Sentences with phrase «scale acquisitions in»

However, one of the proposals for tax reform is to eliminate debt interest deduction, and thanks to large scale acquisitions in the past few years, Lockheed's debt levels have been gradually climbing (more on this later).

Whether it's the proposal of a «megamerger» within the media industry or a smaller - scale acquisition in a different sector, it's something that we're seeing more and more frequently with each passing day.

Not exact matches

«They said 2010 was the big acquisition year, and 2011 would be about putting everything in its right place and investing in personnel to scale those smaller businesses.

Deals could range from so - called acqui - hires — buying startups primarily to gain their employees — such as Coinbase did with Memo.AI in January, «all the way through to tuck in acquisitions in the middle, and large - scale acquisitions,» Hirji explained.

The temptation is to focus only on the latter — to see a shift in scale as achieving a greater footprint through growth, acquisition and / or diversification.

As long as you are prepared, you will tip the scales in favor of a successful acquisition process.

«What is clear from the proposed deal is that Sainsbury's and Asda are very aware of a potential Amazon acquisition in the UK supermarket industry which is why they are looking for scale in order to safeguard their future.

It is one of the defining factors in whether your SaaS company has a viable business model that can yield profits by keeping acquisition costs low as you scale.

Gerard has spoken globally on his results - driven practices, authentic experiences, and modern approach to mindset, confidence, content marketing, social media, Millennials in the workforce, raising capital, and scaling a business to acquisition.

«We believe the acquisition of the William Hill Australia business gives us the scale and customers to become a leading force in the market and the tools we will need to prepare for potential positive regulatory movement in other jurisdictions.»

Other new questions about environmental issues include large - scale land acquisitions in the supply chains of food companies and related human rights problems.

The company has only done small «acqhire» deals in the past — and again, hiring Srinivasan is said by sources to be much of the logic on this one, too — but the scale of this acquisition is another growing - up moment for Coinbase.

A trio of solar projects has become Australia's first utility - scale solar PV portfolio acquisition and financing deal, raising hopes that large - scale projects will find long - term financing more easily in the future.

Kris also spearheaded the platform's direction and ensured its ability to scale, culminating in its acquisition by Microsoft in 2012.

At the time of the Fortune article, Coinbase said some companies would be acquired primarily to gain employees, but the deals will run the gamut «all the way through to tuck in acquisitions in the middle and large - scale acquisitions,» according to Hirji.

On the bottom line, that translated to 274 % growth in net income attributable to the company, to $ 93.9 million, and 267 % growth in earnings per share to $ 0.22, with growth driven by ON's increased scale and cost synergies stemming from the acquisition.

As foreshadowed in The Australian Financial Review AAM Investment Group's Southern Cross Poultry Fund has just completed the acquisition of seven large - scale poultry farms north - east of Adelaide for about $ 50 million after raising $ 36.2 million of equity.

The acquisition, which bridges Unata's comprehensive white - label digital grocery platform with Instacart's established technology and scale, will create a one - stop shop for brick - and - mortar retailers to effectively compete in an increasingly online world.

The acquisition of Coveris Americas adds significant depth and scale to our existing platform, with flexible packaging operations now expected to be our largest division in terms of TC Transcontinental's pro forma revenues based on its fiscal year 2017.

Three ordinances supporting the Department of Planning and Development's acquisition of land for the parks were introduced in City Council late last month and will likely be approved by fall, according to Pete Scales, spokesman for the Planning Department.

Rio Tinto chairman Jan du Plessis said «The Rio Tinto Board fully acknowledges that a write - down of this scale in relation to the relatively recent Mozambique acquisition is unacceptable.

But Chung Sun - Sup, the head of corporate analysis firm chaebul.com, said major chaebol decisions on large - scale acquisitions or investments «are often endorsed by the patriarch of a ruling family», and with Lee in prison, the firm «may move more slowly than before».

The Governor recalled that in the last one year, the State Government joined the Oodua Investment Group in addition to the acquisition of land in Ogun and Oyo States for agricultural purposes, saying that government would scale up the economic integration of the South West States as well as the cultural heritage of the region.

INCF coordinates the development of a large - scale international collaborative cyberinfrstructure for Neuroinformatics, brings together the world's leading scientists, solves challenges in standardization and interoperability and helps facilitating the acquisition and annotation of diverse datasets.

The acquisition of Fox by Disney — which is «closing in» but in no way final — is capable of altering the media landscape on a scale not seen since Comcast acquired NBC Universal in 2009.

Kobo endeavors to lead in new markets around the globe and since Kobo's acquisition by the e-commerce leader Rakuten, Kobo has the resources, network and capacity to scale quickly around the world and to deliver a solution that meets and exceeds our customer and partner needs.

During his tenure at Cadbury Schweppes, Bayern participated in several large - scale business turnaround and transformation initiatives, including the turnaround of Snapple Beverage Group and the acquisition and integration of the largest independent bottling company in the U.S.

«The combination of HP's global scale and financial strength with Palm's unparalleled webOS platform will enhance HP's ability to participate more aggressively in the fast - growing, highly profitable smartphone and connected mobile device markets,» HP said in an April 28 statement on the acquisition.

Resource conversions include: changes of control; mergers and acquisitions; tender offers; massive asset redeployments; massive liability restructurings, whether in leveraged buyouts or the reorganization of troubled companies; large scale distributions to stock holders in the form of dividends and / or stock buy - backs; and split ups.

The synergies for acquisitions in the industry tend to come from S, G&A, and some economies of scale.

As Berkshire has grown, it's become harder for the Oracle to move the needle in any way other than through large - scale acquisitions.

With TOT, of course, the obvious answer to this Cash is frequent execution of small / medium sized acquisitions across Europe (similar to what DCC (DCC: LN) has done for years in its Energy business)-- considering the nature / scope of potential business acquisitions, I think there's a marvelous opportunity here to hoover up cos and double their operating margins v quickly through cost elimination and economies of scale.

Actually, I think I must have missed your TOT post back in March — I was just reading it now, and I am struck by the fact you reach many of the same conclusions ** — particularly your dubiety over the whole acquisition focus & scale / quality of the resulting returns.

Fortunately, final results have since triggered a 20 % + rally year - to - date, as investors were reassured the new acquisitions were bedding down nicely & it fully sank in that Applegreen will almost inevitably clock up another 25 - 30 % growth in 2018, based on the huge step - up in its estate last year & continued scale from its development / acquisition growth strategy this year.

Let's get acquisitions out of the way first: Despite the hoopla from management surrounding corporate purchases (it's «transformative `, it offers «synergies, and scale `, it's an «exciting new market entrance `, etc.), they're almost never a catalyst (at least one that's identifiable in advance).

Duke Energy's biggest move was its acquisition of Progress Energy in mid-2012 for over $ 13 billion, significantly enhancing the company's scale and market share in regions such as the Carolinas.

The deal includes acquiring a 30 per cent stake in the company and investing in real estate acquisitions for new build, hotel conversion and adaptive reuse properties as Yotel expands its international scale.

INCF coordinates the development of a large - scale international collaborative cyberinfrstructure for Neuroinformatics, brings together the world's leading scientists, solves challenges in standardization and interoperability and helps facilitating the acquisition and annotation of diverse datasets.

Prior to working in the IT industry, Leon was engaged in engineering roles such as large - scale data acquisition projects, and industrial computer control.

In 2011, with our first of many acquisitions to come, Nordic Games began its transformation from small scale, two - platform games publisher to a multi-platform, multi-genre global player.

Flurry points to drop off in yuletide download growth — Pocketgamer.biz The Dutch want gaming startups to sprout like tulips (interview)-- Gamesbeat Casual Connect 2014 • Drie Nederlandse winnaars bij Indie Prize award show — Control Portrait of a Pretentious Game — Rappler Casual Connect 2014 • De succesfactoren van Reus, de godgame met een indieprijskaartje — Control Grand Cru: Console devs are «utterly failing» at in - app purchases — Pocketgamer.biz Game makers beware: Virtual goods purchases are about to be regulated — Gamesbeat Casual Connect 2014 • Een bedrijf opstarten doet niemand voor je, vergeet niet te relaxen en wees een ster — Control Asian companies account for nine of the top 10 game mergers and acquisitions — Gamesbeat The Godus amongst us: Molyneux talks free - to - play farces, winning without chasing whales and his top score on Flappy Bird — Pocketgamer.biz Peter Molyneux believes ripping people off with free - to - play games won't last (interview)-- Gamesbeat Size matters: How to scale your game for overnight success — Pocketgamer.biz FlowPlay helps developers like Joju Games differentiate their social - casino titles — Gamesbeat Molyneux: Free - to - play is like «smashing consumers over the head with a sledgehammer» — Pocketgamer.biz Dandelions benoemd tot beste indiegame Casual Connect — Gamer.nl Share and share like: Why developers need to care about their sharers — Pocketgamer.biz Mimimi gewinnt Indie Prize — GamesMarkt Flappy Bird was the perfect accidental guerilla marketing campaign, says Creative Mobile — Pocketgamer.biz Casual Connect Amsterdam — Freegame.cz Mech Mocha Founder Arpita Kapoor Wins Most Prominent Female Indie Award at Casual Connect Europe — Animation Xpress Casual Connect Europe 2014 — Амстердам — ITC.ua

-- Scale — Award & Dinner Programs / Hotel / Convention Center — Scope — Conferences / Trade Shows / Domestic and International Events — Complexity — Pipe & Drape / Full Install & Dismantle Custom Booths / Building Out Temporary Facilities Held senior roles in the acquisition, divestiture and asset disposition of business segments, possesses an in depth knowledge of legal contract execution and management, has firsthand knowledge of operating in a bankruptcy environment which all speak to the above average expertise, business acumen and overall skill set.

27 Jun 2008 New Sean Scully Work Acquired by IMMA A major new acquisition of a large - scale painting by the celebrated Irish - born artist Sean Scully was unveiled today (Friday 27 June) by the Irish Museum of Modern Art. 18 Jun 2008 Janaina Tschäpe at the Irish Museum of Modern Art The first solo exhibition in Ireland by the exciting German / Brazilian artist Janaina Tschäpe opens to the public at the Irish Museum of Modern Art on Wednesday 25 June 2008.

Untitled (Wall)(2000 - 2001) is included in the current exhibition Room to Live, which emphasizes recent museum acquisitions and selected large - scale works or single - artist presentations from MOCA's permanent collection.

The winning museum will be asked to make a strong case for how an acquisition of this scale would benefit the institution in relation to their audiences, scholarship and profile of the museum.

A groundbreaking architectural intervention by artist Sarah Oppenheimer, which will link the museum's modern and contemporary collections through meticulously crafted sculptural forms placed in the floor, ceiling, and walls; Recent contemporary acquisitions, including A Man Screaming is Not a Dancing Bear by the artist collaborative Allora & Calzadilla, Untitled (bicycle shower) by Rirkrit Tiravanija, and Live Ball by Nari Ward, as well as works by Guyton \ Walker, Los Carpinteros, Elad Lassry, and Susan Philipsz; An exhibition of eight large - scale color photographs by South African artist Zwelethu Mthethwa, inaugurating the wing's project space for changing exhibitions; An exhibition of outstanding drawings by artists including Lee Bontecou, Philip Guston, and James Rosenquist from the BMA's Thomas E. Benesch Memorial Collection, presented in the museum's new dedicated gallery for prints, drawings, and photographs; A new site - specific work by acclaimed Baltimore street artist Gaia.

Massive Image 1991 acrylic on canvas Robert Motherwell born Aberdeen, Wash. 1915 died Provincetown, Mass. 1991 Museum purchase made possible by Doris E. Black; Donald F. Broda in honor of Kathleen L. Broda; Natalie Harris; Sally Foley Hughston; Pat Hurst Jordan, in memory of her parents, Dr. A. E. and Ruth Hurst; Jan J. Miller; Babette M. Rothschild; Sandy Bartlett Scarborough; Marge Tilley, in memory of Mr. and Mrs. L.A. Platt; Rebecca K. Yarbrough, in honor of Dr. Sidney H. Yarbrough III; special assistance from the Ella E. Kirven Charitable Lead Trust for Acquisitions; and a gift from the Dedalus Foundation 2000.13.5 The large scale of Massive Image wraps around the peripheral vision and overwhelms the viewer.

(Washington, DC: World Bank, January 2011); George C. Schoneveld, The Anatomy of Large - scale Farmland Acquisitions in Sub-Saharan Africa, Working Paper 85 (Bogor, Indonesia: Center for International Forestry Research, 2011); Fred Pearce, The Land Grabbers: The New Fight over Who Owns the Earth (Boston: Beacon Press, 2012); U.N. World Food Programme, «Countries,» at www.wfp.org/countries, viewed 17 June 2012.

The total sustainable energy transaction volume for 2007 was $ 204.9 billion, made up of $ 98.2 bn for new renewable energy generation, especially wind in the US, China and Spain, $ 50.1 bn for technology development and manufacturing scale - up, and $ 56.6 bn that changed hands through mergers and acquisitions.

In part as a result of climate change mitigation policies to promote biofuels and growing concern about food insecurity in middle and high income countries, large - scale land acquisition in Africa, Southeast Asia, and Latin America has displaced small landholders and contributed to food price increaseIn part as a result of climate change mitigation policies to promote biofuels and growing concern about food insecurity in middle and high income countries, large - scale land acquisition in Africa, Southeast Asia, and Latin America has displaced small landholders and contributed to food price increasein middle and high income countries, large - scale land acquisition in Africa, Southeast Asia, and Latin America has displaced small landholders and contributed to food price increasein Africa, Southeast Asia, and Latin America has displaced small landholders and contributed to food price increases.