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Pharmaceutical giant GSK fined alongside a raft of other firms for «stifling» competition for depression drug

Not exact matches

NEW YORK, April 17 - The judge overseeing the $ 1 billion fraud case of defunct New York hedge fund firm Platinum Partners has ordered a separate trial for a defendant planning to argue that Platinum Chief Investment Officer Mark Nordlicht and other defendants were guilty as charged.

«We are inclined to view it as posing greater trade risk for all types of energy, particularly if other nations establish new trade barriers against U.S. products,» Washington - based research firm ClearView Energy Partners LLC said in a report Monday.

Fast - casual chain Chipotle Mexican Grill added some spice to its long - running «Food With Integrity» sustainable farming campaign by teaming with Academy Award - winning design firm Moonbot Studios for The Scarecrow, an animated short film and accompanying mobile game created to increase consumer awareness of animal confinement, synthetic growth hormones, toxic pesticides and other fixtures of industrial food production.

But companies can also hawk them to other firms — often for tens or even hundreds of millions of dollars.

Ben Dutton, president and CEO of the Casman Group of companies, said about half of the 200 workers employed by his Fort McMurray - based general construction firm are already back in town and working on restoring heating - ventilation and other systems for commercial and industrial customers.

While accelerator programs have long offered this perk to startups, usually in exchange for equity, entrepreneurs are finding other types of free space available, says Steve King, partner at Emergent Research, a consulting firm focused on small business in Lafayette, Calif..

Chinese company CNOOC's $ 15 billion takeover Alberta oilsands firm Nexen Energy created controversy last year with this publication among others criticizing the federal government for a lack of clear policy on SOE takeovers.

«KPCB discriminates against [Ellen Pao] and other women by failing to promote them comparably to men, by compensating them less than men through lower salary, bonus and carried interest, by restricting the number of investments that women are allowed to make as compared to men, by failing to include junior women from meetings and discussions, by failing to provide equivalent sponsorship of women as of men, by failing to include junior women comparably to junior men in the interview process, and by failing to provide opportunities for visibility and success inside and outside the firm for women as compared to men.»

Dual - class shares and other regulatory changes are making Chinese technology firms look closer to home for listings, says Wilson Chow of PwC.

On the other hand, if the province decided not to become involved in the firm shipping market, they would distort the signals received by the regulators in terms of the demand for shipping services, leaving the system short of capacity and lowering the value of Canadian oil in the process.

For instance, «someone has to pay for a mover and cough up the security deposit because you're not necessarily going to get it back from the original apartment if the other person is staying,» says Wynne Whitman, attorney at the law firm Schenck, Price, Smith & King, LLP and coauthor of Shacking Up: The Smart Girl's Guide to Living in Sin Without Getting BurnFor instance, «someone has to pay for a mover and cough up the security deposit because you're not necessarily going to get it back from the original apartment if the other person is staying,» says Wynne Whitman, attorney at the law firm Schenck, Price, Smith & King, LLP and coauthor of Shacking Up: The Smart Girl's Guide to Living in Sin Without Getting Burnfor a mover and cough up the security deposit because you're not necessarily going to get it back from the original apartment if the other person is staying,» says Wynne Whitman, attorney at the law firm Schenck, Price, Smith & King, LLP and coauthor of Shacking Up: The Smart Girl's Guide to Living in Sin Without Getting Burned.

For another, a lot of other firms that had scaled back their hiring plans, from the major consulting shops to smaller boutiques, are expanding their entry pools.

That's certainly true for many firms, but as the beta period ends and the cost of participation becomes clearer, others question whether they really need to be active on the likes of Facebook and Twitter.

Instead of making and selling goods, these companies buy other firms or infrastructure assets and either hold them long term or turn them around for an eventual sale.

A few have made more of an effort and serve as a paradigm for other Bay Area firms.

Programs like Microsoft for Startups and Google Launchpad have put hundreds of millions of dollars into accelerators and other resources for new firms.

Facebook, Alphabet's Google, Apple and other major technology firms are largely absent from a debate over the renewal of a broad U.S. internet surveillance law, weakening prospects for privacy reforms that would further protect customer data, according to sources familiar with the matter.

Another reason for the growing firm - to - firm pay gap, according to the authors of the study, could be that in the modern economy companies have become so specialized and lean that some attract high - skilled workers and others mostly lower skilled ones.

Two Perth - based resources companies are planning to switch sectors with the acquisition of cancer - based biotechnology firms, with one planning a backdoor listing and the other seeking support for an IPO.

For other consumer products firms looking to follow a similar path, Chiodo offers a telling piece of advice about how to gauge the potential of a foreign market, and the commitment of a local partner.

«The larger exemption provides a lot of planning opportunities for people who own businesses or other assets that they expect to go up in value,» said Michelle Canerday, head of the private client group in Chicago for law firm Nixon Peabody.

For example, does a potential client have a history of unsuccessful past working relationships with other firms or seems unnecessarily nitpicky before you've even shook hands to seal the deal?

So it is constantly looking for new tools and better ways to get the job done; and (d) the company is struggling — right along with every other tech firm — with how it can make the work force more diverse even though, in terms of gender at least, it's already as diverse as any firm in the city.

NEW YORK, April 17 (Reuters)- The judge overseeing the $ 1 billion fraud case of defunct New York hedge fund firm Platinum Partners has ordered a separate trial for a defendant planning to argue that Platinum Chief Investment Officer Mark Nordlicht and other defendants were guilty as charged.

In other words, Canadian firms have a harder time raising funds than U.S. counterparts, even though it would, on average, make more of a positive difference for them.

Companies like Quest Diagnostics (DGX), for instance, reportedly tests millions of urine samples every year and, along with other firms, is ramping up a lobbying push to block marijuana reform.

Run through the venture capital firm First Round Capital, the Dorm Room Fund has teams of college entrepreneurs in New York, San Francisco, Philadelphia, and Boston that scout for other promising student - founded startups.

They also are in negotiations with other advisors who would be interested in using Hammond's firm as a succession partner to protect the value of their practices, both for their loved ones and their clients.

Additionally, JetBlue Technology Ventures is investing alongside GGV and other venture firms in a $ 36 million series C round of funding for Gladly, bringing the company's total capital raised to $ 63 million.

From his base in London, Ont., Ciccarelli's firm, Voices.com, has established itself as an online exchange where ad agencies, video producers and other media organizations go to find actors with the precisely the sorts of voices and inflections they need for commercials, mobile apps and other audio uses.

«In soliciting investments in the Fake Funds, CASPERSEN made the following false representations to investors, among others: in recognition for his prior work with Park Hill Group, CASPERSEN had been offered a «friends and family» investment allocation in a security that was allegedly offered by a private equity firm; CASPERSEN was personally investing in the security, and offering it to his family and a limited number of friends; the investment was a credit facility secured by a portfolio of assets owned by one of the Legitimate Funds; the investor would receive quarterly interest payments, ranging from 15 to 20 percent; the investment was practically risk - free, as the loaned funds would remain in a bank account; the investor could withdraw the principal at any time with 90 days» notice; and investor funds should be wired to one of the Fake Fund Accounts.

In other news, Larry Fink, CEO of $ 6.3 trillion manager BlackRock, said financial firms have «done most investors poorly» — and laid out his ideal scenario for the next 10 years.

Indeed, the fact that Fluid Life has designed its offices to keep everyone thinking big is just one reason the firm — along with 44 others — joined the ranks of Canada's Best Managed Companies for the first time this year.

According to Mark Højgaard, CEO and co-founder of Coinify, a tech firm helping businesses accept payments via crypto, «It definitely makes sense for Facebook users globally to send some kind of token to each other.

«Our firm created this based on hours of research on other companies guidelines, to help streamline the process for our clients.»

The firm's investigation seeks to determine, among other things, whether the Company's Board of Directors failed to satisfy their duties to shareholders, including whether the Board adequately pursued alternatives to the acquisition and whether the Board obtained the best price possible for the Company's shares of common stock.

A firm favorite for a few years now, Canva lets users create social images, blog covers, banner ads, and a whole host of other visuals completely free of charge.

The tacit endorsement of the event by top U.S. tech executives comes as China introduces strict new rules on censorship and data storage, causing headaches for foreign tech firms permitted to do business in China and signaling that restrictions banning others are unlikely to be lifted any time soon.

Ideally, benefits of this special 8 (a) program to the protà © gà © firm — which can have only one mentor at a time — will include technical and management assistance; options to enter into joint - venture business agreements with mentor firms to compete for government contracts; financial assistance in the form of equity or loans; and qualification for other SBA assistance programs.

Our first level of checking [for potential] may be as poor as other firms but our second or third is better.»

Budnick is president of Vanguard Plastics in Southington, Connecticut, a 30 - person injection - molding firm that makes parts on contract for medical - equipment makers, automotive companies, and other manufacturers.

Owners and / or other principals of the firm are currently in prison, on parole, or on probation for criminal activity.

In July, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission approved a bid by a firm called LedgerX to open a clearinghouse for crypto - currency puts, calls, swaps and all sorts of other exotic contracts.

And at the end of the day, its hodgepodge of proposals will wind up shrinking the individual marketplace, which is bad news for insurance firms, hospitals, and other parts of the medical sector.

Companies such as MarketTools and other market research firms can develop random sample populations and help compile lists for specialized market segments, such as women between the ages of 25 and 40 who live in the San Francisco Bay area, or people who have children or pets.

On the other side of the trade ledger, and indicating that Chinese demand for raw materials remained firm, Customs said imports surged 14.4 % from a year earlier, above the 6.3 % increase of February and forecasts for a smaller acceleration of 10 %.

«When we were designing the space, we wanted to figure out ways for people to go back there for new experiences in the same space,» says Carlton DeWoody of the New York firm Reunion, designer of the Wildwood Lodge, listing coffee breaks, work time, social hour, meals and other uses supported in a lounge filled with trivia and board games.

«I was working from home for a web consulting firm and realized I needed to be around other people and out of the house,» he explains.

Blockchain technology, which is best known for powering Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, is gaining steam among finance firms because of its potential to streamline processes and increase efficiency.