Sentences with phrase «as rival company»

Its the incompatibility of the iPad with Adobe Flash that is almost as famous as rival company's try to make of it by including Flash in their products (read tablets).

Competitors will be recast as allies, as rival companies will have to work together to achieve more complex technical innovations.

Not exact matches

Though it suffered through a challenging 2016, the company bounced back by revamping its sales model and expanding in India, where it rivals Samsung Electronics Co. (samsung - ct) as the biggest vendor.

As of January 2015, that number had plunged to 31, erasing the company's long - standing edge over rival Wal - Mart.

For the second consecutive quarter, Continental bested rival Whiting Petroleum Corp to be the largest oil producer in the Bakken, solidifying that crown and its place as one of the most - prolific U.S. shale companies.

A Perth company that has become a global leader in the education software market is facing uncertain times as main rival Blackboard takes over two of its biggest partners.

The news of two rival chip companies working together comes at an interesting time, as chip maker Broadcom has put forward a $ 130 billion offer to buy its rival, Qualcomm.

Meanwhile, the ability to effectively police abusive behavior could prove essential to the company's financial health, as Twitter needs to show regular, significant user growth in order to appease investors who are concerned that the company is lagging behind social media rivals like Facebook and Instagram.

Who are your closest rivals»» and how do they talk about themselves, as well as your company?

Other companies reporting quarterly results today include book retailer Barnes & Noble (BKS), which is expected to report a decline in its fourth - quarter sales — a drop that would represent the company's fourth - straight quarterly decline — as the retailer faces the increasing threat of online rivals as well as underwhelming demand for its Nook e-readers.

As Bloomberg notes, rival apparel companies like Under Armour (UA) and Adidas (ADS) are likely to enter the bidding for the lucrative Texas contract — which could be worth more than $ 15 million per year — once it comes up for grabs, which means Nike will face some fierce competition if it wants to keep doing business with the school.

Whether it's the startups themselves, the international and domestic investors, the ecoystem for foreign and domestic companies, or the accelerators, it's certain Tel Aviv is emerging as a serious rival to other global tech hubs and is opening its doors to the world.

With a library of more than 2.2 million e-books, with five million customers in 100 countries so far, the Toronto - based e-book retailer has shown potential to build itself into Amazon's chief global rival for digital reading, concentrating on markets like Europe where the American company isn't as strong.

Lastly, index funds tend to not just own one company in an industry, but most of their rivals as well.

Peugeot's rival Renault SA also says it has banned models for years in Europe preferring «car explainers,» whose appearance didn't matter as long as they were tall enough to be noticed, a spokeswoman for the company said.

Viasat CEO Mark Dankberg believes that it's unlikely that the kinds of smaller satellites that companies like SpaceX or rival OneWeb are looking to deploy in low orbit will be able to offer Internet speeds that are as fast as the bigger satellites in higher orbit.

Like their rivals globally, Australia's traditional media companies have been squeezed by online rivals, as advertising dollars have followed eyeballs to digital distributors such as Google, Facebook and Netflix Inc (nflx).

This month, the company will roll out Shomi, an over-the-top video streaming service launched as a joint venture with telecom rival Shaw.

If Rogers or Shaw were to make the service cheaper than their rival, as well as open it to all Canadians, they could indeed force the U.S. company to break a virtual sweat.

Lyft, in the meantime, benefits from a major company with easy access to cash as well as a global footprint — the very resources the startup needs if it hopes to compete with rival service Uber.

As U.S. retailers prepare to storm north across the border, Sears Canada is particularly vulnerable, and rival Canadian companies have already started shoring their defenses.

Apple's focus may turn out to be on making iOS more shiny and new to compete with rivals» increased snazziness, but as a company that prides itself on slick and simple experiences, I'm hoping that the basics don't get forgotten.

The uptick in the shares reflects a belief that Netflix is now in a position to sign up more subscribers this year than analysts had previously anticipated, generating additional revenue that the company can spend on TV series and movies as it bids against rivals such as HBO, Amazon.com, YouTube and Hulu for licensing rights.

So far rivals have not shown an ability to take advantage of Bloomberg's missteps; the company has continued to eke out additional market share even as its terminal sales have slowed to 1 % annual growth the past two years.

When Atlantic Canada's biggest lumber company, J.D. Irving Ltd., was assessed a duty of only 3 per cent, the Chronicle Herald described the sanction as an «opportunity» for the company to gain market share at the expense of its more heavily taxed Canadian rivals.

What was then called 24 Hour Nautilus grew quickly, and a decade later, the company bought out several of its rivals and rebranded as 24 Hour Fitness.

The Toronto - based company also alleges Keurig's licensing agreements with coffee roasters prevents them from dealing with rival pod makers such as Club Coffee.

As rival Apple — with a market capitalization of $ 600 billion, still the world's most valuable company — weathers criticism of ennui under CEO Tim Cook, Microsoft has sharpened its focus under Nadella.

As rivals such as Instagram and Snapchat gain traction with advertisers and social media users, investors have questioned how long Twitter could persist as a stand - alone companAs rivals such as Instagram and Snapchat gain traction with advertisers and social media users, investors have questioned how long Twitter could persist as a stand - alone companas Instagram and Snapchat gain traction with advertisers and social media users, investors have questioned how long Twitter could persist as a stand - alone companas a stand - alone company.

When those companies grow and spend big money in their data centers, Intel stands to benefit — as long as they keep buying from the semiconductor giant and not rivals like Nvidia.

At its helm is a skinny, contemplative student of the world who revels in asking questions and couldn't be bothered by so trivial a pursuit as warring with the company's rivals.

If, after all the reference - checking, soul - searching, and risk - reward analysis, the candidate from a rival firm still looks as good as you imagined, don't forget that you need to sell them on what you and your company have to offer.

Many of the recent Big Pharma deals and acquisition proposals have been motivated by the companies» desire to lower their tax rate by acquiring a foreign rival and moving their headquarters overseas in a process known as an inversion.

The system will allow companies and government agencies to manage and secure not just BlackBerry devices on their internal networks, but devices that run on rival operating systems such as Android, Windows and Apple's iOS.

Teva Pharmaceuticals has proposed buying rival Mylan for $ 40 billion in cash and stock, as the Israel - based drugmaker looks to gain dominance among generic pharmaceutical companies.

If some of the planned series are as well - received as The Handmaid's Tale has been thus far, then Stillerman and Hulu will be off to a strong start toward the company's goal of pulling even with its larger streaming rivals.

On Wednesday, Hulu named Joel Stillerman as its chief content officer, a newly - created role that will oversee the streaming company's overall content strategy at a time when Hulu is looking to expand its original series and film offerings to better compete with rivals such as Netflix and Amazon.

Amazon Channels are just one piece of the company's ever - expanding portfolio of streaming video content, as Amazon looks to better compete with streaming rivals such as Netflix on a global scale.

But BMS» rival treatment Opdivo has been significantly outpacing Merck in sales, and the company is trying to amass new approvals for treatments to different types of cancers as quickly as possible.

FRANKFURT, May 1 - The incoming boss of BASF has thrown his weight behind the chemical titan's contentious strategy of keeping divergent businesses folded into one company, at a time when its major rivals such as DowDuPont are breaking themselves up.

FRANKFURT, May 1 (Reuters)- The incoming boss of BASF has thrown his weight behind the chemical titan's contentious strategy of keeping divergent businesses folded into one company, at a time when its major rivals such as DowDuPont are breaking themselves up.

Asahi, howver, viewed it as a move to block a rival drug company.

The company has worked to distinguish itself from its larger rival, Uber, in part by positioning itself as the company that treats drivers better.

Google came off as a bit of a cry - baby when it complained about losing out on a sale of Nortel patents to a group of its rivals, including Apple and Microsoft, but the company was right in a way.

As Japanese rivals grabbed business away from them, U.S. electronics companies moved production to countries with lower labor costs.

Spotify is the biggest global music streaming company and counts tech giants Apple and Amazon as its main rivals.

Unfortunately, those well - paid employees were also the most effective at making sales, and the company quickly lost market share to rivals such as Best Buy that had better - trained employees.

The company has overhauled its app and added automated ad buying tools in an effort to hold onto users and advertisers as bigger rival Facebook Inc introduces Snapchat - like features to Instagram.

The company's biggest rival Burger King didn't seem to try as hard with innovation in 2013, with its biggest new product being the lower - fat Satisfries — or, for some unknown reason, Gratifries in Canada.

Though King wouldn't say whether Walmart had concrete plans to eventually make marketplace items available for services like in - store pickup of online orders, as it does for its own assortment, it's clear Walmart's 4,000 - some stores could give the company a big advantage over its main marketplace rivals, Amazon.com (amzn) and eBay.