Sentences with phrase «shareholder of a company like»

Nice to be shareholder of a company like that.

Not exact matches

No amount of spin will make Trump's dozen years at the helm of a Trump Hotels, the only public company Trump has ever run, look like anything but a flop that damaged thousands of shareholders, bondholders, and workers.

But the trade - off of this focus on shareholder value is spending that benefits other stakeholders, like employees and customers, said Bill George, the former CEO of medical - device company Medtronic.

Back in the 1950s, GE - like many companies at the time — made explicit the primacy of workers over shareholders.

Just how much security a CEO requires often comes down to the individual's «own fears and perception of being liked or disliked,» Schissel says, and how much shareholders value the CEO as a company asset.

«This was a time where we felt like we could acquire the company on terms that would be attractive to the shareholders of QVC,» he said.

Here's what the structure looks like: T - Mobile parent company Deutsche Telekom will own 42 % of the combined carrier, Sprint parent company SoftBank will own 27 %, and public shareholders get the remaining 31 %.

«This was a time where we felt like we could acquire the company on terms that would be attractive to the shareholders of QVC,» QVC CEO Mike George said.

So in periods of economic uncertainty — like right now — companies choose to give cash to shareholders instead.

It is good for the investing public to know that the company is making decisions about things like dividends with the best interests of shareholders in mind, rather than the best interests of the CEO.

They are asking for policies that most well run companies have adopted; things like majority vote standards, so directors are only elected to the board if a majority of shareholders want them there.

FORTUNE — We've seen companies like News Corp (NWS), Blackstone (BX), and LinkedIn (lnkd) chip away at shareholder rights by limiting the voting rights of shareholders.

Shareholders hit Buffett with questions about predatory lending practices at Berkshire - owned Clayton Homes; his partnership with 3G Capital, which is notorious for its layoffs and cost cutting; and the fact that many of his investments are in companies that produce products that are high in processed sugars, like Coke and ketchup, at a time when many are worried about obesity.

B.C.'s Liberal Party, like its opponents, received a number of corporate donations during the 2013 provincial election, but the companies making them often did not report those donations to shareholders.

But that feels a little like a flag that the company is running up the flagpole to see if it can force any of tronc's other shareholders to join the battle.

Another significant past drawback of the R&D credit was that companies» ability to use it was limited if they — or their shareholders, in the case of pass - through entities like S corporations, limited liability companies, and limited liability partnerships — either didn't owe federal income tax or were subject to the alternative minimum tax (AMT).

There are now nine stores and service centers in metropolises like Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen, which is already one of Tesla's highest - grossing stores worldwide, the company reported in its third - quarter 2014 shareholder letter.

SAN FRANCISCO Apple Inc lavished cash on its shareholders like no company in history in the first three months of the year and it intends to keep doing so, making the iPhone maker's investors the clearest winners yet from last year's sweeping U.S. corporate tax cuts.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 2 Apple Inc lavished cash on its shareholders like no company in history in the first three months of the year and it intends to keep doing so, making the iPhone maker's investors the clearest winners yet from last year's sweeping U.S. corporate tax cuts.

As a wholly - owned subsidiary company, we operate much like a private entity under the Ontario Business Corporations Act, paying an annual dividend to our sole shareholder, the City of London.

Patrick McGurn of Institutional Shareholder Services, like other expert observers, has frequently questioned the financial literacy of troubled companies» audit committee members.

Most of the close to 50 investors surveyed said recommendations from firms like Glass Lewis & Co. and Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. have a «low influence» on how they vote at annual meetings for companies they own.

It's true that the activist investors on the Exxon vote likely include heavy hitters like financial firms BlackRock, Vanguard and State Street (though the specific votes are not made public), which are the company's biggest shareholders, owning more than 18 percent of the stock.

If companies have excess cash, like say Apple does, I think it can be a very good thing to give some of that excess cash back to the shareholders.

«Shareholders should act like owners of a company,» says Fell.

It seems like the numbers go up every year: WPP's share price, Sir Martin Sorrell's pay total, and the level of shareholder opposition to the company's remuneration report.

The management countered such claims We would like to reassure our shareholders that there has been no material change to the previously announced strong fundamentals of the company.

In your 1987 letter to shareholders, you commented on the kind of companies Berkshire liked to buy: those that required only small amounts of capital.

When investors ignore these often - significant minority interests, like in the case of KMI, they are not getting the full picture of a company's cash available to be returned to shareholders.

Although the films Alibaba Pictures Group has invested in like So Young (by actress - turned director Zhao Wei, who is also a major shareholder of the company) and Tiny Times (by popular writer Guo Jingming) have recorded remarkable box - office revenues, the company has yet to turn a profit, with a net loss of HK$ 443.54 million for the first half of last year.

(And then think of the companies who own abattoirs, and companies like Kraft or Coles or Woolworths and what their shareholders and executives earn...)

I have been trying to notify regulators & authorities of a ONE TRILLION DOLLAR scam that is putting states like NY & FL at risk, as well as, shareholders of companies including Intel, Lockheed, SGI, Warner Bros., Time Warner, AOL & IBM.

That sounds awfully like the activist shareholder model that's currently being exercised by state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli, who has sought to squeeze reforms from major companies the state's pension fund has invested in, including greater disclosure of their political activity.

the protection of shareholders against discrimination on the ground of their exemption, and external supervision of the process by someone like the Registrar of Companies.

They'd crawled their way to the front of the agent line and their books were enough like all the other books already out there to be published by companies - those owned by shareholders and governed by a board, or those owned by a small group of people who didn't answer to shareholders.

First Asset Global Value Class ETF (TSX: FGU) The First Asset Global Value Class ETF's investment objective is to seek to provide shareholders with long term capital appreciation, through investing the ETF's portfolio to gain exposure to equity securities of companies primarily from developed markets that exhibit strong «value» characteristics like low price - to - book ratios and low price - to - cash flow ratios.

Companies / brands seem to like acquiring «likes» and «followers» (enough to spend significant amounts on doing so), so you'd think they'd value and brag about the number of shareholders too.

It means that if the company performs exceptionally, the preferred shareholders can not partake in the sharing of the excess profits like common shareholders will do.

Preferred Stocks: Preferred shareholders also share some degree of ownership in a company but they don't have the voting rights like common shareholders.

I have been looking at various Chinese small caps, but in most cases I'm thinking that I simply like DSWL more because it's profitable, the balance sheet is rock solid and the company has a long history of returning cash to shareholders.

That's why a lot of us tend to invest in companies like PG, JNJ, KMI, PM, MO, T etc because those companies have pretty wide moats / competitive advantages, long histories of dividend raises, shareholder support and solid revenue, cost controls = > positive net income and generally healthy operating cash flow, sometimes high amounts of free cash flow after capital investment.

In a company like this, the shareholders» rewards may come in form of capital appreciation.

while i admire your affords to have dividends paid by zamano the directors of irish companies treat shareholders like serfs who should be kept in the dark so you will be fobbed off.

Unlike typical management teams which are compensated based on company performance, external managers are treated like fund managers and earn a flat percentage of assets under management or shareholder equity.

The company has returned something like 15 - 25 % of its current market cap to shareholders in the past couple years (if I remember correctly).

Question:... In your 1987 Letter to Shareholders, you commented on the kind of companies Berkshire would like to buy: those that required only small amounts of capital.

He argues that shareholders are ignorant, and giving them more say in the management of a company is like tossing the car keys to a blind man and jumping in the back seat:

But by their very nature, «boring» companies like these have the potential to generate enough cash to pay shareholders throughout practically any kind of market environment.

Owners of common stocks also receive a vote for every share they own which come into play during shareholder meetings where things like board of director elections are held and other company business is decided.

In short, it is a cash payout that you receive for simply being a shareholder, sort of like receiving a bonus based on a company's earnings.