises, while still leaving a surplus of $ 1.4 billion in 2015 - 16 rising to $ 4.8 billion in 2019 - 20.

Though older versions are technically legal to own, buy, and sell in many states, brand new «machine guns» — defined by law as a fully automatic weapon capable of firing more than one shot per trigger pull — have not been available for sale or purchase for civilian use in the United States since the Firearm Owners» Protection Act of 1986.

More recently, Birchbox engaged in serious sale talks with QVC in what would have essentially been a fire sale, multiple sources told Recode.

History has shown gold mining stocks to significantly rise in such events and I plan to cash out at that moment and buy up the dividend stocks at a fire sale!

During the least recession, I was picking up shares of stock in a rapidly expanding teen retailer that had fallen to fire sale prices.

John Sargent, CEO of Holt's parent company MacMillan, has said that e-books sales for «Fire and Fury» exceed 250,000 copies and more than 100,000 have been sold in audio.

U.S. auto sales hit a record - high 17.47 million in 2015, and industry leaders Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) and General Motors Company (NYSE: GM) appear to be firing on all cylinders heading into this year's Detroit Auto Show.

In January, the board took the unusual action of publicly firing four executives whom the board said had major roles in the bank's sales practices at the center of the scandaIn January, the board took the unusual action of publicly firing four executives whom the board said had major roles in the bank's sales practices at the center of the scandain the bank's sales practices at the center of the scandal.

«Instead of having a fire sale and dumping [the unsold inventory] and causing chaos, what you're having is lenders, owners [and] private equity investors saying, «We believe in the collateral, we believe in the product, and we don't think they should slash the prices.

In the depth - of - the - recession 2009, it became the subject of a fire sale to private equity (Platinum Equity) and then another sale to Doug Manchester two quick years later.

That ranges from Mueller's past professional relationship with former FBI Director James Comey, whom Trump fired in May over the investigation into Trump's former national security adviser; Mueller's role in a controversial uranium asset sale to Russia in 2010; and members of Mueller's staff who have been critical of Trump in private communications, including an FBI agent assigned to the team who texted a colleague that Trump was an «idiot.»

The Chinese conglomerate had a meteoric rise and fall in just three years — but can its property fire sale spare it from the same fate as Anbang?

In their rush to secure a deal with Petronas, the only company even close to operating an LNG plant, the government has offered our natural gas — our resources — at fire sale costs.

Kraft has struggled to keep up with the changing consumer tastes in recent years, and in November it fired most of its advertising agencies amid slowing sales and declining volume.

Major debris removal in Sonoma Valley is done, but some fire survivors are finding that sale of property in the burn zones is the easiest path forward.

Certain lawyers are asking the president - elect Trump and family to sell all his assets including vast world - wide real estate at fire - sale prices and place the proceeds in a blind trust or US Treasury bonds.

Investors were rattled after President Xi's government launched a crackdown on online sales, and Blackmores» products were in the firing line.

New buyers were coming in to take over uneconomic vineyards having paid fire - sale prices, so they were working from a much lower cost base yet still producing grapes, he said.