Sentences with phrase «other firms make»

In effect, they want to see a lot of other firms make the change before they do.

The other firms making it onto the panel are Ashurst, Berwin Leighton Paisner, Clifford Chance, Hogan Lovells, Linklaters and Simmons & Simmons.

Are other firms making similar decisions?

Not exact matches

Along with the hardware sellers, railroads, trucking companies, logistics firms and others that make up the supply - chain of the economy also faced the challenge of providing essential goods to Texas, the second - largest U.S. state.

Unlike plenty of other tech firms, Twitter makes actually makes money, and does so in several ways.

The Taiwan - based firm's new Wisconsin manufacturing facility will make LCDs, which will «be used in everything from self - driving cars to aircraft systems and in the fields of education, entertainment, healthcare, safety and surveillance, advanced manufacturing systems and office automation, among others,» Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker said in a statement.

Other partners at the hedge fund firm he co-founded, Brevan Howard Asset Management, have independently made similar investments, the people said, asking not to be named because the information isn't public.

Beverly Kelly, human - resources manager at Robert Charles Lesser & Co., a real - estate consulting firm in Los Angeles, asks candidates about other companies they're interviewing with, and what makes a particular company attractive.

«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.

Facebook's shares have lagged behind other big tech names, making the valuation potentially attractive, says Tim Seymour of Triogem Asset Management, which has accounts holding shares in the social media firm.

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.

Aside from the fact that Carrier's plans were made during the presidential campaign and its parent company is vulnerable to political pressures, what exactly makes Carrier worthy of being treated differently from the other multinational firms that employ 23 million Americans?

Others include Filterboxx, a private firm that makes portable treatment modules, and GasFrac (TSX: GSF), a Calgary outfit that developed a proprietary liquefied - petroleum gas gel as a fracturing liquid instead of water.

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.

The worry is that a CEO at one firm sees how much executives at other firms are making and, not surprisingly, asks to receive the same or more.

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.

«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.

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.

While CORFO conducts research and development in collaboration with other organizations to identify a short list of firms that could make strong candidates to set up shop in Chile, Fernandez's decision to open up an office in Chile was actually a result of Ruby on Rails (RoR).

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.

Simple steps, such as looking for suppliers and vendors on the island, using one's connections to help other local firms tap into demand or meet investors, and expanding one's own business beyond Puerto Rico can all make a difference.

To make matters worse, executives at a couple of solar firms, Conergy and Solar Millennium, are under suspicion of fraud, insider trading and other wrongdoing.

Banco Sabadell, Inmobiliaria Colonial and Abertis, along with several other firms based in Catalonia, made the same decision.

At $ 30 - $ 75 per month, which includes other benefits like syncing, sharing and cloud storage, this instantly makes such apps affordable for more than just professional designers employed by enterprise or big media and advertising firms.

Alabbar has also made other investments in new technology and e-commerce — buying a stake in regional logistics firm Aramex last year and is in the process of setting up a high - end Middle East online fashion retailer with Yoox Net - a-Porter after buying a 4 % stake in the Italian - based online retailer for 100 million euros last April.

However, if that same person was a partner in an unincorporated firm to which she had contributed 10 percent of the company's capital, she might be eligible to receive more than 10 percent of the business's profits if such an agreement had been made with the other partners.

Nixon then made the media rounds on Monday to say that six of the 21 employees used by its IT services firm iGATE are local, and the other 13 from India are only in Canada to manage the transition.

The founders also made it clear that they would not use an offer from one firm to drum up higher offers from others, as some Internet entrepreneurs do.

A source at a law firm told the South China Morning Post that the State Administration of Taxation issued a consultation draft on the proposal at the end of last year, specifying that multinationals would have to disclose affiliated businesses and how intangible assets, labor and other internal cost transfers were made.»

This week, the U.S. district court judge slapped the stingy content - marketing firm with a fine of $ 1.75 million to make it right with workers it forced to forgo pay while using the toilet and for taking other short personal breaks.

The investment bank has made more than any other Wall Street firm advising companies on moving their headquarters overseas to avoid U.S. taxes.

First, Meg Whitman's nomination to HP's board was made at the behest of Ray Lane, the chair of HP's (hpq) board, circumventing the board's nominations processes, which raised concerns with ISS, a proxy advisory firm, and others.

Some sports like tennis and swimming got less attention, but during this time Nike made a firm push into the Chinese markets, and other brands owned by Nike, like Converse and Umbro, became more focused.

Never mind Amazon and Zappos, other firms are realizing that stellar customer service makes the sale.

The letter urges five overall guiding principles and 10 best practices in order to get more women into the field generally and leadership positions, including: getting executives and boards to make gender diversity a priority; establishing mentorship programs that connect women with life sciences executives; and doing a better job tracking where female talent goes within biopharma firms, among other suggestions.

Amidi, who is also a co-founding partner of seed investment firm Amidzad Partners and founder of 14 other companies, says Plug and Play started the accelerator to help make Bitcoin more widespread and easier to use, and to add strong Bitcoin - related companies to its investment portfolio, which includes PayPal and Zoosk.

The supercomputer will be made available for a fee to Japan «s corporations, who now outsource data crunching to foreign firms such as Google and Microsoft, Sekiguchi and others involved in the project said.

The neighbourhood suits the company, which makes a point of steering clear of the typical, sterile white - collar look — not unlike many other young tech firms.

I want to emphasize that this is «blind» data (I do not know which person or firm said what making this confidential and less biased) and nobody responding had any motive other than just telling us how they were feeling.

This extends, for example, to securities firms and other market participants that allow payments to be made in cryptocurrencies, set up structures to invest in or hold cryptocurrencies, or extend credit to customers to purchase or hold cryptocurrencies.

While the respective firm's high - profile leaders — Jeff Bezos, Jamie Dimon, and Warren Buffett — made the announcement, the effort will be spearheaded by three lesser - known individuals before a longer - term management team, headquarter location, and other operational details are announced.

Other technology firms that made it to the list are Nvidia at no. 28, which produces chips for futuristic technologies such as deep learning and driverless cars, Facebook at no. 29 for investing in Messenger and for hosting news articles on its platform, Japanese messaging app maker Line at no. 37, Coinbase at no. 40 for enabling Bitcoin payments in PayPal and Expedia, IBM at no. 46 for its work with Watson, Snapchat at no. 47 for its innovative new format, and Uber at no. 50 for its ride - sharing services and driver deliveries.

«They're not making the dynamic moves that you're seeing other banks do,» said Schwartz, whose Toronto - based firm manages about $ 700 million.

But it is valuable and why should I just give it away so that other firms and advertisers can make money out of it?»

Other companies facing similar questions about whether they can make good on early investor expectations — and lofty private - market valuations — include online storage service Dropbox Inc., note - taking company Evernote Corp., music - streaming service Deezer SA and blood - testing company Theranos Inc., said Anand Sanwal, chief executive officer of CB Insights, a firm that tracks startup investing.

Investors Against Genocide is a citizen - led initiative dedicated to encouraging mutual funds and other investment firms to make an ongoing commitment to genocide - free investing by avoiding companies that substantially contribute to genocide or crimes against humanity.

In the spring of 2000, I went into my local brokerage firm and said to these guys: ««Why did I only make 12 percent last year, when other people are making 40 percent.»

Unlike some other investments Ackman has made, the Nike stake was passive, meaning he didn't buy it to push for executive or strategic changes at the firm.