Sentences with phrase «value by millions»

Simply making it known that your business plan involved the internet was enough to make your company rise in value by millions overnight.

«They are valued by millions,» Mr Osborne said.

A recent decision by the federal Department of Justice to scale back and eventually end the use of private prisons indirectly impacted New York City's pension funds, reducing holding values by millions of dollars and leading to renewed calls from activists for the city to divest from the for - profit corporations that operate these prisons.

There is real understanding that dating services are no longer seen as some sort of quirky product but as part of the social fabric, used and valued by millions.

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The value of his investment, then worth $ 252 - million, has shrunk by more than $ 50 - million.

The region is home to about 450 public companies with a market value of more than $ 500 million by Goldman Sachs» estimates.

Investors in Bugcrowd's latest round of funding have privately valued the company at $ 115 million, including the new funds raised, according to data provided by Pitchbook, a site that tracks venture capital deals.

This has driven interest in acquisitions and joint ventures by big beverage companies like Starbucks, which acquired Atlanta - based tea retailer Teavana in 2012, and Hain Celestial, which says it plans to complete multiple acquisitions of ready - to - drink beverage brands valued at $ 5 million to $ 20 million.

A peer - reviewed study by researchers at the University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser University, published recently in The International Journal of Drug Policy, pegged the retail value of marijuana consumption in B.C. alone at between $ 443 million and $ 564 million.

Elon Musk - led SpaceX Corp is raising $ 507 million in a new round of funding, valuing the company at around $ 26 billion, according to a filing seen by Reuters.

Earlier this year, the mogul extended his business relationship with Live Nation by signing a decade - long touring partnership valued at $ 200 million.

Seattle - based PopCap, meanwhile, was acquired by giant Electronic Arts in 2011 for $ 750 million, and Finland's Supercell, which currently rules the mobile roost with its hit Clash of Clans, last month netted a cool $ 1.5 billion after Japanese telecom provider Softbank purchased a 51 % stake, which values the company at $ 3 billion — or bigger than Zynga.

Still, there's an ironic punch line to the case: Because the stolen Bitcoins were sold right away, allegedly by Vinnik and long before Mt. Gox disclosed the hack, victims lost much more, in dollar value, than the hackers ever made — which, according to Chainalysis, was only about $ 20 million.

Nokia paid almost $ 200 million for the company in 2016, but wrote down the value by $ 164 million last year.

• The Works, a U.K. - based discount stationary chain backed by Endless, is planning an IPO that could value it at 100 million pounds ($ 142 million), Reuters reports citing sources.

Even that foolproof million - dollar idea might lose its value by the time you're ready to bring it to market.

Then over the weekend, he printed a $ 6.5 million invoice for Darby (again not naming her) based on calculations by a Dublin PR firm regarding the value of the publicity their exchange had generated.

Ma reaped more than $ 800 million selling shares in the company he set up 15 years ago as Alibaba listed on the New York Stock Exchange Friday, based on company filings, with the value of his remaining stake of 7.8 percent surging to more than $ 17 billion by Monday.

At Denver - based Inspirato, a critical part of its latest $ 20 million funding round, led by tech - savvy firms W Capital Partners, Institutional Venture Partners and Millennium Technology Value Partners, was its plan to open five «experience centers» in upscale U.S. malls.

Higher commercial rental and ChoiceLease performance was more than offset by higher depreciation of $ 10 million due to vehicle residual value changes implemented January 1, 2018, used vehicle sales results, and overhead spending.

And in March, Vancouver - based Hootsuite, one of only two Canadian companies to have been valued at $ 1 billion, was kicked out of the «unicorn club» when Fidelity Investments, which led its 2014 $ 60 - million funding round, wrote down its investment by 18 %.

Membership is up to 10 million, and though the company won't talk about revenue, a recent round of funding ($ 85 million, led by Andreessen Horowitz) valued it at more than $ 1 billion.

In return for his super-voting shares, Stronach received US$ 300 million in cash plus common shares worth US$ 563 million (they have since increased in value by 85 %).

Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, without limitation: (1) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including financial market conditions, fluctuations in commodity prices, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, levels of end market demand in construction and in both the commercial and defense segments of the aerospace industry, levels of air travel, financial condition of commercial airlines, the impact of weather conditions and natural disasters and the financial condition of our customers and suppliers; (2) challenges in the development, production, delivery, support, performance and realization of the anticipated benefits of advanced technologies and new products and services; (3) the scope, nature, impact or timing of acquisition and divestiture or restructuring activity, including the pending acquisition of Rockwell Collins, including among other things integration of acquired businesses into United Technologies» existing businesses and realization of synergies and opportunities for growth and innovation; (4) future timing and levels of indebtedness, including indebtedness expected to be incurred by United Technologies in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition, and capital spending and research and development spending, including in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition; (5) future availability of credit and factors that may affect such availability, including credit market conditions and our capital structure; (6) the timing and scope of future repurchases of United Technologies» common stock, which may be suspended at any time due to various factors, including market conditions and the level of other investing activities and uses of cash, including in connection with the proposed acquisition of Rockwell; (7) delays and disruption in delivery of materials and services from suppliers; (8) company and customer - directed cost reduction efforts and restructuring costs and savings and other consequences thereof; (9) new business and investment opportunities; (10) our ability to realize the intended benefits of organizational changes; (11) the anticipated benefits of diversification and balance of operations across product lines, regions and industries; (12) the outcome of legal proceedings, investigations and other contingencies; (13) pension plan assumptions and future contributions; (14) the impact of the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements and labor disputes; (15) the effect of changes in political conditions in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate, including the effect of changes in U.S. trade policies or the U.K.'s pending withdrawal from the EU, on general market conditions, global trade policies and currency exchange rates in the near term and beyond; (16) the effect of changes in tax (including U.S. tax reform enacted on December 22, 2017, which is commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017), environmental, regulatory (including among other things import / export) and other laws and regulations in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate; (17) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins to receive the required regulatory approvals (and the risk that such approvals may result in the imposition of conditions that could adversely affect the combined company or the expected benefits of the merger) and to satisfy the other conditions to the closing of the pending acquisition on a timely basis or at all; (18) the occurrence of events that may give rise to a right of one or both of United Technologies or Rockwell Collins to terminate the merger agreement, including in circumstances that might require Rockwell Collins to pay a termination fee of $ 695 million to United Technologies or $ 50 million of expense reimbursement; (19) negative effects of the announcement or the completion of the merger on the market price of United Technologies» and / or Rockwell Collins» common stock and / or on their respective financial performance; (20) risks related to Rockwell Collins and United Technologies being restricted in their operation of their businesses while the merger agreement is in effect; (21) risks relating to the value of the United Technologies» shares to be issued in connection with the pending Rockwell acquisition, significant merger costs and / or unknown liabilities; (22) risks associated with third party contracts containing consent and / or other provisions that may be triggered by the Rockwell merger agreement; (23) risks associated with merger - related litigation or appraisal proceedings; and (24) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins, or the combined company, to retain and hire key personnel.

Verizon and Yahoo reduced the value of the deal by $ 350 million after Yahoo disclosed data breaches that affected hundreds of millions of users.

Backed by their immense wealth and handsome annual incomes, these families are two - to - three times as likely to own a second property, boast a seven - figure investment account and own a home valued in excess of $ 1 million.

«We expect revenue to compound over 20 percent annually to $ 2.4 billion by 2022, at which point Blue Apron will be generating more than $ 150 million of free cash flow — representing more than one - third of the company's current enterprise value,» Trusz wrote.

They immediately rose in value by 17 %, contributing to the company's current market capitalization of $ 339 million.

After listing on TSX, shares in the video surveillance company rose in value over the year by 189 %, contributing to the company's current market capitalization of $ 630 million.

The round of funding, which was led by Adam D'Angelo — an early casual advisor of Systrom, who'd founded Quora — Jack Dorsey, Chris Sacca, Baseline Ventures, and Benchmark Capital, valued the company at $ 20 million.

The New York - based company, backed by $ 54.4 million in venture funding, caters to what chief executive Jennifer Hyman calls the «woman 2.0,» a customer who values experiences over possessions.

With the others, the company was suddenly part of an offering valued at $ 270 million and floated by Lehman Brothers.

The Rams or Chargers could see their values spike above $ 2.1 billion after relocating, at least $ 500 million higher than if they stayed put, according to rough projections by Vrooman.

Employing 43,000 people around the world, including 20,000 in Britain, Carillion has been fighting for survival since July, when it revealed it was losing cash on projects and had written down the value of its contract book by 845 million pounds.

The company had faced a delisting warning in October by Nasdaq because its market value had fallen below $ 35 million.

Fortescue Metals Group founder and chair Andrew Forrest has seen his stake in the miner increase $ 249 million in value over the past four weeks, according to data on directors» shareholdings tracked by Business News.

At today's prices, industry forecasts of three million barrels per day by 2020 are likely to underestimate production by a bit, but the real kicker will be on the value of that production to all concerned — governments, via taxes and royalties, and shareholders will all suffer much lower returns from this development than they would have expected less than a year ago if prices stay where they are today.

Back in 2010 it paid $ 550 million to settle charges brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission that it mislead investors into buying a so - called synthetic collateralized debt obligation named Abacus, which was made up of a bundle of financial instruments tied to subprime mortgage bonds, many of which plummeted in value shortly after the deal was sold.

Social media measurement can be overwhelming, and half the challenge is simply keeping up with the content that is being changed by the millions of living, breathing users and discerning what has value and what doesn't, while at the same time keeping up with the social media platforms that are developing at an equally rapid rate with their user activity.

But the company was already a hot commodity, valued at $ 100 million and coveted by buyers who were willing to pay far more.

Kozlowski and his right - hand man were convicted in 2005 of stealing $ 150 million from Tyco and illicitly making $ 430 million more by artificially inflating the value of company stock.

Earlier this month Uber ended the autonomous vehicle trade secrets lawsuit filed by Alphabet Inc.'s Waymo for a payment of Uber stock valued by Waymo at $ 245 million.

Uber, which has been valued at more than $ 51 billion, is a comparative latecomer in China, where the number of mobile taxi - hailing app users is forecast to triple to 45 million by 2015 from 2013, according to Chinese research firm iResearch.

Then, having not reached an agreement with Barnes & Noble by November, Sandell proposed to take Barnes & Noble private in a deal that valued the company at more than $ 650 million, or over $ 9 per share.

In fact, broken down by subsector, there are only four social companies in the Internet sector that are valued at more than $ 100 million, according to CB Insights» data.

The court order, issued on Thursday, came in response to a flood of individuals seeking a piece of an estate some have valued at more than $ 500 million, left by Prince when he died unexpectedly in April at the age of 57, apparently without a will.

Meanwhile, the Bills are only ranked 31st out of 32 teams in the most recent franchise valuations released by Forbes.com, with a value of $ 935 million.

His investment philosophy is rooted in risk management and value creation, and he has purchased and executed more than $ 650 million of commercial real estate and debt collateralized by commercial real estate.

Even BuzzFeed, the other company that often gets mentioned as a new - media success story, is a relative pipsqueak by comparison: It raised $ 50 million in a financing last year, one of the largest rounds in the media industry, but that values the company at just $ 800 million.

After Phantom's most recent fundraising round in January 2017, the company was privately valued at just under $ 100 million, including a total of about $ 23 million in venture capital raised, per data provided by Pitchbook, a VC industry tracker.