Sentences with phrase «move was the acquisition»

Duke Energy's biggest move was its acquisition of Progress Energy in mid-2012 for over $ 13 billion, significantly enhancing the company's scale and market share in regions such as the Carolinas.

Not exact matches

There are a ton of moving parts — infrastructure, client acquisition, website traffic, money management and more.

The move was made that much more surprising by the fact that Netflix had not previously confirmed its acquisition of The Cloverfield Paradox from Viacom's Paramount Pictures, which produced the movie.

Michal Kauffman writes: By Stage 4, in addition to the panic the company may be feeling as a whole, all sorts of competing interests come out of the woodwork when it comes time to actually move forward with significant investments and real money: from the European tech team that is jazzed about the acquisition, to the U.S. tech team that's threatened by it, to the corporate VC team that hates it because it will undermine a competing investment in their portfolio, to the Services Division as a whole worried about their jobs if the acquisition goes through and much of their work gets automated, etc....

«We view this as a «home - run deal» for Disney and while its an aggressive acquisition with a high price tag, in our opinion this is the right move at the right time as the marriage of these assets creates a much more formidable Disney,» Ives said.

And they said Armstrong seems to be driving Verizon's recent moves in go90 and recent acquisitions.

When we get asked to help post-acquisition with the integration / implementation phase, those competing low - level and mid-level interests are still there, still undermining the acquisition, even if the deal was and is the right move for the company overall.

Among the notable moves Molson Coors made during his tenure was the company's roughly $ 3.5 billion acquisition of Central and East European brewer StarBev LP, a deal that expanded the company's footprint in Europe's emerging markets.

«We now have an office and staff, which came with the Public Internet Services Limited acquisition, and we are deciding how to move forward from here,» he said.

But investors shouldn't get too excited about a possible move on Corus, because Shaw must first close the Canwest deal before seriously looking at other acquisitions, and there is no obvious need to privatize Corus.

Walmart is reportedly closing in on a big acquisition of Flipkart, and that single move could ignite yet another major fight between the big - box retailer and Amazon.

An acquisition of Snyder's would be one of the company's boldest moves, as Campbell CEO Denise Morrison heads into her seventh year in the job.

The deal is Albertsons» first big strategic move since Amazon's acquisition of Whole Foods Market earlier this year.

Nike isn't a stranger to bold moves as evidenced by their acquisitions of Cole Haan, Converse (Chuck Taylors!)

In that scenario, it's Amazon that looks after customer acquisition and experience, and HSBC or another bank that actually stores the money and moves it around.

SAP had been slow to move into the cloud, said Reuner, but after making the shift with acquisitions such as procurement software company Ariba in 2012, the first quarter of 2017 saw it sell more subscriptions than expected, with new cloud bookings increasing by 49 percent to 215 million euros ($ 244.9 million) and shares hitting a record high.

Bottom line, programmatic is the direction that the online advertising industry is moving, Pitz said, «so I look at this as an acquisition that keeps them moving their business in a forward direction rather than keeping them behind.»

Many of the recent Big Pharma deals and acquisition proposals have been motivated by the companies» desire to lower their tax rate by acquiring a foreign rival and moving their headquarters overseas in a process known as an inversion.

The acquisition could be a smart move for Netflix and Hastings.

First I had CRM moved under me and we were able to segment our audience much better and get into more sophisticated targeting, so that went well, and then acquisition marketing was moved under me, and that's how I really became a CMO.

The move will allow U.S. computer maker Dell to trim some of the $ 43 billion in debt it is taking on to fund its pending cash - and - stock acquisition of data storage provider EMC Corp, a deal worth close to $ 60 billion.

Difficult, significant and risky decisions (for instance, moving forward with a major acquisition) are almost impossible to reverse and therefore carry tremendous risk to the organization and the future of the CEO and the rest of the executive team.

«Even though Blue Apron turns a profit on the remaining 30 % of customers, the break - even point is moving farther away with every new cohort due to declining revenue and growing [customer acquisition cost] for newer customers,» writes McCarthy.

MONTREAL — Alimentation Couche - Tard is preparing for the largest U.S. acquisition in its history after striking a friendly deal to buy The Pantry Inc., a move that will increase its presence in the growing southern states.

Whereas Yahoo moved quickly to implement revenue strategies for Tumblr, at least some of which had been in the works prior to the acquisition, Facebook is playing a longer game with Instagram.

The move represents the first major acquisition for Britain's biggest mortgage lender, which is part - owned by the government, since it was bailed out during the 2007 - 09 crisis.

The company had indulged in a typical spree of acquisitions over the last few years, but nothing that can be truly said to have moved the needle like, say, a YouTube.

Telus may be the smallest of Canada's Big Three telcos, but CEO Darren Entwistle has been the collective's biggest voice, leading the charge in a PR blitz against Verizon's proposed move north via acquisitions of Wind and Mobilicity.

While in the past, HR managers did the tedious work like payroll, today they're some of the most essential people in any organization, being at the centre of big strategic moves like mergers and acquisitions and corporate recruiting.

KAGARA Zinc Limited is moving ahead swiftly to develop its mineral interests in North Queensland, with the acquisition of Perilya Ltd's entire interest and rights in the assets of the Mt Garnet and Walsh River joint ventures.Under the agreement, Ka...

If Chen Guangbiao is to be believed, his arrival in New York this week to pursue a long shot acquisition of The New York Times won't be the last time a wealthy Chinese entrepreneur makes a move on a U.S. media property.

Move maintains that under California law, Trulia's rights were assigned as a result of the acquisition.

A lot has happened since Samuelson was forced to go on leave in July — Zillow closed its acquisition of Trulia in February, and now both sites are scrambling to secure direct listing feeds from brokers and MLSs before Move - owned ListHub shuts off feeds to the sites on April 7.

Standard & Poors analyst Mark Cavallone told Reuters the Broadcast.com acquisition is a strategic move that ensure Yahoo remains viable in a broadband world.

Just five weeks after the deal was announced, HP's directors fired Apotheker, a move some analysts trace to the company's almost immediate remorse over the Autonomy acquisition.

The move comes two years after a private equity peer of Husky, Milacron Holdings Corp (MCRN.N), went public in a $ 286 million initial public offering, following a string of acquisition in an industry that is increasingly consolidating.

His move to one of Europe's most influential financial posts is likely to lead to more liberal policies toward foreign acquisitions.

Amazon.com Inc. is making its biggest acquisition since the 2009 purchase of Zappos.com, agreeing to pay $ 775 million for Kiva Systems Inc., a maker of robots that move items around warehouses.

In a statement, the company said the acquisition is part of its move to diversify its offerings and cater to the public sector by providing e-governance solutions, consulting and management support services.

It is not unlikely we will see more of these merger & acquisition deals in Korea moving forward.

The moves come following Uber's acquisition of self - driving trucking company Otto in August, which put co-founder Anthony Levandowski in charge of the company's autonomous efforts above existing directors Raffi Krikorian — who was previously at Twitter and joined Uber in March 2015 — and John Bares — who was poached from Carnegie Robotics in January 2015.

It's a notable move for Facebook, which has exclusively focused on bite - size acquisitions, worth less than $ 100 million.

The Trump administration blocked Broadcom's acquisition of Qualcomm, and I think it was the right move.

But, perhaps more importantly, the acquisitions could go a long way to proving out Forerunner's thesis: That as more purchases move online, traditional brick - and - mortar retailers will struggle to adapt and digitally native brands and retailers will be valued at a premium.

Given how much acquisitions are moving the needle, check to see what impact they had on revenue last quarter.

In late November, China's foreign exchange agency released a three - line statement saying it was set to increase its scrutiny of outbound merger and acquisition (M&A) transactions in an attempt to combat «fake deals», which are put together simply to move renminbi offshore to avoid an anticipated depreciation in the Chinese currency.

If history is any guide, Buffett and his team of analysts at Berkshire are getting close to making some sort of major move: Every few years, the company makes a major acquisition that deepens the foundation of cash flow.

If this acquisition is approved, I think CVS will be a benefit in the long - term as this is a much - needed move to fend off competition in the space and restore growth within the company.

CVS is making a defensive yet essential acquisition moving into the future.

I believe CVS will undergo short - term stock pressure but long - term appreciation as this move was a defensive yet necessary acquisition moving into the future.