Sentences with phrase «other big companies such»

Other big companies such as Microsoft, Activision Publishing, and Capcom have been investing in growing the console market with games such as Halo 5, Call of Duty: Black Ops, and Street Fighter IV.

Not exact matches

The bigger the company, the larger the paycheque you can command — and that doesn't count other compensation such as stock or performance bonuses, common at the higher end of the leadership ladder.

While everyone was consumed with counting hashtags and voting on which ad was the cleverest, Americaneagle.com CTO Ryan McElrath was eyeing other metrics, such as how well WeatherTech's site performed compared to big brands such as Coca - Cola, Doritos, and all the automotive companies.

In October 2012, Ballmer announced Microsoft would shift away from software and become a «devices and services company,» doubling down on phones, tablets (the Surface) and other hardware such as Xbox (one of the biggest successes of the Ballmer era), along with cloud computing.

Amazon Web Services was a pioneer in such low - cost data warehousing and remains one of the biggest providers, but for a variety of reasons — whether because companies want additional technical support or because regulations require them to store their data within Canada's borders — many are looking around for other options.

As a result, Nevada has become a haven for celebrities, movie stars and other highly visible individuals (such as big company CEOs) who seek anonymity when conducting their business and investment activities.

For example, ConAgra's Banquet frozen meal line is changing several recipes to use real cheese and real butter and other big food companies such as Kraft Heinz, Campbell Soup, General Mills, Kellogg, Unilever and Hershey are among others with initiatives in various stages to reformulate some classics.

The airlines join a host of other companies such as AT&T (t), Boeing (ba) and Wells Fargo & Co (wfcnp) promising to pay bonuses or invest more in training after the biggest overhaul of the U.S. tax code in 30 years, which cuts the corporate tax rate.

Such affiliations are cropping up among small banks all across the country, in part because they've got to compete not only with bigger banks but with credit - card companies and other financial - services organizations that offer this type of full - service menu and are hungry for a share of the small - and midsize - business market.

Immuno - oncolocy has been the focus of Big Pharma and biotechs alike, with companies such as Merck (mrk), Bristol - Myers Squibb (bmy), Pfizer (pfe), Roche / Genentech, Juno (juno), Kite Pharma (kite), Novartis (nvs), and countless others pouring massive investments into the space (the Loncar ETF contains almost all of these companies).

Like other tech companies such as Amazon.com (AMZN), rumored to be considering a foray into checking accounts, Chime sees an opportunity in financial services amid a shifting customer base and widespread dissatisfaction with big bank services.

For every investor that hitched their wagons to Amazon.com back in the late 90's there were several others who made big bets on companies such as Pets.com.

Other factors at play include the fact that the bigger, older internet companies such as Facebook Inc..

Envia in fact was the only company at least publicly promising such exceptional performance — since Envia, other companies including BASF and Japan's Toda had licensed the Argonne material as well, but neither boasted the big performance jump promoted by the startup.

That means it has even outpaced the remarkable rise of other infant formula producers, both big and small, such as Bubs Australia, which has risen more than four times to 83 cents in the same period, Bellamy's which has rallied from $ 3.81 to $ 18.30 and The A2 Milk Company, which has flown from $ 2.44 to $ 12.11.

In Japan, a system of lifetime employment in many big businesses, a tradition of employer provided benefits such as housing in many cases, and a wage system in those kinds of businesses where workers receive a substantial share of their annual income in the form of an annual bonus whose size can be used to buffer good and bad years for a company sharing risks and rewards with workers instead of limiting the risks and rewards to an investor class, have contributed to low levels of income inequality in the Japanese economy relative to comparably developed countries with comparable levels of government spending on welfare state type programs in other countries.

3) Apart from arms trading, mentioned by user1, there are numerous of other businesses which will be gaining profit from such a war (big credit institutes, resource companies, technology companies - information & telecoms etc., food industry).

Creating new opportunities for «all of these very talented, experienced, displaced workers» requires «getting them thinking creatively about maybe making the move from big pharma, where they've spent their careers,» to other opportunities, such as smaller, newer companies created by themselves, perhaps, or other displaced scientists.

This is where a venue such as Jelly Pickle Jam can make a big difference for singles in Evesham who are looking to spend some relaxed time in each other's company.

On the other hand, in the company of incandescent actresses such as Catherine Keener, Frances McDormand and Joan Cusack in «Friends With Money,» Aniston — ostensibly the biggest name in the cast — faded out, becoming blurry and indistinct almost like that actor played by Robin Williams in Woody Allen's «Deconstructing Harry.»

Company officials think the formula that made the Impala SS such a big success can work on other vehicles.

Although I like how these services work, I would like to see Audi partner with some existing big third - party companies, such as Yelp or other business rating services.

TI has faced big competition from other ARM - licensees such as Samsung, Qualcomm and Nvidia and as a result the company is looking to get out of the mobile chip market so it can focus on other markets.

It would be most interesting to see this same thing duplicated for other big series in the literary world, like Tolkien's work, Clive Cussler's books, the Wheel of Time, A Song of Ice and Fire,... Such a site would be useful to be able to buy the eBooks in a single place and have them added to an eBook company of your own choosing — if you even want that in the first place.

Now that they have some of the big boys wrapped up, such as Conde Nast, they are in prime position to attract many other companies.

Besides, this whole story ignores the fact that if Amazon is such a bad company why doesn't Hachette and the other big old fashion publishers sell their books somewhere else and pull all their products from Amazon?

Apple has said «no» to many other ideas in the past, including smaller tablets and big smartphones, but the company eventually released such products.

Of course, such is the Kindle's lead in the e-reader market that, as Nook UK MD Jim Hilt admits, his firm is primarily fighting Amazon's other rivals for the bigger company's leavings.

While Discover loans can be used for other purposes, such as paying for a vacation or financing a big purchase, the company provides free tools to manage debt and estimate monthly payments on its personal loans website.

In other words, the majority of dollars coming into this fund went into the biggest companies in the index such as Microsoft, Cisco, etc..

Support in the west has been upheld and had many successes with indie titles such as Hotline Miami and OlliOlli, whilst big companies slowly started to abandon the system altogether in favour of other platforms.

Other companies such as Activision, EA and Ubisoft have come out and said that they will not be flagging peoples videos for uploading their games seeing the value in having big Youtubers talk about their game and getting their viewers hyped up about their new games.

They have also handled complex lawsuits against big corporations such as Ford Motor Company, Pfizer, Motorola, General Motors and other Fortune 500 companies.

Legal Week's latest Big Question survey found nearly two - thirds (64 %) of respondents believe own - firm near - shoring ventures in cheaper locations such as Belfast or other regional UK locations provide a better alternative to outsourcing companies for both legal process and back office support.

Further, some of our profession's biggest competitors, such as trust companies, investment advisers and others are making the professions lack of disclosure in pricing and commissions a BIG issue in their presentations to injury victims, highlighting the level of regulatory supervision they need to adhere to and the Fiduciary Standard they are required to uphold when dealing with the injury victim.

We are proud to have been selected to represent the State of WV in cases such as WVU's exit from the Big East Conference and cases where our citizens have been wronged by credit card companies and other lenders.

So for me it's a sign of the times that CLOC and other groups, such as ACC Legal Ops, are making massive inroads into departments beyond the super-big and super-sophisticated high - tech companies, and that those every - day departments are lining up to take a lead in developing a new line of better and stronger legal / business solutions for their clients using their in - house smarts (even if they lack as much in - house heft or leverage as the bigs).

Many other companies can beat them on price if it's left to a head - to - head price check on a single line of insurance (such as auto or home), but these big companies want customers who will stay with them for years instead of shopping around for a better deal every six months.

The only driving safety schools that can survive such a slash in prices are the handful of the biggest companies — many of them national companies based in other states.

Apple executives revealed the new mobile operating system at the company's big event on September 7 alongside with updated lineups of other products, such as the iPhone 7, iWatch 2 and MacBooks.

Tech giants such as Facebook and other big companies, from Bank of America to Caterpillar, have long argued that the 85,000 annual cap on these visas is too low and that they need to bring in more foreign tech workers because they can't find enough highly - skilled American workers.

The smart speaker market is booming and it's already getting pretty crowded, with big players such as Amazon, Apple, Google parent company Alphabet, and others.

While major tech companies such as Apple and Google typically don't make big announcements at CES, their technologies will be powering products and services from startups and other small companies.

He has also worked with other big tech companies such as Microsoft, HTC ad Orange, according to Android Authority.

Lots of small companies offer Advanced Apprenticeships, but some of the world's biggest businesses, such as Volkswagen, National Grid and other manufacturing companies also run tailored advanced apprenticeship programmes independently.

Their client base consist of the big retailers such as Pick and Pay, as well as other non-commercial companies where clean water plays an important role such as Escom (main producer of electricity in SA), all the municipalities, etc..

In big companies special internship programs are developed in such a way that you also receive theoretical courses and in the other half a day implement and improve them in practice.

The company's portfolio drew attention from large investors, sources say, including other big private equity firms such as Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. and The Blackstone Group.

I complimented them on their concern for the public's interests, however, all I got is a stammer, long silent pauses, meaningless words of explanation but no substance when I suggested that other big interest groups serving the public such as banks, oil companies, trust companies, insurance companies and the like have certainly not captured their attention as much as CREA.

Non-tech workers, including contractors in such jobs as security guards, food - service employees or gardeners at Google, Facebook Inc., Apple Inc. and other big companies, often commute for two hours or more each way from California's Central Valley, where housing is more affordable, or live in recreational vehicles parked on city streets.