Sentences with phrase «used shareholder money»

Not to mention that the company's founder, Elon Musk, just used shareholder money to bail out his other company, Solar City, by acquiring it for a 30 % premium.

Return on average common equity (ROE), a measure of how well the bank uses shareholder money to generate profit, was 6.4 % in the quarter, down from 14.7 % a year earlier.

Not exact matches

While the tax bill has been promoted by Republicans as a job creator, the reality is that drug companies are more likely to return the money to shareholders, or use it to make acquisitions.

The critique doesn't only come from the left; there are plenty of hard - nosed investment firms that are agitating to clamp a lid on ever - growing CEO pay, arguing that it's a poor use of shareholders» money and distorts performance as CEOs start managing to their pay metrics instead of longer - term growth.

In a 2010 letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders, Buffett acknowledged some people had become «very rich through the use of borrowed money,» while others had also become very poor.

In short, the rules prohibit a company from using pre-tax money in transactions that benefit shareholders..

* Tech - savvy farmers using social media * Agribusiness, food safety activists pour money into campaigns * Whistleblowers see new laws aimed at them By P.J. Huffstutter and Lisa Baertlein April 16 (Reuters)- Standing before a crowd of McDonald's Corp shareholders at its headquarters last spring, an unlikely investor prepared for battle.

Why should you use a shareholder's money, why should you use taxpayer's money to cover up a wrong, to compensate for a wrong, and then not disclose it and to gag the woman?

«Jeremy Corbyn has made it clear that, under his leadership, never again will this waste of taxpayer money be used to subsidise the profits of shareholders, often based in offshore tax havens,» Mr McDonnell said.

He called for shareholder resolutions asking company directors to pledge not to use company money to favor or oppose electoral candidates.

Corporate Finance: Corporate back is the territory of fund managing the wellsprings of subsidizing and the capital structure of enterprises, the moves that supervisors make to build the estimation of the firm to the shareholders, and the instruments and investigation used to assign money related assets.

It is a key measure of management's efficiency in using assets to earn money for their shareholders.

Through active funds, money managers got used to the idea of taking 1 % off the top on an annual basis, regardless of whether the funds they managed produced gains or lost money for their shareholders.

Furthermore, Mr. Icahn says, if Cadus distributed its cash to shareholders, it would have no money for an acquisition, losing the opportunity to use its tax benefits directly.

Returning most of the monies back to shareholders further cements my favorable view of management and I think this is a much better use of the cash than going out and spending on overvalued assets.

Money that is returned as dividends to shareholders can be used elsewhere.

It seems entirely reasonable shareholders should have an actual opportunity to consider & approve a specific use of proceeds for a proposed (substantial) share issue, rather than giving management carte blanche in advance to raise & spend money as they see fit.

It tells you how efficiently the company uses shareholders» money and how much it earns with that money.

A cash cow is of no use for the owners / shareholders if most of the money is not given to them via dividends but invested — rather wasted — in futile projects.

We can do these things, but instead we bicker on the Internet and then grovel at the feet of the publishers, soaking up their marketing and slapping down pre-orders, granting money and numbers used to please shareholders and drive the deadline culture.

... He's... He's using the buzzwords he'd use to sell shareholders on microtransactions and DLC as if the paying money to EA is a marketable gameplay feature.

«We feel that keeping decisions local will allow us to take those tens of millions of dollars being sent outside our community - Xcel is committed to its shareholders - and using the money to better our own energy infrastructure.

«Given the amount of money you're spending on high - cost, high carbon projects... given your demand restraints due to carbon asset risks, we think a more prudent use of capital is to return more money to shareholders through dividends and share buybacks.»

«Investors should do all they can to challenge this misguided use of shareholders» money, which will make global warming worse, and instead call for a new approach that is based on the reality of climate change.»

Some examples are where the corporation is used as a shield for fraudulent or improper conduct, where the shareholder treats itself and the corporation interchangeably, where the corporation is created to deflect monies from their proper use, and where the company is a sham, cloak or alter ego.

Whatever money is left remains with the insurance company, which uses that money to pay for normal operating costs, pay dividends to owners or shareholders or make investments.

The money from the benefit is used to buy the shareholders stock from the deceased or the stock shares of the heir's of the deceased.

Assurance is the review of financial data and procedures within a company to ensure that shareholders» money is being put to proper use, and to provide them with the information they need when considering investing in an organisation.

A downside to Facebook is that, in an effort to make money for shareholders, it has begun requiring users to pay for the potentially unlimited visibility that used to be free.

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