Sentences with phrase «took record companies»

Now iTunes outsells CDs — but it took record companies 8 years to figure it out.

Whereas in France, we had a guy called Patrick Zelnik, who was a C.E.O. but he was also an entrepreneur and he took the record company into Virgin Megastores, into all sorts of different businesses, a bit like myself.

Not exact matches

The gathering capped off what was later reported as a record - breaking month for the the company: 14 million rides, an uptick in full - price rides taken, and a $ 400 million to $ 500 million run rate by Recode's calculations.

Square acknowledged that it had taken a small hit on Bitcoin, though not enough to merit recording an impairment charge: «Losses on Bitcoin for the three months ended March 31, 2018 were insignificant,» the company wrote in the report.

When unusual transfers of funds take place in either direction between you and your company, keep records that explain the transaction — whether it's a bonus that was voted upon by the board or a loan, in which case you'll want to document its terms.»

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. counted $ 331 billion in commercial and industrial bank loans under $ 1 million as of Dec. 31, the largest amount since the end of 2008, when the government agency reported a record $ 336 billion in such loans that are generally taken out by small companies.

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.

Add another one to the list: for one year, it smashed all records for the highest executive compensation in Canada, awarding its former CEO Michael Pearson $ 179 million in company stock, for a total take - home of $ 182 million, more than double paid to the previous year's highest paid CEO, BlackBerry's John Chen.

Mr Baumgartner, whose Red Bull Stratos mission was watched by more than seven million people around the world, also took aim at Sir Richard Branson after the Virgin boss hinted that his company could attempt to break the Austrian's record.

Debt: If your company has been in business for less than three years, has no record of regular profitability or has a negative net worth, most banks won't take your call.

Even though the company's old policy only paid for nine weeks of leave, Adobe's records showed that after welcoming a child, «new moms were tending to try to take five to six months if they could get all the stars aligned,» Morris said.

This year's Fortune 500 generated a total of $ 944.5 billion in earnings, which are down 12.6 % from last year's record of $ 1.08 trillion, in large part because tumbling oil prices took a toll on the majority of the companies on the list.

They quickly took down the offending ads and the company claims it is still on track to bank record sales of $ 2.7 billion this year, all thanks to their sponsorship the World Cup.

If you're funded by professional investors with a track record of taking companies public, you might be able to do it.

The split takes effect July 14 and is payable to shareholders of record as of July 2, the Los Gatos, California - based company said.

Taking on that kind of debt would be a risk the company can ill afford amid headwinds in Canada as consumers carry record debt, said Stephen Groff, who helps run $ 6 billion as a portfolio manager at Cambridge Global Asset Management, a unit of CI Investments Inc..

«I'm worried about the systemic risk that this centralized company poses, and I'm worried that if they go down, they will take down the space with them,» said Emin Gün Sirer, a computer science professor at Cornell University, who has a track record of successfully predicting problems in the growing virtual currency industry.

With Crypto Valley's track record of attracting companies that seek to take advantage of minimal government invasion of corporate coffers and share an overall love of innovation, it's no wonder that the city of Zug (the capital of the canton of Zug) has been hailed as «Silicon Valley 2.0.»

Taken together, the track record of the firm's investment team includes 11 IPOs, 29 successful acquisitions, multiple billions in public market cap, and over 500 rounds in follow - on capital raised for portfolio companies.

But for those who take the broader view, recognizing both that even best - in - class healthcare businesses like Abbott Laboratories and Johnson & Johnson have underperformed for years on end and that also choose to analyze the company itself, GlaxoSmithKline looks more promising than its track record of investment performance would suggest.

But dividend growth investing takes it a step further by seeking out companies that have lengthy track records of increasing these dividend payouts.

In the event that (i) the Board of Directors proposes, recommends, approves or otherwise submits to the shareholders of the Company, for shareholder action, a Deemed Liquidation Event, and (ii) a Holder has not received written notice from the holders of a majority of the shares of Key Holder Common Stock that such holders approve the Deemed Liquidation Event, then such Holder hereby agrees to vote (in person, by proxy or by action by written consent, as applicable) all shares of capital stock of the Company now or hereafter directly or indirectly owned of record or beneficially by such Holder against the Deemed Liquidation Event, to assert statutory dissenters» rights with respect to the Deemed Liquidation Event, and to take such other action in derogation of the Deemed Liquidation Event as shall be requested by the holders of a majority of the shares of Key Holder Common Stock in order to carry out the terms and provision of this Section x.y..

The life insurance company will also take a look at your driving record and run your name through a pharmaceutical database to evaluate any prescription medications you may be taking (or have taken).

When they do consider first - time funds, they traditionally require what's known as an «attributable exited track record» of returns.Which translates to GPs who've already worked at prior firms as the investment decision - makers and long enough for the underlying portfolio companies to have been acquired or IPO'd (traditional funds are 10 - 12 years long to accommodate for the time it takes for the portfolio companies to exit.)

Even though the company was posting record sales and was on course to show a profit in the second quarter, earnings took a huge hit from a $ 15.1 million loss on prepayment of debt and $ 3 million in equity - based compensation charges.

However, in the first half of 2015 alone, oil companies took more write - downs than any other full year on record.

Coming from Cash, however, knowing that he spent much of his career at odds with his record company and / or music producers, and that he began making these recordings just after the peak of the earliest portion of his career, these renditions take on the authoritative voice in his catalogue.

Record companies are shifting their investment to live performances because of the bites that piracy and streaming services are taking out of the business.

But the big wig record companies jumped in and took charge of all that was to be heard on record or radio.

Not willing to cater to a superficially defined contemporary Christian music market, The Call will have to take their chances like everyone else in the mainstream record market, where formulaic music and demographics - concerned record companies prevail.

A record 1000 companies will exhibit at this year's event, which takes place between 9 and 11 May in Palexpo, Geneva.

he avid interest taken by exhibitors in the run - up to interpack 2017 that brought the world's biggest and most important trade fair of the packaging sector and related process industries record attendance of 2,865 companies, was followed by trade fair days from 4 to 10 May with high spirits and further records: 74 % of the approximately 170,500 visitors travelled to Düsseldorf from abroad — three quarters of them were decision - makers.

Being the 145 champion does on top of taking a NON title fight to save 196 and break the ppv record for your company also buys you good favour, he could have waited for Rda but didn't.

This is why if allegations are recorded, they should be sent to the company immediately so that an investigation can take place and corrections made if necessary.

The Scotsman is «on a suicide mission»; he takes «considerable pleasure» in phoning The Times editor John Witherow to chastise its «anti-Scottish bias»; he's incredulous when the Sunday Post splashes on his hotel expenses («it would be possible to meet company CEOs or international dignitaries at the local Holiday Inn, but I'm not sure how well that would work for Scotland's benefit») and records with relish his attempt to offer a young Telegraph journalist «a packet of liquorice allsorts for good attendance at every press event».

The title is taken from The New World by Johannes De Laet, a director of the Dutch West India Company, recorded in 1625.

Bacheller said the state appears to be taking a substantial risk with NexGen, given that the company is a start - up with no manufacturing or sales track record of its own.

All told, the company has taken in $ 226,583 in campaign money from city - based candidates since June, Campaign Finance Board records show.

Bloomberg executives defrauded the mega media company by rigging bids and taking kickbacks from contractors, according to reports and court records.

It is strange that GNPC which was formed in 1983 and which has all the expertise one can think of in the oil industry could not find a partner to discover oil but it took a two - man company with no experience or track record in the oil industry to find a partner for us.

Still, from the phone records in the FBI affidavit, parts of which are up on the Smoking Gun, it didn't seem like it was a woman - friendly workplace, from the male founder who said that a would - be call girl «looks like a butcher in my opinion» to the conversation about the «baggage» a worker with kids has to the outraged indignation of an applicant who was «shock and confuse» that the company expected its employees to have sex with men who don't even take them out to dinner.

Like other contracts for professional services, these developer contracts aren't simply awarded to the lowest bidder; a company's past experience, qualifications and track record are also taken into account.

Public records indicate the sales took place about two weeks before a limited liability company run by Nicolla and involved in the land deal gave $ 50,000 to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's campaign fund --- among $ 150,000 in donations reported by the governor's campaign that day from LLCs tied to Columbia.

The ad claims Quinn took $ 59,400 from Rudin Management Company in 2007, but city Campaign Finance Board records show she received half that amount, $ 29,700, from its executives.

A company called deCode Genetics, based in Reykjavik, has been set up to take advantage of Iceland's unique combination of fastidious record keeping — which has its origins in the medieval sagas — and the population's extremely low genetic variability.

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CBC NEWS - Jan 16 - Online dating companies should be taking advantage of the RCMP criminal records system to keep convicted criminals off their sites, say experts in the identity verification business.

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It's obvious that GTA Online is still attracting a ton of players, as Take - Two stated it even generated what the company sees as «record results» in the year's fourth quarter.