According to Glassdoor, employees at MITRE, a not-for-profit organization based in Massachusetts and Virginia, commented on the high value the company places on work-life balance as shown through flexible schedules, generous paid time off and other great perks like an on-site cafeteria and gym.
Giving away a phone, even for trial use, has the ring of old-school Taiwan PR: Reporters get high-value freebies so they form a client-provider relationship with the company instead of an adversarial one.
In the second quarter, the company reported its best-ever wireless service margins, driven by improved operating efficiencies, fewer handset upgrades and further revenue gains from the company's 43 million high-value smartphone subscribers.
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At one of the companies, at EMC, where I went today -- wonderful company, passed on through generations -- they have hung on with their precision manufacturing, high value added.
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It is telling that the market value of Apple, the company most closely associated with simple, elegant high-tech products, recently overtook that of Microsoft, the company with the most notorious case of new-featuritis.
The company collaborates extensively with volunteers to ensure that the services offered are as high-value as possible to both the non-profit and volunteer.
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The insurance company helps by creating a provider panel with good value for cost and shifting away the high-end risk.
The company's turnkey in-app advertising platform helps developers acquire cost-effective, high-value new users, drive engagement within their applications, and create incremental income by providing an ad-funded payment method.
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For most investors in technology start-ups, the typical approach entails a five-year investment horizon that will enable the company to build market share and a sizeable customer base, making it ripe for a high-value liquidity event.
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Now, both of those advantages seem significantly weakened, and shares of Elan (nyse: ELN - news - people), once the largest company in Ireland by market value, have sunk 79% from their 52-week high.
Scott Malkin, 52, founder of London-based high-end European outlet syndicator Value Retail and father Peter Malkin, 77, head of New York City real estate holding company that includes the Empire State Building, discuss their ties here.
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Negative cash flow or not, the purchase of the GM Building is a clear-headed endorsement of the value of a trophy building from a blue-chip public real estate company known for its own high-stakes gambles on leading-edge properties.
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