Sentences with phrase «giant group of»

When I traveled to New Orleans not long ago with a giant group of friends, I made sure to sign up for the hotel's rewards program right before the trip.

Carell has given the world a giant group of characters, all memorable in their comedy but with a heart behind each one.

Gru has a giant group of minions, little pill - like creatures with large eyes and nothing arms.

Case in point: deep - sea expeditions and drones have revealed a giant group of octopuses and their eggs in a place where they shouldn't be able to survive.

Maybe not worth it for a giant group of people, like a gigantic gaggle of adolescent males who will eat you out of house and home.

I love that giant grouping of flowers on your coffee table!

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In 2015, less than a year after retiring as CEO of convenience store giant Alimentation Couche - Tard, the executive chairman, along with his three co-founders, put forward a resolution to extend their time - limited voting control — the group holds 22 % of the company's equity — to ward off any future takeover attempts.

In mid-February, investment giant Capital Group more than doubled its Lululemon stake to 12.7 million shares, or about 11 % of the company.

MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has approved a request to pull millions of gallons of water daily from Lake Michigan to serve a new Foxconn Technology Group manufacturing plant, helping the Taiwanese electronics giant clear a major regulatory hurdle.

An unlikely alliance of conservation and fishing groups has vowed to oppose plans by mining company Straits Resources for a giant salt project on the eastern shore of Exmouth Gulf.

Although the search giant points out that the definition of which ads are acceptable comes from an independent industry group called the Coalition for Better Ads, some believe that the default blocking of certain ads puts too much power in Google's hands.

Last month, shares of the publishing giant soared as much as 17 % after reports that it had received an unsolicited acquisition offer from a group including billionaire Edgar Bronfman Jr., the former CEO of Warner Music, and Ukrainian - born billionaire Len Blavatnik, who bought Warner Music in 2011.

Huawei's Changzhu Li, vice president of the consumer business group's handsets strategy, said the U.S. had effectively «locked the door» to the tech giant.

Du Xiaoman Financial, the online financial services company spun out of Chinese search giant Baidu, has raised almost $ 2 billion from investors including the Carlyle Group and TPG.

• HNA Group, the Chinese insurance giant, is reportedly considering an IPO of its cargo handler Swissport.

MOSCOW, May 2 - The chairman of En + Group said on Wednesday he was working on implementing a plan that En + hopes will lead to the United States lifting sanctions on the company, the biggest shareholder in aluminum giant Rusal.

Greens and Chevron set to face off over Gorgon vision Chevron is set for fresh battles with WA's powerful green lobby group after the US giant said yesterday it wanted to nearly double the size of the $ 50 billion Gorgon liquefied natural gas project on environmentally fragile Barrow Island off WA's North West.

At the company's annual analyst summit in Shenzhen, Changzhu Li, vice president of the consumer business group's handsets strategy, said the U.S. had effectively «locked the door» to the tech giant.

In chemicals, Clariant was one of the biggest talked - about stocks on Monday after the Swiss group announced an all - stock deal to merge with the U.S. - based Huntsman Corp., creating a chemicals giant worth over $ 14 billion.

Simon Property Group Inc. filed a lawsuit against Starbucks on Aug. 21, claiming the coffee giant had not fulfilled its lease obligations and «put its stock price above its contractual obligations, the viability of Simon and its Shopping Centers, other retailers and consumers who count on the Teavana stores,» USA Today reports.

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd's total value of goods transacted during its Singles» Day shopping festival was 91.2 billion yuan ($ 14.32 billion), the Chinese e-commerce giant said in Beijing on Thursday.

The search is under way for the next group of the most ambitious, innovative private companies transforming the economy and forcing the public giants to rethink the way they do business.

Investment giant Vanguard Group goes even heavier on equities than Schwab does, to power decades of retirement returns.

Fortescue Metals Group has started the search for a new chief financial officer after Stephen Pearce handed in his resignation to pursue an international role, on the same day the iron ore giant announced the appointment of a new director of operations.

A lawyer, he was senior counsel and vice-president at ABB Group, a Swiss engineering giant, and then had a string of titles, including strategic development director, at AMEC, a big London - based project - management company focused on the energy sector.

According to a recent report from Reuters, the tech giant is signing deals with companies like BuzzFeed, Vox, and Group Nine (the publisher behind brands like NowThis and The Dodo) for more TV - style video, both short clips of about 10 minutes in length and longer shows of 20 minutes or more.

And he is racing to make sure some of those vehicles will be built by his giant automotive group.

The ever - increasing omniscience of internet giants like Facebook and Google has put many watchdog groups and civil rights lobbyists on red - alert.

Farmers Insurance, which is affiliated with Swiss giant Zurich Insurance Group, has started a major initiative to train its army of claims adjusters with the help of Oculus Rift headsets.

Stephen Pearce has been appointed to the board of Fortescue Metals Group, but will retain his current role as chief financial officer of the iron ore giant.

Originally developed by the German parts giant the Brose Group for Ford, the system is now sold to a range of automakers.

Soon after the ad's launch, groups of young men were spotted throughout Amsterdam trying to push giant cardboard boxes labeled «Walk - in fridge» into apartments and houses.

The media giant is partnering with Independence Health Group — one of the largest Blue Shield insurers in the US — to develop an open source tech and communications platform that will allow patients to access their data throughout their healthcare journey.

Montreal - based IT services giant CGI Group has much riding on CETA's completion after its recent $ 2.8 - billion acquisition of British rival Logica.

The price of bitcoin, the world's most well - known virtual currency, lost almost one fifth of its value to $ 15,800 this week after peaking as high as $ 19,666 on Sunday, as feverish demand ebbed slightly after the exchange giant CME Group and its rival Cboe Global Markets listed bitcoin futures.

Also on March 27, a group of Facebook users filed a lawsuit in federal court alleging that the social media giant's Messenger app collected information about their phone calls and text messages.

The CEO of the joint venture between Starbucks and Tata Group, Davda is bringing iced Frappuccinos to India — a critical region for the coffee giant, which wants the country to become one of its top five global markets.

At the same time, 3,000 miles away in San Francisco, a group of 20 protesters rallied outside of the social media giant's headquarters.

Emerson's offer stems from its desire to be a leader in all areas of automation and to present a stronger competitive offering to industrial companies as European giants such as Siemens, ABB Automation Group and Schneider Electric become more aggressive in the field.

San Francisco - based start up Hampton Creek, best known for its vegan Just Mayo, will become the exclusive supplier of baking mixes and dressings to food service giant Compass Group.

As a part of auto - to - steel giant Hyundai Motor Group's move to streamline its complex ownership structure, key affiliate Hyundai Mobis is...

The South African media group Naspers wants to sell around $ 10.6 billion worth of its shares in the Chinese tech giant Tencent, which operates the valuable WeChat and QQ online platforms.

STOCKHOLM, Nov 28 - IKEA Group's new CEO will focus on developing new stores and showrooms in city centers as the surge in e-commerce and home delivery dims the appeal of its giant out - of - town warehouse stores.

A group of Israelis and Americans bereaved in Palestinian attacks said Monday they would seek $ 1 billion in damages from Facebook for alleged complicity, as part of a suit filed in the United States against the social media giant.

Facebook, one of the most diverse tech giants, counts just 7 percent of its 496 executives from minority groups.

In late January a group of some 200 independent video - store owners sued Blockbuster — itself owned by media giant Viacom — alleging monopolistic practices.

LONDON, Feb 27 - U.S. cable giant Comcast Corp has offered $ 31 billion for Sky Plc, threatening a plan hatched by Rupert Murdoch's Twenty - First Century Fox Inc and Walt Disney Co to seize control of Europe's biggest pay - TV group.

Kraft Foods Group announced Chairman John Cahill will also take on the chief executive role, leading a food - and - beverage giant at a time when many of the largest packaged foods companies are facing a challenge to find growth.

Gen. Michael Hayden, Chertoff Group, discusses the problem of protecting data collection from giant telecom companies, while addressing national security concerns.

* RUSAL: The chairman of En + Group said on Wednesday he was working on implementing a plan that En + hopes will lead to the United States lifting sanctions on the company, the biggest shareholder in aluminum giant Rusal.