Sentences with phrase «rivaling companies in»

The big question would be if Hasbro and LEGO, two of the biggest rivaling companies in the toy industry, would be willing work cohesively on this one project.

Advanced Cell Technology (ACT), the biotechnology company in Marlborough, Massachusetts, of which Lanza is chief scientific officer, had for more than a year been operating in the shadow of Geron, a rival company in Menlo Park, California.

«You can become very popular on Facebook very quickly... provided you're willing to pay for it,» said the digital marketing director of a rival company in a curt dismissal of Random House's Facebook success.

Not exact matches

That also means Novartis will be taking on rival Gilead, which is the only other company to have an approved CAR - T therapy on the market (both received the regulatory green light in 2017).

TrafficSoda, based in Waterloo, ON, is among those companies that wants to help put smaller businesses on even footing with larger rivals by building their «off - page» search engine optimization (SEO).

Once a modest - size Medicaid provider, the managed - care company has expanded quickly — vaulting from No. 453 to 66 on the Fortune 500 in five years» time — and it has done so, in part, by entering markets that rivals have fled (Medicare Advantage, prison health care, the precarious Obama - care exchanges).

Though it suffered through a challenging 2016, the company bounced back by revamping its sales model and expanding in India, where it rivals Samsung Electronics Co. (samsung - ct) as the biggest vendor.

Three rival companies, founded by scientific pioneers in this field — Editas Medicine, Intellia Therapeutics, and CRISPR Therapeutics — have gone public this year, and together command a market cap of nearly $ 1.7 billion.

For the second consecutive quarter, Continental bested rival Whiting Petroleum Corp to be the largest oil producer in the Bakken, solidifying that crown and its place as one of the most - prolific U.S. shale companies.

For years, Canadian UAV companies have had an edge over their American rivals because our regulators have been more permissive in allowing drone flights, and don't require operators to have a pilot's licence — an expensive hurdle.

Nothing is more effective in helping a company stay ahead of its rivals than new ideas that are executed well.

The Nanaimo, B.C., digital marketing company that landed the richest deal ever on Dragons» Den — then rejected it in favour of a better offer — has made an acquisition that its founder says gives it «the complete package» to take on its super-sized American rival.

A Perth company that has become a global leader in the education software market is facing uncertain times as main rival Blackboard takes over two of its biggest partners.

Cade's demands, which echo similar agreements in Chile and Mexico, aim to address concerns the resulting company could close off markets to rival content providers and television services.

Delta's other trade victory came on Friday, when, in a surprise decision, the U.S. International Trade Commission ruled against Boeing in a bitter trade battle in which the Chicago - based company said its business was harmed by trade practices of its Canadian rival Bombardier.

With support from Fairfax Financial, Gregson repaired the company's balance sheet and sold the revitalized chain to rival Leon's in 2012.

Prologis, a logistics company with a global footprint, will acquire smaller U.S. rival DCT Industrial Trust in an $ 8.4 billion all - stock transaction, including the assumption of debt, the two companies said on Sunday.

Most of their rivals in Europe and Japan were rebuilding amid the war's destruction, so big companies were raking in cash and didn't have any issue being generous.

Prologis will acquire smaller U.S. rival DCT Industrial Trust in an $ 8.4 billion all - stock transaction, including the assumption of debt, the two companies said on Sunday.

Meanwhile, the ability to effectively police abusive behavior could prove essential to the company's financial health, as Twitter needs to show regular, significant user growth in order to appease investors who are concerned that the company is lagging behind social media rivals like Facebook and Instagram.

Other companies reporting quarterly results today include book retailer Barnes & Noble (BKS), which is expected to report a decline in its fourth - quarter sales — a drop that would represent the company's fourth - straight quarterly decline — as the retailer faces the increasing threat of online rivals as well as underwhelming demand for its Nook e-readers.

The deal means Nike (NKE) has stolen the contract from one of its biggest rivals, German company Adidas, which signed an 11 - year contact with the league in 2006.

Ride - sharing company Lyft has expanded its operations in the United States by more than 50 % in the past eight months, taking advantage of problems at rival company Uber to capture new market share.

The company behind the popular disappearing - message app Snapchat has long trailed rival social media company Facebook in daily active users and is still far from profitability.

Snap has long trailed rival social media company Facebook in daily active users, and is still far from profitability.

Yu was speaking after Huawei unveiled its Huawei Matebook, a two - in - one tablet and detachable keyboard aimed at the business market, and pitting the company against rivals Apple, Samsung and Lenovo.

Outspent by rival Apple more than three - to - one in advertising for mobile phones in the U.S. in 2011, Samsung responded with a marketing blitz on TV, billboards, the Internet and print media that moved the Korean company into the pole position last year.

With a library of more than 2.2 million e-books, with five million customers in 100 countries so far, the Toronto - based e-book retailer has shown potential to build itself into Amazon's chief global rival for digital reading, concentrating on markets like Europe where the American company isn't as strong.

Lastly, index funds tend to not just own one company in an industry, but most of their rivals as well.

Chen Tianqiao, who built game developer Shanda Interactive Entertainment into what was once China's biggest internet company (big enough to rival Alibaba and Tencent), disappeared after leaving China and taking his company private in 2012.

Peugeot's rival Renault SA also says it has banned models for years in Europe preferring «car explainers,» whose appearance didn't matter as long as they were tall enough to be noticed, a spokeswoman for the company said.

Viasat CEO Mark Dankberg believes that it's unlikely that the kinds of smaller satellites that companies like SpaceX or rival OneWeb are looking to deploy in low orbit will be able to offer Internet speeds that are as fast as the bigger satellites in higher orbit.

Buick's best - selling model is the subcompact Encore crossover, and Cadillac's biggest debut this year has been the XT4, a model the company is making to finally catch up with rivals already in the luxury crossover segment.

Under his leadership, Expedia's revenues grew from $ 2.1 billion in 2005 to $ 8.7 billion in 2016, and the company became the biggest online travel agency in the US by snatching up rivals Orbitz, HomeAway, Travelocity, and Hotels.com.

Other rivals — and trading partners — of Circle's desk include Cumberland Mining, a subsidiary of the high - speed trading firm DRW in Chicago; Genesis Trading, a New York — based spinout of SecondMarket, the private - company stock exchange; and Octagon Strategy, in Hong Kong.

Time Warner and AT&T, the No. 2 U.S. wireless company which also owns DirecTV, announced their deal in October 2016, but it was not until last month that the Justice Department sued AT&T to block the deal, arguing it could raise prices for rivals and pay - TV subscribers and hamper the development of online video.

By studying the long history of Chinese energy companies in the global marketplace, study author Margaret Cornish determined «their organization and strategy reflect and respond to their global rivals rather than the Chinese state.»

Lyft, in the meantime, benefits from a major company with easy access to cash as well as a global footprint — the very resources the startup needs if it hopes to compete with rival service Uber.

The German sportswear company made the uniforms for both countries, keeping rivals Nike and Puma out of the spotlight for the final game at the Maracanã stadium in Rio de Janeiro.

For a company that's struggled to expand its user base and whose advertising revenues have been left in the dust by Facebook, its much bigger rival, it's a very attractive strategy.

These developments raise the possibility that Canada's two leading pipeline companies will lose out to American rivals in the race to get fast - rising oil production from Alberta, Saskatchewan and North Dakota to higher paying refiners on the Gulf Coast, Asia and California.

Certainly you'll have to make concessions in some cases — say you're trying to recruit a CFO from a rival company.

But at a SXSW keynote Monday afternoon in Austin, Green tried to claim some bragging rights over his company's larger, better - funded rival.

Fishing and hunting equipment chain Cabela's said it agreed to be bought by rival Bass Pro Shops in a deal valued at $ 5.5 billion that will help the privately held company nearly double its store count in North America.

Celgene's patents likely won't be challenged by its rivals anytime soon — its three main patents expire in the 2020s, by which point the company will have made a considerable amount of money on the drugs.

In the past 6 to 12 months, he has signed on three other top managers besides King, two of them from rivals that are 10 times the size of his insurance company.

On the horizon, Sirius has shown interest in buying online music streaming service Pandora (p), which would better enable the company to compete with rivals Spotify, Apple (aapl), and Amazon (amzn).

The uptick in the shares reflects a belief that Netflix is now in a position to sign up more subscribers this year than analysts had previously anticipated, generating additional revenue that the company can spend on TV series and movies as it bids against rivals such as HBO, Amazon.com, YouTube and Hulu for licensing rights.

Of the company's initial rivals, only about three are still in business.

Bristol - Myers» cancer immunotherapy treatment Opdivo is a recent shining star in the company's portfolio and has generally been trouncing Merck's rival therapy Keytruda in sales.