The company has footholds in large emerging markets like India that could eventually move to smartphones.
Top components in this exchange-traded fund include large-cap companies Medtronic, Thermo Fisher Scientific and Stryker, however this ETF also allows investors to have a foothold in a large number of smaller biotech firms without taking on the big risk of a small-cap medical stock.
Google would benefit from even a foothold in those large markets, which still dwarf the $16 billion Internet advertising market.
With the Chinese program, Microsoft has the opportunity to establish a foothold in the large and growing cloud computing market in China – a market which China itself has put heavy emphasis on through its own initiatives and investments.
She is a shy, near-aphasic girl from an Irish village who starts to blossom at college in Dublin; though similarly transplanted from his rural hometown, Patrick is failing to find a foothold in the larger world.
The company's president and CEO, Tom Rogers, said that it's looking to gain more of a foothold in the larger European markets, including the UK and Spain, in order to broaden its horizons a little bit.
The deal, which analysts said was priced at the high end of expectations, gives Crédit Mutuel, a retail bank that is one of France's largest, a secure foothold in Europe's largest banking market.
A large acquirer with stronger footholds in big companies would help it sell into that enterprise segment.
BERLIN — Liberty Global, the cable television operator controlled by industry pioneer John Malone, said Friday it was buying Unitymedia in Germany from two private equity firms, gaining a foothold in Europe's largest market.
Elior's home base would give Aramark a foothold in Europe's largest market, where it is noticeably absent, and an increased presence in Spain.
