Sentences with phrase «large independent companies»

PHIL SOPER: Quebec has more than its fair share of large independent companies, focussed on the Quebec market.

What is growing is the absorption of real estate offices by national or regional corporations, a trend driven largely by the mergers and acquisitions of the big national franchises and a few large independent companies.

I think in order to get something truly different from a bank or an insurance company, you need to consider a private investment company, which can range from small firms with a couple of partners to large independent companies with multiple offices across the country.

Last December, Burnet Realty, a large independent company headquartered in Edina, Minn., announced that it had acquired The Prudential Preferred Properties of Chicago.

Soon after that he created a four - week training program for a large independent company in Minneapolis named Burnet Realty.

We are Amrock, the nation's largest independent company offering title insurance, valuations, and closing services.

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Why you should care: Specializing in real - time online advertising, AppNexus is the world's largest independent ad tech company.

His bedroom was the incubation laboratory for Acadian Seaplants, which today is the largest independent marine plant processing company in North America, with six processing plants spread across Atlantic Canada, Ireland and Scotland.

Assets under management (in millions, USD): $ 870,000 (Wellington Management is a large private, independent investment management company that also runs a venture arm.

Cargill claims to be the largest private company in the U.S. in terms of revenue and, although private companies like Nilsson Brothers and Cargill are not required to have independent directors, forward - thinking ones do such as McCain Foods.

The Zekelman family runs the largest independent steel tube manufacturer in North America, and they want everyone to know it: Last year the clan changed the name of the company from JMC Steel Group to Zekelman Industries, Inc..

With 5,000 independent repair technicians, known as iTechs, in over 500 cities in the U.S. — and expecting to more than double that number by the end of the year — Forsythe says his company is the largest company of its kind in the country.

I've always said that the companies that scale to become large, sustainable and independent franchises are the ones that offer a platform to the market.

The following is from Keith Leimbach, the CEO of Liveops, a company that provides managed, flexible workforces and, with 20,000 independent agents, is the largest marketplace for call center workers in the world.

The company got its start by scraping news sites, mostly independent outlets and social media because it didn't have the rights to larger publications.

Since then, the Oakland - based company has become the largest independent office products supplier in California and its main competitor is Staples» commercial division.

TiKL has held acquisition discussions with a few large technology companies, but decided to stay independent.

«It really requires the resources large companies have, so how do you stay independent?»

As executive chairman of JMC Steel Group, Barry Zekelman transformed what was a small company started by his father into North America's largest independent pipe and tube manufacturer.

The second step is to begin a dialogue on how to reduce the need for legislation on every aspect of business life and instead implement regular independent reviews of large companies to identify the ones that pose risks that are not overwhelmingly balanced out by the public benefits they provide.

Big industry players have already made strides in research, and some of the largest tech companies in the world have been investing in building their own AI framework, making it accessible not only to enterprises but also independent developers.

As the largest company on our list, 7 - Eleven could have just hunkered down and comfortably weathered this recession, but the company has pursued an aggressive growth plan instead — taking advantage of lower real estate costs, encouraging independent convenience - store owners to convert to its system and selling off company - owned units to franchisees.

While sales and revenue grow, the number of composite businesses in this industry is predicted to decline by 3 percent through 2016 as smaller firms consolidate or become independent advisers helping larger companies.

«There are the small software companies that won't prosper, the larger independent software companies that will do well, and the hardware companies that still consider hardware and software one industry.»

If the company can scale its business for growth, it becomes more flexible in being able to accept a large opportunity that comes along by quickly adding more resources (such as independent contractors).

Before that, she was head of global social content strategy at CA Technologies, a large independent software company.

HOUSTON ConocoPhillips, the world's largest independent oil and gas exploration and production company, posted a bigger - than - expected first - quarter profit on Thursday, helped by rising crude prices and cost cuts.

If large variances exist between an investor's independent analysis and a company's depiction, further study should be done to either reconcile differences or confirm a company's mischaracterization of its customer base.

This current Board structure also is consistent with majority practice at large public companies: according to the 2017 Spencer Stuart Board Index, 72 % of companies in the S&P 500 do not have an independent board chairman.

InvestCloud's clients include wealth advisors, large family offices, pension funds and endowments, and hedge fund administrators and independent wealth platforms, and range in size from small startup companies to a manager with $ 47 billion in assets under management.

Midland National is accredited by the Better Business Bureau, and has earned an A + (Superior) rating from A.M. Best, a large third - party independent reporting and rating company that rates an insurance company on the basis of the company's financial strength, operating performance and ability to meet its ongoing obligations to policyholders.

Beyond the actual gas project and LNG sales, China's state - run shipping conglomerate COSCO has also secured a 50 percent stake in the four LNG shipping carriers serving Yamal.90 Chinese engineers and workers have been deployed to the Yamal Peninsula to help construct surrounding infrastructure, which includes a Chinese - produced polar drilling rig.91 Moreover, a Chinese oil and gas rig producer now provides Russia with about 60 percent of its imported oil rig supplies, indicating that China is becoming a dominant player in this sphere.92 Chinese media recently hailed Yamal as an example of China's construction and engineering prowess and a symbol of its transformation into an Arctic player.93 In return for China stepping into support the project, senior officials from Novatek, the main shareholder of the project, announced that the first LNG shipment would symbolically go to China.94 But a British subsidiary of Malaysia's Petronas purchased the first shipment of Yamal LNG and sold it to France's Engie, which then shipped the cargo to its Boston import facility for American use.95 Western sanctions on Novatek, Russia's largest independent national gas producer and a company with close ties to the Kremlin, made Yamal's pivot to China possible, as sanctions forced Russia to find an alternative source of investment and technology.

From its start in 1972 as a subsidiary of North America's third largest railcar lessor, NACCO, a CIT Company, has grown to become the most important independent full service railcar leasing company in Company, has grown to become the most important independent full service railcar leasing company in company in Europe.

The likely liquidation of Toys R Us, the nation's largest independent toy seller, could add stress for the companies that make toys and games, and mean changes for the owners of the strip malls where most of its stores are.

Joshua has also led more than 50 due diligence projects for financial and corporate sponsors, including a radiation oncology provider, a hospitalist physician practice management company, a workers» compensation specialty benefits manager, a small pharmacy benefit manager (PBM), a population health management service provider, a large integrated medical group / independent practice association (IPA), a regional payer, a health insurance brokerage, an occupational health / worksite clinic provider, a skilled nursing facility (SNF) and specialty benefits managers in the workers» comp and commercial spaces.

One study provides evidence consistent with one explanation of the overall lack of strong findings: optimal board structures may vary by firm size, with smaller firms benefiting from a unified chair / CEO position, with the clarity of leadership that structure provides, and larger firms benefiting from the extra monitoring that an independent chair may provide given the greater risk of «agency costs» at large companies.

It is perhaps no coincidence that both funds are independently - owned by their founders and small enough to be called «boutiques», meaning they are able to make independent decisions without the dilutive interference which arises from large board meetings at larger companies.

The second largest independent ATM deployer in Australia Stargroup has signed a joint venture agreement with blockchain payment solutions company Digitalx to convert their existing ATMs into Bitcoin ATMs (BTMs).

In response, Rosneft has teamed up with Novatek, Russia's largest independent gas company, to try to break Gazprom's gas export monopoly.

That makes these accounts a good fit for sole proprietors and independent consultants who are looking for a retirement plan similar to one they might get from working at a larger company.

Tired of watching mainstream beer sales fall while the craft beer craze soared, large international companies like MillerCoors and Anheuser - Busch InBev have hijacked the playbook of small, independent brewers.

Evenergy is subsidiary of Zhongcheng Group, one of the largest privately owned independent petroleum refinery, oil products and LPG distribution and retail companies in China.

LONDON / SYDNEY (Reuters)- Royal Dutch Shell on Monday sold its entire stake in Australia's largest independent oil and gas company Woodside Petroleum Ltd for $ 2.7 billion as it pushes ahead with its vast disposal program.

But just because independent contractors and sole proprietors may work for a larger concern, doesn't mean that the company will indemnify them from legal issues arising from their actions if they aren't employees.

«The Board of WPP has appointed independent counsel to conduct an investigation in response to an allegation of personal misconduct against Sir Martin Sorrell, Chief Executive Officer of WPP,» the world's largest agency holding company said in a statement.

We applaud what the BA is doing to help truly independent craft brewers differentiate themselves from those brewers owned by large industrial companies who face none of the same challenges that we face yet want consumers to think of them as «craft.»

In the past couple of years, however, there has been a move away from large corporate franchises that charge salespeople high costs plus recurring fees towards more flexible independent companies.

Stansberry Churchouse Research is a subsidiary of Stansberry Research, one of the largest independent financial publishing companies in the world, with subscribers in over 50 countries around the world.

Created in 2000 as an independent company, ArcSight broke new ground by allowing large organizations to receive real - time alerts about potential cyber intrusions.

He is founder and former CEO of Global Strategy Financial, previously one of Canada's largest independent mutual fund companies and a former lawyer with Torys, specializing in securities and corporate law.