* Not including subsidiary American Life Insurance, which does a significant
share of its business outside the U.S. Source: SNL Financial, based on filings to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.
Not exact matches
In 2016, Uber looked to shake off its «taxi -
sharing 2.0» moniker by expanding into markets
outside of its core ride -
sharing business.
For RVAwonk's tweet,
outside of her own audience, traffic and retweets hitting five times her account average can be attributed to a number
of users, with Pedro da Costa (@pdacosta), a verified senior correspondent at
Business Insider, being the first large account to
share her message.
An IPO, in case you haven't learned about the specifics, yet, occurs when a formerly private
business decides to take on
outside investors, either by having the founders sell some
of their
shares or by issuing new
shares to raise money for expansion, while, at the same time, listing those
shares on a stock exchange or an over-the-counter market.
During start up, entrepreneurs should consider the number
of founders»
shares and stock options to be issued in relationship to the current valuation
of their
business and / or the valuation they hope to achieve in the first round
of investment from
outside investors.
Given the absence
of a public trading market
of our common stock, and in accordance with the American Institute
of Certified Public Accountants Accounting and Valuation Guide, Valuation
of Privately - Held Company Equity Securities Issued as Compensation, our board
of directors exercised reasonable judgment and considered numerous and subjective factors to determine the best estimate
of fair value
of our common stock, including independent third - party valuations
of our common stock; the prices at which we sold
shares of our convertible preferred stock to
outside investors in arms - length transactions; the rights, preferences, and privileges
of our convertible preferred stock relative to those
of our common stock; our operating results, financial position, and capital resources; current
business conditions and projections; the lack
of marketability
of our common stock; the hiring
of key personnel and the experience
of our management; the introduction
of new products; our stage
of development and material risks related to our
business; the fact that the option grants involve illiquid securities in a private company; the likelihood
of achieving a liquidity event, such as an initial public offering or a sale
of our company given the prevailing market conditions and the nature and history
of our
business; industry trends and competitive environment; trends in consumer spending, including consumer confidence; and overall economic indicators, including gross domestic product, employment, inflation and interest rates, and the general economic outlook.
CHAPTER NINE: Part B — While going public can signify to the
outside world that your
business has achieved a special kind
of success, the strategy has its own fair
share of ugly cons.
I could
share stories about accountants and even
business managers that thought because we were working on the
outside edge
of professional norm that they could embezzle or fail to follow professional standards because we certainly aren't a credible practice that would care.
With John Lewis, though, it points to an important general problem with the viability
of employee ownership
of businesses (for readers
outside Britain, the John Lewis Partnership is owned by its 81,000 employees; it is a successful operator
of department stores and supermarkets, and its annual profit -
sharing bonus for employees is widely reported in the media).
They should get plenty
of outside help: By making IBM's source code to Data Explorer — a supercomputer program that allows researchers to turn trillions
of bits
of data into understandable pictures — available freely on the Web, DCI hopes to encourage scientists and
business technology experts to create and
share innovative ways
of displaying nonphysical data.
With Charter Solutions, you get all the advantages
of in - house service, plus
shared resources and expertise that are a key advantage
of an
outside service - all for less than you'd pay for a qualified
Business Manager.
Business communication is primarily related to the
sharing of useful information between people within and
outside an enterprise so as to ensure commercial success
of the organization.
If they are a close friend / family or other situation where leaving on good terms is critical, you probably have to accept either not getting the maximum value for your
share of the
business, or to give up the valuation to a third party you and the remaining manager trust and taking what they say is fair, or some combination
of this and averaging some other
outside valuations.
But the lifetime capital gains exemption
of $ 824,176 on qualified small
business corporation
shares also provides a tax exemption on capital gains
outside a registered account.
What I can say from a strategic perspective is that 1) I like a purchase
of assets at historically low prices, 2) MFC has some expertise in the commodity
business so this isn't completely
outside their playing field, 3) perhaps, worst case, there could be a strategy to purchase the assets in bulk at a distress sale and then sell them off piecemeal for a profit, and 4) while this may be a role
of the dice (who knows where gas prices will be a year from now) MFC is not betting the ranch; the total investment will be about CDN $ 75 million ($ 33 for the outstanding
shares, $ 8 million for the warrants, $ 30 million additional investment and I've estimated $ 4 million for transaction costs), or less than 25 %
of MFC's current cash hoard.
Businesses outside the Fortune 1000 are potentially at the greatest risk, carrying 63 %
share of economic losses and 57 %
of insured losses.
These free Working Words are being
shared with others as free computer working words for people to use at home, in
business, in groups that do not try to make money and for
sharing facts with other people who try to learn things in any kind
of school or
outside a school.
Prof. Conduct 123 (2001)(subject to the operational structure and content described in the opinion, a lawyer may affiliate with an online legal services website); Nebraska Op. 07 - 05 (lawyer may participate in internet lawyer directory which identifies itself as a directory, disclaims being a referral service and only lists basic information about lawyers without recommending specific lawyers and charges a reasonable, flat annual advertising fee); New Jersey Committee on Attorney Advertising Op. 36 (2006)(lawyer may pay flat fee to internet marketing company for exclusive website listing for particular county in specific practice area if listing includes prominent, unmistakable disclaimer stating the listings are paid advertisements and not endorsements or authorized referrals); North Carolina Op. 2004 - 1 (lawyer may participate in for - profit online service that is a hybrid referral service - legal directory, provided there is no fee -
sharing with the service and communications are truthful); Oregon Op. 2007 - 180 (2007)(lawyer may pay nationwide internet referral service for listing if listing is not false or misleading and does not imply that the lawyer can represent clients
outside jurisdictions
of the lawyer's license, fee is not based on number
of referrals, retained clients or revenue generated by listing and the service does not exercise discretion in matching clients with lawyers); Rhode Island 2005 - 01 (permitting website that enables lawyers to post information about their services and respond to anonymous requests for legal services in exchange for flat annual membership fee if website exercises no discretion over which requests lawyers may access); South Carolina 01 - 03 (lawyer may pay internet advertising service fee determined by the number
of «hits» that the service produces for the lawyer provided that the service does not steer
business to any particular lawyer and the payments are not based on whether user ultimately becomes a client); Texas Op. 573 (2006)(lawyer may participate in for - profit internet service that matches potential clients and lawyers if selection process is fully automated and performed by computers without the exercise
of human discretion); Virginia Advertising Op.
The remaining partners / shareholders may not be able to fund a buy - out
of the deceased's
share of the
business, which may result in an unwanted
outside interest gaining control
of part
of your company.
We may
share your personal information with Service providers under contract who help with our
business operation, such as
outside shipping company to ship orders, third party verification partners to whom data is passed for means
of authenticating students throughout the course, court (or court assistance agency contracting with your court) for proper paperwork processing and dismissal
of traffic citations, and with a third party hosted call center solution for telecommunication (chats and emails) and call monitoring services.
With the additional capability to connect to a 3G network
outside of 4G coverage areas, Sierra Wireless Tri-Fi Hotspot provides the best combination
of speed and coverage to Sprint customers and allows families, small
businesses and traveling co-workers to easily
share high - speed connections.
But learning to be effective in networking groups — professionals from different walks
of life who meet regularly to
share business leads — can link you to a vast web
of people
outside your usual sphere.