Sentences with phrase «say independent companies»

Business observers say independent companies that have hit the big time always make their customers feel like they're still working with a small, personal operation.

Parsons said an independent company in Japan was responsible for selling ADA tokens so far.

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Lebedev also said that the Independent will be investing more in digital and creating 25 new «content roles» for the company, as well a new subscription - based mobile app and new bureaus in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.

The companies, which employ a combined 1.1 million people worldwide, plan to create a new, independent company they say is «free from profit - making incentives and constraints.»

BitTorrent, a streaming - technology company more closely associated with file - sharing than journalism, announced on Wednesday that it is launching a live - streaming TV news network that the company says will be an «informed, independent voice on the news.»

A column in the Guardian said that the Independent was «killed by the Internet,» but Lebedev said the decision to shut down the paper's print operation was the only possible move the company could make given the decline of print and print - advertising revenue.

The key players were independent researcher Paul Kocher and the team at a company called Cyberus Technology, said Gruss, while Jann Horn at Google Project Zero came to similar conclusions independently.

Netflix has said BitTorrent use in Canada has been cut in half since the company set up shop and independent studies have found the same — that legal services such as Spotify curb use of shadier ones wherever they pop up.

Richard Windsor, an independent financial analyst based in Abu Dhabi, said that, at first appearance, the outlook seemed designed to give the company a very low hurdle it can clear easily in its early days as a public company.

My colleague Michal Lev - Ram spoke with Chris Young, an SVP with Intel who is now CEO of the independent company, who had this to say about deals:

The company's buyout by Coke in 2011 was seen as a betrayal by some purists, and Goldman said he has had to carve out and protect an independent identity for Honest Tea.

Vicki Bryan, senior analyst of independent research for bond - rating company Gim me Credit, said Valeant's problems aren't over with the termination of its relationship with Philidor.

The companies each pay a nominal membership fee of $ 250 per month but remain independent, and in return, Groupe Dissan helps them reach their potential by providing a «tool box for growth,» says Lamarche.

How to Handle Employee Complaints: How to Have an Impartial Investigation «By far the problem that smaller companies have is that they don't have somebody sufficiently independent to investigate these complaints,» says Kelly.

By analyzing data and employing A / B testing to decipher, for example, how its opening in Miami differed from its opening in Atlanta, the company quickly identified key indicators that a market was a good fit, namely cities with «significant population density, restaurant density... and a high percentage of independent restaurants,» says Zabusky.

Renewable technology company Bombora Wave Power says an independent study has confirmed the viability of its first commercial project, a 60 - megawatt wave farm in Portugal, which it says will cost $ 180 million to develop.

«Over multiple discussions, Steve later convinced us that he understood our vision, that he wouldn't just make Siri a tiny feature but something core to Apple's strategy across multiple devices, and that we could impact the world more as part of Apple than as an independent company,» says Cheyer.

«We do believe the current governance structure, with Jamie Dimon serving as both chairman and CEO, and an independent minded board, has served the shareholders well and is right for the company at this time,» said Lee Raymond, JPMorgan Chase's presiding director and the former CEO of Exxon Mobil.

«It took me seven years working at a big company to build a clientele,» says Michael Nunziato, a now independent hair stylist in St. Charles, Illinois.

With 5,000 independent repair technicians, known as iTechs, in over 500 cities in the U.S. — and expecting to more than double that number by the end of the year — Forsythe says his company is the largest company of its kind in the country.

«There are a number of requirements that public companies have independent board members,» says Mike Gould, a partner in the Chicago office of PricewaterhouseCoopers» capital markets transaction services practice.

The new Indus Towers board will have 11 members - three each from Bharti Airtel and Vodafone, one from KKR or Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and four independent members, the companies said.

I've always said that the companies that scale to become large, sustainable and independent franchises are the ones that offer a platform to the market.

The company said last week it had appointed an independent counsel to investigate Sorrell and that the ongoing investigation doesn't appear to be material to the business.

The company said an independent probe into certain payments the company made revealed «management override, flawed design or ineffective enforcement of controls» in relation to hiring agents for two of its projects.

EMC stockholders will receive about $ 33.15 per share in cash and a type of stock that is linked to «a portion of EMC's economic interest» in its VMware business, which will remain an independent, publicly traded company, the companies said in a statement Monday.

The Internet presents challenges for companies around issues like trust and identity — determining that a person with whom you are transacting is indeed who they say they are requires some kind of independent verification.

Appearing on the latest episode of The Bottom Line with Henry Blodget, Myhrvold says Microsoft remains one of the few companies today with a true, independent research team working on «super hard problems.»

The governor has said the solar companies have «resorted to bullying tactics,» and have tried to pressure his office and «improperly influence the PUC's independent decision making process.»

«The decision to build our midstream business in parallel with upstream growth has created one of the strongest midstream companies in the Appalachian Basin,» James Rohr, EQT's lead independent director, said in a statement.

Today the Delaware Chancery Court judge hearing the trial said that before March 28 he'd rule on whether Barry Diller's proposed breakup of IAC into five independent companies violated his contract...

While franchisees have traditionally been seen as independent, a ruling by the National Labor Relations Board in 2015 said corporate parent companies are responsible for their franchisees» labor practices.

The company is «fully committed» to its strategy as an independent company, as well as its bid for Perrigo, he said.

Monks says that having an independent chair is important for all companies but especially important for one with the size, scope and power of Exxon.

Disney CEO Bob Iger will remain with his company through 2021 to «provide the vision and proven leadership required to successfully complete and integrate such a massive, complex undertaking,» Orin Smith, the lead independent director of Disney's board, said in the release.

«It is quite unprecedented for a highly successful, 25 - year - old company like ours to become independent, standalone and Canadian - owned,» says president and CEO Bob Macdonald.

The company said it has secured $ 2 million in new debtor - in - possession financing from an independent third - party investment firm, which will be used to meet its working capital needs during the Chapter 11 process.

Amgen, the biggest independent biotechnology company in the world, said it bought back $ 10.7 billion worth of stock last quarter — seven times bigger than its 2017 buyback and an 8.5 percent decrease in its total share count.

Following the December 6 independent report, current Olympus President Shuichi Takayama issued a statement the next day saying, «it has become clear that the company postponed over many years recognition of losses... [due to] defects in the corporate governance of the Ccompany postponed over many years recognition of losses... [due to] defects in the corporate governance of the CompanyCompany.

«If you want it to solve the exact problem it's built to solve, at the problem sizes I tested, it's thousands of times faster than anything I'm aware of,» says Catherine McGeogh, the professor that Google and company brought in to act as an independent adviser on their tests.

Shari Redstone, 60, had said that both companies needed an «independent voice» as chair who was not involved in her family's personal matters.

Independent bond research firm Gimmie Credit downgraded the debt of the giant chemical company on Tuesday, saying Peltz's pressure may end up forcing DuPont's executives to do something «materially harmful» to the company.

At the top end of the soloist market, «we see independent professionals and teams that come together on a project basis,» says George Gendron, former Inc. editor and founder of the Solo Project, a media, research, and education company for independent professionals.

However, many of the on - demand companies who have recently re-classified their independent contractors as employees — or who began doing business by only hiring so - called W2 employees — say blaming legal reasons is just a sideshow.

The initial focus of the independent company will be on technology that will provide their U.S. employees and their families with simplified and high - quality health care at accessible costs, the companies said.

«How much you spend depends on the demographics of your company,» says Chris Gory, the president of Insurance Portfolio Financial Services Inc., a Toronto - based independent insurance brokerage specializing in employee benefits coverage.

CEO Kotick said in a statement, «We should emerge even stronger — an independent company with a best - in - class franchise portfolio and the focus and flexibility to drive long - term shareholder value and expand our leadership position as one of the world's most important entertainment companies... The transactions announced today will allow us to take advantage of attractive financing markets while still retaining more than US$ 3 billion cash on hand to preserve financial stability.»

And although Parker wouldn't speak specifically to Kik's future plans, he says Spark hopes all its firms end up as «independent, publicly traded companies that are sustainable, profitable, have a global audience and reach, and are employing thousands of people around the world.»

(Schuler defends the transaction, saying his company relied on «qualified, independent experts» who concluded that «profitable limestone mining operations were feasible.»)

Most of the independents say the hardware companies are «too fixed on the iron» to represent a serious threat to the software companies.