Sentences with phrase «use company profits»

I applaud a company that was built on religious ideas, if they do not discriminate or use company profits to discriminate against anyone.

Not exact matches

There are rules of governance for a nonprofit or not - for - profit (there are small legal differences, but the terms can be used interchangeably) that are different from those of a for - profit company; someone new to these enterprises will have to get to know them.

He also said the any family member who did legitimate work for the company would be unaffected, as would companies that use their profits to invest in equipment, research and additional employees.

Named after the 13th constitutional amendment, which abolished slavery except as «punishment for crime,» the doc uses archival footage and expert commentary to make the case that slavery hasn't disappeared from the U.S. — it's evolved into our modern system of mass incarceration, one in which many prisons are run by for - profit companies and prisoners can be paid a pittance to work for corporations.

That's why it's essential to push the team to use credibility - building financial metrics that show how marketing helps the company to generate more profits and faster growth than your competitors.

In an article that discusses recent trends in corporate sponsorship entitled «Why Sponsors Sponsor,» author Jim Karrh lists the four criteria that not - for - profit fundraisers expect to be used by most companies in assessing the request to become involved as a sponsor.

Daniel Drew used the profits from his successful steamboat business to open a Wall Street banking and brokerage firm in 1844 called Drew, Robinson, and Company.

Here's a simple test: If someone sat down with you and asked you a series of questions about your company's revenue, expenses, and profits (or losses) for the previous month, quarter, and year, could you answer within a few minutes, using your accounting software?

dPoint Technologies, which ranked 60th on the 2013 PROFIT 500, is the firm that grew out of Dean's desperate search for Plan B. Using specialized membrane technology, the company manufactures modules that reduce the air - quality problems that tend to occur in highly energy - efficient buildings with poor circulation.

These are multi-billion dollar companies, but the profit has come from using and abusing our data like it is a treasure chest they found on a sunken ship.

On as little as five days notice to the defendant, it says, a nonprofit may be entitled to a permanent injunction if it can simply show that a for - profit company is using its name or «a name so nearly resembling it as to be calculated to deceive the public.»

Gillette and the company's competitors sold reusable razors with the intent to make most of their profits from selling the blades used to fill the razors.

Mexico's 2013 - 14 telecommunications reform forced America Movil to let competitors use its network for free, which was a drag on the company's profits.

Enlightened companies understand that a passionate work force leads to higher profits, productivity, and retention, yet many feel stuck using engagement tools that are arduous and untimely.

No one has used this ecosystem as effectively as Markus Frind, who has stayed simple, cheap, and lean even as his revenue and profits have grown well beyond those of a typical one - person company.

Royal Kingdom coins will entitle owners to a share of Royal Kingdom Enterprise's profits and can also be used to buy services from the company.

As networks improve (many companies are now upgrading from 3G networks to higher - capacity 4G or LTE networks), more people will use data - sucking smartphones, and profits should rise accordingly.

In the case of the small business, most if not all of the company's profits are used to pay salaries and fringe benefits, which are deductible, and double taxation may be avoided because no money is left over for distributing dividends.

But executives at these and all other publicly held companies are obligated to use whatever legal means they can to generate the most profit possible; if they don't, shareholders will replace them with managers who will.

There is also criticism of what's known as transfer pricing, which companies use to value transactions among their subsidiaries in such a way to put the most profits in low - tax jurisdictions.

For instance, the ratio of gross profit to net sales can be used to determine whether the company's profit margin is in line with that of similar businesses.

In its filing, the Zuckerbergs say «any profits from investments in companies will be used to fund additional work to advance the mission.»

But what about the newer companies using similar models to make a profit while giving back?

«Just Capital started with the question, «What if we could see which companies use their capital not simply to maximize profits, but to create a more just marketplace for all stakeholders?»

The fact that there are fewer large companies here than in some other countries I've worked in is irrelevant; those companies still want to make sure they can use technology in the best way to grow profits.

(There are a TON of companies out there that are not ethical, and I know a lot of the typical tricks management companies use to unfairly increase their profits at the owners expense).

If the company is not there yet, work on increasing the profit margins and use the network of contractors to take on more work.

Wouldn't it be much easier to have a single key metric identifying solid profit growth in a first step, and then in a second step using secondary metrics to select among the high - quality companies those matching your personal investment strategy the most?

The most popular metrics used by many investors are incapable of executing the most important task of any investor: finding companies with solid profit growth.

Companies that use steel and aluminum in their products say tariffs would raise their costs, eating into profits or forcing them to raise prices or lay off workers.

BOAO, China (Reuters)- Ride hailing app company Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL] is generating more than $ 1 billion in profit a year in its top 30 cities globally, and partly using that money to bankroll its expansion in China, Chief Executive Travis Kalanick said in an interview.

Cloud was a pen name used to publish content on The Student Loan Report and created by the for - profit student loan refinancing company, LendEDU.

The model commits the company to use 40 % of its annual profits (EBITDA) to buy back investors» shares for a predefined price.

GDPR is likely to hurt profit at Facebook because it could reduce the value of ads if the company can not use personal information as freely and the added expense of hiring lawyers to ensure compliance with the new law.

The company used the profits from the Model S to fuel the development and manufacturing of Model 3, a more affordable electric vehicle.

Mr. Price, who started the Seattle - based credit - card payment processing firm in 2004 at the age of 19, said he would pay for the wage increases by cutting his own salary from nearly $ 1 million to $ 70,000 and using 75 to 80 percent of the company's anticipated $ 2.2 million in profit this year.

But after the S.E.C.'s rule change, companies started using more of their profits to buy their own shares, in the process giving their shareholders a bigger piece of the company.

On average, the top two insurers who sold four out of every five short - term plans used 50 % of premium dollars for company profits and overhead.

Things look equally bleak based on metrics typically used by investors to evaluate a borrower's ability to make payments: In Asia and Latin America, companies» debt now represents roughly four years of operating profits, up from fewer than two years prior to the financial crisis of 2008.

AutoNation's used - car focus and one - price strategy is working, CEO Mike Jackson said Tuesday, following the Fort Lauderdale - based company's announcement of a first - quarter revenue increase of 2 percent and same - store gross profits up 9 percent.

But companies in Europe, the U.S. and Canada helped create the conditions that brought on Brexit and Trump by hoarding cash and using their post-crisis profits to repurchase stock rather than invest in operations.

Before the IPO, a company enlists the help of an investment bank to help determine its value, using a lot of fancy - schmancy assessment techniques and formulas to consider historic and projected revenues, profits and costs, as well as potential plans for new products, whether marketing can drum up more interest in the company and how similar companies are valued.

Many companies that used to offer cash profit sharing began to designate their match to the employee contributions to 401 (k) plans as the profit sharing contribution.

(Washington, D.C.: Committee on Education and the Workforce, February, 13, 2002), http://archives.republicans.edlabor.house.gov/archive/hearings/107th/eer/enronthree21302/kruse.htm Another study comparing a matched sample of ESOP versus non-ESOP firms in with similar industries and workforce sizes among closely held companies, again, using population data on all available US DOL data followed the ESOP firms before and after their adoption of the ESOP from 1988 to 1998 along with the matched firms and found that 20 % of the ESOP firms had a defined benefit plan before adopting their ESOP, and 10 years later, after adopting their ESOP, they had defined benefit plans five times more than non-ESOP firms), 33.3 % of ESOP firms had a 401 (k) plan before adopting their ESOP with 52.4 % 10 years later (five times more than non-ESOP firms), and 35.7 % of ESOP firms had a deferred profit - sharing plan before adopting their ESOP with 51.2 % 10 years later (five times more than non-ESOP firms).

It further clarifies that the third - party in charge of processing purchases, Central Nervous, used BitPay, a company that specializes in processing payments with bitcoin for purchases large and small, including Lamborghinis, to convert bitcoin into dollars before any profits reached Jackson's company G - Unit Records.

Rather than using the loan as an investment to obtain more money once the company begins making profit.

It is one metric used to judge company efficiency, indicating how effectively the company uses shareholders» capital to generate profits.

Stratasys has racked up nearly $ 1.6 billion in GAAP net losses over the past three years, you see, and if the company were ever to become profitable (or be acquired by a company that is profitable), then those $ 1.6 billion in «deferred tax assets» could be used to offset future profits, and lower Stratasys» (or an acquirer's) tax bill.

The company's cash flow is a better metric to use for profit and valuation, and investors are paying much less for cash flow now (even though it's very likely to rise considerably in the near term) than they've been paying, on average, for the last three years.

Economists and strategists use this number as a reality check for the operating profits released by the companies in the S&P 500.