Sentences with phrase «as a blow for»

Losing Shumlin is seen as a blow for Canadian businesses, particularly in Quebec, where the former governor had cultivated important ties around strengthening trade and inter-regional business.

At a time when working women must still fight for equal pay, outperform to be taken seriously in the boardroom, and hustle over the mere fraction of all investment spending open to them, a Trump presidency is seen as a blow for many.

The Nigerian's decision to play at Rio 2016 is likely to come as a blow for manager Arsene Wenger, but he can take solace in the fact that he will not have to feature in the African Cup of Nations at the start of 2017, after his side were eliminated in qualification in previous weeks.

Brendan Rodgers had previously suggested that the forward was a doubt for the encounter, but this will come as a blow for Liverpool in a fixture they need to win to keep in touch with Spurs.

The move comes as a blow for the government, which is already facing backbench revolts over health reforms and is set for a battle over proposals to give schools more freedom.

She has also run on a more conservative - minded platform and nabbed the support of the state Conservative Party earlier in the year, which was seen as a blow for Turner, who had the backing of the third - party organization when he defeated Democrat David Weprin.

Their skills to manipulate air might be related to those elephants commonly use, such as blowing for self - comfort and acoustic communication.»

What remains to be seen is how this announcement will affect RIM's outlook in the short - term, as losing such a long - standing hardware partner is already being seen as another blow for the struggling company, especially as it faces yet another writedown.

Some «revenue - neutral» climate - change proposals — including I - 732 — include tax cuts and / or tax benefits targeted for lower - income households, and proponents may characterize such policy features as a blow for equity.

He described the ruling as a blow for Facebook and said the company would need to explain whether its business model «is in line with stringent European privacy laws».

The announcement comes as another blow for bitcoin use and on the heels of Visa suspending prepaid cards to a number of Bitcoin businesses.

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Najib Danish, a spokesman for the interior ministry, said a suicide bomber appeared to have posed as a media worker and blew himself up where reporters and rescue workers had gathered.

But as the day's final speaker, he couldn't leave the stage without blowing one more kiss at Ackman: Icahn disclosed that he has now asked his company for permission to take up to a 50 percent stake in Herbalife, the supplement company over which the two have battled so publicly.

But some observers expect Russia's strongest efforts may be reserved for Serbia, which has close cultural and religious bonds with Moscow — and whose membership in NATO or the European Union would be seen by the Kremlin as a severe blow.

The decision may be a blow to the Republican Party's fundraising as it gears up for midterm elections in November with an unpopular president as its standard - bearer.

Amazon, for its part, is doing just fine, news coverage notwithstanding: Amazon stock surged as much as 13 % Friday after the tech company's earnings report blew past Wall Street's expectations, raising Bezos's net worth with it.

The Cut & Color Room offers clients a range of rewards — from services to free flatirons and blow - dryers — for as few as 100 Perka points or as many as 10,000, depending on the retail value of items purchased.

The former blow billionaire saw himself as a modern day Robin Hood and spent his ill - gotten wealth on health / education services, soccer fields and an entire neighborhood for the poor called The Barrio Pablo Escobar.

What YouTube has allowed for is a mutability in the way content is conceived — what begins as a web series can easily transition into a TV show or perhaps a straight - to - video - movie, or if it really blows up, even a feature film.

While this is a blow to the idea that nationwide calorie menu requirements will dramatically alter the way America eats, it doesn't necessarily mean the policy is useless: perhaps, as the authors speculate, it may be more effective in sit - down restaurants where dining expectations are different, or for specific groups of particularly health - concious diners.

As a source of civic pride for the roughly 66,000 residents of Pontiac, it was a kind of existential blow for the stadium to sit empty for so many years.

Trump had kept his distance from the Senate process, but Monday night's development was a major blow for him, too, as the president failed to rally support for what has been the GOP's trademark issue for seven years, ever since Obama and the Democrats passed the Affordable Care Act.

That measure would have dealt a big blow to cable companies and created an opening for firms such as Google and Apple (aapl).

Over the course of six seasons, viewers have watched the firm's partners battle for business, come to blows, grow big, get acquired, fall apart, relaunch as a start - up, lose key clients, gain even better clients — and most recently, merge with a rival.

The new rules are a blow to China's nascent market for golf, which is often seen as providing an opportunity for officials to make shady deals and an extravagance for government employees who should be serving the people.

Thrown into the mix as well have been calls for a full - blown policy overhaul, and a suspicion that the economy may be stuck in a rut with little anyone can do about it.

Bannon's departure a week earlier was seen as a significant blow to other nationalist, far - right figures in the White House, and Gorka implied as much in his letter, saying it was clear to him that «forces that do not support the MAGA promise are — for now — ascendant within the White House.»

Sheltering inside a robust structure for at least 12 to 24 hours is a key way to survive that threat, Buddemeier said, since fallout can easily out - speed vehicles as it gets blown around by high - speed winds in the upper atmosphere.

DryBar, which was founded in 2010, carved out a reputation as a place for women to get their hair blown out quickly and relatively cheaply.

Shapiro called Tillerson not stopping in Israel a «mistake» and tweeted it's «yet another blow to Tillerson's credibility as an authoritative voice for US policy.»

A tit - for - tat trade war could evolve into a full - blown one that hurts everyone, and would be a slap in the face of the global statesmanship, and commitment to globalization Xi has tried hard to display, most notably with his speech at the original Davos last year, where he presented himself as a counter to the newly - elected Trump's protectionism.

I've played several of them, and am always blown away by the numbers that appear on the screen: «Cash Show» consistently draws more than 100,000 players and gives away a total of $ 20,000 a day on weekends ($ 9,000 on weekdays); «The Q,» a hilariously ramshackle app out of Charleston, South Carolina, gets approximately 10,000 players going for as little as $ 100 per quiz; «Quiz Biz,» on the popular live - streaming app Live.me, gives away up to $ 50,000 — a pop — to tens of thousands of players.

However, as we noted in our Financial System Review, financial vulnerabilities would usually translate into full - blown risks — with attendant consequences for the economy — only if there was a trigger, such as a widespread and sharp decline in economic activity and employment.

He was looking for unambiguous signs of success: pairs of fireballs (at night) or smoke clouds (during the day) that formed as speeding fragments blew up a warhead.

Bricabox cofounder advises, «When a co-founder walks out of a company — as was the case for me — you've already been dealt a heavy blow.

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In a blow to independent contractors for transportation companies seeking to be classified as employees of the firms they work with, a federal district judge in Massachusetts ruled the state's independent - contractor law failed to override a 1994 federal statute pre-empting state regulation of a motor carrier's rates, routes and services.

Another blow for Facebook in Europe: Judges in Belgium have once again ruled the company broke privacy laws by deploying technology such as cookies and social plug - ins to track internet users across the web.

Mattel Inc. reported better - than - expected first - quarter sales Thursday as demand for Hot Wheels and Barbies helped soften the blow of the closing of the iconic Toys R Us chain.

Indeed, according to Graham Elton, partner with Bain & Company and head of European private equity at the firm, many now go so far as to maintain full - blown «shadow portfolios» of companies they like, drawing up detailed business plans long before they ever come up for sale so they are ready to pounce.

I would argue that the one of the primary reasons the Fed is working hard to keep the stock market propped up is because, if the Dow / SPX / Nasdaq were to fall 5 - 10 % for an extended period of time — as in more than a month — the entire U.S. pension Ponzi scheme would blow up and decimate the financial system.

Wylie worked for Cambridge Analytica during the period that the data was allegedly obtained, but has characterized his involvement in the ongoing revelations about the company's conduct as whistle - blowing.

The «blow» doesn't feel as bad, and one gets used to maxing out relatively quickly, and can then start saving aggressively for retirement.

It's been a rough year for Conservatives in Canada as two major elections in six months have resulted in major blows for Conservative parties in Alberta and Ottawa.

For example, when S&P downgraded the government's credit rating from AAA to AA +, the media characterized it as a shocking blow.

Prior to the felony counts there was a $ 13 billion settlement with the Justice Department and Federal and State regulators in 2013 for JPMorgan Chase's role in selling toxic mortgage investments to investors as worthwhile products when the bank had good reason to believe they would blow up.

«Tariffs are seen as a direct slap in the face, and it will be very difficult for the Chinese government to sit back and take those blows without retaliating,» Mr. Prasad said.

Beijing has threatened to impose 25 percent tariffs on US agricultural exports, and Trump told lawmakers that he saw the TPP as a way to help American farmers deal with the blow by opening up new markets for their crops.

The hard - right Alternative for Germany (AfD) becomes the third - largest group in the national parliament, the Bundestag, as German voters delivered a stinging blow to the traditional parties.

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