Sentences with phrase «market in a bid»

Japanese life insurance companies are turning to the project finance market in a bid to achieve higher yields.

To me, that actually indicates business strength of the sort that supports Morningstar's Wide Moat rating: Grainger is strong enough to create pricing pressure in the market in a bid to squeeze competitors and gain market share.

The firm has significantly altered its allocation to the lower end of the market in a bid to avoid possible macro-economic headwinds.

The SPL champions are looking to the European market in a bid to fill the boots of Gary Hooper, who left to join Premier League Norwich City last month.

Despite strolling to the Premier League title last season, Chelsea already look firmly out of the running this year and it's little surprise to see them look to strengthen in the transfer market in a bid to turn things around.

President John Dramani Mahama has said there are plans to put in place CCTV cameras in major markets in a bid to improve their security.

The Galaxy Tab is one of a number of tablet computers coming to market in a bid to challenge the iPad.

Barnes & Noble and a number of other companies, including Apple, have jumped into the e-reader market in a bid to compete with the Kindle from online retail giant Amazon and the Sony Reader from the Japanese electronics company.

Last year, The Bookseller reported that Kobo's e-book rival Amazon was targeting the UK market in a bid to become «the world's most author - centric publishing house,» recruiting UK publishing staff, including a publisher and acquisitions editor.

To me, that actually indicates business strength of the sort that supports Morningstar's Wide Moat rating: Grainger is strong enough to create pricing pressure in the market in a bid to squeeze competitors and gain market share.

They frequently skirmished on fares and threw excess capacity into markets in a bid to gain market share.

Natsume Inc., a worldwide developer and publisher of family - oriented video games, has announced the new exclusive retail distribution partnership with Crescent Marketing in a bid to distribute Natsume's River City: Tokyo Rumble and Wild Guns: Reloaded across North America.

Earlier this year, Google - centric website 9to5 Google reported that the search engine giant was planning to have a go in the smartphone market in a bid to make life a little harder for Apple - made iPhones.

As we've seen with the launch of the Galaxy S8 +, Samsung is getting aggressive in the Indian market in a bid to reclaim the top spot.

In 2015 we introduced Best of Android to answer this question and this year, we picked the top ten phones on the market in a bid to help you answer this question.

A number of Chicago traders have entered the crypto market in a bid to find new opportunities while entrepreneurs are also coming up with ideas of new exchanges and how they can service the market.

All in all, Bitcoin is seeking new markets in a bid to loosen the grip of its four biggest markets over its price.

The Australian pop star and his girlfriend are expecting a baby together next year, so Peter has put his house on the market in a bid to buy a new family home nearer to Brighton as well as a London bolthole for when he is filming in the capital.

Not exact matches

The bid emphasizes the importance of gaining a greater foothold in online sales in India, a market expected to be worth $ 200 billion a year within a decade.

The 2008 election showed just how powerful social media could be in driving votes, and President Barak Obama's 2008 campaign was, and is, widely viewed as the first general - election campaign to focus on social media as its primary mode of marketing (Howard Dean's bid for the 2004 Democratic nomination also used social media heavily.)

Such a liquid market, in which buyers were comfortably in the driver's seat — with bidding wars the norm and house inspections regularly waived all in the name of FOMO (fear of missing out)-- meant there was very little possibility of anyone with any sense allowing their home to go into default.

Online marketing basically involves making use of the Internet in a bid to make a particular brand known and popular.

Unlike the Murdoch consortium bid, it is not dependent on a change in media law that prevents a single party from owning print, radio and television assets in the same market.

At March 31, 2018, there were bids and change orders outstanding and identified target projects of approximately $ 7.5 billion and $ 14.1 billion, respectively, in the revenue opportunity pipeline that we expect will be awarded in the market through June 30, 2019.

These forward - looking statements include, among other things, statements about full - year 2018 guidance, project milestones, increased opportunities in the market, backlog, bids and change orders outstanding, target projects and revenue opportunity pipeline, to the extent these may be viewed as indicators of future revenues or profitability, the expected impacts of the F2G program and progress toward completing the proposed combination with CB&I and the anticipated benefits of that transaction.

Didi's bid for a majority stake in Brazil's 99, first reported in The Information, would pose a direct threat to Uber, which now dominates Brazil's car - hailing market.

In the span of a few months the company announced that it would acquire both AOL and Yahoo as it works to load its formidable network still the most comprehensive and widespread in the U.S. with content in a bid to keep a highly competitive (and highly lucrative) market from turning into a commodity businesIn the span of a few months the company announced that it would acquire both AOL and Yahoo as it works to load its formidable network still the most comprehensive and widespread in the U.S. with content in a bid to keep a highly competitive (and highly lucrative) market from turning into a commodity businesin the U.S. with content in a bid to keep a highly competitive (and highly lucrative) market from turning into a commodity businesin a bid to keep a highly competitive (and highly lucrative) market from turning into a commodity business.

In July last year, when CIR was known as Asset Backed Holdings, it launched an off - market bid for the shares it did not already own in PRL at $ 3 cash a sharIn July last year, when CIR was known as Asset Backed Holdings, it launched an off - market bid for the shares it did not already own in PRL at $ 3 cash a sharin PRL at $ 3 cash a share.

Service firms are getting into the act too: «Beth Harshfield, the owner of Exhibit Arts, an advertising and marketing company in Wichita, Kan., said she started bidding on military contracts six years ago because «I got tired of the local economy kicking the legs out from under us.»

But that presented a marketing problem, because other, much larger practices in midtown Manhattan were making heavy use of Google AdWords, in which advertisers bid on such search terms as «New York City dentist.»

The takeover bid, which Qualcomm opposes, would propel the combined company into third place in terms of market share in the global semiconductor industry, as this chart from Statista indicates.

By the end of the day, Perrigo had basically reached the same conclusion: Just after U.S. markets closed at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, Perrigo announced that its board of directors unanimously rejected Mylan's bid, saying it «substantially undervalues» the company and is not in its shareholders» best interests.

LONDON / NEW YORK, Feb 27 - Comcast Corp would become the world's largest pay - TV operator if CEO Brian Roberts» $ 31 - billion bid for Sky Plc succeeds, more than doubling its subscribers and expanding its international presence as growth slows in its core U.S. market.

Just how Tribune (TPUB) would mount a hostile takeover bid for Gannett (GCI), a company that is more than four times its size in terms of stock - market value, is unclear.

LONDON / NEW YORK, Feb 27 (Reuters)- Comcast Corp would become the world's largest pay - TV operator if CEO Brian Roberts» $ 31 - billion bid for Sky Plc succeeds, more than doubling its subscribers and expanding its international presence as growth slows in its core U.S. market.

Federal regulators are set to wave through Charter Communications» $ 55 billion bid for Time Warner Cable, with a few key conditions aimed at ensuring that the emerging video streaming industry, personified by the likes of Netflix and Hulu, can provide in future what the cable market has historically lacked: competition.

No operator can own more than 37 percent of the total usable airwaves in 2020, Ofcom said, a cap that barred market leader EE from bidding fin the 2.3 Ghz band and limited the amount it could win in 3.4 Ghz.

Market volatility stems from dramatic changes in bid and ask market oMarket volatility stems from dramatic changes in bid and ask market omarket orders.

That may explain why Japan's Suntory jumped ahead of a number of European suitors, including France's Pernod Ricard, to bid for Beam last month — offering to pay Beam stockholders $ 83.50 per share, a 25 % premium over the stock's then - market price of around $ 67, in addition to assuming some $ 2.4 billion in company debt.

Gold added to an overnight price surge, as geopolitical tension in the Middle East and a global stock market rout triggered safe - haven bids.

South African diamond mining giant De Beers is to extend its dominance of the international diamond market with a C$ 167 million hostile bid to acquire a majority shareholding in the Snap Lake diamond project, in the Canadian North West Territories.

Pursuant to rules of the Ontario Securities Commission, the Autorité des Marchés Financiers and the Universal Market Integrity Rules for Canadian Marketplaces, the underwriters may not, throughout the period of distribution, bid for or purchase shares of our common stock except in accordance with certain permitted transactions, including market stabilization and passive market making activMarket Integrity Rules for Canadian Marketplaces, the underwriters may not, throughout the period of distribution, bid for or purchase shares of our common stock except in accordance with certain permitted transactions, including market stabilization and passive market making activmarket stabilization and passive market making activmarket making activities.

«Given the recent sell - off in Qualcomm and NXP shares amid the US and China trade war issues, we believe the market has started to anticipate a lower probability that China will approve Qualcomm's bid for NXP,» wrote Canaccord Genuity Analyst Mike Walkley in a research note.

But that has prompted regulators in the country to crack down on the cryptocurrency sector, in a bid to stamp out potential financial risks as consumers pile into a highly risky and speculative market that has seen unprecedented growth this year.

Many market participants, relying on the information contained in the Order Book, consider the total relative number of bid and ask offers in the Order Book when making trading decisions.

In making its bid for a chunk of the $ 20 billion worldwide instant coffee market, much of that is the United Kingdom and Japan where instant is the de-facto coffee mode, Starbucks Chairman and CEO Howard Schulz says his company spent 20 years perfecting a top - secret technology that ultimately results in a cup of coffee made with Via, that is indistinguishable from Starbuck's typical brewed coffeIn making its bid for a chunk of the $ 20 billion worldwide instant coffee market, much of that is the United Kingdom and Japan where instant is the de-facto coffee mode, Starbucks Chairman and CEO Howard Schulz says his company spent 20 years perfecting a top - secret technology that ultimately results in a cup of coffee made with Via, that is indistinguishable from Starbuck's typical brewed coffein a cup of coffee made with Via, that is indistinguishable from Starbuck's typical brewed coffee.

In a bid to further lead the marketing automation industry, Drip launched Workflows in early 201In a bid to further lead the marketing automation industry, Drip launched Workflows in early 201in early 2016.

The Securities and Exchange Commission, which oversees ETFs, rejected their bid in March, saying that «significant markets for bitcoin are unregulated.»

The mechanics of a hostile bid look «beyond ambitious», Bernstein analyst Max Warburton said in a note, while adding: «Stranger things have happened, especially in bubbly equity markets.»

Based on expectations that shareholders would demand a 35 percent premium to GM's market capitalisation, FCA would need to pay about $ 77 billion in an all - stock transaction in the event of a hostile bid, the sources said, adding that GM shareholders would likely demand a substantial payout.