Sentences with phrase «recently been an acquisition»

Take - Two Interactive Software Inc (TTWO.O) had until recently been an acquisition target of bigger rival Electronic Arts ERTS.O, but the maker of the popular «Grand Theft Auto» series said last month it planned to remain an independent company.

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I'm not sure that in the past year or, honestly, in the past decade or two, there has been a single deal that will be regarded as a more impactful transaction across multiple industries and the entire omni - channel economy than Amazon's recently announced acquisition of Whole Foods.

Two FTSE - listed companies have recently announced acquisitions in the U.S. and a third is reportedly in talks to do the same.

Entrepreneur recently spoke with Norgard and Boukadakis about how ambitious startups can set themselves up for a range of growth options — and, when acquisition is one of those options, what to expect.

A VC recently told me that AI and machine learning PhD students from Stanford and MIT are banding together and calling themselves companies without really even having an idea or product, as a way to sell themselves in high - priced talent acquisitions.

Till recently, as Executive Vice President of Strategic Operations, he was responsible for strategic planning, risk management, mergers & acquisitions and corporate marketing.

The government also recently issued rules on the kind of acquisitions that would be banned, restricted, and encouraged.

It's continuing to expand with acquisitions, most recently acquiring Ring.

There were more than $ 500 billion in pharma and health care acquisitions last year alone, according to Thomson Reuters — and that's not even counting the recently failed merger between Pfizer (pfe) and Allergan (agn).

With the company's recently announced acquisition of Jet.com, it looks like there is some wind in Walmart's digital sails.

Regarding acquisitions, Quatrics is seeking companies that can fit into its recently launched Qualtrics XM Platform, which gives companies data on their customers» experiences.

The acquisition is part of a recently unveiled, two - pronged strategy for Chinese food security that's far more sophisticated than just filling bigger granaries.

Nokia, which closed its 15.6 billion euro acquisition of Alcatel Lucent in January, is looking to stronger growth in fixed line equipment from the recently acquired business, as well as 900 million euros in cost savings through 2018 to help it shore up profits in the near - to medium - term.

Chen also said investors were unsure of the benefits from Mylan's recently completed $ 7 billion acquisition of Swedish drugmaker Meda, which some had deemed expensive.

She says that the original conversations with BlackRock were about a strategic partnership, with the idea of an acquisition arising quite recently.

Until recently, Cramer felt there had been a notion among investors that companies should wait for the Trump administration to implement tax or regulatory policy before making acquisitions.

It's also a break from the food business, where Berkshire (BRKA) has done a string of big deals recently, including Heinz and Kraft, as well as providing financing for Burger King's acquisition of Canadian doughnut chain Tim Horton's.

But valuations remain high and boards have recently become more cautious on large acquisitions, as it is more difficult to convince their investors of the potential for value creation at such price levels,» said Gilberto Pozzi, co-head of global M&A at Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

Steadfast has been a serial acquirer in recent years, buying brokers and underwriting agencies — most recently the $ 95 million acquisition of Whitbread Insurance group — a broker and strata - focused underwriting agency.

Allergan (AGN), maker of Botox, continued its fight against the hostile takeover attempt by Valeant Pharmaceuticals (VRX) recently in a press release reiterating its belief that VRX's acquisition - driven business model is unsustainable.

Ma can also be expected to visit Alibaba's recently opened Israel development center, which is based around its acquisition of Israeli QR code startup Visualead.

The properties, primarily in New Brunswick, were purchased from Slate Acquisitions Inc., which itself had recently acquired the properties from Cominar REIT (CUF - UN-T).

After an absence from financial markets, special - purpose acquisition companies, or SPACs, have recently returned — and are popping up in new markets around the world.

The company's business south of the border was also recently boosted by its $ 2.5 billion deal for Iusacell, a Mexican wireless carrier, and its $ 1.9 billion acquisition of Nextel Mexico.

PARIS (Reuters)- French drugmaker and healthcare group Sanofi is to buy privately - held U.S vaccines biotech company Protein Sciences for an initial amount of $ 650 million, as Sanofi steps up its acquisition program after recently missing two large deals.

China is willing to provide a lifeline in exchange for access to resources, but China has severely cut its acquisition program recently.

A few months ago, I wrote about the intriguing trend toward «re-launching» biotech startups that had been recently acquired by Big Pharma or Big Biotech — minus, of course, whatever promising drug candidates had prompted the acquisition in the first place.

Royal Bank of Canada (RY on TSX and NYSE) is hosting a presentation profiling its recently closed acquisition, City National Bank (City National) for investors and analysts in Toronto...

2016.02.25 RBC to host Investor Day on March 4, 2016 Royal Bank of Canada (RY on TSX and NYSE) is hosting a presentation profiling its recently closed acquisition, City National Bank (City National) for investors and analysts in Toronto...

More recently, he was a Non-Executive Director of Mantra Resources, until its US$ 1 billion acquisition by ARMZ Uranium Holding Co. («ARMZ»), the 51.4 % shareholder in Uranium One in 2011.

The acquisition was part of the larger change in control trend that has defined Canada's marijuana industry recently, with companies battling to gain market share before marijuana sales become legal later this year.

LOW is also expanding through acquisitions as management recently closed the purchase of Rona in Canada.

However, due to the recently announced $ 69 billion acquisition of US health insurance company Aetna, CVS will neither increase its dividend nor continue its share buyback program for the time being.

I recently came across the blog of David Skok of Matrix Partners and was inspired to write this post by an article on customer acquisition costs.

The Mexican bitcoin exchange Bitso which was recently in news for the acquisition of its competitor Unisend Mexico has emerged much stronger in the Mexican bitcoin market with the closure of its seed funding round.

Prior to joining Artemis, Bernstein worked for seven years at Brickman, where he most recently was a Managing Director overseeing the firm's acquisition efforts throughout the U.S..

«We think in time this will be looked upon as a really smart acquisition,» Regis executive chairman Mark Clark said recently of Blayney.

«This is a transformative time for Michael Kors Holdings Limited,» Idol said, «as we established our global fashion luxury group with the recently completed acquisition of Jimmy Choo.»

In addition to recently lowered guidance, Perrigo is forecasting weakness in its Omega Pharma acquisition and acknowledges it may have to write down the value of Omega.

The divestiture is part of the agreement reached on March 31, 2017 with the US Department of Justice (DOJ) in connection with Danone's recently - closed acquisition of WhiteWave.

This is the second new geographic market Coveris has entered in the past six weeks, following the recently announced acquisition of Elldex, a full - service flexible packaging company in New Zealand.

Moy Park, which is Northern Ireland's largest food manufacturer, recently consolidated its standing within the UK poultry market following its # 30m acquisition of O'Kane Poultry.

This has been massively helped by the acquisition of two recently published vegan recipe books authored by talented fellow food bloggers.

Milkmakers and Anchor Bar Two (two brands that are still in their youth, and coincidentally catering largely to the mommy market) recently announced that they've moved on to the next phase of their development via acquisition.

The German club are no doubt happy with the acquisition, Bayern chairman Karl - Heinz Rummenigge recently described Odegaard as the «talent of the century» and he will join the Bavarian club's already impressive youth ranks.

«Only recently, his Enterprise Group, without the Board of the Securities and Exchanges Commission, how did they clear the 40 % acquisition by the new shareholders the company that happens to be founded by his own Deputy Minister?

Even as Mr. Ofori - Atta's fingerprints are smudged all over the questionable acquisition of the UT and Capital Banks by the GCB, it has emerged that he may have recently acquired shares in an up - market real estate property by dodgy proxy.

It acknowledged that improvements had to be made, however, adding that it was accepting the recommendations of Bernard Gray's recently completed review of defence acquisition practices.

Following the soaring reigns and expansion strength of Guinness Nigeria Plc with its acquisition of distribution rights from its parent company, the company's revenues have been on increase as it accrues billions of Naira recently.