As a result, the VIE structure became a necessity for these companies to list on overseas exchanges.
Manufacturers of personal digital assistants like Palm and Handspring will eventually vie for a piece of that action, perhaps in collaboration with some phone makers.
The Dodge division unveiled its new compact car, the Dart, which will vie for a share of the roughly one million in annual segment sales.
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They report directly to the chief marketing officer and other senior executives and are expected to vie for a slice of the marketing budget alongside the company's other brand managers.
"It's like being at an estate or someone's private home, " says Deborah Zie, general manager of Cal-a-Vie--albeit one with a new, 17, 000-square-foot fitness center.
Three middle-age blowhards (a supercilious retired soldier, a dull canon and the puffed-up owner of a river bathhouse) vie for the affections of a comely magician's assistant, who seems open to dalliances despite a relationship with her milquetoast employer (wonderfully underplayed by Mr. Menzel).
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Officials said that the very existence of a VIE contravened Chinese management and public policies.
Prior to yesterday, Son has been pushing for Alipay to be put in a VIE structure that the group would still control.
The Alibaba VIE recently transferred a valuable asset (Alipay, an online-payments firm) to a local Chinese company controlled by Jack Ma, Alibaba's chairman.
The SFC recently re-affirmed the acceptability of a VIE in Hong Kong, but the parameters are stricter as compared to the United States.
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It is unlikely to crumble like Netscape, the most recent start-up to vie to become a new platform, since hypervisors are much harder to replace than browsers.
This would allow smaller-market clubs like the Kansas City Royals a chance to vie for top talent, giving them something they've lacked for years: a shot at a World Series.
Her 2007 film La Vie En Rose was a bit of summer counter-programming.
Cal-a-Vie specializes in pampering its guests--as well as whipping them into shape.
At Cal-a-Vie, the emphasis is on shedding weight and responsibilities.
From 2002 to 2005, Cal-a-Vie, in Vista, Califonia, underwent renovations spearheaded by owners Terri and John Havens that include touches like antique clocks, Portuguese tile, Italian chandeliers and a huge Louis XVI tapestry in the spa's great room.
More recently, the US SEC has begun taking a closer look at VIE structures.
Yesterday, however, the PBoC told Alipay competitor Tenpay (controlled by Tencent) that their VIE structure was invalid, causing a great deal of worry for them of the future of that business.
Investors briefly turned cautious towards all Chinese VIE structures due to fears of a wider spread action by the SEC which would have a far broader impact than just on New Oriental.
While based in the competitive California market, where nine major avocado handlers vie for business, it has a diversified supply with fruits also coming from Mexico, Chile, Peru, New Zealand and the Dominican Republic.
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Like Chiu, Miguel Molinari is an example of how a gamer these days might vie for top rankings in something outside of hardcore games.
Effectively the VIE structure means that equity holders have a somewhat indirect financial interest in the revenue and earnings stream and do not actually have a claim on the assets of the company in question.
Eye contact happens often and when a toddler in a Ramones T-shirt pauses to perform a wobbly dance in front of a lone saxophonist crooning a melancholy rendition of La Vie en Rose above 20th Street, walkers stop, smile and soak it in.
The Homeland Security Department allocates funds based on what it determines are the cities at greatest risk, with New York topping a list of 10 cities that vie for the largest portion of the money.
With prices expected to be the only competitive driver as the services across the companies would be very similar over a period of time, we expect a further decline in prices as companies vie to stay competitive.
But Caixin Weekly, a Beijing magazine, reports that provinces still vie with one another to boost their GDP figures with the help of big investment projects.
More competition should help, but it might just as easily lead to a race to the bottom, as agencies vie to offer the best terms to issuers.
There is the equivalent of a technological arms race as modern fund managers vie to find the best computer models and to trade quickly before their competitors spot the same opportunities.
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