Sentences with phrase «take stakes»

The agreement will see the German, Japanese and French car manufacturers take stakes in each other to share technologies and build smaller, electric - powered vehicles.

Griffith says the spinout will allow the new company to access outside investors as it looks to take stakes in emerging hydrogen start - ups that could push the adoption of fuel cell cars over battery - powered electric cars.

«X-Men Origins: Wolverine» will forever remain an oddity in Hood's work, because that film's violence is beyond cartoonish, while the rest of his films, including «Eye in the Sky,» take their stakes seriously.

They also persuaded the government to let foreign investors, for the first time, take stakes in a Chinese airline.

April 11 (Reuters)- Paulson & Co, the hedge fund firm led by billionaire investor John Paulson, has taken a stake in Viacom Inc as the U.S. media company has started to turn around its business, Paulson told Reuters in an interview.

April 11 - Paulson & Co, the hedge fund firm led by billionaire investor John Paulson, has taken a stake in Viacom Inc as the U.S. media company has started to turn around its business, Paulson told Reuters in an interview.

The billionaire co-founded PayPal in 1998, and through Founders, he's taken stakes in prominent companies like SpaceX and crypto - focused hedge funds.

He's taken a stake in TYT Network, one of the top online - video political news networks, as part of $ 20 million in funding led by growth equity firm 3L Capital with participation from Greycroft and e.ventures.

UPS took a stake in Optoro last year, as the company, like FedEx, tries to generate revenue from not only returns but from placing unwanted items in channels where they're most likely to sell.

Prime position for Seven Kerry Stokes's Seven Network is to make a major expansion into regional television, taking a stake of about 15 per cent in Prime Media Group, the debt - riddled regional affiliate of Seven's metropolitan TV operations.

Under current plans, Mexico's government will not take a stake in the company that runs the network, according to two of the sources.

In March, Ethiopia took a stake in the port for an undisclosed sum.

The activist fund Marcato Capital, fresh off a proxy battle with Buffalo Wild Wings, has taken a stake in a construction equipment maker it says is poised to grow after strategic re-positioning.

All the Sharks have their own unique network and expertise which they will provide after taking a stake in your company.

The U.S. technology giant is considering investing at least several billion dollars to take a stake of more than 20 % in a plan that would have Toshiba (tosbf) maintain a partial holding to keep the business under U.S. and Japanese control, NHK reported, citing unidentified sources.

April 11 - Paulson & Co, the hedge fund firm led by billionaire investor John Paulson, has taken a stake in Viacom Inc as the U.S. media company has started to turn around its business amid a challenging landscape, Paulson told Reuters in an interview.

Berkshire Hathaway, billionaire Warren Buffett's investment vehicle, beefed up its media holdings in the fourth quarter by taking a stake in 21st Century Fox (FOX).

Delta Air Lines says it will still take delivery of a disputed Canadian passenger jet after European giant Airbus took a stake in the program.

This is not the first time Qatar Airways has taken a stake in another airline.

The company was also suspending plans to invest in Taiwanese tech firms due to regulatory hurdles, after agreeing to take a stake in Powertech Technology Inc and expressing interest in more cross-strait deals.

Elliott Management has taken a stake in Micro Focus, which merged with HPE's software business last year, and wants it to sell to a private equity firm.

Bill Smead, portfolio manager of the $ 1.1 billion Smead Value Fund, says he recently took a stake in Gilead largely because it stayed out of the takeover fray.

Now, even as investors take a stake in Facebook, its future remains contingent on a leader who is reluctant to reveal himself.

Hedge fund Elliott has taken a stake of almost 3 percent in Sky, according to its latest filing, and other shareholders have also argued that Disney's agreement to buy Fox implies a higher value for Sky.

German giant reportedly takes stake in San Jose - based developer of solid - electrolyte batteries.

As if Nooyi wasn't facing enough pressure, she soon had to contend with a major activist investor: Nelson Peltz, who took a stake in the company and began agitating for PepsiCo to undo its merger of Pepsi and Frito - Lay, just as Kraft (KRFT) had spun off Mondelez after a similar campaign by Peltz.

ATP doesn't take a stake in the companies it funds, and it doesn't ask that the money be returned with interest, he says.

It sold off its China business to a competitor and partner, Didi Chuxing, taking a stake in Didi.

Powell Jobs would be only the latest tech billionaire to take a stake in a professional sports team.

Sri Lanka is not investing any capital but will take the stake in return for allocating spectrum for the project.

News that he has taken a stake in Apple predictably sent the stock soaring up $ 26.29, or 5.63 %, to $ 493.65 in midday trading.

Some big names took stakes in Snap during the first quarter, including billionaire George Soros» hedge fund, activist hedge fund Jana Partners, Daniel Loeb's Third Point and Daniel Och's Och - Ziff Capital Management.

For Shkreli, it was the «right price, right time and right opportunity» to take a stake, he said by phone on Thursday.

Since CanWest and its creditors will have to work out an agreement with Goldman Sachs at some point, the investment bank could use those negotiations to take a stake in CanWest.

And it's formalising its relationship with payments affiliate Ant Financial by taking a stake in the internet finance giant.

Or you could take a stake in a firm that plays a big role in your issue of choice, like Exxon with climate change, to try and push them in the direction you want.

Uber will take a stake of 27.5 percent in the combined business, and Uber Chief Executive Dara Khosrowshahi will join Grab's board.

Shortly thereafter, Mr. Kalanick, partly at the urging of Mr. Gurley, agreed to sell Uber's China business to Didi, with Uber taking a stake in the resulting entity.

Even as Goldman takes a stake in Facebook, its employees may struggle to view what they invested in.

The company, which makes investments of between 15 million euros ($ 16.1 million) and 60 million euros, has taken stakes in companies including Pepe Jeans and Italian restaurant group Cigierre, according to its website.

Earlier this year, Chinese automotive group Geely increased its stake in Denmark's Saxo Bank to 51.5 percent while Finland's Sampo Oyj took a stake of 19.9 percent.

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (NYSE: FCAU) is recruiting activist hedge funds to take a stake in General Motors Company (NYSE: GM) and prod GM into a merger, according to a Wall Street Journalreport.

Any investor interested in index funds will probably want to take a stake in a fund that tracks the S&P 500 stock market index.

DRI has outperformed the S&P 500 since Starboard took its stake (up 22 % vs. 17 %) and now earns our Attractive rating, which means the company still has significant upside based on its fundamentals.

Indeed, last month it was revealed that its French rival, Airbus, had been in talks to take a stake in the project.

Venture capitalist cut a tough deal; they are private equity investors, so they are definitely going to take a stake in your business.

Under terms of the proposed agreement, Grab would buy out Uber's operations in certain markets in Southeast Asia and Uber will take a stake in Grab, the people said, asking not to be named because the talks are private.

In November 2010, it sold 10 percent of the issued capital of Woodside, taking its stake to 24.27 percent.

As part of the deal, Mercedes owner Daimler will take a stake of up to 5 percent in the 100 - year - old maker of the DB9 and Vanquish sports cars.

Well there are many benefits to this, the main one being that no one else takes any stakes of the business.