Profit at Apollo Group, operator of the country's largest private university, rose 51% last year, while its sales rose only 26%.
This has been happening for decades, but caught recent attention when Burger King announced it would sell off a group of 278 restaurants to franchisee Carrols Restaurant Group, an operator so big it is publicly traded.
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Shenzhen Bus Group is a large operator of bus lines, taxis, and related businesses in the southern Guangdong region.
Ascena Retail Group climbed after the operator of Dressbarn, Justice and Maurices stores reported a smaller-than-expected decline in earnings.
Exchange operator CME Group and Citadel Investment Group are hoping to change that.
It bought Europe's third-biggest mobile phone operator, Orange, in 2000 from UK mobile phone operator Vodafone Group, Europe's biggest mobile phone company.
Another UK prison operator, Group 4, is also expanding into southern Africa.
Operator First Group said it was investigating the incident.
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Aside from the economic growth story, limited acquisition opportunities in the U.S. put Simon at a disadvantage relative to other large international mall REITs such as Australian property operator Westfield Group and France-based Unibail-Rodamco, which are focused on creating value through renewal of property.
Helios was bought by UK and Cyprus-registered tour operator Libra Holidays Group in 2004.
Multi-national corrections, detention, and mental health facility operator The Geo Group, Inc. is a good trading candidate as well.
Carl Sheldon, chief executive of Taqa, said the billion-dollar deal, which is to be completed in 2013, would add 21, 000 barrels of oil equivalent a day to its output, establishing the Abu Dhabi group "as a leading operator in the UK North Sea".
He is currently the CEO of CareerArc Group, which is a cool operator of online jobs sites.
Barteca, operator of a small group of restaurants, won my eternal gratitude when they emailed customers the day after the storm to say that all were welcome to come use their restrooms, electrical outlets and wireless internet no purchase necessary.
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The Chicago Merc is part of CME Group, the biggest futures-exchange operator in the U.S., handling an average of 12.5 million contracts a day.
The move came after an Israeli foreign ministry official was quoted by the Haaretz newspaper as saying the Swedish government would oppose further sanctions to protect a deal between the telecommunications group, Ericsson, and the mobile operator, Irancell.
Diedrich also believes travel is one of the sectors strongest industries, deeming cruise line operator Carnival a gem within the group.
At the time the Dubai-based firm said it planned to make the group the UK's leading budget hotel operator by the 2012 Olympics.
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Mr. Reeves's "Man of Tai Chi" is being funded by Australia-based Village Roadshow along with the state-backed China Film Group and Wanda Group, China's largest movie-theater operator.
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Through a strategy of acquisition and diversification, he has transformed the group into Europe's biggest rail-freight operator, Germany's biggest bus operator, and the world's number two in airfreight and number three in sea-freight.
The senior members of the Group were less caught up in the show and the laptop operator was choosing the clips to be displayed with some care.
Michael Thamm, now the president of Germany-based AIDA Cruises, has been appointed CEO of the Costa group, which includes Costa Cruises, AIDA Cruises and Spanish operator Ibero Cruises.
He also likes Norwegian conglomerate Orkla Group and Brisa Auto-Estradas de Portugal, a toll-road operator.
The merger of NYSE Group , owner of the New York Stock Exchange, and Euronext , operator of several European stockmarkets, came a step closer when it was approved by regulators in Europe.
The nation's No. 3 traditional supermarket operator said Thursday that the sale of 877 stores to an investor group led by Cerberus Capital Management will also include Acme, Shaw's and Star Market.
If they or anyone else were still unsure about the company's view on a takeover offer from Spanish infrastructure group Grupo Ferrovial , they'd only need to visit the British airport operator's Web site.
It has been set up by UAP Insurance of Kenya, Safaricom, Kenya's biggest mobile-network operator, and the Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture, part of a big Swiss agribusiness group.
For Telefonica of Spain and France Telecom , that means more regulatory headaches, but for BT Group, which sold its cellphone division to its Spanish rival in 2005, being a purely fixed line operator suddenly seems much more attractive.
The broadband wireless network operator made the comments in response to a Bloomberg story yesterday which said the company had talked to Blackstone Group about possible financial restructuring alternatives.
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