The fact is that GE is a conglomerate financed by a money machine -- its subsidiary GE Capital -- but, unlike Berkshire Hathaway, its foundation is vulnerable because its survival depends upon the confidence of outside investors,
Quotes about conglomerate (16 Quotes)
The cost of producing movies has stayed in check the last couple of years. Marketing costs have gone up, but it's still a benefit because it feeds a nomination for a studio that's part of a larger conglomerate such as a cable network.
This was a company that never really got the benefits of being a conglomerate. The value creation is going to be seen in what businesses Tyco keeps - the industrial businesses, engineered products and fire and security - because that's where the management team has the potential to reduce costs.
By December 2, 2001, Enron stock had plummeted and the conglomerate declared bankruptcy. That's when the congressional investigations started, ... They were shocked that this Fortune 7 Company could spiral out of control. At least 13 different congressional committees held formal investigations into Enron's demise. One of them, the House Energy and Commerce Committee, stumbled across my memos to Ken Lay in a box of documents they had subpoenaed from Enron.
That said, there is a tendency to help the large industrial conglomerate more quickly than the small company you have never heard of. That is something in the culture we are trying to change.
This city is neither a jungle nor the moon. . . . In long shot a cosmic smudge, a conglomerate of bleeding energies. Close up, it is a fairly legible printed circuit, a transistorized labyrinth of beastly tracks, a data bank for asthmatic voice-prints.
This creation is not really like his show. It is an imagined last show, and so it's in the context of being taken over by a radio conglomerate, which is happening to a lot of radio shows at home.
A lot of these companies look at AOL as an entity that has huge traffic, a substantial number of users, a fair amount of subscribers and access to unique and differentiated content and services, ... Right now, it is very prized real estate when it comes to the Internet, particularly because its valuation may be depressed since it is in the midst of an ongoing turnaround, and part of a large conglomerate.
There are only two or three of the top 10 conglomerates that are making money. A conglomerate has to bring more than the sum of its parts, or it's just a holding company.
The company, taken in its entirety, is a very large, unfocused conglomerate and they've been trying to pare things down over the last few years, ... They are going to have to prove to the market that they are focusing on core brands that are going to grow.
Twenty years from now, I see myself being at the helm of a multimedia conglomerate, a powerful company with a solid film division, a budding music division, a solid television division, ... And I want to get into advertising as well.
The overwhelming triumph of the international multimedia conglomerate has resulted in less diversity within the field and has made it much harder for newer writers not only to break in, but to make any kind of a living while doing so.
Unfortunately, overall, movies are a conglomerate. People buy and sell people in this business, which can get really ugly.
Barry Meyer and Alan Horn are the ideal team to run Warner Bros.. Both are seasoned entertainment executives with the right mix of business and creative savvy. As well as possessing the values that are crucial to the success of our company, they have a profound understanding of what it takes to run a global entertainment conglomerate like Warner Bros.
Dropping the AOL from its corporate name is their version of joining a federal witness protection program where you're given a new identity. But playing the name game won't help the company. If there is such a thing as conglomerate bad karma, AOLTW is getting what it deserves.
The media business is increasingly difficult to compete in effectively if you're not a media conglomerate. They've taken it as far as they can and it's time to move on.