Sentences with phrase «number of holdings of»

This would add to Amazon's growing number of holdings of companies who may... [Read more...]

This would add to Amazon's growing number of holdings of companies who may not be wholly associated with the book business, but who can serve to improve Amazon's ability to do what it does best.

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A weak attempt at repeating the truce was made in 1915, but a tradition would not take hold due to «the high numbers of dead and hardened attitudes on both sides but also because of actions of senior commanders.»

Blank suggests a number of other start - up metrics are useful for tracking how well the company's proposed business model is holding up.

When I look at the truly horrendous numbers from United Parcel today, when I read once again about how McDonald's knows it has problems and will address them with alacrity, I can't help but wonder: when will someone finally be held accountable for this kind of subpar performance?»

National Amusements, the Redstone family holding company, recently said it plans to remove Dauman from the Viacom board of directors, along with a number of other directors.

Perth - based car dealer network Automotive Holdings Group is flexing its muscles in Australia's truck and bus market, announcing a number of acquisitions in NSW and Queensland.

Much of this, it can be argued, is that HR analysis tends to focus on the past — for example how many staff have been hired, the number of days taken off sick and the volume of training delivered — rather than looking to the future to see what it may hold.

Holding information close to the vest has worked as it has gained big partnerships, Ambar Bhattacharyya, a vice president at Bessemer Venture Partners, who has handled investments in a number of other healthcare companies (they are not investors in Theranos), told Tech Insider in April.

Start a database that will allow you to sort venues by varying features — the number of people each site holds, if there is AV equipment available on site, will you need to arrange for rental chairs, etc..

I was really struck by the image of Katrina Lake holding her son during her IPO, and there are a number of women entrepreneurs out there who are saying, «I want that to be me too.»

Qalaa will divest a number of its non-core assets over the next five years and reinvest the money into the five key sectors it is now focusing on, says Ahmed Heikal, chairman and founder of Qalaa Holdings.

Nine West Holdings - which owns a number of brands, including Nine West, Anne Klein, Gloria Vanderbilt, and Bandolino - is one of the retailers in the portfolio of private equity firm Sycamore Partners.

The recent slowdown in the number of tech IPOs held each year has also upset the industry.

Fortune ran numbers to calculate how much extra revenue the U.S. would need to raise, over the next decade, if it lowered the rate of growth in Social Security by one percentage point, reduced increases in Medicare, Medicaid, and other health care spending by a proportional amount, and held discretionary spending below growth in GDP (albeit from the higher base established by the new laws).

They have also demanded a new vote on the budget for next year after the government approved the spending plan by not putting it though parliament, but holding the vote in an nearby chamber, with a high number of government supporters — something that the country's opposition deemed as «illegal.»

Over the past year, the number of CLOs, which are also significant investors in energy companies, holding defaulted debt has skyrocketed.

Sageworks Inc., which does financial analysis of privately held companies, gave us 2009 sales percentage increase numbers for the most growing fields.

A CNN poll released in November found that only 37 % of Americans held a favorable view of the Democratic party, compared to 54 % of Americans who had an unfavorable view of Democrats, the highest number since CNN began polling the party in 1992.

Barclays said, given the growth in Netflix's programming over the past year, the number of hours viewed per subscriber should arguably have increased, not held steady.

«There is no magic number of funds to hold, but you can create a well - diversified account with just a handful of broad index funds,» says Alfonso says.

Another option: Ask your boss to «hold paper,» lending you the balance over a fixed number of years at a set interest rate.

The organization's studies show that the number of women in Canada who hold senior officer positions in the corporate sector increased just 4 % between 2002 and 2010.

One sector that lagged behind was startups, as people become increasingly worried about valuations and stability at a number of firms as they either delay going public or struggle in the public market, such as Snap Inc. and Blue Apron Holdings Inc..

«If Saudi Arabia wants to recapture its number one ranking, it needs to accept the renminbi for oil payments instead of just the dollar,» Gordon Kwan, the Hong Kong - based head of regional oil and gas research at Nomura Holdings Inc., told Bloomberg back in June.

There, Pao held court on one side of the room, greeted with hugs and hearty handshakes by a number of start - up entrepreneurs she has worked with.

In the last couple decades, the growth in the number of women's businesses (up 68 percent), employment (up 11 percent), and revenues (up 72 percent) blows past the growth rates of all but the largest publicly - traded businesses, and tops growth rates among all other privately - held businesses over this period.

I would say the numbers and rise in number of people who are pessimistic just confirm that we're in a near holding pattern in our long, slow climb out of the depths of the recession.

It holds a number of government contracts, including for the construction of a high - speed rail link and for the maintenance of roads.

Virtual reality technology holds enormous potential to change the future for a number of fields, from medicine, business, architecture to manufacturing.

The prospectus reveals the company's most recent valuation, as well as the number of shares owned by its executive officers, directors, and the likely number of shares held by stockholders with at least a 5 % stake.

Businesses are beginning to employ VR in a number of ways: to reduce costs, lessen business travel, conduct interviews, give tours, forecast trends and hold meetings.

In 2006, she joined the game show «Deal or No Deal» and became part of a group of women whose job was to wear matching outfits and hold numbered suitcases.

If those numbers hold true, that will be more than a 41 percent growth from this year to the end of 2018.

Before he joined UBS, he held a number of leadership positions at Citigroup, including CFO and head of strategy within global transaction services from 2010 to 2013; head of strategy, planning and risk strategy for the corporate and institutional division from 2006 to 2010; and head of global strategy and cost management from 2004 to 2006.

Shareholder returns at family - controlled corporations significantly outperform those of widely held public companies, even though family - controlled boards tend to break governance rules, such as having a certain number of independent directors.

An international celebrity, highly sought - after hospitality industry guru, and creator, executive producer and star of Spike TV's number - one show, Bar Rescue, most people know Jon Taffer as a larger - than - life television personality who takes a no - holds - barred approach to helping hotels, restaurants and bars reach their full potential.

He'll be holding a rally for his ever - dwindling number of supporters, and as part of these theatrics, will likely issue a presidential pardon for convicted criminal and disgraced former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio.

Reverse splits will reduce the number of shares held.»

According to a Business Week Online article, «between 1997 and 2004 the number of women - owned companies grew 28.1 percent — nearly three times the rate of all privately held businesses.»

She joined the company in 1997 and has held a number of executive positions including CFO of Prudential Annuities, VP of Finance (Individual Life Insurance), and Managing Director & Asset Treasurer, Capital Markets and Corporate Finance.

Shannon used to run large diversified funds — she was once a star manager at CI Financial — but she now manages portfolios that hold a smaller number of mostly Canadian stocks.

An increasing number of privately - held players are going from garage to grocery store in fewer than five years thanks to an erosion of barriers to entry within the food industry.

In some cases, it may make sense to limit your number of holdings.

The number of Buy ratings on the stock — four compared with five Holds, according to data from Bloomberg — shows analysts have confidence in finances down the road, while others would rather wait and see if Cott can move past its erratic history.

Despite the growing number of cities dreaming of a car - free future, or at least a multimodal one, Ford's latest ideas bet on Americans holding onto their love of cars and their tendency to commute alone.

Stock had originally planned to offer direct ownership to everyone as part of the leveraged buyout, but he ran afoul of a Missouri state law that limits the number of owners in a privately held corporation.

The number of employers conducting interviews on Wharton's campus was down about 10 % over 2013, and the total number of interviews held fell 2 %, Hewitt said.

The finance sector's allure has held strong at the University of Virginia's McIntire School, where 47.8 % of students accepted jobs in the field in 2014, nearly the same number as last year, said Tom Fitch, McIntire's associate dean for career services and employer relations.

He studied at Harvard Business School and has also held a number of community related board positions including Chair of the Board of Leadership WA and The Big Issue.