Sentences with phrase «said interested companies»

The ads said interested companies had until Oct. 8 to sign a non-disclosure agreement and request the RFP materials.

Not exact matches

Although a number of media companies including Vox and Penske Media were said to be interested in bidding for Gawker, the auction only involved bids from Univision and Ziff - Davis.

Among the interests Mnuchin sold were stakes in a Hollywood financing company known as RatPac - Dune, Treasury spokeswoman Molly Meiners said in an email.

Michael Dell doesn't talk specifically about the companies he's interested in, but according to an April 2012 Forbes interview, Dell said he, personally, looks at over 250 companies every year that might fit into the company's acquisition strategy, even if the company only acts on a few.

This has driven interest in acquisitions and joint ventures by big beverage companies like Starbucks, which acquired Atlanta - based tea retailer Teavana in 2012, and Hain Celestial, which says it plans to complete multiple acquisitions of ready - to - drink beverage brands valued at $ 5 million to $ 20 million.

«I've had several inquiries from Chinese interested in purchasing properties in Pyongyang, Wonsan and Sinuiju,» said the founder of INDPRK, a travel company in Dandong that runs tours to North Korea, who goes by the name Griffin Che.

In addition to the financial terms of the deal and the impact it is likely to have on Business Insider as a company, I was interested in co-founder Henry Blodget's thoughts about the sale — why he decided to sell, what it says about the editorial model that the site was built on, etc..

«But if for some reason that's not in the company's best interest,» he said at the time, «I'll find something I can do that will add value.»

«Resolving this case is in the best interests of the company and our shareholders,» Associate General Counsel Sandeep Solanki said in a statement.

For entrepreneurs interested in selling goods to bigger companies in the industry, the cluster has held approximately eight «supplier sessions,» where small businesses learn how they will need to tighten their standards to participate in the nuclear industry, Carlberg says.

ALMATY, April 24 - Canada's Centerra Gold said on Tuesday it had received an unsolicited bid for its Kumtor gold mine in Kyrgyzstan from Chaarat Gold Holdings but that it had informed the London - listed company that it was not interested in the offer.

But when they broached the idea of developing such a vaccine with drug companies, nearly all of them said, «No, thank you very much, but we're not interested,» recalls Schiller in a Lasker Foundation interview.

«Starting a company was an opportunity to combine a professional interest with that passion,» he says.

Intriguingly, Fielding says customer interest in Ripcord has been so strong, the company hasn't had to invest in a dedicated sales team.

PitchBook senior analyst Garrett Black said in a statement that three factors — private companies staying private, volatile public markets and a looming rise in interest rates — are driving the trend.

«It will be particularly interesting to see what the companies have to say about the size of their audiences after the fact, and whether they use comparable metrics, or whether they'll look to make such comparisons difficult.»

According to a report in Variety, chief content officer Ted Sarandos responded to a question about the company's interest in news programming by saying it was exploring that possibility.

To help ease the appearance of conflicts of interest, the company said it would not enter into any new international deals, promised to hire a compliance officer and ethics adviser to vet domestic deals, donate foreign profit from its hotels and refrain from doing anything that could be perceived as exploiting the office of the presidency.

But sh e said that she was interested in getting back to the kind of early - stage company that eBay was when she began a decade - long stint as its CEO in 1998.

The low - interest - rate environment has allowed it to borrow to fund operations at levels that are about half the 10 percent interest rate the company paid for its financing more than a decade ago, says Clark Balderson, the company's chairman and chief financial officer.

Activist investment fund Jana Partners acquired a 5 % stake in Time Inc. earlier this year, and the fund is said to be interested in pushing for either an improvement in the company's financial picture or a sale.

Laloux said that he finds the situation at Zappos to be especially interesting, because while he's studied some very successful self - managed companies around the world and across varied industries, there's never been an attempt by a company as large as Zappos at making a transition to becoming one.

«It takes an interesting approach to capturing the lithium theme by investing in a range of companies, from household - electronics producers to chemicals companies,» he said.

However, the Federal Reserve increased its benchmark interest rate in mid-December, which is likely to have a direct impact on fundraising and force down the high valuations of many of these late - stage private companies, venture capitalists and economists say.

But Sladek, the AonHewitt partner, said more U.S. companies have been asking her about paid leave and whether their competitors are offering it, so there is interest.

Desrosiers» data is supported anecdotally by searches on the online used - car service AutoTrader.ca, where cross-border interest has surged: the company says that in November and December of 2015 it saw a more than 27 % year - over-year increase in U.S. traffic to its Canadian web site.

One of those companies — I won't say which one — said the approach was wrong, «They should have come to us and said you do this together because you all have an interest in making this service available to your customers so you can share in the joy of doing it and then you compete for customers.

Adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, and amortization (EBITA) came in at 207 million euros ($ 258.67 million), the company said, compared with 188 million euros a year ago.

The company engineered two three - month loans, totaling $ 300,000, from a private party — «a friend of a friend,» says Anderson — who required the owners to put up 10 % of their equity as collateral and make principal and interest payments of $ 75,000 a month.

Zimmer declined to comment to the Times, but did say that there's a lot of interest being garnered about the company's business.

Sky rose 4.1 percent, making it one of the top performers in Europe, boosted by the news that Comcast, parent company of CNBC, and Verizon said they are interested in buying certain parts of 21st Century Fox.

It's still in the company's best interest to remain private for a while longer, he says.

While he won't divulge details, Eisenhardt says the privately - held company has in the past fielded interested investment and acquisition calls from «many players.»

All of that interest speaks to a real need, says Dickey, who sees the company as «the world's software engineering department.»

While Franco - Nevada is making less per ounce than it once was, the company has increased both the number and size of its revenue - generating interests, says Shane Nagle, an analyst with National Bank Financial.

«The banks have no interest in financing small business unless they are 100 % secured on company assets, personal insurance and guarantees,» said a Bank of Montreal client based in Saint - Laurent, Quebec.

Verizon showed interest in Yahoo's core business as early as December, when Chief Financial Officer Fran Shammo said the company would «see if there is a strategic fit» for Yahoo's holdings, which include mail, news, sports and advertising technology.

Concannon said the majority of rebates go to buyers, not brokers, in order to incentivize them to provide liquidity for small companies and ETFs that don't draw enough interest from the markets.

«This is really about helping large media companies grow even bigger,» said Democratic FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn, adding that Republicans were «more intent on granting the industrys holiday wish list early rather than looking out for the public interest.»

«Norwegian believes that IAG's interest in the company confirms the sustainability and potential of our business model and global growth,» it said.

The company said Wednesday that it plans to sell securities directly to individuals and others interested in investing in its rooftop solar systems.

Softbank has invested in some interesting companies, but the key is whether they can they work together, says Oliver Matthew of CLSA.

More than 500 companies have expressed interest in rolling out student loan benefits to their workers next year, said Tim DeMello, founder and CEO of Gradifi, a platform that lets companies, including PwC, Connelly Partners and Western Union, pay off some of their employees» student loans.

«The candidate who knows the space and is really interested in a company rather than just applying for a job will be able to engage with everyone who's interviewing him or her with interesting questions at the right level,» Baszucki says.

«Sometimes they do it because they hope to get the company interested in them and eventually get some type of promotional gig,» she said.

The Weinstein Company said it had received a letter of interest from Inclusion Media, a potential bidder backed by Broadway producer Howard Kagan, after the bid deadline.

Human resources consultant Crystal Barnett says it's in a company's best interest to be flexible.

The company said the letter «was a conditional indication of interest that contemplated substantially less value to the estate, and did not include a purchase agreement, a financing commitment, a deposit, or a number of other requirements for a qualified bid.»

«There's a lot of investor interest for companies in the top accelerators, and that became a distraction for our team and took a lot of time away from building our company,» he says.

Low interest rates, Fink says, are «a tax that's killing insurance companies, old ladies, everybody.»