Sentences with phrase «other large companies such»

Aside from the poultry business, this city also has other large companies such as Northeast Georgia Health System, which has about 5,200 employees.
Now other large companies such as PlayStation are launching their virtual reality devices to the market, which will make the general public to be able to access these devices and to start seeing the force that the virtual reality or augmented reality have.

Not exact matches

At the other end, funds such as OMERS Ventures and Georgian Partners, two of the country's most prominent VCs, are capable of investing large amounts of money in more mature companies.
The bigger the company, the larger the paycheque you can command — and that doesn't count other compensation such as stock or performance bonuses, common at the higher end of the leadership ladder.
And in other areas, such as community outreach in new markets and choosing locations, the company is executing with the savvy of a much larger player.
The company moved into the large facility in 2012, helping transform San Francisco's Mid-Market neighborhood into a tech hub that now houses other promising tech firms such as Uber and Square, as well as a variety of smaller startups.
Most large companies, such as Google, Apple and Dropbox, offer 2FA with a mobile phone number or email account, and apps such as Authy and Google Authenticator can help you implement it with other apps and services.
«There's truly getting to be a few companies at such a scale, like Amazon, Google, Apple, Microsoft and Alibaba and Tencent that the world is going to be like a barbell, with a large gap in between with humongous tech and IT service providers on one side and everyone else on the other,» Townsend said.
While these teams, along with larger companies such as Hyperloop One and Hyperloop Transportation Technologies, are working on solving the technical issues of the hyperloop, other challenges exist ahead for the transportations system.
The rate at which employees forfeit their stock awards, typically by leaving the company before fully vesting, is significantly higher at Amazon than at other large tech firms such as Alphabet and Apple, according to an analysis of company filings.
Shares of Match Group, the company that runs Tinder and other popular dating apps such as OKCupid, plummeted more than 22 percent — the largest one - day drop in its history — after Mr. Zuckerberg's announcement.
Smith believes Apple is the first major company that's attempting to utilize differential privacy at scale, although he notes other large commercial entities such as AT&T have previously done research on it (as has, perhaps surprisingly, Google via its Project Rappor).
Sales Focus Inc. has built successful outsourced sales teams for some of the world's largest companies, such as General Electric, British Petroleum, AT&T and many other Fortune 500 organizations.
Sales Focus Inc. has built successful outsourced sales teams for some of the world's largest companies, such as PPG, Constellation Energy, General Electric, British Petroleum, AT&T and many other Fortune 500 organizations.
The companies most suited for such a service are ones which already have a large logistic network and strong presence through once shopping channel or other.
Other companies such as Yahoo, Outbrain, and Taboola are connecting with websites in large networks to enable the semantic analysis of a brand's content to display related links, which are in paid - placement slots.
Altoids are now the fourth - largest - selling mint in the U.S., and the largest - selling «power mint,» topping $ 46 million in sales for the year ending April 26, according to Information Resources, so it is not surprising that others companies such as Starbucks, Neiman Marcus, and Alfred Dunhill have come out with their own lines.
Other prominent Australian's, such as entrepreneur and aviator Dick Smith, have called the imminent sale of S.Kidman & Co, Australia's largest landholder, to a Chinese company an act of madness.
The new reel splitter will join the company's heavy - duty primary shredder, which can process larger volumes of material such as wrappers, cores, palletised paper and other bulky waste.Designers and manufacturers of premium quality self - adhesive labels, The Label Makers, will showcase its latest range of label designs, including its award - winning creations for Mary Rose Gin, Lanique and Kakapo wine.Multi Packaging Solutions, part of WestRock Company, will use Label & Print to showcase its range of paper - based consumer paccompany's heavy - duty primary shredder, which can process larger volumes of material such as wrappers, cores, palletised paper and other bulky waste.Designers and manufacturers of premium quality self - adhesive labels, The Label Makers, will showcase its latest range of label designs, including its award - winning creations for Mary Rose Gin, Lanique and Kakapo wine.Multi Packaging Solutions, part of WestRock Company, will use Label & Print to showcase its range of paper - based consumer pacCompany, will use Label & Print to showcase its range of paper - based consumer packaging.
Large companies such as Kellogg's, General Mills and Cliff Bar, among many others, rely on these audits to measure and weed out ingredient suppliers for major product lines.
The Health for Life Fund is still fundraising and has commitments not just from the financial world, but also from the food and nutrition sector such as Danone, the French food company, and Tereos, the world's third largest sugar company and many others.
Today, the global premium spirits company is run by the fifth generation of his family and distils some of the world's leading brands of Scotch whisky, including the world's most awarded single malt Glenfiddich ®, The Balvenie ® range of handcrafted single malts and the world's third largest blended Scotch, Grant's ®, as well as other iconic spirits brands such as Hendrick's ® Gin, Sailor Jerry ®, Tullamore D.E.W. ® Irish Whiskey, Monkey Shoulder ® triple malt whisky and Drambuie ®.
The company has not only strollers, but a rather large array of other products such as maternity and baby clothing, carriers and slings, nursery décor and bedding, high chairs and booster seats and infant positioners.
Already, large companies such as DuPont are harnessing synthetic biology, and small companies «are being built around the idea of using organisms, designing organisms, using tools of synthetic biology to make molecules that can't be produced any other way,» Glass says.
This is partially explained by increases in truck share for all four, however other companies such as Mazda and Kia also had large increases in truck share while improving overall fuel economy.
Perkins and Canter said they want the company to be a «network of networks» — a platform open for integration with other social networking players, such as Tribe or Friendster, and other large media companies, such as Yahoo, and even other corporate sites.
Another company that ties into a larger database (Successful Match), Asian Women Date (formerly Asian Chats) has a few unique features that few other Asian dating sites offer, such as greeting cards, news relevant to Asians, and several verification options to allow users to prove their income, age, education, and occupation.
Other industry watchers speculated that although the publishers and bookstores can not slow down Amazon, the large technology companies, such as IBM, Oracle, Microsoft, and Google, who may be threatened by dominant Amazon's Web Services unit, might enter the book publishing market as competitive counter measures.
By reaching out to others who serve your target audience, such as realtors, home organizers, virtual organizers, companies that sell organizing materials, and authors who write on the topic of keeping organized, you have the opportunity to reach not only individual homeowners but also professionals who have access to a large number of homeowners.
This smartphone growth in Vietnam has enabled companies like Wattpad to develop a large user base in Vietnam, relatively speaking, compared with other indigenous companies such as local ebooksellers Alezaa and Sachweb.
The other new feature was a subscription model for companies or users who had a high - volume of content that had to be digitized, making it more affordable on a larger scale; this model also included features such as digitizing back issues of print magazines, an Express Service for those platinum members, and more.
Such statements reflect the current views of Barnes & Noble with respect to future events, the outcome of which is subject to certain risks, including, among others, the general economic environment and consumer spending patterns, decreased consumer demand for Barnes & Noble's products, low growth or declining sales and net income due to various factors, possible disruptions in Barnes & Noble's computer systems, telephone systems or supply chain, possible risks associated with data privacy, information security and intellectual property, possible work stoppages or increases in labor costs, possible increases in shipping rates or interruptions in shipping service, effects of competition, possible risks that inventory in channels of distribution may be larger than able to be sold, possible risks associated with changes in the strategic direction of the device business, including possible reduction in sales of content, accessories and other merchandise and other adverse financial impacts, possible risk that component parts will be rendered obsolete or otherwise not be able to be effectively utilized in devices to be sold, possible risk that financial and operational forecasts and projections are not achieved, possible risk that returns from consumers or channels of distribution may be greater than estimated, the risk that digital sales growth is less than expectations and the risk that it does not exceed the rate of investment spend, higher - than - anticipated store closing or relocation costs, higher interest rates, the performance of Barnes & Noble's online, digital and other initiatives, the success of Barnes & Noble's strategic investments, unanticipated increases in merchandise, component or occupancy costs, unanticipated adverse litigation results or effects, product and component shortages, the potential adverse impact on the Company's businesses resulting from the Company's prior reviews of strategic alternatives and the potential separation of the Company's businesses, the risk that the transactions with Microsoft and Pearson do not achieve the expected benefits for the parties or impose costs on the Company in excess of what the Company anticipates, including the risk that NOOK Media's applications are not commercially successful or that the expected distribution of those applications is not achieved, risks associated with the international expansion contemplated by the relationship with Microsoft, including that it is not successful or is delayed, the risk that NOOK Media is not able to perform its obligations under the Microsoft and Pearson commercial agreements and the consequences thereof, risks associated with the restatement contained in, the delayed filing of, and the material weakness in internal controls described in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended April 27, 2013, risks associated with the SEC investigation disclosed in the quarterly report on Form 10 - Q for the fiscal quarter ended October 26, 2013, risks associated with the ongoing efforts to rationalize the NOOK business and the expected costs and benefits of such efforts and associated risks and other factors which may be outside of Barnes & Noble's control, including those factors discussed in detail in Item 1A, «Risk Factors,» in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended April 27, 2013, and in Barnes & Noble's other filings made hereafter from time to time with the Such statements reflect the current views of Barnes & Noble with respect to future events, the outcome of which is subject to certain risks, including, among others, the general economic environment and consumer spending patterns, decreased consumer demand for Barnes & Noble's products, low growth or declining sales and net income due to various factors, possible disruptions in Barnes & Noble's computer systems, telephone systems or supply chain, possible risks associated with data privacy, information security and intellectual property, possible work stoppages or increases in labor costs, possible increases in shipping rates or interruptions in shipping service, effects of competition, possible risks that inventory in channels of distribution may be larger than able to be sold, possible risks associated with changes in the strategic direction of the device business, including possible reduction in sales of content, accessories and other merchandise and other adverse financial impacts, possible risk that component parts will be rendered obsolete or otherwise not be able to be effectively utilized in devices to be sold, possible risk that financial and operational forecasts and projections are not achieved, possible risk that returns from consumers or channels of distribution may be greater than estimated, the risk that digital sales growth is less than expectations and the risk that it does not exceed the rate of investment spend, higher - than - anticipated store closing or relocation costs, higher interest rates, the performance of Barnes & Noble's online, digital and other initiatives, the success of Barnes & Noble's strategic investments, unanticipated increases in merchandise, component or occupancy costs, unanticipated adverse litigation results or effects, product and component shortages, the potential adverse impact on the Company's businesses resulting from the Company's prior reviews of strategic alternatives and the potential separation of the Company's businesses, the risk that the transactions with Microsoft and Pearson do not achieve the expected benefits for the parties or impose costs on the Company in excess of what the Company anticipates, including the risk that NOOK Media's applications are not commercially successful or that the expected distribution of those applications is not achieved, risks associated with the international expansion contemplated by the relationship with Microsoft, including that it is not successful or is delayed, the risk that NOOK Media is not able to perform its obligations under the Microsoft and Pearson commercial agreements and the consequences thereof, risks associated with the restatement contained in, the delayed filing of, and the material weakness in internal controls described in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended April 27, 2013, risks associated with the SEC investigation disclosed in the quarterly report on Form 10 - Q for the fiscal quarter ended October 26, 2013, risks associated with the ongoing efforts to rationalize the NOOK business and the expected costs and benefits of such efforts and associated risks and other factors which may be outside of Barnes & Noble's control, including those factors discussed in detail in Item 1A, «Risk Factors,» in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended April 27, 2013, and in Barnes & Noble's other filings made hereafter from time to time with the such efforts and associated risks and other factors which may be outside of Barnes & Noble's control, including those factors discussed in detail in Item 1A, «Risk Factors,» in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended April 27, 2013, and in Barnes & Noble's other filings made hereafter from time to time with the SEC.
According to a Reuters article from back in June, this is partly because it was too complicated to sort out the logistics for a larger operation similar to those that Amazon has in other countries such as its home market of the U.S., Europe, Japan and elsewhere, where the company also sells physical books, consumer electronics, household goods, and much more — often from a selection of third - party retailers as well as itself.
Professional reviewers often work for large publications or companies (like Publishers Weekly or Kirkus Reviews) but many others write for independent websites, such as those covered in an an earlier BookWorks post.
Large international company, they could have a sideline in Forex trading or some other such non-obvious thing that makes the book business less critical.
Such statements reflect the current views of Barnes & Noble with respect to future events, the outcome of which is subject to certain risks, including, among others, the effect of the proposed separation of NOOK Media, the general economic environment and consumer spending patterns, decreased consumer demand for Barnes & Noble's products, low growth or declining sales and net income due to various factors, possible disruptions in Barnes & Noble's computer systems, telephone systems or supply chain, possible risks associated with data privacy, information security and intellectual property, possible work stoppages or increases in labor costs, possible increases in shipping rates or interruptions in shipping service, effects of competition, possible risks that inventory in channels of distribution may be larger than able to be sold, possible risks associated with changes in the strategic direction of the device business, including possible reduction in sales of content, accessories and other merchandise and other adverse financial impacts, possible risk that component parts will be rendered obsolete or otherwise not be able to be effectively utilized in devices to be sold, possible risk that financial and operational forecasts and projections are not achieved, possible risk that returns from consumers or channels of distribution may be greater than estimated, the risk that digital sales growth is less than expectations and the risk that it does not exceed the rate of investment spend, higher - than - anticipated store closing or relocation costs, higher interest rates, the performance of Barnes & Noble's online, digital and other initiatives, the success of Barnes & Noble's strategic investments, unanticipated increases in merchandise, component or occupancy costs, unanticipated adverse litigation results or effects, product and component shortages, risks associated with the commercial agreement with Samsung, the potential adverse impact on the Company's businesses resulting from the Company's prior reviews of strategic alternatives and the potential separation of the Company's businesses (including with respect to the timing of the completion thereof), the risk that the transactions with Pearson and Samsung do not achieve the expected benefits for the parties or impose costs on the Company in excess of what the Company anticipates, including the risk that NOOK Media's applications are not commercially successful or that the expected distribution of those applications is not achieved, risks associated with the international expansion previously undertaken, including any risks associated with a reduction of international operations following termination of the Microsoft commercial agreement, the risk that NOOK Media is not able to perform its obligations under the Pearson and Samsung commercial agreements and the consequences thereof, the risks associated with the termination of Microsoft commercial agreement, including potential customer losses, risks associated with the restatement contained in, the delayed filing of, and the material weakness in internal controls described in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended April 27, 2013, risks associated with the SEC investigation disclosed in the quarterly report on Form 10 - Q for the fiscal quarter ended October 26, 2013, risks associated with the ongoing efforts to rationalize the NOOK business and the expected costs and benefits of such efforts and associated risks and other factors which may be outside of Barnes & Noble's control, including those factors discussed in detail in Item 1A, «Risk Factors,» in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended May 3, 2014, and in Barnes & Noble's other filings made hereafter from time to time with the Such statements reflect the current views of Barnes & Noble with respect to future events, the outcome of which is subject to certain risks, including, among others, the effect of the proposed separation of NOOK Media, the general economic environment and consumer spending patterns, decreased consumer demand for Barnes & Noble's products, low growth or declining sales and net income due to various factors, possible disruptions in Barnes & Noble's computer systems, telephone systems or supply chain, possible risks associated with data privacy, information security and intellectual property, possible work stoppages or increases in labor costs, possible increases in shipping rates or interruptions in shipping service, effects of competition, possible risks that inventory in channels of distribution may be larger than able to be sold, possible risks associated with changes in the strategic direction of the device business, including possible reduction in sales of content, accessories and other merchandise and other adverse financial impacts, possible risk that component parts will be rendered obsolete or otherwise not be able to be effectively utilized in devices to be sold, possible risk that financial and operational forecasts and projections are not achieved, possible risk that returns from consumers or channels of distribution may be greater than estimated, the risk that digital sales growth is less than expectations and the risk that it does not exceed the rate of investment spend, higher - than - anticipated store closing or relocation costs, higher interest rates, the performance of Barnes & Noble's online, digital and other initiatives, the success of Barnes & Noble's strategic investments, unanticipated increases in merchandise, component or occupancy costs, unanticipated adverse litigation results or effects, product and component shortages, risks associated with the commercial agreement with Samsung, the potential adverse impact on the Company's businesses resulting from the Company's prior reviews of strategic alternatives and the potential separation of the Company's businesses (including with respect to the timing of the completion thereof), the risk that the transactions with Pearson and Samsung do not achieve the expected benefits for the parties or impose costs on the Company in excess of what the Company anticipates, including the risk that NOOK Media's applications are not commercially successful or that the expected distribution of those applications is not achieved, risks associated with the international expansion previously undertaken, including any risks associated with a reduction of international operations following termination of the Microsoft commercial agreement, the risk that NOOK Media is not able to perform its obligations under the Pearson and Samsung commercial agreements and the consequences thereof, the risks associated with the termination of Microsoft commercial agreement, including potential customer losses, risks associated with the restatement contained in, the delayed filing of, and the material weakness in internal controls described in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended April 27, 2013, risks associated with the SEC investigation disclosed in the quarterly report on Form 10 - Q for the fiscal quarter ended October 26, 2013, risks associated with the ongoing efforts to rationalize the NOOK business and the expected costs and benefits of such efforts and associated risks and other factors which may be outside of Barnes & Noble's control, including those factors discussed in detail in Item 1A, «Risk Factors,» in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended May 3, 2014, and in Barnes & Noble's other filings made hereafter from time to time with the such efforts and associated risks and other factors which may be outside of Barnes & Noble's control, including those factors discussed in detail in Item 1A, «Risk Factors,» in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended May 3, 2014, and in Barnes & Noble's other filings made hereafter from time to time with the SEC.
The Fund invests in large - capitalization companies that may underperform other stock funds (such as funds that focus on small - and medium - capitalization companies) when stocks of large - capitalization companies are out of favor.
At the most basic level, asset allocation simply refers to the way your money is divided across different investments, such as stocks, bonds, real estate, and other subcategories like large, mid-sized or small companies.
Some funds invest in companies of a specific size, such as small, mid or large cap while others focus on a single sector in the economy, such as technology, utilities or healthcare.
In fact, this was the worst aspect of securitization - that such a large and far reaching group of investors, from banks of all sizes, to government entities like Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, to insurance companies like AIG, to foreign governments, to employee pension funds, to thousands of others investors all around the world, were now directly exposed to the health of the U.S. housing market.
If your 401 (k) doesn't have such funds, you can look for other ways of getting this exposure — say, by combining an S&P 500 index fund or other broadly diversified large - company stock fund that has low expenses with a small - cap index fund or other broadly diversified low - fee small - cap fund.
The utility bonds tend to be those of large, financially stable, well - known utilities, such as Consolidated Edison, PG&E, and other similar companies.
Industrial companies included in the average are some of the largest blue chip industrial companies in the country, such as Du Pont, AT&T, IBM and other similar companies.
We're holding other ETF's as well such as the QQQQ (the «Cubes»), which roughly represents the technology sector (though other indexes exist that cover technology as well) but more accurately tracks the 100 largest non-financial companies on the Nasdaq, and SPY (SPDR or «Spiders») which represents the S&P 500 Index which tracks primarily U.S. large companies.
There are other investment styles such as those that involve choosing which market caps you'd like representation in (e.g. small to large company investing) or top down vs bottom up strategies.
Since Fairfax has such a large float portfolio, by holding Fairfax you are essentially holding a small portion of other companies as well.
That is difficult to do and large companies regularly sue each other alleging breakage of such agreements.
Todd previously served in other financial positions at the company such as International Mutual Fund Sector Specialist and Large Cap Value and Large Cap Growth Analyst, as well as serving on the Fund Services Asset Allocation Committee.
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Furthermore, all the other large pet food companies already have in house labs, and have for years, and do their own testings on their food (ie Hills, Walthams now Royal Canin, Science Diet etc) and that did not prevent toxins from being in your and my pet food which caused such a massive pet food recall and deaths.
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