Sentences with phrase «take over the company for»

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Former Telus top man Joe Natale officially took over as CEO of Rogers Communications Inc. this year, signaling a return to stable leadership for the company after former CEO Guy Laurence was axed last fall.

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.

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.

For example, during his company - wide monthly status meetings, co-founder and CEO Doug Winter takes time to celebrate the accomplishments of individual employees over the past month, showing exactly how their work has contributed to the success of the company.

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.

The company was (and is) the top resource for digital downloads, but streaming revenue is starting to take over.

The picture above was taken for a feature I wrote on the company over a year ago, when it was a fraction of the size it is now.

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.

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.

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.

The company says it checks each coupon three times a week, and it takes its work seriously: If a user tries a coupon that turns out no longer to be valid, CouponCabin will hand over a $ 25 gift card for a retailer, such as Target, Dell, RadioShack, Best Buy, Home Depot, Kohls, or Kmart.

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.

For the holidays, the company, which sells home - and - garden, electronics and beauty products, created a pair of promotions: «Gifts for the Gadget Geek,» which took place over Black Friday weekend, and «Discover Gift Ideas Fridays,» which ran through Friday, Dec. For the holidays, the company, which sells home - and - garden, electronics and beauty products, created a pair of promotions: «Gifts for the Gadget Geek,» which took place over Black Friday weekend, and «Discover Gift Ideas Fridays,» which ran through Friday, Dec. for the Gadget Geek,» which took place over Black Friday weekend, and «Discover Gift Ideas Fridays,» which ran through Friday, Dec. 17.

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.

However, by answering only 12 of these questions I can give you a fairly accurate sense for how your company compares to over 6000 respondents who have already taken the assessment.

Abrams, who had the misfortune of taking over just before the financial crisis of 2008 crushed the sales of anything relating to houses, earned praise for running the company leanly during trying times.

CNBC's Deirdre Bosa takes a look at Amazon's acquisition of smart - doorbell company Ring for over $ 1 billion.

«Because Mylan's Board has determined that risk oversight is the responsibility of the full board, all incumbent directors should be considered accountable for material failures of risk oversight over a number of years, when warning signs were available to the company but no actions appear to have been taken to mitigate or head off the significant potential risks that have since materialized.

Steve refused to take no for answer and eventually transformed his construction company into a petroleum sales and transport business with over $ 1 billion in projected revenue.

If you've yet to do some shopping for the new season, today's a good day to head over to Sperry and take advantage of the company's one - day sale.

Chief Accounting Officer Michelle Quejado will take over as interim CFO, as the search begins immediately for Lee's successor, the company said.

Noble is pursuing a $ 3.4 billion debt restructuring - crucial for the survival of the company - which has sold billions of dollars of assets, taken hefty writedowns and cut hundreds of jobs over the past three years to cut debt.

In a 3,500 - word blog post on Tuesday, Goldberg went into even greater detail in accepting blame for the many hits that Fab has taken over the last year, which include a massive round of layoffs that reduced the e-commerce company's headcount from 700 to 300.

While some companies like Tesla already offer semi-autonomous technology — where the driver can take their hands off the wheel for brief periods of time — it is likely to be several years before people can turn over the majority of the driving to the «brains» in their vehicle.

Company veteran Antonio Urcelay took over as CEO last year and plans updates for both stores and online, but he has said he does not see major closings.

The appearance came almost a week after Cook took the stage for Apple's latest special event, in San Francisco, where the company unveiled a host of new and updated products such as the iPad Pro and Apple TV as well as two new smartphones — the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus — that went on sale for pre-order over the weekend.

Reiff took over for long - time CEO Kip Tindell, who founded the company in 1978 and has since stayed on as chairman after stepping down.

As more boomers retire in the next decade, and Millennials take over as the largest working generation, today's companies just aren't prepared ahead for developing tomorrow's leaders.

And there are no obvious giant candidates to take over the mall spaces, diminishing the value of real estate for companies like Penney.

A week after a 25 - year - old employee took to Medium to blast Yelp over low wages, a single mom working for the company has followed her example.

He created teams of employees to work with customers, allowing the company to take on more complex projects and to take over for downsizing customers.

So she took action and — over a period of just three months — created and launched a for - profit company that, for every bar of soap sold, donates one to a child in need.

The company intends to make full use of its blockbuster acquisition, televising over 500 games across its family of channels and taking advantage of second - screen opportunities for advertisers.

Iger, who took over as Disney's CEO in 2005, had previously been set to step down in the summer of 2018 and the company has been actively searching for his heir apparent.

When Chris Moran took over the internal venture fund of Lockheed Martin in June 2016, the nation's largest defense contractor had already been investing in start - up technology companies for nine years.

The company is shooting for Level 4 autonomy, a designation by the SAE that means the car takes over all of the driving in certain conditions.

When several mall developers subsequently asked United Vision to take over vacant stores for a season, the company moved toward more sophisticated merchandising.

Amazon isn't so much interested in taking over what's called the «last mile» of the delivery trek as it is in making the process more efficient for the company and public entities that aid in delivery.

Sanders could make her investment dollars stretch a lot further if, for instance, she took the amount she has invested in a VALIC annuity — valued at roughly between $ 75,000 and $ 427,000 — and rolled it over into an IRA managed by a low - fee company like Vanguard, says Murrieta, Calif., financial planner Scott Dauenhauer.

«Plan here for whoever will take over your company after you're gone.

Take, for example, the four marketing disruptors below, who used the power of unique branding to reposition their companies and take over an entire sector of their respective markTake, for example, the four marketing disruptors below, who used the power of unique branding to reposition their companies and take over an entire sector of their respective marktake over an entire sector of their respective markets.

Qualtrics has raised $ 220 million from Accel Partners, Sequoia Capital, and Insight Venture Partners over two rounds of funding, but the 13 - year - old company was bootstrapped for its first decade, taking institutional money for the first time in 2012.

Other changes have been in the works for months, including the departure soon of Glenn Butt, executive vice-president of automotive whose functions overseeing the auto department had been taken over by the company's head of marketing.

Forward P / E ratios take into account expected earnings growth over the next 12 months, which means that they tend to be lower than the P / E ratio for growing companies.

For example, tobacco companies exerted hefty influence over American politics for years, but — as information about the toxic effects of smoking became public — major reforms took place and smoking in America has continually decreasFor example, tobacco companies exerted hefty influence over American politics for years, but — as information about the toxic effects of smoking became public — major reforms took place and smoking in America has continually decreasfor years, but — as information about the toxic effects of smoking became public — major reforms took place and smoking in America has continually decreased.

But as Facebook has taken it on the chin over the way it has handled the personal information of its users, the leaders of other tech companies have demonstrated that even in publicity - hungry Silicon Valley, it is entirely possible for billionaire executives and their sprawling empires to keep a low profile.

When asked about the issues plaguing the company before he took over, Khosrowshahi said that he wanted Uber products to be stronger for the local population and will invest his efforts in doing so during his term as CEO.

The company's core principles include taking responsibility for both successes and failures, being fiercely loyal to the company culture, obsessing over exceptional customer service, working with integrity, meeting challenges with positivity, embracing blind faith as well as the grind, and taking the lead while guiding others to achieve their full potential.