Sentences with phrase «stake in it for»

What is at stake in this for Whitehead is the achieving of a new concept of entity that he believes can reside only in these ultimate events.

Wyatt adds a neat subplot, where Franco cares for a father, suffering from Alzheimer's, so we can see the personal stake in it for him.

Not exact matches

''... Because we can't hold public stock as a fund, it's sort of a bummer for me when the company goes public, because then it moves on to someone else's plate and we don't hold the stake in it.»

Warman says Tencent controls a significant share of Glu Mobile and has at least a 10 % stake in Activision Blizzard Inc. (ATVI), which recently acquired King Digital Entertainment for $ 5.9 billion.

The company received $ 3 billion from China in 2007 for a 10 percent stake in the company that had $ 368 billion under management as of the end of March.

The group holds stakes in six clubs across the world — much like Soriano's thwarted vision for Barça.

For example, Uber sold new shares to SoftBank Group in January in a deal that valued the ride hailing startup at $ 48 billion, significantly higher than the nearly $ 4 billion valuation at which Google had bought its stake in the company five years ago.

Tencent lost more than $ 51 billion in market value in two days last week on news of largest shareholder Nasper Inc's 2 percent stake reduction for $ 9.8 billion, and also management's warning of margin pressure.

In late February, Coke invested $ 1.25 billion dollars in Green Mountain Coffee (maker of Keurig coffee machines) for a 10 percent stake in the companIn late February, Coke invested $ 1.25 billion dollars in Green Mountain Coffee (maker of Keurig coffee machines) for a 10 percent stake in the companin Green Mountain Coffee (maker of Keurig coffee machines) for a 10 percent stake in the companin the company.

For a number of years, the two were estranged, to the point where Sumner tried to buy out Shari's stake in Viacom and CBS (as he bought out her brother Brent).

He's still one of the biggest shareholders in the company, with a 5 % - plus stake that's worth about $ 300 million, according to SEC documents, mostly in a trust for his kids.

For a time, he owned the Maccabi Tel Aviv soccer team; he recently increased his stake in Israel - based Mishorim Development, which owns and develops leisure properties across Israel, the U.S. and Canada.

This spring, he spent $ 225 million for a 50 % stake in Centro Canalejas Madrid — a multipurpose complex that will replace historic buildings near the heart of the country's capital city.

German media giant Axel Springer is acquiring a controlling stake in media startup Business Insider for $ 343 million, which values the New York - based company at about $ 450 million.

ATHENS, April 19 - Greece has accepted a 535 million euro offer from a consortium led by Italy's Snam for a majority stake in gas grid operator DESFA, naming it the «preferred investor,» its privatization agency said on Thursday.

Trump's name shows up in filings of less than 14 % of all companies, but the stakes are much higher for firms that have bet on the federal government taking a hands - off approach to marijuana policy.

«Oddly because we can't hold public stock as a fund, it's sort of a bummer for me when the company goes public, because then it moves on to someone else's plate and we don't hold the stake in it,» he added.

Flipkart had vetoed an approach from Amazon for a 51 to 55 percent stake in the company two years ago, a source told Reuters, judging its offered price as far too low at the time.

Allowing Bombardier to give away a controlling stake in the CSeries might equally be not in the national interest, but this deal will almost certainly be cleared for takeoff.

«Now that we know which traits to look for, we can begin to make progress on how to best assess them in high - stakes settings such as hiring and promotion, where people are more inclined to hide the darker sides of their character,» she told The Huffington Post.

Reuters reported last month that Walmart was close to buying a majority stake in Flipkart, Amazon's biggest rival in India, for $ 10 billion to $ 12 billion.

The federal government in Canada doesn't plan to legalize edibles until at least 2019, providing many more months for companies to solve this vexing issue — and more time for alcohol companies to stake a claim.

That IPO could be a windfall for Comcast (cmcsa) subsidiary NBCUniversal, which invested another $ 200 million in the startup in late 2016, bringing its total stake to $ 400 million.

«Five or six years ago,» says Pat Perkins, VP of Marketing for HMS, «we really started putting a stake in the ground in terms of Hendrick - generated original content, in terms of utilizing social and digital platforms... and in the process we defined what success would look like, and developed a series of checklist and filters that would guide us in evaluating projects.

Constellation Brands, the owner of Corona and a large number of wine and spirits labels, purchased a 9.9 per cent stake in Canopy Growth Corp. for $ 245 million this week.

Sainsbury's, a British grocery chain, will buy Asda for # 3 billion ($ 4.1 billion) in cash and a 42 % stake in the company, which will make Walmart the largest minority shareholder.

• Riviera Investment Group acquired a minority stake in LMP Automotive Holdings, a Plantation, Fla. - based ecommerce platform for buying, selling and financing used cars.

The Andreessen Horowitz backed company with $ 2.57 million in publicly stated funding was unable to interest any of the Sharks in its offer of a 5 percent stake for $ 2 million.

Qatar's sovereign wealth fund, for instance, took a 49 % stake in a Pakistan power plant project, while the Chinese builder Power Construction took the other 51 %.

She sold a majority stake to Swiss luxury group Richemont for # 50 million ($ 71.8 million) in 2010 before leading Net - A-Porter through a $ 3.2 billion (# 2.7 billion; $ 3.9 billion) merger with Italy's Yoox Group in 2015.

If you need evidence of this fact, consider China's massive state mining operations and stake in Bitcoin, undeniably viewed as a tool for leverage on a global scale.

The company acquired a majority stake (93 %) of Riot Games back in February 2011 for a reported $ 400 million.

• Apple is discussing a $ 3 billion stake in Bain Capital's bid for Toshiba's chip unit, according to Bloomberg.

Seattle - based PopCap, meanwhile, was acquired by giant Electronic Arts in 2011 for $ 750 million, and Finland's Supercell, which currently rules the mobile roost with its hit Clash of Clans, last month netted a cool $ 1.5 billion after Japanese telecom provider Softbank purchased a 51 % stake, which values the company at $ 3 billion — or bigger than Zynga.

Tencent is also known in the U.S. for having taken a 5 % stake in Tesla Motors, making it the largest shareholder in the company behind founder Elon Musk.

If in doubt about which grants your business is eligible for, it is worth taking advice from an organization such as Business Link, or even paying a consultant to guide you through the entire process if there is a large sum of money at stake.

Uber co-founder and former CEO Travis Kalanick is planning to sell a third of his 10 percent stake in the company for about $ 1.4 billion, a person familiar with the matter told Bloomberg.

In 2004, the family sold an 80 % stake to Bain Capital for a reported $ 1 billion, but Larry Rossy remained as CEO at that time.

OPINION: Wesfarmers has received some positive news on its move into UK hardware, but things are less rosy for investors in the local property trust in which it holds a major stake.

But Area 51's approach will differ from that of other prominent incubators, like Y Combinator, where startups trade a stake in their company's equity for a modern workspace and mentorship.

In Canada, where the media giants also own the cable, web and mobile markets, the stakes for quality content are even higher.

Shell agreed last year to sell most of its stake in the oil sands to Canadian Natural for $ 7.25 billion.

But as the day's final speaker, he couldn't leave the stage without blowing one more kiss at Ackman: Icahn disclosed that he has now asked his company for permission to take up to a 50 percent stake in Herbalife, the supplement company over which the two have battled so publicly.

Altaba was created amid Yahoo's sale to Verizon as a vehicle for stakes in Yahoo Japan and Alibaba.

For Coutu, who has a 93 % voting stake in his company, the merger personally earns him $ 2.5 billion in cash and stock, and gives him a 6 % stake in Metro.

In April a 40 % stake in its parent, Glencore Agriculture Products, was quietly repatriated by the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board for US$ 2.5 billion as Glencore shed assets to pay down debIn April a 40 % stake in its parent, Glencore Agriculture Products, was quietly repatriated by the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board for US$ 2.5 billion as Glencore shed assets to pay down debin its parent, Glencore Agriculture Products, was quietly repatriated by the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board for US$ 2.5 billion as Glencore shed assets to pay down debt.

Its distribution partner in China and investor, internet giant Tencent Holdings, saw Riot Games» meteoric rise and wanted to buy the company, offering $ 400 million in early 2011 for a 93 percent stake.

And it's not only daredevils and cat lovers taking notice: Chinese electronics giant Foxconn acquired an 8.88 percent stake in GoPro in late 2012 for $ 200 million, and the firm filed for an IPO this February.

EXCLUSIVE: Aldi is continuing to stake its territory in Perth, with Wattle Grove the next frontier for the supermarket giant.

Indeed, he says, if the capitalist system that has driven the American Experiment to success is to continue driving to success, it needs to figure out a way for American workers to share more, and feel a greater stake in, that prosperity.