Sentences with phrase «take over a company in»

David Kraus, Steven's dad, took over the company in 1948.

One of the more candid executives when it comes to addressing Big Food's woes, Morrison tells Fortune that she knew she had to «shift the center of gravity at Campbell» when she took over the company in 2011.

It seems obvious that chairman and controlling shareholder Michael Ferro, who took over the company in February, wants to show that Tribune is moving forward into a digital future.

Among his top reasons is the compounded 21 % per year that it's returned ever since Pierre Lessard, former CEO and president and now chairman of the board, took over the company in 1990.

She headed the online auction site for 10 years, taking over the company in 1998 when it was in its infancy.

Lando's daughter, Lisa Allen, Barry's wife, took over the company in 2003 and immediately set out to strengthen its presence on the West Coast.

John G. Richardson took over the company in 1989, expanding the product line to include fully cooked and microwavable bacon.

If you need to take over a company in order to remove bad management, what does that imply about the effectiveness of corporate oversight and governance by shareholders?

François took over the company in 1975.

Ballard said there was no interest internally from agents to take over the company in a succession plan.

Not exact matches

In 2009, Stefan stepped down as CEO and the third generation — his son, Karl - Johan — took over the company, which had sales of $ 22.4 billion in 201In 2009, Stefan stepped down as CEO and the third generation — his son, Karl - Johan — took over the company, which had sales of $ 22.4 billion in 201in 2014.

He headed up Bausch & Lomb until the eye care specialist was snatched up by the (now - infamous) Valeant Pharmaceuticals (vrx); sat at the top perch of Forest Laboratories before becoming CEO of that company's acquirer, Actavis, in 2014; and, finally, took over as the top dog at Allergan after Actavis bought it and adopted the Botox - maker's name.

In May 2011, he took over as president of Toms, a private California company considered a leader in the burgeoning field of social capitalisIn May 2011, he took over as president of Toms, a private California company considered a leader in the burgeoning field of social capitalisin the burgeoning field of social capitalism.

Still, some have argued (in court) that the degree of risk isn't adequately communicated, and crowdfunding companies have taken steps to better communicate that uncertainty over time.

The government did pledge $ 47 billion to infrastructure spending over the next 10 years and extended the accelerated capital cost allowance for manufactures — a tax relief program for investments in new machinery and equipment — by two years, which means stock holders could get a boost if public companies are able to take advantage of this spending and savings.

And in a true sign of the times, the company lured Microsoft's Xbox boss and Vancouver native Don Mattrick — the most powerful man in video games — to take over as chief executive in July.

A Perth company that has become a global leader in the education software market is facing uncertain times as main rival Blackboard takes over two of its biggest partners.

Logistics and transportation company Maxi Mobility takes fifth place overall, having upped its revenue 9,119 % over three years, to nearly $ 65 million in 2016.

His career took him all over the North (including Greenland, where he did mineral exploration work), before he assumed the CEO position at the five - year - old diamond company Aber in 1999.

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.

Bots have quickly taken over multiple spaces in the past two years, and companies choosing to climb on the chatbot train have continued to grow.

The system also allows the job to be tracked from acceptance, through production and delivery.CJ King is currently providing door - to - door UK turnaround in four working days on jobs that would normally take two to three weeks in the UK.By implementing a high level of integration and standardisation over the whole prepress, print and finishing process, the company is able to run large jobs over multiple presses achieving identical results, as well as short runs without delays in changeover and make readies.

The financial crisis and poor Australian dollar is just two of a thousand excuses I have heard them use over the years to avoid taking responsibility, and justify in their own minds that the collapse of this company has nothing to do with the underhanded practices and their own poor management.

IN 10 years, CJ King and Co Pty Ltd has grown from a small annex behind a North Beach home to what it claims is the biggest full colour printer in the Southern Hemisphere — a $ 1,500 investment that is now turning over $ 10 million a year.With the assistance of Austrade and the WA Department of Industry and Resources (DoIR), the company is taking on the UK market, already with some success.One of the remarkable things about this success story is that it has been achieved through a consummate belief in a philosophy to use standardised, leading - edge technology and to supply just the print trade and other on - sellerIN 10 years, CJ King and Co Pty Ltd has grown from a small annex behind a North Beach home to what it claims is the biggest full colour printer in the Southern Hemisphere — a $ 1,500 investment that is now turning over $ 10 million a year.With the assistance of Austrade and the WA Department of Industry and Resources (DoIR), the company is taking on the UK market, already with some success.One of the remarkable things about this success story is that it has been achieved through a consummate belief in a philosophy to use standardised, leading - edge technology and to supply just the print trade and other on - sellerin the Southern Hemisphere — a $ 1,500 investment that is now turning over $ 10 million a year.With the assistance of Austrade and the WA Department of Industry and Resources (DoIR), the company is taking on the UK market, already with some success.One of the remarkable things about this success story is that it has been achieved through a consummate belief in a philosophy to use standardised, leading - edge technology and to supply just the print trade and other on - sellerin a philosophy to use standardised, leading - edge technology and to supply just the print trade and other on - sellers.

It's, instead, an operating company that, like a little engine that could, bought up other operating companies and was gradually in a position to take over AT&T itself.

The CEO, who took over the top spot in January 2013, had heard about the incident on the radio that morning as he drove to work, unaware that it would have anything to do with him or the company where he's worked for 28 years.

RapidResponse does the job in minutes and in real time, says Sicard, a 20 - year company veteran who took over as president and CEO in January.

At the White House's first United States of Women Summit in 2016, Buffett confessed that he only thought to put a woman on the Berkshire Hathaway board in 2003 — nearly 40 years after taking over the company — by the suggestion of his wife Susie.

Since being ousted from McCain Foods, the family's frozen food dynasty, and taking over Maple Leaf in 1995, the McCains — the late Wallace, and sons Michael and Scott — modernized an old meat - packing business into one of the country's top packaged - food companies.

He wrote that both Combs and Weschler, who Buffett has indicated are likely to take over managing the bulk of Berkshire's massive stock market portfolio when he leaves the company, had «handily» beaten the market, as well as Buffett's own performance, for the second year in a row.

After the 2008 financial crisis when Goldman became a bank holding company, it could take in more customer deposits, which led to an increase in its holdings of more than $ 40 billion over the past six years.

The company has avoided much of the issues that have derailed its peers, and while its stock price did take a hit over the summer after it cut its production guidance, it's still in good shape.

Corporate venture - capital firms that benefit from high cash flows might be willing to spread out their investments over a few similar companies and take a back seat in terms of driving their growth, while a venture - capital firm is typically motivated to take a more focused and hands - on approach for its portfolio companies.

He served as the social - media company's finance head before taking over as chief operating officer in 2016.

It was only after Tim Cook took over the company as CEO in 2011 — and after investors such as Carl Icahn called for much a «bigger and immediate» buyback program in 2013 — that Apple's dividend and buyback programs ballooned to the current sizes.

Separately, the Nikkei reported over the weekend that Hitachi will ask the UK government to take a direct stake in the company that is set to build and operate a nuclear power plant in Wales.

Khosrowshahi took over in August from Uber co-founder Kalanick, assuming the daunting task of mending the company's public image, repairing frayed investor relations and rebuilding employee morale after a string of crises.

China did indeed invest huge amounts of money in building out its 4G networks, and over a decade that took Huawei and ZTE to the number one and two spots when it comes to the number of radio transceivers that are sold to telecoms companies.

That August, the two met in the Aloha State and talked about taking his company private, and over the next few months they hashed out what became the buyout.

We stayed in touch over the years discussing the business side of things and an opportunity arose for me to step into Float Pod as CEO to take over and help push the company forward, allowing Nick to focus on True Rest Franchising.

He bought a merchandising company and, in 1983, won the merch contract for Michael Jackson's global Thriller tour — then effectively took over the whole tour when its promoter ran into money trouble.

The company is selling a thing (the kit) by saying it can provide «health reports on 254 diseases and conditions,» including categories such as «carrier status,» «health risks,» and «drug response,» and specifically as a «first step in prevention» that enables users to «take steps toward mitigating serious diseases» such as diabetes, coronary heart disease, and breast cancer...» Most of the uses «listed on your website, a list that has grown over time,» the FDA writes, «are medical device uses [for the] Personal Genome Service.»

Moorman, whose company took over Penn Station in the 1970s, said the transit hub went without major investments for a significant period of time and now it's time for an expedited update.

Just over one week after the earnings call, advisory firm Institutional Shareholder Services came out in favor of the Tesla SolarCity merger, calling it a «a necessary step towards Tesla's goal of being an integrated sustainable energy company,» and that Tesla had «taken the requisite steps to reassure its shareholders.»

he French lens maker company, Essilor broke all its previous records and mounted a new growth juncture when Sagnières took over as CEO in 2012.

In what was possibly a preemptive move by the company, the Wells board of directors decided to take back $ 41 million in stock - based compensation from Stumpf along with just over $ 16 million in stock options from former community - banking head Carrie TolstedIn what was possibly a preemptive move by the company, the Wells board of directors decided to take back $ 41 million in stock - based compensation from Stumpf along with just over $ 16 million in stock options from former community - banking head Carrie Tolstedin stock - based compensation from Stumpf along with just over $ 16 million in stock options from former community - banking head Carrie Tolstedin stock options from former community - banking head Carrie Tolstedt.

Japan's Fujifilm is set to take over Xerox, and combine the U.S. company into their joint venture Fuji Xerox in an effort to cut costs, the companies said.

When you mouse over or click on a company name in LinkedIn it takes you to a profile describing that company and displaying it's current and former employees plus details like where the company is located.

That's why it was such a shock to learn last month that hackers found a way to break in to the company's famous iPhones, and even take over the camera and microphone features without a user even knowing it.

While in office, he took revenues at the company from $ 1.2 billion to over $ 47 billion with a total shareholder return of 1632 %, or 15 % on an annualized basis.