Sentences with phrase «widely held companies»

Adam Smith's concerns about widely held companies rings true today when considering the loss of approximately $ 1.2 trillion in shareholder value amongst 25 of the world's largest banks or the approximately $ 900 billion in the world's largest mining companies.

Widely held companies today include companies like Exxon and Apple.

There are some prominent and widely held companies on that list.

Not exact matches

When insurance companies demutualized in the 1990s, the government legislated that companies with more than $ 5 billion in capital had to be widely held, thereby preventing a majority takeover.

The study compared the compound annual growth rate of a Family Index of 23 companies — in which at least 30 % of voting control belonged to a family with multi-generational involvement in the ownership or management — against 412 widely held firms over a 15 - year period (1998 to 2012).

Companies led by a family member were particularly good bets, producing better returns than both widely held firms and those that were family controlled but managed by someone outside the clan.

Shareholder returns at family - controlled corporations significantly outperform those of widely held public companies, even though family - controlled boards tend to break governance rules, such as having a certain number of independent directors.

At the same time, past statements — made when progressive causes were considered (perhaps misunderstood) as being widely popular — could have customers holding a company's feet to the fire.

There's a widely held belief that it's more economical for companies to renovate their existing leased space than it is to relocate to new quarters.

They may have big dreams for their stake in the company, but they are less likely to demand growth on a quarterly basis the way shareholders in a widely - held company are likely to do.

CNBC's Sharon Epperson reveals the five most widely held stocks held by companies sponsoring retirement plans.

For instance, since he is no longer working for Microsoft, not even as a board member, he no longer has to report his holdings in the company, so he doesn't, although he's still widely known to be one of Microsoft's biggest shareholders.

Some of the most widely held mutual funds in 401 (k) plans, including the $ 116.1 billion Fidelity Contrafund and the $ 39.3 billion Fidelity Growth Company, have large tech stakes and big chunks of assets concentrated in their top five holdings.

In short, many of the widely held glamour companies in the market (and certainly the glamour technology companies) have diverted or destroyed value that was supposedly being retained for the benefit of shareholders.

Finally, a number of widely - held companies posted their quarterly profit reports today.

Why is it, then, that although we developed governance rating criteria in response to failures by widely - held corporations, family - controlled companies are the ones that are judged most harshly?

After more than 10 years of measuring and rating the effectiveness of the boards of directors of widely held Canadian publicly traded companies, the Clarkson Centre for Board Effectiveness (CCBE) published a report in 2013 about the performance of family - controlled corporations (family firms).

All of these companies were widely held and all had boards made up of outstanding individuals, and yet best practices in good governance did not save the day.

One step would be stress testing, engaging pension funds and companies to examine if they hold carbon - intensive assets on their books, said Martin Skancke, who spoke on the first panel and is chairman of the Advisory Council of Principles for Responsible Investing, a U.N. - supported initiative that has helped formulate a widely followed voluntary protocol of responsible investment criteria.

There's this little tablet called the Kindle Fire that has been getting some press recently, but Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) is forging ahead anyway: The company is holding a press conference on Monday at which it is widely expected to announce the new Nook Color tablet.

The Fund utilizes a disciplined quantitative process to uncover widely held, large - cap companies with strong sales and cash flows from the S&P Capital IQ Database universe.

Cornerstone Value Fund Portfolio Manager Brian Peery discusses the Fund's quantitative investment strategy, which seeks large, widely held dividend - yielding companies.

The S&P 500 is the most widely followed benchmark: it includes 500 of the largest public companies in America, and it has significant holdings in every economic sector, which reflects the diversified U.S. economy.

The Coca - Cola Company (NYSE: KO) is one of the most widely held and popular stocks in the market.

The Standard & Poor's 500 is an index of 500 of the most widely held stocks — leading companies from all sectors of the economy — chosen for their market size, liquidity, and industry group representation.

This strategy means that even people with small balances can be widely diversified, holding a stake in thousands of companies.

That makes Royal Bank the largest company in Canada and the top holding (about 6 %) in the widely followed S&P / TSX Composite Index.

Some of the most widely held Index funds are loaded with zombie companies.

This is not a right we widely acknowledge today: a company employee who expresses an unpopular or vulgar opinion is invariably held to have damaged the company's reputation and to deserve sanctions.

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Andrews J held that legal advice privilege would only apply to communications between the lawyer and those authorised by the company to obtain legal advice on its behalf, and therefore not to employees or former employees more widely.

Allaire said by phone on Tuesday that Circle is releasing its first product to a handful of users this week, but that the company is holding back on making it more widely available.

Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp, believed to be widely used by cryptocurrency companies and investment firms, has reportedly ceased all international wire - based, cryptocurrency - related money transfers.

Samsung may show off the Galaxy S8 and S8 edge / Plus at Mobile World Congress 2017, according to a recent report, although the company is widely expected to hold its own event in March or April in NYC to officially launch the new flagship smartphones.

Apple has yet to announce the existence of the iPhone 7, though it's widely believed that the company will hold an event revealing the device in early September, just as it has in past years.

On June 12 Samsung is holding its «Tab into Color» event where the company is widely expected to unveil a new series of Galaxy tablets.

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