Sentences with phrase «several troubled companies»

We invested in the high - yield debt of several troubled companies, seeking returns of 25 % or more.

Not exact matches

Over the past few months, the company has been hit with a barrage of bad press, including reports of several high - profile departures and growing financial troubles.

Technology troubles: One investor who passed on the company several times said that Rubicon seemed like «a trash brokerage business masquerading as a tech company.»

Rap Genius eventually overcame its troubles with Google, and in February Gilbert offered to lead a $ 40 million investment, valuing the company at several hundred million dollars.

So «Apollo is preparing to meet with big debt investors including mutual fund managers in several cities over the next few months to ease concerns that the firm protects its investments in troubled companies at the expense of creditors.»

These numbers might not spell all - out trouble if it weren't for Amazon's performance during the same period: The company's electronics and general merchandise business — basically the core of its retail operation — grew 35 percent in North America in the quarter, marking the segment's highest growth rate in several years.

The Internet provides an easy way for young people to congregate, without the trouble and expense of getting them to a physical place; several companies have thus begun to sponsor online camps that offer fun, structured activities that encourage children to keep learning during those summer months.

The two companies, which are named as connected in several court cases and appear together on at least one building permit application, have run into trouble in recent years.

Several years ago, Hyundai got into some trouble with its EPA fuel economy ratings, and the company was forced to both reduce the estimates and pay millions of dollars as part of a settlement with vehicle owners.

And The Mulberry Silk Company said they were having trouble selling inventory, sent inventory to Kickfurther who has sold some (the first payment took Kickfurther several months to pay because they had to «develop» a program to distribute the money).

Several years ago when I was having a little bit of trouble with my credit score, I tried contacting my CC company in an attempt to raise my credit limit.

But they predict trouble when major third - party companies start producing games for the next Xbox and PlayStation, which will be about 6 - 8 times more powerful than the current 360 and PS3 according to several Kotaku sources who are aware of Sony and Microsft's plans for those machines.

Their fear isn't surprising either, since there have been several well - known companies that have run into trouble when using self driving technology.

But it seems the company has run into further trouble — and it now says its site will remain down for several more hours.

Ironically, several companies that Google itself has invested in would have trouble advertising under the new policies as well, such as Storj, made possible by the company's native SJCX cryptocurrency, or Veem, which uses none other than Bitcoin as a vehicle for its remittances.

The troubles at Home Capital began when the Ontario Securities Commission alleged that several company executives misled shareholders in their handling of a scandal involving falsified documentation for a bunch of mortgages almost two years ago.»

The company was in trouble, unable to refinance several billion dollars in debt that was coming due in the midst of the credit crisis.