Sentences with phrase «more big acquisitions»

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If the funder is selling directly to merchants, given today's sky - high marketing costs, acquisition can take a bigger chunk out of the 40 percent — more like 12 to 15 points (the industry average cost of acquisition for a $ 30,000 advance is $ 2,600).

More importantly, Microsoft — through an acquisition — would eliminate its biggest obstacle.

According to Koch, mergers and acquisitions led by Molson Coors» subsidiary MillerCoors and Anheuser - Busch InBev (bud) have led to $ 2 billion in higher prices annually, thousands of lost jobs, and a more restrictive wholesaler channel that favors Big Beer over craft upstarts.

«Biotech is becoming more important than ever to Big Pharma and becoming the fuel source for their drug pipelines,» says Nicholson, who once scouted for such acquisitions at Merck.

The acquisition is part of a recently unveiled, two - pronged strategy for Chinese food security that's far more sophisticated than just filling bigger granaries.

«We're starting to put together all the pieces... this acquisition of Twine also will help our momentum in building more of a bigger revenue business on the health side.»

Expect well - funded top dogs — companies like Bit9 + Carbon Black, Tanium, CrowdStrike — to weather the storm while more traditional big tech names and security stalwarts snap up smaller firms through «tuck in» acquisitions, cleaning up the field as the pipsqueaks wither away.

Eventually the operations hit peak efficiency, at which point in order to keep growing you need to bring in more customers, open more restaurants (franchises) or make another big acquisition.

A few big oil and gas deals have come out of the price rout — Royal Dutch Shell's acquisition of BG, worth $ 70 billion, is the largest by far — but more will likely take place in the near term.

Buying the x86 server division — the biggest acquisition in Lenovo's history — will give it more insulation against the PC slump.

If no such miracle is forthcoming, the BG Group acquisition could prove to be a fatal blow — bigger and much more ominous than the backlash of the Arctic exploration project.

On the heels of major exit announcements from our portfolio companies ServiceMax (pending acquisition by GE Digital) and TubeMogul (pending acquisition by Adobe), we have more big news from Trinity Family member and Real Estate tech company VTS as they announce their merger with former competitor Hightower.

The big news from this week has been Amazon's proposed acquisition of Ring for $ 1 billion or more.

In addition to advising Verizon Communications in the biggest acquisition of 2013, J.P. Morgan raised $ 6.4 billion in 21 equity deals and $ 23.1 billion in 77 debt deals for telecom companies, more funding than any other bank, according to Dealogic.

With the acquisition of Great American Cookies in 1998 by the company that made chewy mall cookies big business, Mrs. Fields is now peddling her baked wares in more than 90 percent of the premier shopping malls in the United States.

Browning expects more mergers and acquisitions among retailers, and not just the bigger companies.

Mrs Rinehart's private company Hancock Prospecting is focused on building an even bigger and better quality wagyu herd through breeding programs and more acquisitions.

«We have a long history with Big Sandy Lake, and it is actually a very sacred place for Anishinabe people, so this acquisition was a perfect match for more than just business reasons.

1) offload the deadwood at the risk of breaking even at least before the end of July to reduce the squad # and lighten the wage bill (2 things more important than making # # #) 2) make the proper acquisition to not only lift the squad but also to protect in the case you still have to sell players like Sanchez or Ox It was a summer where the fans gave Wenger one last chance to tweak his approach sell who needed to go and make proper big signings... he failed in both.

Time for some brutal honesty... this team, as it stands, is in no better position to compete next season than they were 12 months ago, minus the fact that some fans have been easily snowed by the acquisition of Lacazette, the free transfer LB and the release of Sanogo... if you look at the facts carefully you will see a team that still has far more questions than answers... to better show what I mean by this statement I will briefly discuss the current state of affairs on a position - by - position basis... in goal we have 4 potential candidates, but in reality we have only 1 option with any real future and somehow he's the only one we have actively tried to get rid of for years because he and his father were a little too involved on social media and he got caught smoking (funny how people still defend Wiltshire under the same and far worse circumstances)... you would think we would want to keep any goaltender that Juventus had interest in, as they seem to have a pretty good history when it comes to that position... as far as the defenders on our current roster there are only a few individuals whom have the skill and / or youth worthy of our time and / or investment, as such we should get rid of anyone who doesn't meet those simple requirements, which means we should get rid of DeBouchy, Gibbs, Gabriel, Mertz and loan out Chambers to see if last seasons foray with Middlesborough was an anomaly or a prediction of things to come... some fans have lamented wildly about the return of Mertz to the starting lineup due to his FA Cup performance but these sort of pie in the sky meanderings are indicative of what's wrong with this club and it's wishy - washy fan - base... in addition to these moves the club should aggressively pursue the acquisition of dominant and mobile CB to stabilize an all too fragile defensive group that has self - destructed on numerous occasions over the past 5 seasons... moving forward and building on our need to re-establish our once dominant presence throughout the middle of the park we need to target a CDM then do whatever it takes to get that player into the fold without any of the usual nickel and diming we have become famous for (this kind of ruthless haggling has cost us numerous special players and certainly can't help make the player in question feel good about the way their future potential employer feels about them)... in order for us to become dominant again we need to be strong up the middle again from Goalkeeper to CB to DM to ACM to striker, like we did in our most glorious years before and during Wenger's reign... with this in mind, if we want Ozil to be that dominant attacking midfielder we can't keep leaving him exposed to constant ridicule about his lack of defensive prowess and provide him with the proper players in the final third... he was never a good defensive player in Real or with the German National squad and they certainly didn't suffer as a result of his presence on the pitch... as for the rest of the midfield the blame falls squarely in the hands of Wenger and Gazidis, the fact that Ramsey, Ox, Sanchez and even Ozil were allowed to regularly start when none of the aforementioned had more than a year left under contract is criminal for a club of this size and financial might... the fact that we could find money for Walcott and Xhaka, who weren't even guaranteed starters, means that our whole business model needs a complete overhaul... for me it's time to get rid of some serious deadweight, even if it means selling them below what you believe their market value is just to simply right this ship and change the stagnant culture that currently exists... this means saying goodbye to Wiltshire, Elneny, Carzola, Walcott and Ramsey... everyone, minus Elneny, have spent just as much time on the training table as on the field of play, which would be manageable if they weren't so inconsistent from a performance standpoint (excluding Carzola, who is like the recent version of Rosicky — too bad, both will be deeply missed)... in their places we need to bring in some proven performers with no history of injuries... up front, although I do like the possibilities that a player like Lacazette presents, the fact that we had to wait so many years to acquire some true quality at the striker position falls once again squarely at the feet of Wenger... this issue highlights the ultimate scam being perpetrated by this club since the arrival of Kroenke: pretend your a small market club when it comes to making purchases but milk your fans like a big market club when it comes to ticket prices and merchandising... I believe the reason why Wenger hasn't pursued someone of Henry's quality, minus a fairly inexpensive RVP, was that he knew that they would demand players of a similar ilk to be brought on board and that wasn't possible when the business model was that of a «selling» club... does it really make sense that we could only make a cheeky bid for Suarez, or that we couldn't get Higuain over the line when he was being offered up for half the price he eventually went to Juve for, or that we've only paid any interest to strikers who were clearly not going to press their current teams to let them go to Arsenal like Benzema or Cavani... just part of the facade that finally came crashing down when Sanchez finally called their bluff... the fact remains that no one wants to win more than Sanchez, including Wenger, and although I don't agree with everything that he has done off the field, I would much rather have Alexis front and center than a manager who has clearly bought into the Kroenke model in large part due to the fact that his enormous ego suggests that only he could accomplish great things without breaking the bank... unfortunately that isn't possible anymore as the game has changed quite dramatically in the last 15 years, which has left a largely complacent and complicit Wenger on the outside looking in... so don't blame those players who demanded more and were left wanting... don't blame those fans who have tried desperately to raise awareness for several years when cracks began to appear... place the blame at the feet of those who were well aware all along of the potential pitfalls of just such a plan but continued to follow it even when it was no longer a financial necessity, like it ever really was...

The Seahawks have attempted to utilize their big offseason acquisition more as a blocker, than as a receiver.

-- Buy one or two players for A LOT of Money and buy a couple more at mid range to low — Buy low cost and mid-range players develop them and sell them to big clubs — make only bargain acquisitions, sell your star players to big clubs and take loanees — Buy only expensive superstars sell fringe players to smaller clubs — Buy who you can afford and take players on loan — groom players and sell them for big money and always buy cheap — Buy only the players you need — Buy outside Europe — Buy NO ONE — Use some other strategy we don't know about

Kelvin Leerdam could be a big acquisition for the Sounders in the sense that he is not only a good player himself but also gives the team more balance and keeps Cristian Roldan in midfield, and the Houston Dynamo added a young player with seemingly significant potential in Tomas Martinez.

The main contenders have significantly strengthened their ranks with the acquisition of some big names in their ranks; while there have been significant managerial changes More...

That kind of purchase would set The House That Jobs Built back more than $ 75 billion, or $ 71 billion more than their biggest acquisition to date.

Stephen R. Hardis, who took over as chairman and chief executive officer in January after serving as vice chairman and chief financial officer since 1986, says the targeted growth will be accomplished through a combination of tactics: increased capital investments, higher research and development outlays targeted more directly toward truly new products, acquisitions and expansion in five key developing markets: China, Korea, India, Brazil and Mexico, with China emerging as Eaton's biggest single opportunity.

The Zender family has added a second dealership to their group with the acquisition of the Big Rock Dodge Chrysler dealership in Hinton, Alberta, Canada from Robin Campbell, Paul Olson, and... Read more

The alternative is an ever - increasing Big Five reliance on properties originating outside the traditional publishing industry: celebrities and YouTube stars, high - profile indie author acquisitions and movie tie - ins — all of which will become more and more expensive to acquire as publisher reliance on such external IP increases.

Time for a step - change... Overall, it's a pretty stable core business, so management needs to start milking it for cash to return to shareholders (via dividends / buy - backs), or else accelerate growth by ramping up its leverage & acquisition pipeline / spending (more acquisitions, bigger acquisitions, or both...)-- at this point, I'd still prefer a bet on the latter.

While the company made a big splash in the world of ecommerce with the acquisition of Chewy.com early in the year, increasing the number of physical locations it operates (currently more than 1,600 in all) remains a priority for industry's big - box leader.

And with over 100 million members after the Starwood acquisition, it is the biggest hotel rewards program in the world (and the first I joined more than 20 years ago)!

The additional resources from the acquisition have since enabled StudentUniverse to grow an even bigger footprint and work with more partners globally.

No - cost shipping has always been one of the big perks of the service, but their acquisition of Twitch has made them a big player in the eSports and game streaming realm, and many of their Amazon Prime original -LSB-...] Read more

The Foundation chose to celebrate plurality over restrictive critical judgments in making acquisitions, and so it offers a fairly broad view of artistic developments in the 1970s and 1980s, even though some of the inclusions can feel jarring, even contradictory — a room of quiet, conceptual works by On Kawara and Rémy Zaugg, for instance, is situated not far from one of the big - brushed behemoths by Martin Disler, Rainer Fetting (more rare names), Julian Schnabel, and Francesco Clemente.

The acquisition, the biggest in VF's 112 - year history, will push its sales of outdoor and sports gear to more than half the total, which reached $ 7.7 billion last year.

Even the biggest companies must remain vigilant — Apple and Google regularly spend more on patent litigation and defensive patent acquisitions than on research and development.

«In - house counsel and investment bankers agree that the merger and acquisition stars are aligning to create an environment more conducive for deals, according to one M&A expert,» according to ALM's Corporate Counsel in an article titled Big Deals Put 2014 M&A s at $ 2.5 Trillion and Rising.

The big three REITs have been more subdued in their acquisition activity this year, which analysts attribute in part to political uncertainty surrounding healthcare reform and caution regarding new supply.