Sentences with phrase «lucrative licensing business»

Avalanche Software was competing not just with other toys - to - life games, but against a more lucrative licensing business model.

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In many places, such as in California and Colorado, businesses and communities vie against each other to win potentially lucrative licenses from the state for creating and operating marijuana cultivation centers and retail outlets.

With its state license for 116 students; lucrative tuition subsidies for single parents, available from North Carolina's Child Care Resources program; and expertise with children, from infants to after - schoolers (up to age 12), this business could advance as quickly as a 2 - year - old — if placed in the care of a growth - minded new owner.

It is no secret that Qualcomm's lucrative patent licensing business has been a lightning rod for legal attacks by Apple and antitrust regulators over the past year.

JD Finance, which only owns a few, small financial licenses such as a third - party payment license in China, will likely get access to some lucrative businesses of First Capital and its units, including those of securities, funds and stock futures, after the stake acquisition, one of the sources said.

Then, in June, Gabelli and his many companies shelled out a reported $ 130 million or more to settle another lingering lawsuit, this one filed by the FCC, which claimed he deceived the government by using sham companies to win lucrative cell - phone licenses earmarked small and minority - owned businesses.