Sentences with phrase «standalone business»

In this excerpt, adapted from her new book, Green Giants: How Smart Companies Turn Sustainability into Billion - Dollar Businesses, E. Freya Williams looks at nine companies whose standalone businesses, product lines or business units know how to maximize profit and be a force for social good.

In acquisitions of rate - regulated utilities, companies are typically buying standalone businesses rather than trying to consolidate, meaning that management is unlikely to be making a lot of people redundant, he says.

Since then, Flipboard has raised $ 50 million in additional funding, and McCue has said the company is well positioned to continue as a standalone business.

Some investors and analysts believe, based on the revenue growth and earnings power of that division, that if AWS was a standalone business it would be worth as much as $ 30 billion.

In December, the car unit morphed into a standalone business called Waymo, and the system was replaced with a more uniform pay structure that treats all employees the same, according to a person familiar with the situation.

What is more interesting, though, is the story of Windows» decline in Redmond, culminating with last week's reorganization that, for the first time since 1980, left the company without a division devoted to personal computer operating systems (Windows was split, with the core engineering group placed under Azure, and the rest of the organization effectively under Office 365; there will still be Windows releases, but it is no longer a standalone business).

Although we have reduced our estimate of SKY's intrinsic value, we continue to remain shareholders, as we believe its standalone business is still trading at a large discount to the company's true worth.

«The four companies are all standalone businesses, but when there's opportunity to work together to vertically integrate, we take advantage of that,» says Swanes, who is a member of the fifth generation to work in the family business.

«I appreciate the last two years have been an immensely challenging period for the co-operative and our loyal suppliers, and am aware that some believe the co-operative should remain a standalone business,» he said.

He said the board left no stone unturned and considered various options from a standalone business, equity partnership or full share sale, in addition to the government talks.

The new venture will be run as a standalone business with Ben Dwyer as its chief operating officer.

TFP remains a standalone business as it operates in very different market niches.

One local coal firm called Bridges, Johnson and Co. also produced sea salt, and in 1882 christened that standalone business the Maldon Salt Company.

«Tinder Would Be Worth $ 1.6 B As A Standalone Business Main A Mother - Daughter Team Created A Dating Site For People With Autism»

Financial terms of the deal have yet to be released but Match CEO Greg Blatt did state that Singlesnet will continue to be run largely as a standalone business.

BUSINESS INSIDER - Apr 2 - JMP Securities analysis says that Tinder would be worth ~ $ 1.6 B as a standalone business, 20 % of IAC's market cap.

«Oakley Capital Bought German Dating Site Parship Main Tinder Would Be Worth $ 1.6 B As A Standalone Business»

But it will plow ahead with the related plan to cleave its college bookstore division into a standalone business by August.

As I said at the outset, the dedicated short - form eBookstore as a standalone business seems to be challenged but there are still lots of opportunities to sell short - form writing when you step outside the Amazon bubble.

In an SEC filing, Barnes & Noble acknowledges they will buy back Microsoft's interest in Nook, with the goal making it a standalone business, and likely wholly owned by Barnes & Noble.

The LLC was never adequately funded to operate as a standalone business, i.e. didn't have enough cash on hand to pay insurance deductibles on a claim.

Aon's Chris Michalak will be CEO of the new, standalone business and lead a team of 22,000.

«Niki, as a standalone business, will offer flights to popular leisure destinations for holidaymakers.

4 out of 5 developers admit that their app doesn't make enough money to be considered a standalone business.

Because NextLaw Labs is a standalone business with its own investment capital, it has the ability and resources to innovate on a broader scale.

The exact cost of your premium is determined largely by the truck or trucks you own, your driving record and the driving records of your employees, as well as the area of the country you live in and whether your tow truck business is a standalone business or you offer other services, such as mechanical services or operate a service station.

It's safe to assume that the days of Yahoo as a standalone business are numbered,» he told the E-Commerce Times.

Unlike many recruiters Drivers Direct are a standalone business, logistics is our specialty.

Today we run as a standalone business.»

Hewitt seemed to struggle for years with the identity of its relocation unit, though, tending to limit its marketing only to its downstream clients rather than as a standalone business, and the company stagnated until Hewitt eventually spun it off, reportedly at a hefty discount from its original purchase price.