Sentences with phrase «on acquiring a company»

Valeant's playbook has focused on acquiring companies that produce lower - risk over-the-counter medicines that won't gobble up tremendous amounts of capital to launch.

The majority of the investments made by Centerbridge are centered on acquiring companies that are undergoing bankruptcy or financial restructuring.

If you're planning on acquiring a company as a strategic asset, I generally recommend keeping the team as an autonomous unit.

Last year at the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting, Warren Buffet explained his theory on acquiring a company with cash compared to acquiring the company with stock.

Last year at the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting, Warren Buffet explained his theory on acquiring a company with cash compared to...

Not exact matches

Many times, companies will focus their PR sectors on acquiring new customers.

During the past 15 years in corporate America, I've worked for three different companies that were acquired by larger organizations on four different occasions.

Huffington Post founder Arianna Huffington, whose company is owned by AOL (which was itself acquired by Verizon last year), sent out a memo to employees on Friday saying the company is shifting its approach to video.

The same restructuring appointed separate executives responsible for each of the Leon's stores and the Brick, which the company acquired in 2013, freeing the family to focus on further growing their empire.

While Luckey initially raised capital for his company through a massive crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter, his company hit its stride in 2014 when Facebook [fortunes - stock symbol =» FB»] announced that it had acquired Oculus VR for $ 2 billion.

Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel is not planning for his company to get acquired, he said onstage at Re / code's Code Conference on Tuesday evening.

• Helmerich & Payne, Inc. (NYSE: HP) acquired Magnetic Variation Services, LLC, a Westminster, Colo. - based company focused on directional drilling and wellbore optimization.

The class action, filed in United States District Court, Southern District of New York, and docketed under 18 - cv - 02213, is on behalf of a class consisting of investors who purchased or otherwise acquired BRF American Depositary Receipts («ADRs») between April 4, 2013 and March 2, 2018, both dates inclusive (the «Class Period»), seeking to recover damages caused by Defendants» violations of the federal securities laws and to pursue remedies under Sections 10 (b) and 20 (a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the «Exchange Act») and Rule 10b - 5 promulgated thereunder, against the Company and certain of its top officials.

UBM bought trade show organizer Advanstar last year for $ 972 million, capping off a five - year spree in which it acquired 53 companies, most of them bolt - ons.

Since 2008, Dell has spent $ 13 billion on acquiring at least 20 B2B companies.

While many expanding companies invest considerable time and resources into acquiring new customers, they tend to forget that the real work begins once a new customer comes on board.

Prologis, a logistics company with a global footprint, will acquire smaller U.S. rival DCT Industrial Trust in an $ 8.4 billion all - stock transaction, including the assumption of debt, the two companies said on Sunday.

This network of companies focused on acquiring and developing YouTube talent is, of course, a good thing for Google.

The class action, filed in United States District Court, for the District of Illinois, Eastern Division, is on behalf of a class consisting of investors who purchased or otherwise acquired Akorn's securities between March 1, 2017 through February 26, 2018, both dates inclusive (the «Class Period»), seeking to recover damages caused by defendants» violations of the federal securities laws and to pursue remedies under Sections 10 (b) and 20 (a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b - 5 promulgated thereunder, against the Company and certain of its top officials.

Prologis will acquire smaller U.S. rival DCT Industrial Trust in an $ 8.4 billion all - stock transaction, including the assumption of debt, the two companies said on Sunday.

• Teradyne acquired MiR, a Denmark - based robotics company, for $ 148 million, with $ 124 million on the table after meeting performance goals.

Bloomberg attributes this boost to a recent surge in tech companies acquiring funding for the first time, indicating that investors are more willing than ever to take chances on startups.

On Monday, news broke that HNA is withdrawing its offer to acquire the fund company.

Swiss drug giant Novartis has struck a deal to acquire France's Advanced Accelerator Applications (AAA) for $ 3.9 billion, or a nearly 50 % premium on the company's closing share price before knowledge of the deal became public.

Big biotech and pharma companies are absolutely dependent on being able to successfully innovate by partnering with and acquiring disruptive startups because of the nature of the patent cliff in pharmaceuticals.

• Cloudflare acquired Neumob, a Sunnyvale, Calif. - based company focused on speeding up mobile apps, reducing errors, and boosting conversions.

Valeant has been at the center of a political firestorm over prescription medication costs and pharmaceutical companies, which depend more on acquiring or licensing existing therapies (and then raising their prices) rather than fueling R&D into new drugs.

On the creation side, GoPro's media group manager, Bradford Schmidt, persuaded Woodman to acquire a leading digital - video software company, CineForm, in early 2011, right around the time GoPro released a rig that allows users to shoot in 3 - D by calibrating two cameras to shoot simultaneously and create layered 3 - D files.

Silvercorp Metals Inc. a Vancouver - based company that explores, develops and acquires high - grade silver in China and Canada, distributed a press release on Sept. 2 saying that on Aug. 29 it received an anonymous letter (also sent to the Ontario Securities Commission) claiming there was a «potential $ 1.3 billion accounting fraud» at the company.

Amazon's move to acquire Whole Foods is a «natural pivot» for a company that «doesn't buy fixer - uppers,» said Wall Street analyst Mark Mahaney on CNBC's «Power Lunch» Friday.

• The Riverside Company acquired Kii Naturals, a Canada - based maker of all - natural artisan crackers as an add - on for portfolio company NuStef Company acquired Kii Naturals, a Canada - based maker of all - natural artisan crackers as an add - on for portfolio company NuStef company NuStef Baking.

• On Location Experiences, a portfolio company of RedBird Capital Partners, Bruin Sports Capital, and 32 Equity, acquired PrimeSport, a Atlanta - based firm providing direct access to sports and entertainment events.

And the logic of one revered brand buying another seemed broken, based on Apple's history of acquiring smaller companies.

TMS is focused on the Australian offshore oil and gas support industry and was acquired by labour hire company Integrated Group in 2002.

And within months of announcing that it was acquiring Rdio last year, Pandora was reported to be on the block (although co-founder Tim Westergren has downplayed that idea since he took over as the company's CEO).

Herjavec concluded that the success of the companies on the show — and any small business — depends on how they make use of their newly acquired knowledge and resources.

There's one major drawback for investors, though: They are unlikely to see a payout on their investment unless the company is acquired or goes public.

Prior to Sucampo, he served as Chief Scientific Officer of Ambrx Inc., a clinical - stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of antibody - drug conjugates (ADCs) that was acquired by a consortium led by Fosun Pharmaceutical Group in 2015.

SoftBank has acquired a 15 % stake in Uber, through a combination of direct investment in the ride - hailing company and through buying the shares of existing Uber shareholder, Uber confirmed on Thursday, weeks after announcing that the transaction was underway.

But with Amazon making so much headway in acquiring content on its own, the company may not even need to purchase Netflix to expand.

Shares in local explorer Manas Resources have doubled in value on news the company has entered into an agreement to acquire the Victoria gold project in Tanzania from a private Italian group for $ US4 million ($ A5.4 million) in cash and shares.

Although Softbank - which had recently acquired the personal computer industry's biggest trade show (Comdex) and publishing company (Ziff - Davis)- was barely a blip on the industry's radar, Son had dreams of becoming a big player in the fast - growing tech sector.

In connection with the proposed transactions, McDermott International, Inc. («McDermott») has filed a Registration Statement on Form S - 4 (the «Registration Statement») with the SEC that includes (1) a joint proxy statement of McDermott and Chicago Bridge & Iron Company N.V. («CB&I»), which also constitutes a prospectus of McDermott and (2) an offering prospectus of McDermott Technology, B.V. in connection with McDermott Technology, B.V.'s offer to acquire CB&I shares.

• FusionZONE Automotive, a portfolio company of Primus Capital, acquired MotorWebs, a Seattle - based web design company focused on car dealership websites.

Computer companies have pushed the responsibility for security on users, telling them to acquire third - party software and hardware.

Online property rental company rent.com.au has commenced its first day of trading on the ASX, after being acquired by Select Exploration in a backdoor listing.

Perth - based biotech company ResApp Health had a steady first day of trade on the ASX today, after being acquired by Narhex Life Sciences in an $ 11 million backdoor listing.

Controversy around the deal prompted the Conservative government to implement restrictions on state - owned enterprises acquiring majority stakes in Canadian companies.

Existing tax laws around equity - based compensation can even drive a company's employees to let their options go, and miss out on the future windfall when that start - up goes public or is acquired at a good price.

Viacom announced new rebranding efforts on Thursday morning that will see the struggling company focus its efforts on six flagship brands — which include Paramount, the studio acquired more than two decades ago by media mogul Sumner Redstone, whose family owns the controlling stake in Viacom and CBS.