Drexel didn't invent small companies taking over big companies.
Many Chinese management teams that are taking their companies public in China or in overseas capital markets do not understand what is required to run a publicly listed company.
In today's caffeine-fuelled dealing rooms, a barely regulated private-equity group could very well borrow money from syndicates of private lenders, including hedge funds, to spend on taking public companies private.
"This has been a major priority of his because he thinks it is inexplicable that our tax code would actually be written in a way that rewards companies for taking jobs and profits offshore, and thereby penalizes companies for doing what we want them to do, which is create jobs and opportunity here in the United States, " Carney said Tuesday.
While the possibility of Prince's companies taking part seemed plausible, Prince denied it ever happened.
Taking action enables companies to ride both the highs and lows of the new normal.
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This merger was about taking two strong companies and making an even stronger one.
Why aren't companies taking advantage of these bargain prices and retiring their debt, thus reducing their liabilities?
Thus, obviously, we want the oil companies taking the decisions because they know more about the problem itself.
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If governments do not like companies taking on too much debt, they should stop making interest payments tax-deductible.
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Amazon is taking on both companies with the announcement of Elastic Beanstalk, the latest addition to Amazon Web Services.
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Designs by six short-listed companies taking part in the international competition to redevelop George Square in Glasgow have gone on public display.
"We are committed to taking unsafe bus companies off the road, " U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said in a statement.
Hackers taking revenge against companies that have nixed services for WikiLeaks have pulled the plug, albeit fleetingly, on their next victim: Moneybookers.com.
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The U.S. Internal Revenue Service started cracking down last year on companies taking excessive deductions for donating patents to universities and research centers.
Investors continued to focus on later-stage startups in their portfolios, the report said, with those companies taking 67% of investment in the second quarter.
The SEC banned short-selling in financial stocks in mid-September in an attempt to stop the meltdown in the sector from taking out more companies.
With many independent companies taking the initiative and copying the public rental idea, cabinas are even spreading to the most inaccessible parts of Peru.
The companies taking their insurers to court argue that the insurance industry lobbied actively for extensive preparations to avoid being bitten by the computer bug.
This more collaborative model is being applied to the high-risk innovative early stages of drug discovery, with companies taking on the highly expensive later stage development.
The public relations gaffes, which resulted in immediate but fleeting dips in the stock prices of both companies, resulted in the companies taking action to prevent a recurrence.
"Investors in the oil and gas sector are used to taking risk and companies take a long-term perspective, " says energy economist, Carole Nakhle from the UK's Surrey Energy Economics Centre (SEEC).
One practice that he advises against is the all-too-common lazy approach of companies taking their existing advertisements that people have seen and are tired of, and putting them on the Super Bowl.
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And second, it intends to verify that companies taking "in process" research tax credits for new innovations that might result in a patent are really doing something new--and really qualify for the credit.
In a Dec. 22 advisory statement, IRS Commissioner Mark Everson said that the agency intends to penalize not only companies taking improper deductions, but also promoters and appraisers who help with the deals.
Original owner Vince Naimoli came from the world of finance too, but his fortune was built as a turnaround specialist, taking over struggling companies, streamlining operations, stripping out costs and then cashing out at a tidy profit.
The labor union indicated that in its understanding, the new program would not adversely affect the wages of American citizens, and that companies taking advantage of the "W" visas would be required to also recruit U.S. workers.
Andreessen: You want companies taking risks.
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Luxury Passover getaways are increasingly popular among the observant set, with a host of Jewish travel companies taking over resorts for the week to offer all-inclusive retreats with spa treatments, childcare, Glatt-Kosher meals and seders, natch in locales from Aruba to Tiberio, Italy.
Despite the frothy market for social media, right now there are only a handful of Groupons and Facebooks, and even those two companies are taking longer to consider a public offering, making exits tricky for even the top companies.
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