Sentences with phrase «than investment companies»

In general, EMH operates on the assumption that financial results for all corporations other than investment companies are to be measured strictly by Going Concern standards; while portfolio results for an investor in those corporations» securities are to be measured strictly by Resource Conversion standards.

The Company invests in smaller companies that may be less liquid than in larger companies and price swings may therefore be greater than investment companies that invest in larger companies.

(5) No more than 50 % of regulatory assets under management is attributable to pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies).

Not exact matches

A Babson College study reported that in 1999, fewer than 5 percent of venture capital investments went to companies with a woman on the executive team.

In mid-February, investment giant Capital Group more than doubled its Lululemon stake to 12.7 million shares, or about 11 % of the company.

«Because of our emphasis on the long - term, we may make decisions and weigh tradeoffs differently than some companies... We will continue to make investment decisions in light of long - term market leadership considerations rather than short - term profitability considerations or short - term Wall Street reactions... We aren't so bold as to claim that the above is the «right» investment philosophy, but it's ours, and we would be remiss if we weren't clear in the approach we have taken and will continue to take.»

The tax code also permits the owners of a corporation, however small, to use his or her company to shelter income from passive investments, and to convert surplus revenue into capital gains, which are taxed at lower rates than income.

-- Springer is actually only buying 88 % of Business Insider, because it already owned a 9 % stake as a result of an investment round in January (which valued the company at less than half what Springer is now paying).

The company has said the headquarters will bring more than 50,000 high - paying jobs, and an investment of more than $ 5 billion.

In a similar vein, the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation showed that women - led private technology companies have a 35 percent higher return on investment than male - led ones.

The move comes shortly after WeWork received a $ 300 million investment from SoftBank, valuing the company at more than $ 17 billion.

The six - member investment team has examined nearly every type of MI startup — more than 2,000 companies in the enterprise, agriculture, healthcare, transportation and logistics sectors — but Zilis is picky about where she puts her money.

James Cole, senior vice-president and portfolio manager with Portland Investment Counsel, would rather see a company that has a long track record of steady growth than one that's been soaring for a year or two.

More than $ 2 billion in private investment has flowed into space industry companies this year, with 59 firms contributing capital.

While retirees shouldn't abandon dividend stocks, many investment experts are now looking for companies that provide a little growth with that income, rather than just a high yield.

«Limited liability means you can't be financially responsible for more than your investment in the company,» writes Greg McFarlane in his book, Control Your Cash: Making Money Make Sense.

Your company name will get used more and last longer than any other investment you make in your business.

So rather than sweat the investment game, she spent years holding down a day job while bootstrapping her new company on the side.

«As the company runs out of reasons why the technology won't work, and gets closer and closer to illustrating that it will work, I think it's entirely possible that they will raise the billions of dollars they will need to prove this concept out,» he says, noting that it was Cenovus's investment, more than that of Bezos, that turned heads among investors.

Companies focused on building and operating launch vehicles dominated first quarter investments, accounting for more than 72 percent with about $ 700 million, due to SpaceX's heavy fundraising.

With space ventures typically defined as high risk, high reward investments, Space Angels found the companies attract valuations many times greater than a typical technology start - up.

Miller, chief investment officer at LMM, said he thinks the embattled drugmaker is «a completely different company» than the one that was under severe fire for jacking up drug prices, and could see returns of 25 percent to 30 percent per year over the next five years.

According to First Round Capital's analysis of its own portfolio, companies with at least one female founder provided them with 63 % better returns on investment than companies with all - male teams.

Medved is one of the more successful VCs — over the past 20 years, he has helped bring 11 companies to valuations of more than $ 100 million, with some of his more notable investments including Shopping.com (acquired by eBay) and Answers.com (acquired by Summit).

In August 2014 Google Capital led a $ 100 million investment round in home services start - up Thumbtack and in September made a follow - on investment in the company, now valued at more than $ 1.3 billion.

(He says the company expects the $ 4.7 million investment to pay off in just under three years, at which point it will save more than $ 1.5 million per year.)

Private firms» investment decisions are also more than four times more responsive to changes in opportunities than public companies.

But when we decided to take our company public, our investment bankers needed something a little more sophisticated than guesswork to help them justify our valua - tion and give their analysts some guidance as to what our future sales and earnings would be.

Latest funding round brings total investment in the Burnaby, B.C. - based energy company to more than $ 100 million

A combination of the lowered corporate tax rate under the US» new tax law and shipping demand rising faster than the company previously expected drove the aggressive investment strategy.

Our company has grown substantially — from a staff of six to 70 in less than five years — because of the investment we make in our employees» careers.

The Brooklyn - based media company already counts Walt Disney and 21st Century Fox as minority owners, and Disney's most recent investment valued Vice at more than $ 4 billion, in 2015.

While the S.E.C. requires companies with more than 499 investors to disclose their financial results to the public, Goldman's proposed special purpose vehicle may be able get around such a rule because it would be managed by Goldman and considered just one investor, even though it could conceivably be pooling investments from thousands of clients.

Uber's latest investment in Brazil comes just weeks after Didi Chuxing, China's largest ride - hailing company, announced it was investing more than $ 100 million in Brazilian company 99, an on - demand taxi and ride sharing service.

Overstock.com briefly surged more than 23 percent after Morgan Stanley Investment Management disclosed an 11.4 percent stake in the company.

Chris Arsenault, a venture - capitalist with iNovia Capital, a company with seven investments in the online - ad industry, says targeting technology can provide a better user experience than print or broadcast, despite concerns over privacy.

Now, as a big - fish investor on ABC's Shark Tank, John uses everything he's learned from more than two decades of business building to size up other companies as potential investment opportunities.

The push by the tech sector piggybacks on years of state - driven Chinese investments in infrastructure in Latin America, with a pool of 2,000 companies pouring more than $ 200 billion in the region as of January.

According to Gartner Research, by 2016 investments in mobile apps, security, management and support will cost companies more than $ 300 per year per employee.

Fiat also said on Tuesday that it is receiving a $ 4.56 - million grant in return for creating the 700 new jobs, which follows a tax break worth more than $ 11 million that the company has already been granted by state authorities in Michigan with regard to its investment in the Sterling Heights plant.

Licensing, while easier than starting a company, still usually requires some substantial investment in both time and effort.

Well, best of luck: «We made a bunch of investments in companies that didn't have a product, some worked, but more often than not those are our least performing,» Wilson says.

In June, Uber closed more than $ 1 billion from a number of venture capital companies, led by Fidelity Investments, making it the priciest startup ever with a value or more than $ 18 billion.

Many companies are making important contributions, but CEOs have less leeway than ever to make bold investments in their communities.

To help connect technology issuers and Canada's investment community, TSX has arranged a series of events at which more than 50 Canadian companies in the technology and clean technology sectors have met with investment bankers across the country.

As a result, they may avoid companies that are likely to need much bigger follow - on investments than he can provide.

And when there's no other compelling use for a company's cash, this is a better alternative than risky spending on takeovers or other big investments.

The analysts, who have an «overweight» rating on the stock, also highlighted that the company has more than $ 3.5 billion in cash and short - term investments, a comfortable buffer.

Druckenmiller, who has been betting against IBM since 2013, cited the buybacks (rather than investment in the business) as a factor when he first made his case publicly against the company.

For more than a year, the AngelList founder and CEO has been trying to persuade institutional money managers to participate on his popular crowdfunding platform, which so far has helped facilitate $ 205 million in investment for 650 seed - stage companies.