Sentences with phrase «mostly record companies»

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If Kickstarter were like the media institutions that dominated the 20th century — book publishers, movie studios, record companies — the crowdfunding site's revenue would derive mostly from a few big hits, like the Oculus Rift virtual - reality visor and the Pebble smartwatch.

But its track record in U.S. technology is considered by almost all veteran tech investors to be quite poor, mostly because it can not get access to the best companies.

1) pays a fixed dividend rate of at least 6.5 %; 2) Become callable five years after IPO; 3) Pays dividends quarterly; 4) Be rated «investment grade» by Moody's Investors Service; 5) Be issued by a company that has a perfect track record of never having suspended the dividend payments on a preferred stock (and these are mostly decades old, multibillion dollar companies); 6) Have a «cumulative» dividend obligation; 7) Be issued by a U.S. company; 8) Not be convertible to common stock in the future; 9) Have easy (online) access to the prospectus at IPO; and 10) Have an initial share value (par) of $ 25.00.

Crown's decision to make colored vinyl records was a bit odd, since the company was a budget label that mostly issued recordings that had previously been released by other companies.

There, students can find a section called «Running on Oil» and read a page that touts the industry's environmental track record — citing improvements mostly attributable to laws that the companies fought tooth and nail, by the way — but makes only vague references to spills or pollution.

A closely related issue is how long you need to retain a document, something for which law firms and businesses often establish a «records retention policy» that depends mostly upon the relevant statute of limitations and the domestic laws that apply to the company.

If you have a clean driving record and don't mind spending most of your days with mostly the radio for company, it's a great field.