Not exact matches
Sustainability has been part
of its fabric since its founding
in 1853, as have the progressive
values that came to typify San Francisco, the city it
calls home.
It's encouraging to hear BlackRock (blk) CEO Larry Fink — whose company's $ 4 trillion
of assets under management make it the 800 - pound gorilla
in public markets — decry the short - term focus
of many investors and
call on companies to lay out a «strategic framework for long - term
value creation.»
She said investors looking for smaller ups and downs should consider ETFs denominated
in U.S. dollars or other so -
called «hard currencies» that are seen as better stores
of value.
On this track, the rapper bemoans rising real estate
values in his home city,
calling out one
of Brooklyn's trendiest neighborhoods and saying, «I could have bought a place
in Dumbo before it was Dumbo for like $ 2 million.
So by fostering a culture
in which employees can make such a
call — the first
of Zappos» 10 core
values exhorts employees to go «above and beyond the average level
of service to create an emotional impact on the receiver» — Hsieh walks away with a hat trick.
Called the «
value - investment ratio,» it assesses the minimum oil price a project will need
in order to throw off, far into the future, Shell's desired level
of return.
And remember - whatever «ask» you make with your
call to action should be
in direct proportion to the amount
of trust and
value you've built up to this point.
In a New Yorker report, Arianna Huffington, the founder and CEO
of Thrive Global,
calls on companies to reassess their
values: «This includes rejecting the cult
of the top performer, which tolerates otherwise unacceptable behavior, and instead building a culture that functions as the company's immune system: surfacing cases
of abuse and identifying toxic elements as fast as possible, and then quickly rejecting them.»
In 2014, as the overall
value of its assets declined, O'Leary Funds charged new expenses
called «administration fees» and «directors fees» to investors, totalling $ 650,000 across 13 mutual funds.
This explosion
in popularity landed FanDuel
in the top 10
of the Silicon Alley 100; its $ 275 million series E funding round
in July
valued the company at more than $ 1 billion, vaulting it to the ranks
of so -
called «unicorn» startups.
With the shock
value of the fears
of Musk and others abating, Arruda thinks dialogue about so -
called «bad AI» will start to have a little more subtlety
in 2016.
In the final quarter
of 2016, Einhorn also added 25 million
call options
of GM
valued at $ 871 million — meaning he bet the stock would rise.
One
of the qualities employers most
value now is
called grit — the fortitude, insight, and ability to adapt on the fly that often comes from overcoming adversity or disadvantage
in life, as Ellen McGirt explains
in the feature «How Your Life Experience Could Help You Land a Great Job.»
The airline's reputation has helped it expand significantly over the past decade, and a big part
of that is how it
values the more than 700 employees
in its four
call centres.
These fans have already backed up the money truck to Activision's front door (the CoD franchise has sold 56 million console units
in the U.S. alone, with the November 2010 - released
Call of Duty: Black Ops, topping $ 1 billion
in sales
in just 42 days) and see Elite as more money grab than
value - added proposition.
A key part
of the process is ensuring potential hires hold its
values, which are celebrated and analyzed on an annual Values Day when McKinsey takes a hiatus from client work to study itself: well - handled situations, ambiguous calls, how to ensure adherence to its principles in the f
values, which are celebrated and analyzed on an annual
Values Day when McKinsey takes a hiatus from client work to study itself: well - handled situations, ambiguous calls, how to ensure adherence to its principles in the f
Values Day when McKinsey takes a hiatus from client work to study itself: well - handled situations, ambiguous
calls, how to ensure adherence to its principles
in the future.
«While the so -
called «
value - added» data transmission sector
of the Australian telecommunications market is growing rapidly — at rates
of up to 25 per cent per annum — the demand for new high - speed services is not being met
in rural and remote regions
of the country,» Mr Woods said.
Whether that's our employees — we
call them team members — whether that's
in our case the drivers or customers, passengers using the service, great service, great hospitality, treating people well, having a good set
of values.
To be sure, a few centers
of growth
in the marketplace are dominated by the so -
called network effect,
in which a product gains
value when more people use it.
In general, so - called value stocks — often defined as those trading at earnings multiples below the market average or their own historical norms — have tricked a lot of investors in the most recent phase of the current bull market, which has worn on nearly seven and a half year
In general, so -
called value stocks — often defined as those trading at earnings multiples below the market average or their own historical norms — have tricked a lot
of investors
in the most recent phase of the current bull market, which has worn on nearly seven and a half year
in the most recent phase
of the current bull market, which has worn on nearly seven and a half years.
The investor Paul Tudor Jones has a nonprofit
called Just Capital that tracks how companies
in the United States are creating long - term
value instead
of focusing solely on shareholders.
Back
in 2010 it paid $ 550 million to settle charges brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission that it mislead investors into buying a so -
called synthetic collateralized debt obligation named Abacus, which was made up
of a bundle
of financial instruments tied to subprime mortgage bonds, many
of which plummeted
in value shortly after the deal was sold.
Chou has become a renowned
value investor —
in 2015, Barron's
called him one
of the World's Best Investors.
He
values it so much that when he launched his new messaging app for college students,
called Islands, he rented a space
in student housing at the University
of Western Ontario so he could be closer to his potential customers.
When business software company Twilio filed paperwork
in May to go public, it was separating itself from the dozens
of other so -
called «unicorn» startups that are
valued at $ 1 billion or more.
And for those
of us who don't, it can be a natural response to ramble on during a sales
call — highlighting more benefits, listing out every product feature, reiterating the same
value props
in different words over and over again to our own detriment.
The company, which started as a free music - and - culture magazine
in Montreal
in 1994, is now a behemoth: According to remarks made by CEO Shane Smith at the so -
called «NewFronts» for advertisers, Vice will have revenues
of $ 1 billion this year, and a recent financing round
valued the company at $ 2.5 billion.
After Herzer's lawsuit,
value investor Mario Gabelli, the second - largest voting shareholder
in Viacom,
called for the media company to disclose the state
of Redstone's mental competence.
Valeant CEO Michael Pearson and other company leaders will host an investor conference
call to address business concerns amid a nearly 51 % drop
in the
value of its stock over the past month.
Blackwells
called on the company
in October to «unlock the
value»
of its owned real estate, whose
value it said exceeds Supervalu's market cap, and also consider selling about 30 percent
of the 217 stores it owns.
We saw the rise
of analytics packages and solutions, breaking down channel silos and marketers taking a more holistic approach to what's
called attribution tracking — the process
of assigning a specific
value to a marketing action that results
in a conversion.
While on stage at TechCrunch Disrupt, the VC and co-founder
of Sun Microsystems
called out his fellow VCs, saying that most provide little
value to entrepreneurs
in the early stages
of their start - ups.
The Nielsen report attributed waning confidence to brewing worries over Malaysia's economic outlook, a near 20 percent drop
in the
value of the Malaysian ringgit year - to - date and the spreading
of what is being
called the country's worst - ever political crisis.
Stock
in structured - finance firm Coventree lost more than half its
value Tuesday after it said various Coventree - sponsored trusts could not fund maturities
of Canadian asset - backed commercial paper due to what it
called a «market disruption.»
Type 3: The
value - at - risk (VAR) shock
in Japan
in 2003 occurred when fears spread that the Bank
of Japan, which was already doing QE before it was
called QE, would taper its purchases
of Japanese Government Bonds.
As part
of its pitch, the company explains to potential customers that the so -
called «net present
value»
of a $ 7,000 saddle is actually less than the all -
in cost
of using an ill - fitting one — expenses that include frequent vet bills, replacement saddles and even the costs associated with the premature death
of the animal due to saddle - related health problems.
That new
value would be roughly $ 21.6 billion, so
call that a $ 1.4 billion loss
in the
value of the shares.
And then when those stocks hit major milestones [which fortunately a few
of them do if they go up 20x
in value, or 50x, or 100x], there's no one
calling us from NPR or CNBC saying, «Hey, we'd love to have you on to talk about a 100 - bagger.
Unless they had some outside source
of liquidity that could be tapped to meet a margin
call, any one
of those three situations could have resulted
in them being forced to liquidate their Berkshire Hathaway shares at a price far below long - term intrinsic
value, ultimately costing them a fortune.
So -
called «potential GDP» is what the
value of the economy would be if it were firing on all cylinders, meaning all available resources were being utilized
in producing the national product.
In contrast, the Bitcoin network has its own unit
of value, which is
called the bitcoin.
«What matters and should matter to politicians and people who believe
in the kind
of values that I believe the National Citizens» Coalition share and the Reform Party share is not whether the Canadian state prospers, but whether the Canadian people and the land we
call Canada prosper.»
So if you drew a horizontal line and
call that fair
value like Ben Graham said, and then you draw a wavy line around that horizontal line and
call that stock prices, the market is pitching us opportunities all the time between stocks that are way below fair
value and way above fair
value, the reason investors don't beat the market has nothing to do with the market is not throwing us pitches
in that it's not still emotional, they are behavioral problem, there's agency problems, there is a lot
of other issues going on but it's not because we're not getting really great pictures all the time.
Asset managers and hedge funds typically determine their research budgets through a process
called broker votes
in which portfolio managers rate the
value of equity research analysts.
As a market leader, he has been
called upon by both Metro Vancouver and large global corporations with their development
of strategies, implementation
of strategies and ultimately relocations, dispositions and renewals, maximizing
value in each transaction.
In other words, your banker may allow you to borrow against 75 percent
of the
value of appraised real estate or 60 percent to 80 percent
of the
value of what they
call ready - to - go inventory.
That's why we hold over 200 individual investment positions
in Strategic Growth, why we diversify across industries, why I left complete put option coverage underneath the Fund's portfolio even
in response to a favorable shift
in our measures
of market action two weeks ago (now neutral), why the dollar
value of our shorts never materially exceeds our long holdings, and why even
in the most favorable conditions, the Fund can establish leverage only by investing a small percentage
of assets
in call options (never on margin).
Chief Marketing and Innovation Officer Brian Niccol said
in a conference
call with reporters Thursday that the company is working on redefining
value in all areas
of its menu, and that Taco Bell recognizes that it has to address customers» needs with a dollar menu.
Given the steepness
in skew,
calls may offer some
of the most attractive ways to be constructive on U.S. stocks., while put spreads may offer the best
value for those looking to hedge what is still a relatively mild pullback.
The app store was
valued at $ 115 million
in 2012, Joe Wu, chief financial officer for NetDragon said
in August
of last year during a conference
call.