Sentences with phrase «taken stakes in companies»

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.

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

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

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.

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As such, you take a stake in the company's future; you are said to have equity in the company.

Not exact matches

Newly listed diversified Australian resources company Apollo Minerals Ltd has confirmed that Chinese Iron and Steel Grouphave taken a 3.9 per cent stake in the company and is looking to increase its stake to 19.9 per cent.

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.

Shares in South Perth - based Noble Mineral Resources have surged more than 37 per cent on news Chinese group Zhongrun is to invest $ 87.7 million and take a 42 per cent stake in the company.

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.

Chinese tech giants are now outright acquiring or taking majority shares in overseas companies, such as Ctrip's (China's leading online travel agency and number two market leader in the world, second only to Priceline) acquisition of the UK's leading travel search site Skyscanner, Tencent's 93 % investment in U.S. - based gaming company Riot Games and 84 % investment in Finland - based gaming company Supercell, and Alibaba's 83 % stake in Southeast Asia's online shopping site Lazada.

In 2013, Red Antler reduced its fee to take a small stake in fledgling mattress company Casper, one of Inc.'s 30 Under 30 companies in 201In 2013, Red Antler reduced its fee to take a small stake in fledgling mattress company Casper, one of Inc.'s 30 Under 30 companies in 201in fledgling mattress company Casper, one of Inc.'s 30 Under 30 companies in 201in 2015.

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.

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.

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

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.

In February reports surfaced that activist investor Trian had taken a $ 3.5 billion stake in the companIn February reports surfaced that activist investor Trian had taken a $ 3.5 billion stake in the companin the company.

While the chief investment officer of Alberta Investment Management Corp. (AIMCo) can buy things most people can't — toll roads, office towers, stakes in private companies — he takes a value approach to buying, just as many retail investors do.

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.

Taking his bank bonuses in Scotia equity, rather than cash, he's built up a sizable personal stake in the company worth $ 34.5 million in shares and deferred share units, plus options worth another estimated $ 48 million.

Even before the acquisition, Altman operated and still operates as an active investor, including his early stake in large testing company Optimizely, and has personally taken part in investments in huge companies such as Asana, Patreon and Change.org.

The takeover bid for Aquila Resources took an unexpected turn today when a mystery buyer, believed to be Mineral Resources, spent about $ 192 million buying a large stake in the Perth company, paying well above the bid price.

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.

That's according to industrious Twitter users, who quickly swooped in following the announcement to take jabs at the company that will include Yahoo's 15 % stake in Alibaba and its 35.5 % stake in Yahoo Japan.

Back in September 2007, for instance, Blackstone took a $ 3 billion investment from the China Investment Corp. in exchange for a 10 % stake, valuing the company at $ 30 billion shortly before Blackstone listed shares on the public market.

The MCNs behind some of YouTube's biggest stars have grown to become quite valuable to major media and entertainment companies: in just the last year, Disney bought Maker Studios for $ 500 million, German - based broadcaster Prosieben invested in Collective Digital Studio, Otter Media took a controlling stake in Fullscreen and Europe's RTL Group bought a majority stake in StyleHaul.

Last year, Vice took a majority stake in U.K. production studio Pulse Films and the company said earlier this year that Viceland had ordered six episodes of a scripted comedy series from actor James Van Der Beek and musician / DJ Diplo, called What Would Diplo Do?

China is reportedly moving to avert a trade war, by speeding up the finalization of new rules that would let foreign financial groups take majority stakes in Chinese securities companies, and by offering to buy more semiconductors from the U.S. as opposed to South Korea and Taiwan.

So if he buys up a chunk of your company, take it as a mark of confidence: The sale of CPPIB's stake in auto parts manufacturer Gates Corp. for $ 1.5 billion and its $ 128 - million purchase of 115,000 acres of Saskatchewan farmland are just two recent examples that show no deal is too big or small for the CCPIB head honcho.

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.

In 2016, White took a minority stake in the company that runs Mammoth Mountain, Snow Summit, and Bear Mountain, the California resorts where he prefers to traiIn 2016, White took a minority stake in the company that runs Mammoth Mountain, Snow Summit, and Bear Mountain, the California resorts where he prefers to traiin the company that runs Mammoth Mountain, Snow Summit, and Bear Mountain, the California resorts where he prefers to train.

Since taking control of Berkshire Hathaway in 1965, Buffett has given away more than 40 % of his stake in the company, according to Reuters.

The company's creditors plan to take ownership stakes in Nine West's remaining business, including...

Bacardi, which is known for its rum, took a minority stake in the brand's parent company in 2008.

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.

(NBCUniversal took a minority stake in Spielberg's Amblin Partners, Amblin Television's parent company, in February.)

At that time, taking on a bigger stake in Apple seemed like a potential misstep: The company's stock had been swooning amid three straight quarters of profit and revenue declines due to decreases in iPhone sales.

The activist investor Jana Partners took a 9 % stake in Whole Foods in April and pushed the company to look into strategic options including a sale.

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...

Hardenberg said the fund would take fairly large stakes in companies, which might be in trouble or have fairly low ratings in terms of their governance and transparency.

And, as I noted in the earlier post, the stakes are positively enormous, potentially affecting billions of dollars in future revenue, to say nothing of the valuations of several companies that have already launched to take advantage of this approach.

Last week, former Microsoft Corp Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said he has taken a 4 percent stake in Twitter, making him the third - biggest individual shareholder in the social media company.

Activist hedge fund manager Nelson Peltz — who took a large stake in DuPont back in 2013 and fought an unsuccessful proxy battle with the company in 2015 — was also pushing for the company to do a deal.

Ever since Dell, who has a 16 percent stake in the company, earlier this year made it known he wanted to take the company private he has faced shareholder backlash spurred by the price of the buyout.

Just five years ago, she says, just about every accelerator took the same size stake in its companies and offered the same amount of cash.

On Monday, Tyson (tsn) said it had taken a 5 % ownership stake in the California - based startup, an investment that will help the smaller company expand its product portfolio and distribution.

The deal sees Carlyle take both CHAMP's 80 per cent stake in Accolade and the remaining 20 per cent owned by US liquor company Constellation Wines.

While he didn't invent the agency holding company model, he made it an unstoppable force, building the planet's largest ad agency company from an ownership stake he took in a British maker of baskets and household wares in 1985.

And a regulatory filing has shown that the hedge fund Point 72 Asset Management has taken a 5 percent stake in video streaming company Roku.