Sentences with phrase «after public battles»

He stepped off the board of eBay in March 2014 after public battles with Carl Icahn, an activist investor who pushed for the company to split with PayPal, its payments unit.

(JTA)-- Just months after a public battle over the trademark of the letter «J,» the Jewish dating services JDate and JSwipe have kissed and coupled up.

Not exact matches

Among them are the dangers of building a media property around a single individual — Grantland was created for and by Bill Simmons, who left ESPN in May after a series of acrimonious public battles.

And after years of public battles and a very messy public separation from his second wife — which resulted in him moving out of Gracie Mansion, the mayor's official residence — his poll numbers sank and many New Yorkers were eager for a change at City Hall.

The agreement, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission Friday, comes days after Ackman resigned from Penney's board as part of a deal to resolve an unusually public battle between the activist investor and the struggling department store.

Public officials condemned her conduct as «unwomanly,» but after a vigorous battle, a stove and sanitary facilities were installed.

That's been due in large part to the work of new offensive coordinator Steve Sarkisian, back in the coaching spotlight after a very public battle with alcoholism

Sitting on the sofa, I show him a few items: newspaper and magazine pieces about the Liston fights; Ali's conversion to Islam; the arrest for refusing military induction; the epic first battle with Frazier; the Supreme Court overturning the draft conviction; Foreman being voodooed by Ali; the Thrilla in Manila; the boxing lesson he gave Spinks in their second contest; a recent article about Ali buying buses for Chicago - area public schools (immediately after seeing a TV news story about how Dade County had no money for new buses, Ali sat down, wrote a check and mailed it, not using the gift as a tax deduction); and one about helping a young man wearing a hooded dark sweatshirt and jeans who crawled out on a high window ledge of a Wilshire Boulevard skyscraper in Los Angeles to kill himself.

One Of A Kind After courageously battling medical troubles more severe than the public knew, the incomparable Walter Payton lost his fight for life at age 45

Despite falling to Wake Forest 35 - 30 last weekend, the public is confident that the Seminoles can rebound to take down the Blue Devils by at least a pair of TDs, especially after the news that star QB EJ Manuel is expected to start after battling a shoulder injury for the past two weeks.

It's also comforting news to parks officials who, after a two - year public battle to construct the water recreation facility, find themselves on the way to proving their critics wrong.

After very public battles over the nation's debt limit and a government shutdown that shouldn't be a problem.

Cuomo and de Blasio have been locked an in an increasingly tense public battle over the last year after the mayor slammed the governor in an interview, accusing him of siding with Senate Republicans at the detriment to the city's well being and his agenda in Albany.

The DEC has become a Ground Zero in the ongoing battle between the governor and the public employee unions over layoffs ever since its former commissioner, Pete Grannis, was fired for insubordination after the leaking of a memo he wrote warning further cuts at the agency would render it unable to fulfill its core missions.

But the decision means the public has no access to clear information about how much May's various legal battles are costing the taxpayer, not just in terms of legal fees but also including compensation paid out after unsuccessful cases.

Former state Sen. Hiram Monserrate faces an uphill battle in restoring his public image after being ousted from the Senate in February for assaulting his girlfriend, but he is also far behind his opponent, community activist Francisco Moya, in campaign financing as he prepares for the Sept. 14 Democratic primary for the Assembly.

City council candidate Ryan Henry - Wilkinson says after years of legal battles between the city and its firefighter union, he's campaigning on restoring public trust in city government.

After stubbornly resisting calls for change for months, the mayor is smart to bring in a new general to oversee what's been a losing battle in improving public housing.

This year's contract negotiations between the union and the state stand in stark contrast to Cuomo's initial battle with public employees unions after taking office in 2011.

«I congratulate all of you,» Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan said shortly after 11 pm as he closed out an especially challenging budget process that began in January and intensified during the past month of public and private battles at the Capitol.

A statement signed by Air Commodore Olatokumbo Adesanya, Director of NAF Public Relations said, «Battle Damage Assessment conducted after the strike showed that several leaders of the Boko Haram Terrorist Organization and their followers were killed during the attacks.

In 2011, after a fierce public battle, Gov. Scott Walker and the state Legislature passed Act 10, which stripped public employee unions of most of their collective bargaining rights.

With the tally at 706 for Dyer and 705 for opponent Norman Davis, after a public recount, the two candidates took to the state Supreme Court to battle over the validity of two ballots.

McDonnell is also turning his attention to the prospect of parliamentary battles this autumn, pledging to make life difficult for the Conservatives in the Commons after winning a «majoritarian position» on issues such as scrapping the public sector pay cap.

The statement signed by Col Onyeama Nwachukwu, Deputy Director, Army Public Relations continued, «Troops dislodged the insurgents from their hideout after a fierce battle, killing 11 insurgents in Gomaran village of Southern Lake Chad Basin.

But after Republican Gov. Scott Walker's battle with public employee unions erupted, the constant uproar at the Capitol in Madison quickly became the only thing anyone wanted to talk about.

Southern Research scientists joined the front lines in the battle against HIV / AIDS in 1986, not long after the deadly viral infection emerged as a terrifying new public health threat in -LSB-...]

Comicpalooza started in a theater during the movie premier of the Dark Knight and to commemorate our 10th anniversary, Discovery Green, across the Avenida from the George R. Brown Convention Center, will be showing the movie Friday night at 8:00 p.m. New this year for gamers is a watch party for the Houston Outlaws as the Overwatch team battles the San Francisco Shock Friday, May 25th at 10:00 p.m. Saturday night, you can party with us on the plaza for another public event at the After Party on the Avenida with special guests Ghostland Observatory, while inside guests can wander through a Live Art auction as artists create original pieces before our eyes.

The following fall, after a bitter battle, charter operator Green Dot Public Schools took over Locke.

The lawsuit — which was filed in 2011 and became the longest legal battle over school finance in state history — was brought against the state after the Legislature cut $ 5.4 billion in public education funding from the state budget while schools were already struggling to implement new academic standards.

«DeVos» confirmation battle has a major silver lining: The public in public education has never been more visible or more vocal, and it is not going back in the shadows,» American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten said shortly after the vote.

Introduced in 2014, this official «after - party» event begins at 3:00 p.m. on Friday, is open to the public, and gives consumers the opportunity to see some of the amazing vehicles that were on display during the trade - only event while observing the filming of the Battle of the Builders competition that will air on a nationally televised show on Velocity.

Amazon and publishing company Hachette remain in negotiations after a very public brawl over ebook pricing, and Amazon's pulling out some down and dirty trick to win its battle, including jacking up Hachette book prices.

Hachette Book Group (HBG) in the US and Amazon have reached a new multi-year agreement, after months of negotiations and a very public battle.

The move comes after a decade long legal battle between those who wanted to relocate the collection to a larger premises and those who wished to maintain the vision of the gallery's founder, Albert C Barnes, limiting public access and allowing the school to use the art collection for study purposes.

After all, this could be part of the battle for a relatively uninformed public mind.

After he and several other employees were pressured to follow President Bush's «vision» for the agency by a political appointee in NASA's Office of Public Affairs, Hansen took the battle public and spoke with the New York Public Affairs, Hansen took the battle public and spoke with the New York public and spoke with the New York Times.

Just a few days after University of Massachusetts officials announced a plan to take over the private, unaccredited Southern New England School of Law and give the state its first public law school, proponents and opponents are lining up for what promises to be a heated battle.

If somebody tells you that they are against privately owned physical property and are going to start a revolution to take away all private property and make it equally shared with the public, you would laugh at them because they are arriving at the battle scene after the war is over.

The president of a foundation that controls funding for a cryptocurrency project called Tezos has pledged to «step back» from his role once the project is back on track, after months of dysfunction and public battles with Tezos» founders.

Posttraumatic stress disorder, once referred to as «shell shock» or battle fatigue, was first brought to public attention by war veterans after the Civil War in the United States (and internationally, after World War I), but it can result from any number of traumatic incidents other than wartime.