In 2014, the pastor also admitted to paying a public
relations company $ 200,000 to bump his books to The New York Times bestseller list, though Driscoll later apologized for the agreement and voluntarily retracted his bestseller status.
Not exact matches
So, while fully acquiring Monster might cause some public
relations friction given Coca - Cola's healthier goals, Cramer said it would still be worth it for the
$ 196 billion
company.
A Bibra Lake - based transport
company has been fined
$ 30,000 in
relation to a workplace incident where a mechanic had his legs crushed under the wheels of a truck trailer driven by one of the directors of the
company.
A year after founding the Delahaye Group, a
$ 1 - million Hampton Falls, N.H.,
company that tracks public
relations» effectiveness, Katharine Paine was in the black.
A bad hire, on the other hand, can cost a
company more than
$ 50,000, through missed opportunities, strained
relations and lost resources.
As the Director of Business Operations and Customer
Relations, she was responsible for growing a stealth
company into an industry - defining brand, driving new global business opportunities with strategic partnerships, and playing a critical role in securing Skybox's venture capital financing from leading investors and eventual acquisition by Google in 2014 for
$ 500M.
The tender offer closed in September 2011, and at the close of the transaction, the
Company recorded
$ 34.7 million as compensation expense related to the excess of the selling price per share of common stock paid to the
Company's employees and consultants over the fair value of the tendered share, and
$ 35.8 million as deemed dividends in
relation to excess of the selling price per share of common and preferred stock paid to existing investors in excess of the fair value of the shares tendered.
Once
companies reach market values of
$ US3 billion and above, they typically have much more formalised investor -
relations teams that block access to executives.
The privatisation has been a point of contention in
relation to the
$ 11 billion Tabcorp and Tatts merger, with the potential transaction raised as a potential competition issue given both
companies would likely have bid for the WA TAB.
Against this backdrop, the
company faces a class action, is being investigated by ASIC and the competition regulator ACCC has taken legal action in the Federal Court, alleging unconscionable conduct and misleading farmers in
relation to forecasting a milk price of
$ 6.05 when it allegedly knew dairy commodity prices were falling globally.
«This is breathtakingly high - level â
$» and perhaps unprecedented â
$» support for the public
relations troubles of a private food
company,» Nestle said on her blog.
Percoco stands accused of accepting more than
$ 300,000 worth of personal bribes in exchange for favorable action on behalf of two of Howe's clients — Steve Aiello and Joe Gerardi, executives at Syracuse real estate firm COR Development, and Peter «Braith» Kelly, a government
relations executive at energy
company Competitive Power ventures.
Public records indicate that between January and June of this year, Genting spent
$ 340,000 on lobbying, with
$ 100,000 going to the Albany - based government -
relations firm Meara Avella Dickinson;
$ 25,000 going to Patricia Lynch and Associates, headed by the Assembly speaker's former top aide;
$ 195,000 going to Cordo and
Company; and
$ 20,000 going to Empire Strategic Planning.
A public
relations fiasco sparked by the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority's initial stance to charge ride - hailing
companies $ 3.50 for each airport pickup and drop - off has turned up the heat on the authority's executive director, Kimberley Minkel.
At the same time, a main MacKay income source has been doing «public
relations» for Oheka Castle, where MacKay earned between
$ 50,000 and
$ 75,000 in 2015 working for its catering
company, according to a financial disclosure form.
Any water, including rain and snow, that comes in contact with mining activities is sent to a
$ 10 - million water treatment plant that will use a cleansing technology called reverse osmosis, said Daniel Blondeau, communications and media
relations advisor at Rio Tinto, the London - based mining
company that owns Kennecott.
The League isn't the only player trying to get a piece of the more than
$ 2B that the online dating industry is worth in the U.S., estimates Mark Brooks, CEO of Courtland Brooks, a firm that helps dating
companies with business development and media
relations.
FINANCIAL POST - Aug 28 - In April, Ashley Madison's head of international
relations Christoph Kraemer estimated the
company's value at
$ 1B, pegging the ratio of men to women in the 30 - 45 age range at ~ 50 - 50.
The League isn't the only player trying to get a piece of the more than
$ 2 billion that the online dating industry is worth in the U.S., estimates Mark Brooks, CEO of Courtland Brooks, a firm that helps dating
companies with business development and media
relations.
Of the money spent this year, more than
$ 75,000 was paid to Occhiogrosso's firm and another
$ 133,000 to the New York public
relations company that hired Malloy's spokesman (Doba) when he left Malloy's office four months ago.
The Connecticut Coalition for Achievement Now, Inc. (ConnCAN), the charter school advocacy group that was created by the founders of Achievement First, the state's largest charter school management
company, has signed a two - year,
$ 200,000 lobbying contract with Connecticut government
relations firm, Gaffney, Bennett and Associates.
Tokyo - based Takata Corporation, one of the world's largest suppliers of automotive safety - related equipment, agreed to plead guilty to wire fraud and pay a total of
$ 1 billion in criminal penalties stemming from the
company's fraudulent conduct in
relation to sales of defective airbag inflators.
Sheila, 39, made
$ 300,000 annually in salary, bonus and
company shares from her job as head of public
relations for a large liquor
company while her husband Raj, 45, made
$ 75,000 as an IT specialist for a small software
company in Burlington, Ont.
Based on first quarter results, and a schedule of current rig utilization and contracted dayrates provided by Investor
Relations, we expect the
company to earn
$ 35 - 50m in cash from operations during 2009.
According to recent financial disclosures from Pinnacle West Capital Corporation (APS» parent
company), APS has spent more than
$ 9 million on public
relations related to net metering and deregulation — or about
$ 9 for every APS ratepayer.
The actress backed out of gigs scheduled for April 2014, in which she was to be the latest in a parade of celebrities who've condemned the
company, according to MCSquared, a U.S. public
relations firm that's suing the actress and her talent agency for
$ 352,000.
Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright has advised FTSE 250 - listed
company, Tullow Oil plc, in
relation to the refinancing of its US
$ 2.5 billion reserves based lending facilities and consequential amendments to its
$ 600 million senior secured revolving credit facility.
In that case, Valcom Ltd. and two of its employees who defamed a consultant and then breached a contract with another
company in order to force the removal of the consultant from a government contract were found liable for defamation, unlawful interference with economic
relations, and inducing breach of contract, and ordered to pay
$ 600,000 in damages.
Acted for the liquidator of a large insurance
company in a Supreme Court claim in Australia against Executive Directors and Corporate defendants in
relation to misleading auditors, the publication of misleading financial accounts and breaches of statutory duties and approximately worth AUD
$ 500 million.
Acting for Ukraine in UNCITRAL arbitration proceedings in
relation to claims of
$ 180m by a London Stock Exchange - listed oil and gas
company brought under the UK - Ukraine bilateral investment treaty, alleging unlawful imposition of tax measures.
James Pickavance Qualified: 2006 Made partner: 2013 Key cases: Representing a contractor in
relation to a dispute arising out of the construction of the «Chernobyl Arch», with a contract price of
$ 800m and the current estimated cost of
$ 2.2 bn; acting for the world's second biggest
company in
relation to a dispute on a
$ 11bn and gas project in Abu Dhabi.
Adrian Bell Qualified: 2004 Made partner: 2013 Key cases: Advising a Turkish energy
company in
relation to a
$ 350m international arbitration in the Middle East under the local laws; advising in
relation to disputes on the Birmingham Highways PFI.
currently a member of the tax controversy team representing a Fortune 100
company regarding transfer pricing assessments in
relation to the disposition of intellectual property operations valued at approximately
$ 5 billion; and
currently representing a Fortune 500
company in the life sciences industry regarding non-resident withholding tax assessments totalling approximately
$ 100 million in
relation to a cross-border distribution.
Robert's commercial disputes experience has focused on the energy sector and includes representing a multinational energy
company in a
$ 150 million ICC arbitration concerning the impact of government - imposed price renegotiation in the coal industry; representing an oil & gas major in a dispute under a long term gas supply agreement in
relation to an off - shore West African field; defending a Russian energy infrastructure
company in LCIA arbitration proceedings; and advising an oil major on potential claims under a bi-lateral investment treaty related to corruption charges and maltreatment of
company officers.
Advising a
company in
relation to a potential multi-million pound pensions claim, acting for a Virgin Isles
company in a
$ 10 million joint venture dispute involving a gold mining venture in southern Africa
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Relations Jamie Gorelick Jonathan Yarowsky Ken Salazar Thomas Strickland Industry Focus: Energy: Regulatory: Conventional Power Andrew Spielman Mark Kalpin Rachel Jacobson Industry Focus: Healthcare: Life Sciences Amy Wigmore Belinda Juran Bruce Manheim Lia Der Marderosian Lisa Pirozzolo Robert Gunther Steven Singer Stuart Falber William Lee Intellectual Property: Patent Litigation: International Trade Commission Natalie Hanlon Leh William Lee Intellectual Property: Patent Litigation: Full Coverage Donald Steinberg Joseph Haag Lisa Pirozzolo Mark Selwyn Michael Summersgill William Lee Intellectual Property: Patents: Prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings) Amy Wigmore Colleen Superko David Cavanaugh Donald Steinberg Jason Kipnis Monica Grewal Intellectual Property: Patents: Licensing David Cavanaugh Michael Bevilacqua Labor and Employment: Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Amy Null Kimberly Wethly Scott Kilgore M&A / Corporate and Commercial: Commercial Deals and Contracts Belinda Juran Jeffrey Johnson Michael Bevilacqua Robert Finkel Steven Barrett Steven Singer M&A / Corporate and Commercial: Corporate Governance Erika Robinson Hal Leibowitz Jennifer Zepralka Jonathan Wolfman Knute Salhus Lillian Brown Meredith Cross Thomas White M&A / Corporate and Commercial: M&A: Middle - Market (
$ 500m - 999m) Christopher Rose Eric Hwang Hal Leibowitz Jay Bothwick Joseph Wyatt Mark Borden Mick Bain Stephanie Evans M&A / Corporate and Commercial: Venture Capital and Emerging
Companies Christopher Rose David Gammell Eric Hwang Mick Bain Peter Buckland Media, Technology and Telecoms: Cyber law Alejandro Mayorkas Benjamin Powell Reed Freeman Heather Zachary Media, Technology and Telecoms: Technology: Outsourcing Belinda Juran Michael Bevilacqua Robert Finkel Steven Barrett Media, Technology and Telecoms: Technology: Transactions Ashwin Gokhale Belinda Juran Michael Bevilacqua Jeffrey Johnson Steven Barrett Media, Technology and Telecoms: Telecoms and Broadcast: Regulatory Benjamin Powell Heather Zachary Jonathan Yarowsky Kelly Dunbar Reed Freeman Real Estate and Construction: Real Estate Doug Burton Keith Barnett Paul Jakubowski Sean Boulger William O'Reilly Tax: US Taxes: Non-Contentious Julie Hogan Rodgers Kimberly Wethly Richard Andersen Robert Burke William Caporizzo
Successfully representing a major international investment bank on Spanish derivatives litigation, in
relation to a
$ 150m claim filed by the holding
company of one of the major media groups in Spain.
Advising in
relation to the enforcement of a
$ 100 million arbitration award against a large UK
company.
acting for the investment banks on a
$ 40m private placement and subsequent offering in
relation to a natural resources
company;
advising on judicial procedures challenging a
$ 2.5 m sanction applied by the Portuguese Competition Authority in
relation to agreements with another television network
company.
Advised international energy renewables business Abengoa Group bondholders and investors in
relation to restructuring the
company's EUR
$ 20bn indebtedness.
Advised Investec Bank plc and TD Securities Inc. as joint bookrunners in
relation to the
$ 200 million initial public offering of Irish residential property investment
company, Irish Residential Properties REIT plc..
In this narrative in
relation to what sentence should be imposed by a UK court, the SFO and the
company jointly submitted that this should only consist of a confiscation order of
$ 6.7 m. However, the narrative also revealed that the
company would pay
$ 6m to the SFO by way of a civil recovery order.
Advising a group of Ukranian agro-trading
companies in
relation to claims made by various lenders for fraud and breach of contract amounting to
$ 73 million in outstanding loans.
Representing a shareholder of a CIS based oil
company in respect of an application to set aside a worldwide freezing order in
relation to a claim alleging conspiracy valued at over
$ 350m.
To give you one idea of how affordable their term life insurance premiums cost in
relation to other
companies I did a search for a
$ 300,000 term life insurance policy for a 33 year old man who was a non smoker and in good health.
He's going to take over the
company's compliance and government
relations efforts just as Bird seems poised for a big, nationwide rollout following its huge
$ 100 million raise.
Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA)-- Nvidia is perhaps the largest
company that has a direct
relation to the price of cryptocurrencies at a market capitalization of almost
$ 100 billion.
In light of pending legal proceedings, the
company is trying to get ahead of the public
relations nightmare by offering
$ 29 replacement batteries for older models, back to the iPhone 6 handsets.