Sentences with phrase «as makers in»

It is important for artists to understand their past selves as makers in order to be able to find their voice today.

Very hard to survive and sadly we both got jobs, albeit in the creative industry, but not as makers in the end!

Crafting an Online Strategy, Part 3: How to Get Paid for Your Wares As a maker in an e-commerce world, you have to get the word out about what you're creating.

Not exact matches

The notoriously private trio co-own but don't actively manage the maker of M&M's and Milky Way bars, which their grandfather started in 1931 as a confectionary business in his kitchen in Tacoma, Washington.

Reflective of Far Eastern companies facing roadblocks in reaching the U.S. market, Chinese mobile maker Huawei has faced troubles in the U.S. recently as a deal for it to sell its Mate 10 Pro smartphone collapsed.

Schulz, who joined the exchange as a consultant in 2012, was put in charge of the product's development, which included lining up market makers and working on the specs.

He headed up Bausch & Lomb until the eye care specialist was snatched up by the (now - infamous) Valeant Pharmaceuticals (vrx); sat at the top perch of Forest Laboratories before becoming CEO of that company's acquirer, Actavis, in 2014; and, finally, took over as the top dog at Allergan after Actavis bought it and adopted the Botox - maker's name.

May 1 - High - end handbag maker Tapestry Inc reported lower third - quarter margins and a steeper - than - expected decline in same - store sales at its newly - absorbed Kate Spade business, sending its shares down as much as 14 percent.

Though Spotify has not hired traditional underwriters - a move that will save it millions of dollars in fees - it has hired Citadel Securities as a market maker to set the opening price on the NYSE, with help from Morgan Stanley.

Pebble, the smartwatch maker that two years ago launched its business with a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter, is making all kinds of waves in the world of connected devices, where brands such as Apple, Google, Samsung and Amazon.com dominate.

The 7 - in - 1 cooker can be used as a standard slow cooker, pressure cooker, rice cooker, steamer, yogurt maker, warmer, and sautée pan.

«Policy divergence is expected to remain a prominent theme,» Canadian policy makers said in their December 2 statement, new language that read as a reminder to currency traders that the Bank of Canada sets policy independent of the Fed.

The founder of Lenovo, the world's largest PC maker, shared with «Managing Asia» in 2016 the leadership qualities that helped him champion China's rise as an economic powerhouse.

Drone makers such as DJI and 3D Robotics (based in Berkeley, Calif.) have welcomed third - party software and component developers, hoping an open architecture — think PC versus Macintosh — would appeal to buyers that want to customize their UAVs, thus broadening their platforms» adoption.

«The process forces employees to reflect and to jot out a forward - looking plan for getting stuff done, all while requiring a minimal disruption in the employee's actual work,» writes Chen, who adds that as employees can compose their Snippets on their own schedule, the practice is maker friendly, i.e., it doesn't break up long blocks on concentrated work.

Not many CEOs have engineered the kind of transformation that van Houten has executed at Philips, steering the 126 - year - old Dutch firm through a «radical pivot,» as he calls it — transforming an Old World maker of electronics and lighting into a leader in health care technology.

In 2006, he merged that company with Decode Entertainment, a Toronto and U.K. — based company perhaps best known as the maker of the animated hit Angela Anaconda that was co-founded by producer Steven DeNure.

The latest clinical trial outsourcing / drug development and manufacturing merger hit on Monday as scientific instrument giant Thermo Fisher announced it would buy drug ingredients maker Patheon for $ 5.2 billion ($ 7.2 billion is you count $ 2 billion in net debt).

The deal also gives Newell ownership of brands such as Yankee Candle, as well as yearbooks and class rings maker Jostens Inc, which Jarden bought for $ 1.5 billion in October.

You see that Orphan Drug Act (and a confluence of other factors as well, both regulatory and economic) helped set the stage for the Wild West marketplace we have now, in which gun - slinging drug makers can charge into town and charge whatever the heck they want for their wares.

Tax specialists and policy makers speculate that a possible plan would allow a capped amount to be tax - free on the sale of your principal residence with any proceeds over this amount to be taxed as capital gains in your tax bracket at the time of sale.

Tesla posted a narrower - than - expected on Wednesday as the electric car maker made gains in Model 3 production in April.

«Under Holacracy, authority and decision makers are distributed throughout the company in multiple roles and circles as we move more into self - management and self - organization, and there are clear boundaries of what I can and can not make decisions about.»

Often, we'll see something on a blog post, like [the recently trendy] microwave potato chip maker, and we'll scramble to get it in stock as quickly as popular while people in the blogosphere are still taking about it.»

A Chinese vehicle maker that operates as SF Motors in the U.S. revealed its battery - electric concept car, the SF5.

The problem, as he sees it, is that policy - makers haven't recognized that competing in technology is fundamentally different from how it's done in traditional industries.

Blackberry sued Facebook for patent infringement, saying the social network's messaging apps infringed on the former phone maker's intellectual property related to such innovations as showing an unread message indicator on top of an icon and showing multiple incoming messages in an inbox.

Schmitt produced a white paper that raised concerns about high - frequency trading, the lack of competition in the market and the «disappearance» of market makers, the banks and broker - dealers who traditionally stand by as passive buyers and sellers of stock to ensure other investors have a counterparty.

The Toronto - based app maker aims to break down a key barrier to fashion e-commerce by allowing shoppers to envision themselves in outfits as they browse

Beverage makers have largely weathered such taxes in places like Mexico, which introduced a soda tax in 2014, as sales of other products including water rise.

As part of what they're calling the «first systematic analysis of coffee machine - associated bacteria,» researchers at the University of Valencia in Spain swabbed 10 individual coffee pod - style Nespresso coffee makers.

Apple may have gone all out in introducing its newest iPhone 8 and iPhone X (10) models to the world, but Apple's position as the second - biggest smartphone maker in the world is being threatened.

Politicians in various provinces, as well as the United Kingdom and several U.S. states, have questioned the wisdom of granting tax rebates to video game makers.

Short sellers have been at the losing end of a tug - of - war with Tesla investors in 2017, with some surrendering in recent weeks following nearly $ 2 billion in losses as shares of the electric car maker approach record highs.

Under Armour (UA) reported a 22 % jump in third - quarter net income Thursday, as the sports gear maker notched sharply higher sales as more consumers turn to athletic apparel and shoes for both functionality and fashion.

As a small, relatively young firm at the time, we knew we had to take risks in order to impress the stuffy decision - makers in Fairfield.

When boot maker Vans signed on as a partner in the summer of 1995, Switch agreed to produce 6,000 bindings, which cost Switch $ 50 a pop.

By licensing its step - in - binding technology to a large number of boot makers, Switch Manufacturing hopes to establish the Autolock binding as a de facto standard in the exploding snowboard industry.

Chinese telecom equipment maker Huawei [HWT.UL] has expressed interest in the project and would be more likely to supply parts to the network if it is Chinese - led and financed, as has happened in other deals outside China.

Event sponsorship, in particular, is an attractive option because it provides a business with access to various audiences, including employees, business decision makers, and government regulators as well as consumers.

In particular, he hinted that the kitchen — with appliances such as coffee makers — is fertile ground for re-invention.

April 24 (Reuters)- Edwards Lifesciences Corp's first - quarter sales for transcatheter heart valves missed Wall Street targets on Tuesday, as the medical device maker lost market share in Europe to its rival, Medtronic Plc..

Meanwhile, Adidas, which is not often associated with golf in the U.S. (although the German corporation owns TaylorMade, the top golf equipment maker), has branding potential as well at this year's Open in current top contender Dustin Johnson.

In a further sign of change at the beleaguered BlackBerry maker, former co-CEO Jim Balsillie departed from the company's board just two months after he and Mike Lazaridis stepped down as co-CEOs.

But it's also worth watching the key decision makers both in and out of the cartel as we approach the next OPEC meeting in May, during which producers will decide whether to extend the November output reduction agreement for another six months.

CytoSport's innovative pipeline in recent years has been powered by Hormel Foods (hrl), which paid $ 450 million to acquire the sports - nutrition maker back in 2014 in a deal intended to help the company reach younger consumers as well as those interested in adding more protein to their diets.

A few weeks before the book party, Newman, now CEO of Magic Hat Brewing Co., a craft beer maker in Burlington, sat at the desk in his cluttered office, bearded and barefoot as usual, and composed an e-mail to Hollender:

You'll be right at home here, as programs like Windows Mail, Windows Calendar, Movie Maker and Photo Gallery aren't even included with installation except in cases where they're pre-bundled by certain PC manufacturers.

As the New York Times pointed out just before the Consumer Electronics Show started in January, Microsoft in particular was getting rave reviews for its new Windows Phones, a trend not usually associated with the storied software maker.

Activist fund Corvex Management six months ago built up a stake in the maker of Activia yogurt and Evian water, as European consumer - goods companies come under pressure to boost profit amid slow growth in mainstream brands.