Sentences with phrase «owned by private firm»

Labour claim that this guidance has not been breached as the new wing is a PFI project, not an opened hospital and is therefore owned by private firm.

Not exact matches

Instead, the winning group will have a public - private partnership contract with the government which will allow it use of some state infrastructure, such as sites to build towers on and a fiber optic network owned by the state electricity firm.

«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.

Many have put up their own shares or stock of companies they own as collateral for their loans and are increasingly copying the convoluted fund - raising strategies employed by American hedge funds and private equity firms in financing their global expansion drives.

In fact, he just bought into a company that it majority owned by a private equity firm whose co-founder is credited with coining the phrase «private equity.»

MGF is owned by Aéropostale lender Sycamore Partners, a private - equity firm that has bought many retailers.

It is majority - owned by the Brazilian private - equity firm 3G Capital, led by the billionaire Jorge Paulo Lemann.

And, whether we're talking about hedge funds or mutual funds, private equity or real estate trusts, there is not a single field with more than 5 percent of its assets managed by minority or women - owned firms, according to a recently released Knight Foundation report.

(Last night, office supplies retailer Staples (spls) said it was being bought by private equity firm Sycamore Partners, a year after its own mega deal to buy smaller rival Office Depot failed to win over regulators.)

Kraft Heinz is owned by 3G Capital, which is a private equity firm headed by Brazil's richest man, Jorge Paulo Lemann.

And nearly two years ago, it was sold to Galaxy Brand Holdings, an investment vehicle owned by private equity firm The Carlyle Group (CG).

The building had already been rescued by a number of prominent firms, including the private equity giant Carlyle Group, and Zara, the Spanish fashion retailer founded and owned by Amancio Ortega, one of the world's wealthiest men.

Mr. Francois, 49, on the job at Chrysler for 15 months, is gaining a reputation among his ad agencies, dealers and staff for surprising them and taking the kinds of risks that make them feel more confident than they ever did while owned by German carmaker Daimler or private - equity firm Cerberus Capital.

Remington, which sought bankruptcy protection in March after sales fell and its debt piled up, will no longer be owned by the private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management.

NEW YORK More acquisitions of U.S. companies by private equity firms are being done through companies that are already owned by buyout funds, rather than the funds directly, a market report showed on Thursday, indicating this «bolt - on» strategy is catching on.

Arby's is majority owned by affiliates of Roark Capital Group (Roark), an Atlanta based private equity firm that focuses on investing in franchised and multi-unit businesses in the restaurant, retail and other consumer sectors.

Southeastern Asset Management, which owns 8.5 percent of U.S. computer maker Dell, filed a statement with regulators on Feb. 8 opposing the $ 24.4 billion buyout proposed by Michael Dell, the company's founder and chief executive, and private equity firm Silver Lake Partners.

The company is owned by an affiliate of The Blackstone Group, a preeminent global private equity firm.

While the points made by these gentlemen are both valid and critically important, they fail to take note of four other dangerous subsidies: (1) the market perception that the Washington and Wall Street revolving door has rendered these firms immune from prosecution — even for repeated, illegal cartel behavior; (2) the ability to spend billions buying back their own stock, effectively propping up their own share price and bad behavior; (3) self - regulation with compromised bodies creating the market perception and reality of a competitive edge; and (4) Congress and the Supreme Court tolerating Wall Street running its own private justice system (mandatory arbitration) where corrupt acts are kept hidden from public view until they blow up into catastrophic events to the economy.

Internet service providers Exchange IXPs, owned or private firms, and occasionally by Governments, make for each of these networks to be interconnected or to transfer messages across the network.

The firm is reportedly owned by two charities, both named Cihang, and controls a web of 16 listed entities and many more private shell companies.

Trends Bribery & Corruption Anti-bribery and corruption enforcement efforts are picking up worldwide, with private firms more likely to be targeted, while large, state - owned enterprises are getting off easier, according to a report by Moody's Investors Service.

Today, Bertucci's is a private company owned by a Boston - based private equity firm.

Accolade, which is 80 per cent owned by private equity firm CHAMP, has installed a new general manager into the Grant Burge Wines business in Jeff Bond, who had been chief executive of Peter Lehmann Wines for five years until it was taken over by Casella Wines in late 2014 in a $ 57 million buyout deal.

Red Group had been owned by private equity firm Pacific Equity Partners but fell on hard times.

CPC is majority owned by London - based private equity firm Terra Firma who bought the business from billionaire James Packer in 2009.

But when I think about other ubiquitous fast food outlets and their brewed coffee, I think about Folger's being served at Wendy's, about Dunkin Donuts being owned by three creepy private equity firms (providing little or no information on where their coffee comes from), and another of the «big four» corporate roasters, Sara Lee «s Douwe Egberts division, supplying Burger King's coffee.

Teasdale Latin Foods («Teasdale»), a national provider of private label and branded Hispanic foods to the retail, food service and wholesale channels and majority owned by private equity firm Snow Phipps Group, announced that it has acquired Rudy's Tortillas («Rudy's»), an independent provider of high quality tortillas and chips into the foodservice channel.

BRL Hardy's brands including Hardys, Leasingham, Houghton and Brookland Valley are now owned by another private equity firm, CHAMP, and the company is now known as Accolade Wines.

Smashburger began in 2007 with the vision of Rick Schaden and funding by Consumer Capital Partners — the private equity firm that Rick and his father Richard own.

Developed and owned by private equity firm Consumer Capital Partners (CCP), Smashburger operates and develops both corporate and multi-unit franchise territories across the country with 164 restaurants worldwide.

The company began in 2007 with the vision of Rick Schaden and funding by Consumer Capital Partners — the private equity firm that he and his father Richard own.

Sources tell PA Sport that Birmingham, owned by Chinese firm Trillion Trophy Asia, opted to have a private box for the game at the City Ground.

After floating on the stock exchange, the outfit expanded and won contracts in the UK with the NHS, before being bought by one of Australia's top 100 companies, then taken over by a private equity firm, ending up incorporated into a company owned by the Dubai royal family - bearing no relation to its initial purpose of being an»em ployee - led» mutual to provide more personalised services.

In truth, there are a variety of ways around the existing system - for instance by having publicly - owned firms bid for contracts and using government powers to select the conditions upon which private firms compete with them.

He'd also foster the growth of minority - owned firms by partnering them with other more experienced firms, invite successful minority - owned firms outside of New York City to relocate here and challenge the private sector to increase minority contracting.

The donation came less than two months after workers at certain busing companies, including one owned by Mr. Lodde's firm, had gotten an unprecedented windfall from New York City government: a $ 42 million grant pushed through by Mayor Bill de Blasio to raise wages at low - paying private bus companies with city contracts.

It is majority - owned by American Securities, a New York City - based private equity firm, and has more than 1,600 employees at operations around the world, including more than 360 in Erie County.

The administration of Mayor Bill de Blasio is taking its own steps to ensure teens are no longer jailed at Rikers after reaching a settlement in the class action lawsuit brought by The Legal Aid Society and a number of private law firms.

Urban Decay itself is owned by a private equity firm and though the company backed out of expanding into China, I wonder if the sale was out of the hands of the founder of Urban Decay.

Bergdorf GoodmanT, which is owned by private equity firms TPG Capital and Warburg Pincus.

The current rights to Fright Night are owned by private equity firm for...

A 2005 study by the Rhode Island Education Partnership, for example, found that public school districts in that state uniformly allowed employees to select their own health carrier and plan design and that 73 percent of districts offered no - cost health benefits for retirees; not one of the private - sector firms in the state the study examined offered these perks.

Smarter Balanced was created by assessment professionals in state education agencies who determined that by pooling their experience and expertise — and by taking advantage of the federal funds offered by the Department of Education and working in partnership with private sector firms — they could build more sophisticated and accurate assessments of student learning than any individual state could offer on its own.

The firm launched its first set of private asset class pooled funds in April, 2014 leveraging the investment processes of Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada's own general account within a series of open ended pooled funds structured as Limited Partnerships, and by Sun Life becoming a significant co-investor in the Funds.

I'm referring to Mawer Investment Management, PH&N Investor Services (owned by Royal Bank of Canada), Leith Wheeler Investment Counsel, Pembroke Private Wealth Management and our firm, Steadyhand Investment Funds.

Members of the Committee, which currently consist of BA Value Investors LLC, a private investment firm founded by Steven N. Bronson, and ROI Capital Management, a registered investment advisor managed by Mark T. Boyer and Mitchell J. Soboleski, collectively own 13.7 % of the outstanding common stock of VaxGen.

First Eagle is in the process of being taken over by two private equity firms after generations as a family - owned business.

The South Florida newspaper Sun Sentinel is reporting that the Federal Trade Commission has approved the acquisition of Sunrise, Fla. - based Pet Supermarket chain by the Atlanta - based private - equity firm Roark Capital Partners, which owns the Canada - based Pet Valu retail chain.

Boasting its own, extensive botanical gardens, with detached secluded suites and private bungalows, nestled amongst a natural oasis of coastal lagoons, and surrounded by swathes of palms and rainforest gardens — a rich habitat that provides a home to dozens of native species it's no surprise that this wonderfully romantic resort has become a firm favourite with honeymooners and nature lovers the world over.