Sentences with phrase «companies were in a race»

Over the past year - and - a-half while developing Handle, our entire company was in a race to zero.

** Three global companies are in the race to buy a stake in leading Turkish health insurer Acibadem Sigorta, sources familiar with the matter said, underscoring appetite among international investors for the fast - growing sector.

Companies were in a race to see whose virtual reality headset could make it to market first.

The company is in a race with Amazon's Alexa for third - party integrations and Google Assistant's combined search and language capabilities make it well suited to use cases like you see with DISH

That said, a company is in a race to win over the long - haul and, as individuals, nobody can be in «sprint mode» all the time.

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During the boom years, those companies were brought to market too soon and scattered their resources in a race against one another, she says.

Should Uber continue to battle controversies while Lyft operates and expands without negative drama, the latter company could prove to be a formidable player in the race to bring on - demand service to all corners of the U.S. map.

Ivanov's story is just one example of the serendipity involved in this small Canadian company's rise to the forefront of a worldwide race to harness nuclear fusion, a race that has been going on fitfully, consuming tens of billions of mostly public dollars, for more than half a century.

They're realizing that empathy ensures all employees — across the spectrum of physical ability, race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, age, relationship status, financial standing, etc. — have a voice, are understood and are given equal opportunities to participate in everything from company decisions to company events.

After being deflected by investors during a previous company's fundraise, they realized just how much race still plays a role in America — particularly in matters of high finance.

Collectively, the following companies — which specialize in everything from extreme racing to lingerie — notched more than $ 136 million in 2016 sales, but the founders would tell you that the bottom line is incidental.

Initially, 20 - odd companies were said to be in the race to acquire Ruchi Soya, which has product portfolio that includes well - known brands.

«Getting paid through ski racing is very, very difficult,» she said in a conversation with Maverick Carter in an episode of «Kneading Dough,» a series by Chase and digital media company Uninterrupted.

Hassabis's company, which was acquired by Google in January 2014 for a reported # 400 million, is arguably leading the AI race.

One company that's been entrenched in the smartwatch race has been LG, which has already released a trio of them.

The changes — both announced in the last 48 hours — are only the latest in what is shaping up to be an arms race among tech companies seeking to prove themselves the most accommodating workplaces to build not just a career, but a family.

In 2015, Schultz received a lot of attention related to the company's «Race Together» campaign, which was intended to stimulate conversation about race relations in America among its customerIn 2015, Schultz received a lot of attention related to the company's «Race Together» campaign, which was intended to stimulate conversation about race relations in America among its customRace Together» campaign, which was intended to stimulate conversation about race relations in America among its customrace relations in America among its customerin America among its customers.

Inside the West Wing, the White House political office is overlaying the list of companies that have announced new investments or bonuses for their employees on a map of target races in the 2018 midterms, providing an outline for travel in the coming months.

The deal came amid a series of acquisitions as conventional automakers and software companies paired in a race to develop what appears to be the future of personal transportation.

The overarching strategy is to play to the company's strength as a factory fill supplier and its R&D investments in racing and street technology and product quality.

We already had the whole supply chain: aspiring drivers, companies invested in the sport, suppliers and vendors and enthusiasts... but there was nowhere to go race.

Even for China, where companies have struggled with race issues in their marketing, the latest inflight magazine from Air China is a shocker.

Merck is the latest company to weather bad news in the Alzheimer's drug race, halting a late - stage trial yesterday in an experimental amyloid - targeting candidate called verubecestat after a data monitoring committee said there was «virtually no chance of finding a positive clinical effect,» Reuters reported.

Other Chinese companies, such as Alibaba, Baidu, and DJI, are racing ahead in ecommerce and logistics; artificial intelligence and self - driving cars; and drone technologies.

With so many U.S. corporations racing to the bottom — moving manufacturing to foreign countries for cheap labor and no environmental responsibility, taking advantage of the H1 - B Visa program to bring cheap workers in, lowering benefits and eliminating pension plans — it's refreshing to learn that some companies are taking the exact opposite approach.

«Race and ethnicity are never considered in pricing or structuring our loans,» the company said.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 5 - Uber was so driven to «win at all costs» in the race to develop self - driving vehicles that it cheated, a Waymo lawyer told a jury on Monday, the opening salvo in a trade - secrets lawsuit between the two technology companies that could help determine who emerges in the forefront of the autonomous car business.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 5 (Reuters)- Uber was so driven to «win at all costs» in the race to develop self - driving vehicles that it cheated, a Waymo lawyer told a jury on Monday, the opening salvo in a trade - secrets lawsuit between the two technology companies that could help determine who emerges in the forefront of the autonomous car business.

Moxley says that Google's increased commitment to voting resources this year was driven both by the company's overall mission (to serve users by organizing the world's information), but also a surge in public interest in this year's race between Democratic and Republican nominees Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.

In the race to merge these outsized expectations with reality, you conflate your own identity with that of your company's, which is at once the best motivator and a recipe for emotional disaster.

The devices, which at first gave Barnes & Noble a horse in the e-book race, have turned out to be an albatross for the company, with losses of almost $ 70 million in the first nine months of the fiscal year, on sales of only $ 211 million.

In fact, Google routinely checks to make sure it doesn't pay differently based on race or gender or other discriminatory factors, the search giant said in a statement — a move other companies are starting to make these dayIn fact, Google routinely checks to make sure it doesn't pay differently based on race or gender or other discriminatory factors, the search giant said in a statement — a move other companies are starting to make these dayin a statement — a move other companies are starting to make these days.

While there are many companies that are already in the race, there are a few startups that you should keep an eye on in 2016.

Perhaps your team is interested in competing in local club sports as a company or a quarterly 5K race together.

CNBC's Jackie DeAngelis reports power companies from across the U.S. are racing to get power back in Florida.

«We are looking at investment and research as leading indicators of who is going to win that disruptive race, much like investing in the early days of internet technology would have led you to companies like Amazon,» he said.

In a recent call with 360pi and Retail Systems Research, RSR analyst Paula Rosenblum said the «big lie» is that in a race to the bottom on pricing, the company with the lowest costs winIn a recent call with 360pi and Retail Systems Research, RSR analyst Paula Rosenblum said the «big lie» is that in a race to the bottom on pricing, the company with the lowest costs winin a race to the bottom on pricing, the company with the lowest costs wins.

These awards are the culmination of a race that began in 2010, when NASA began awarding funding to private companies to develop a capsule capable of carrying astronauts into orbit and back.

«Drone racing is currently seeing an unprecedented rise in popularity and is poised to become the next behemoth racing sport alongside NASCAR and Formula 1,» the company said in a statement.

Now, the early numbers are in, and there is no question that ICOs, an unregulated form of fundraising by which companies can sell their own form of digital currency or tokens to investors, are winning this race, at least in the blockchain industry.

While Diller doesn't know if Snap can grab the third place spot in the race for online ad dollars (behind Facebook and Google), he said it's still among the top companies out there.

He said the company was renewing the committment it has forged to news over the last 15 years because it has seen that we are in an era where «the last thing you want to see is a search engine that is not delivering quality content and with the open internet is simply becoming a race to the bottom.»

In one study involving 222 employees and supervisors of a company, the employees were asked to list five people in their personal network of friends and identify their race, then do the same for 10 people in the company they considered friendIn one study involving 222 employees and supervisors of a company, the employees were asked to list five people in their personal network of friends and identify their race, then do the same for 10 people in the company they considered friendin their personal network of friends and identify their race, then do the same for 10 people in the company they considered friendin the company they considered friends.

With its recent purchase of Whole Foods, Amazon is inching closer in the race to become the world's first company worth $ 1 trillion.

The leading company poised to profit from the new space race is Musk's SpaceX, which has been among the leaders in launching reusable rockets and lowering costs.

In one of the biggest changes in digital media, companies are racing to reinvent television so they can get access to the billions of dollars in TV advertisinIn one of the biggest changes in digital media, companies are racing to reinvent television so they can get access to the billions of dollars in TV advertisinin digital media, companies are racing to reinvent television so they can get access to the billions of dollars in TV advertisinin TV advertising.

American pipeline company Kinder Morgan's announcement that it will expand its Trans - Mountain oil pipeline to 850,000 barrels a day confirms something pipeline watchers have been quietly saying for a while: it will likely beat Enbridge in the race to build a big oilsands export pipeline to the Pacific.

Wing is part of X, formerly known as Google X, which is the company's R&D unit working on far - out «moonshot» projects, racing against Amazon and drone makers like DJI to usher in what may one day be a massive new market, delivering everything from food to medicine straight to people's doorsteps.

Yelp hasn't commented on the third lawsuit, but in a blog post March 4 headlined «Different Day, Different Lawyer, Same Meritless Claim: A Classic Race to the Courthouse,» the company's co-founder and CEO Jeremy Stoppelman called the two suits filed so far «frivolous» and said the allegations «are false and easily refuted.»

Amazon is up 30 percent this year while Alibaba's stock has nearly doubled as both companies race to a $ 500 billion in value.