Sentences with phrase «are in talks at»

While moviegoers were initially skeptical of Cusack in the role of Poe — especially after Jeremy Renner, Ewan McGregor, and Joaquin Phoenix, had all been in talks at one point during pre-production — the Being John Malkovich (and 2012) star isn't ultimately at fault for the film's shortcomings.

The administration is in talks at the United Nations about a deal that would seek to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions by «naming and shaming» governments that fail to take significant action.

Not exact matches

Schultz talks affectionately about his father in his book, «Pour Your Heart Into It: How Starbucks Built a Company One Cup at a Time,» saying that Fred was an honest man who worked hard, played ball with his kids on the weekend and loved the Yankees.

Following the talk by Rice in Beijing this fall, GE hosted a panel whose speakers included Joachim von Amsberg, a World Bank veteran who is now a vice president at the new AIIB, and China's former vice minister of foreign affairs, He Yafei.

UPS is in talks with at least one U.S. trucking firm to launch an in - home delivery service for large, heavy goods such as couches and treadmills.

After collecting my desired profile for a potential board member; she returned a week later with eight candidates, all of whom fit the profile and were at least tacitly interested in talking with me.

Last week he was in Texas at an energy conference talking about oil.

Uber also faces a challenge we talked about earlier: Since they're aiming to disrupt an established industry, a very regulated industry, one with close ties to municipalities, other companies can not only come back at them, they can call in regulations to make it even harder for Uber.

Talking with SCORE mentors who've been in your business, scouring the state department of transportation website, and talking with officials at the city / town and state level should provide you with everything you need tTalking with SCORE mentors who've been in your business, scouring the state department of transportation website, and talking with officials at the city / town and state level should provide you with everything you need ttalking with officials at the city / town and state level should provide you with everything you need to know.

A talk by a well - known speaker is best earlier in the day at a key time that attendees will wake up for.

BEIJING, May 3 (Reuters)- A U.S. trade delegation arrived in China on Thursday for talks on tariffs, with state media saying China will stand up to U.S. bullying if need be, but it was better to work things out at the negotiating table.

A Snap employee told the Times that the company was looking at ways to educate employees on financial management before the IPO, such as bringing in professors from Stanford to talk about how employees» lives can change after working for a company that goes public.

Once at a table, the women wait until their sons or husbands — all of whom have been imprisoned for more than a decade and have over a decade to go — come out to spend a morning in the gloomy room to talk and eat food from the vending machines.

In a group of people, you should occasionally look at the person you are interested in, no matter who else is talkinIn a group of people, you should occasionally look at the person you are interested in, no matter who else is talkinin, no matter who else is talking.

However, I realized that all of the startup meetups fall into one of three categories: 1 - So early in the morning that no one is awake enough to have a stimulating conversation 2 - At a dark bar with a loud DJ making it impossible to actually talk 3 - Being given junk to eat and drink at someone's officAt a dark bar with a loud DJ making it impossible to actually talk 3 - Being given junk to eat and drink at someone's officat someone's office.

Michael Dell doesn't talk specifically about the companies he's interested in, but according to an April 2012 Forbes interview, Dell said he, personally, looks at over 250 companies every year that might fit into the company's acquisition strategy, even if the company only acts on a few.

What followed was an amazing episode for humanity; enemies who were just hours ago slaughtering each other at a level unseen in human history, were talking, singing, dancing, and eating together as if they were friends.

Silverstein: And when you sell — when you're talking about of a software for an institution, because when we look at bitcoin and all these currencies, every person that's involved in the network has a copy of the database right?

Boehner said he would continue to talk with the Republican caucus in the House about immigration reform, but he laid the blame at President Obama's feet, suggesting the issue was one of trust.

Zuckerberg hinted at this himself, as the NYTimes wrote: «Asked at the Tsinghua talk about Facebook's plans in the country, Mr. Zuckerberg took two big gulps from his water bottle to laughter, and then said, «We're already in China,» to more laughs.

«You learn a heck of a lot when you talk to people not in a formal setting, not in a roundtable discussion, not in a town hall meeting, but just when moms and dads are shopping at a grocery store,» she says.

Most contracts don't explicitly discourage talking politics, but there are often clauses that state that, as company ambassadors, employees must behave in accordance with the principles, the values and the mission of the organization at all times.

In an interview late last year, Patrick Nangle — who recently took the helm at Vancouver ride - sharing co-op Modo after years of running Purolator — said one of the best things about his new job is that he now gets to spend a lot more time talking to people on the front lines.

A lot of men in the comments are like, «no one talks this way,» and the women are like, «yes, I got yelled at in the street yesterday, and someone called me soy sauce!»

And we're not talking Mr. Burns or Dr. Evil levels of maniacal ambition here — even the sort of day - to - day striving driven entrepreneurs engage in can come at a cost, research shows:

But that's not the best way to look at hard choices, argues philosopher Ruth Chang in a thought - provoking recent TED talk in which she offers a liberating new framework for making life's toughest calls.

I'm not just talking about Square's losses ($ 154 million in 2014, which the company's on track to match this year), its disastrously expensive deal with Starbucks (which cost it $ 28 million in 2014), or Dorsey's other CEO job at Twitter (which, as the Square prospectus drily notes, «may at times adversely affect his ability to devote time, attention, and effort to Square.»

CNN media analyst Brian Stelter, host of the show Reliable Sources, spent most of his broadcast on Sunday talking about how the media missed the boat on Trump, and how this was at least in part because of a certain snobbery on the part of mainstream media analysts and journalists.

And I think the subject that I would talk about mostly is a level of compassion and empathy that we need to try to recognize that the only way our society and the promise of America and the American dream can continue to exist is to ensure the fact that those people who were at the lower end have the same opportunity that people have with the right ZIP code in America.

• SZ DJI Technology Co Ltd, a China - based maker of non-military drones, is in talks to raise at least $ 500 million in funding at a $ 15 billion valuation, according to Reuters.

Agricultural subsidies and trade barriers are a highly contentious issue, even contributing to a breakdown in talks at the 2003 meeting in Cancún, Mexico, and, more recently, at the Potsdam, Germany, discussions in June.

When you're talking to other people in a business setting, try to focus on the task at hand.

At Maveron, the other partners were really good at pushing me out in front and telling entrepreneurs about how great I was rather than talking about themselveAt Maveron, the other partners were really good at pushing me out in front and telling entrepreneurs about how great I was rather than talking about themselveat pushing me out in front and telling entrepreneurs about how great I was rather than talking about themselves.

Get her talking about the philanthropic impact of her work — with every sale, each of her brands contributes to a related cause in the developing world — and it's apparent there's nothing at all flippant about her audacity.

In an interview at the 2017 Inc. 5000 conference in Palm Springs, California, on Thursday, the entrepreneur, investor, and author talked about what it really takes be successful, his recent brush with cancer, and of course, the inside scoop on Shark TanIn an interview at the 2017 Inc. 5000 conference in Palm Springs, California, on Thursday, the entrepreneur, investor, and author talked about what it really takes be successful, his recent brush with cancer, and of course, the inside scoop on Shark Tanin Palm Springs, California, on Thursday, the entrepreneur, investor, and author talked about what it really takes be successful, his recent brush with cancer, and of course, the inside scoop on Shark Tank.

«I've been talking about this issue of off - duty conduct, and especially social media, for years now,» says Stuart Rudner, a founding partner at the law firm Rudner MacDonald LLP that specializes in employment law.

In the guidance we put out in our dot - com disclosures — it's not the endorsement guides, it's a business guide we updated in 2013 to talk specifically about making disclosures in short format, mobile devices in particular, in things like Twitter... there, the examples we gave of effective disclosures were at the beginning of a blog or a tweeIn the guidance we put out in our dot - com disclosures — it's not the endorsement guides, it's a business guide we updated in 2013 to talk specifically about making disclosures in short format, mobile devices in particular, in things like Twitter... there, the examples we gave of effective disclosures were at the beginning of a blog or a tweein our dot - com disclosures — it's not the endorsement guides, it's a business guide we updated in 2013 to talk specifically about making disclosures in short format, mobile devices in particular, in things like Twitter... there, the examples we gave of effective disclosures were at the beginning of a blog or a tweein 2013 to talk specifically about making disclosures in short format, mobile devices in particular, in things like Twitter... there, the examples we gave of effective disclosures were at the beginning of a blog or a tweein short format, mobile devices in particular, in things like Twitter... there, the examples we gave of effective disclosures were at the beginning of a blog or a tweein particular, in things like Twitter... there, the examples we gave of effective disclosures were at the beginning of a blog or a tweein things like Twitter... there, the examples we gave of effective disclosures were at the beginning of a blog or a tweet.

As official interest rates in various countries approached zero, there was talk that going negative — effectively requiring private lenders to pay to deposit their excess reserves at central banks.

But so are the benefits: proximity to high - level execs, who drop in for pep talks and training sessions (founder Marc Benioff did not appear the week I was there, but his aura was everywhere); free run of the City by the Bay after hours; and the glow, the buzz, the grace that imbue Salesforce's vibrant headquarters in San Francisco's SoMa district, reminding initiates at every turn that they're part of something special.

BEIJING, May 3 - A U.S. trade delegation arrived in China on Thursday for talks on tariffs, with state media saying China will stand up to U.S. bullying if need be, but it was better to work things out at the negotiating table.

Anyone who aspires to play competitively in the retail space these days needs to be able to talk the language of omnichannel merchandising — the notion that the various manifestations of a company's online or mobile presence can be pressed into service to create a more engaging, or at least tolerable, in - store experience.

«We think that this is going to dramatically advance the pace at which cars start to talk to one another — to see in blind spots, to see where there's a traffic jam,» says Giraud.

That was the message of a talk by Dr. Miriam Tatzel at the American Psychological Association's 122nd annual convention, which was held recently in Washington, D.C. Presenting her research to the assembled psychologists, Tatzel stressed the importance of playing down consumerism as a route to fulfillment and boiled down the research on the subject into a handful of scientifically validated principles to follow for greater happiness.

(Female Founder Office Hours is a series of events at which investors will talk with and advise women entrepreneurs in one - on - one sessions.)

«Merkel is struggling to keep the various factions, not only in her government, but also in Europe in line, warning against careless talk in such a feral environment warning of the serious consequences that an «uncontrolled insolvency» would bring,» said Michael Hewson, markets analyst at CMC Markets.

«If investors spent less time listening to the talking heads on BNN and CNBC and more time studying history, they would realize that there is little value added by obsessing about economic growth,» Murray Leith, an analyst at Odlum Brown in Vancouver, wrote last fall.

Contingent motivators (such as «if you do this, then that») narrow thinking and block creativity unless the tasks at hand are simple and rote, Daniel Pink said in a TED Talk «The Puzzle of Motivation.»

In my compressed work year, I did my first TED talk, gave a keynote speech at American University, programmed and designed my first app, made TV appearances on Al Jazeera America and other outlets, and joined multiple startup advisory boards - all while being my son's primary caretaker and keeping my writing career going.

Friday morning Londoners, who voted by and large to remain in the EU, were walking the streets with a stunned look, and what's even odder (for English people, at least) actually talking to strangers in cafes and on trains, discussing how such a thing could happen, what would happen next, and who was to blame.

At that point in November 2006, it appears, it was simply talk; no evidence has emerged that Piëch knew about it.