The News Review:
- 10-K: AFFILIATED MANAGERS GRUP INC
- The PeC Review: Google Affiliate Network is an Effective Marketing …
- 10-K: MARKWEST ENERGY PARTNERS LP
- iPCS Inc. Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2008 Financial Results
10-K: AFFILIATED MANAGERS GRUP INC
MarketWatch (press release)
In most cases we own a majority of the equity interests of a firm and structure a revenue sharing arrangement in which a percentage of revenue is allocated for use by management of that Affiliate in paying operating expenses of the Affiliate including salaries and bonuses. We call this the “perating Allocation. ” The portion of the Affiliate’s revenue that is allocated to the owners of that Affiliate (including us) is called the “wners’ Allocation. ” Each Affiliate allocates its wners’ Allocation to its managers and to us generally in proportion to their and our respective ownership interests in that Affiliate. ne of the purposes of our revenue sharing arrangements is to provide ongoing incentives for Affiliate managers by allowing them to participate in the growth of their firm’s revenue which may increase their compensation from both the perating Allocation and the wners’ Allocation. These arrangements also provide incentives to control operating expenses thereby increasing the portion of the perating Allocation that is available for growth initiatives and compensation. As one measure of Table of Contents these incentives in 2008 approximately $381.
The PeC Review: Google Affiliate Network is an Effective Marketing …
Practical Ecommerce
While I consider these initial costs a bit of a burden they are competitive with other affiliate services. Summing UpThe Google Affiliate Network offers online stores access to thousands of excellent web publishers on a pay-for-performance basis that can be very cost effective. But the service is primarily aimed at higher revenue online stores and requires a $2000 initial outlay. Although I would have preferred it if Google offered a self-service pay-as-you-go option for smaller merchants the Google Affiliate Network is still well worth four out of five stars in this The PeC Review.
10-K: MARKWEST ENERGY PARTNERS LP
MarketWatch (press release)
which is accounted for using the equity method. The decrease in our earnings from unconsolidated affiliates for the year ended December 31 2008 relative to 2007 is due mainly to the damage and business interruption caused by Hurricane Ike in September 2008 (refer to Matters Impacting Future Results for additional discussion). Impairment of Unconsolidated Affiliate. During the year ended December 31 2008 we recognized an impairment charge of $41. 4 million related to an other-than-temporary decline in the fair value of our equity investment in Starfish. See Note 12 of the accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in Item 8 of this Form 10-K for further details regarding this impairment charge.
iPCS Inc. Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2008 Financial Results
SYS-CN Media
bwverticalaligntop {vertical-align: top}. bwwhitespacenowrap {white-space: nowrap}–> iPCS Inc. (Nasdaq: IPCS) a PCS Affiliate of Sprint Nextel Corporation today reported financial and operational results for its fourth quarter and year ended December 31 2008. This information supplements the subscriber activity results which the Company previously announced on February 2 2009. Fourth Quarter 2008 Highlights: Total revenue of $138. 4 million compared to $141. 9 million for the quarter ended December 31 2007.
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