Sentences with phrase «under shareholder pressure»

The iPhone maker is raising its quarterly dividend by 16 percent to 73 cents per share, matching the largest increase since Apple restored the payment under shareholder pressure six years ago.

Under shareholder pressure, eBay announced the sale to the Silver Lake - led group in September.

Not exact matches

The Anglo - Dutch oil major, whose acquisition of BG Group transformed it into the world's top liquefied natural gas producer, has been under pressure from shareholders to cut annual spending to ensure it can maintain its dividend given the slow recovery in the oil prices.

The company said this month that it would sell its private - label unit to TreeHouse Foods, after it came under pressure from Jana Partners, its second - biggest shareholder with about 7 % stake.

Deferred stock makes up 30 % of Corbat's bonus pay under Citi's compensation plan, which was overhauled two years ago amid shareholder pressure.

The company has come under pressure from outside shareholders to separate its higher - growth assets — notably its stake in Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba Group — from its struggling core search and e-mail businesses, but such a split would be complicated by the fact that it could land the company with a large tax bill.

You will usually have a smaller amount to get started with, but at least you know that you won't be paying huge interest rates and you are not going to be under constant pressure to please shareholders.

Under pressure from shareholders, Avon's board finally announced in December 2011 that Jung would step down as CEO — with a two - year contract to stay on as executive chairman.

Travis Kalanick, visionary and pantomime villain, has resigned as CEO of Uber — under pressure from shareholders, as the New York Times, which broke the news, would have it.

Businesses are under increasing pressure from shareholders and owners to continually optimise the deployment of capital and maximise returns.

Some critics blame Wall Street, arguing that pressure for shareholder payouts is causing companies to systematically under - invest, harming the growth of the US economy.

Acquiring other brands from food companies under pressure from uppity shareholders could be one way of boosting returns.

Now, as Wall Street executives come under pressure from shareholders for their mounting subprime - related losses, Mr. Steel's mix of a Goldman pedigree and years in the thick of the government's effort to grapple with the housing crisis has made him a short - list regular on investment bank board committees looking for new leadership.

In March, Qualcomm Inc, under pressure from hedge fund Jana Partners, agreed to boost its program to purchase $ 10 billion of its shares over the next 12 months; the company already had an existing $ 7.8 billion buyback program and a commitment to return three quarters of its free cash flow to shareholders.

Yahoo was under pressure from shareholders to find a way to unlock the value of its Asian investments, and the sale of its core operations to Verizon was the first step.

Worse, the merger price was even below the amount that shareholders would have received in the company's planned phased liquidation, which the company was considering under pressure from Elliott Management, an activist hedge fund and holder of approximate 15 % of American Capital stock.

New CEO Andrew Wood is under tremendous pressure from shareholders.

He said it was up to BP — under pressure in the US to suspend its dividend to help pay for damage — to decide on its payout to shareholders.

This increase is likely due to the fact that shipping costs are rising for Amazon and they are under pressure from shareholders to remain profitable.

Amazon's stock is down almost 20 percent this year, and the company is under intense pressure from shareholders to make more profit.

One thing to note is that «net income» is often subject to complex accounting rules and companies are under pressure (from shareholders) to make it look as good as possible.

The company is privately owned and operates in a similar fashion to a mutual company in that it does not need to answer to shareholders and the short - term earnings pressures publicly traded companies are under.

Russian companies have been under tremendous pressure to preserve capital and improve returns to appease shareholders.

Dividends have come under extreme pressure in this downturn, we have seen companies with strong dividend record cutting their dividends, rarely have we seen a company increase their payouts to shareholders in the last 8 months.

However, after a decade of reputation - damaging public disclosures, as well as pressure from scientific organizations, shareholders and senators, ExxonMobil implemented a new public relations strategy under a new CEO, and has begun to moderate its public

U.S. and European oil and gas companies are under increasing pressure from shareholders to stress test their businesses against a...

U.S. and European oil and gas companies are under increasing pressure from shareholders to stress test their...

New risks such as cyber incidents or data privacy, rising regulator and shareholder activism and the influence of third party litigation funders are putting corporate leaders under more pressure than ever of falling foul of investigations, fines or prosecution over alleged wrongdoing, says Allianz...

Verizon is under pressure from shareholders to reassess the value of the deal, with Yahoo seen as damaged goods, Bloomberg says.

Macerich has been under pressure to boost shareholder value after spurning a takeover offer from Simon Property Group Inc. earlier this year.

Under pressure from outraged shareholders, the SEC now requires public companies to produce a scorecard that spells out in black and white just how much top executives earn — and how they earn it — rather than burying the details in footnotes that even analysts find confusing.