Sentences with phrase «as the largest grouping in»

Official EU projections indicated that the centre - right parties would emerge as the largest grouping in the European parliament.

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But free market groups and large Internet service providers such as Verizon (vz) and Comcast (cmcsa) have sought to repeal the rules, saying they harm business online and deter investment in digital networks.

Bloomberg reported that those working with clients in the healthcare industry could see as much as 20 % extra on their paychecks, according to an Options Group report that projected the largest pay raises and cuts.

The bad news is that there is another large group of news consumers who are described as «news seekers,» users who are interested in the news and devote a certain amount of time to finding it.

«They sure as hell can't go in front of a large group of people and speak like you would at a company presentation.»

Its positions in Southern California, the Chicago region, the Northeast, as well as Florida place it within large population centers, which, according to the DEA, gives it access to «potential high density drug markets that TCOs will look to exploit through the street - level drug distribution activities of urban organized crime groups / street gangs.»

If the merger goes through as planned, it will make AMC's parent company, Chinese conglomerate Dalian Wanda Group Co. Ltd., the operator of the largest movie theater chain in the United States.

TORONTO — The heads of two of Canada's biggest unions say they're resigning so new leaders can take the helm and expand the membership rolls as the groups join together in a merger that will create the country's largest private - sector union.

And given that in the past, founders as a group were rarely in charge as startups became large companies, it's no surprise.

If the plan had gone ahead, the merger of CIMB, RHB and Malaysia Building Society would have overtaken Maybank as the largest banking group in the country.

MONTREAL — Amaya Gaming Group announced a jackpot of a deal Friday as the Montreal - based company said it will pay US$ 4.9 billion in cash to buy the world's largest online poker company, operator of popular brands PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker.

Market share for the sector has more than doubled from 5 % in 2010 to 11 % in 2014, according to industry trade group the Brewers Association, as growth for the world's largest brewers has slowed in the massive $ 100 billion U.S. beer market.

Success stories like Harrison's are few and far between for social entrepreneurs, defined as «someone who targets an unfortunate but stable equilibrium that causes the neglect, marginalization, or suffering of a segment of humanity; who brings to bear on this situation his or her inspiration, direct action, creativity, courage, and fortitude; and who aims for and ultimately affects the establishment of a new stable equilibrium that secures permanent benefit for the targeted group and society at large,» by Roger L. Martin and Sally Osberg in a 2007 Stanford University report titled «Social Entrepreneurship: The Case for Definition.»

Today, A.S. Watson Group is seen as the world's largest international health and beauty retailer, but back in the 2000s, one of its brands was showing signs of struggle: Savers — and Wat had been offered an opportunity to help rescue it.

The Sinaloa cartel in particular is believed to have sought out a larger share of the European market, trying to replace Colombian groups as the continent's main provider.

Microsoft (msft) joining the CNCF is also interesting because it leaves Amazon (amzn), the largest player in the booming public cloud market, as the only major cloud computing player not in the group.

As you know, Travis resigned in June at the request of a large group of shareholders which included Benchmark.

The world's largest private equity fund, backed by Japan's SoftBank Group and Saudi Arabia's main sovereign wealth fund, said on Saturday it had raised over $ 93 billion to invest in technology sectors such as artificial intelligence and robotics.

In October, Musk outlined the SpaceX strategy for reaching Mars and even his goal of settling large groups of people on the planet as part of his vision of making humans into a «multiplanetary species.»

Now there is concern that Millennials, which represent the largest consumer group in American history, might not buy homes as frequently as their parents did, meaning increased inventory that will likely drive down profits in the real estate sector.

Far Eastern Group, one of Taiwan's largest conglomerates, is weighing acquisition deals in China, as prices for assets in overcapacity sectors have become «competitive,» the company's chairman said on Tuesday.

Jeff Howe, a journalism professor at Northwestern University, who was one of the first professionals to use the word, defines it as «the act of taking a job traditionally performed by a designated agent (usually an employee) and outsourcing it to an undefined, generally large group of people in the form of an open call.»

For example, since joining the Osborne Group two years ago, John Bielby has conducted two assignments as interim chief operating officer for small manufacturing companies, applying years of experience garnered in high - level permanent roles at larger manufacturers.

Its network of holdings includes an array of telecom carriers in those markets, as well as a stake in China's largest publishing group and a stake in Facebook.

People who support kids having larger friend groups in place of best friends tend to view these larger groups as healthier for nurturing a sense of belonging.

Tencent sold shares to the public in Hong Kong in 2004 and is now China's largest internet community, offering services including chat, group messaging, news portals, and entertainment as well as e-commerce.

He also shed his interests in funds run by the private equity giant Blackstone Group — whose chief executive, Stephen A. Schwarzman, is an economic adviser to Mr. Trump — as well as BlackRock, the world's largest asset manager.

As in its deal with the nation's largest MLS, California Regional MLS, MRED's deal with Zillow Group stipulates that the company will not compete with the MLS as either a brokerage or a listing servicAs in its deal with the nation's largest MLS, California Regional MLS, MRED's deal with Zillow Group stipulates that the company will not compete with the MLS as either a brokerage or a listing servicas either a brokerage or a listing service.

Larger industry groups such as food products, metals and machinery are much less adversely affected by the strong dollar, and these minor problems have generally been offset by strong growth in demand.

The Carlyle Group («Carlyle») is one of the world's largest global alternative asset management firms that originates, structures and acts as lead equity investor in management - led buyouts, strategic minority equity investments, equity private placements, consolidations and buildups, growth capital financings, real estate opportunities, bank loans, high - yield debt, distressed assets, mezzanine debt and other investment opportunities.

Joseph began at Credit Karma in January 2015, after spending four years as the Chief Financial Officer for TAL Education Group, one of the largest K - 12 after - school tutoring services providers in China.

Shares of Match Group, the company that runs Tinder and other popular dating apps such as OKCupid, plummeted more than 22 percent — the largest one - day drop in its history — after Mr. Zuckerberg's announcement.

Meanwhile, its reinsurance operation, one of the largest in the world, protects insurance companies when their losses get too large, as it did when it shouldered the asbestos - related obligations of insurers including American International Group Inc., Liberty Mutual Holding Co. and Lloyd's of London.

In a surprising reversal, last week's losing bidder for 1st Mariner Bank got approval Tuesday to buy it — preserving the city's largest independent bank as a Baltimore - based institution.The group of investors, a mix of locals and out - of - state investment...

Wagner: Cohen Milstein has obviously attempted to construct the broadest possible group of Intel employees as participants in the plaintiff class in order to ensure a large damages award.

The chairman and co-founder of the Indian Angel Network (IAN), one of the largest and oldest angel groups in the country, says it is okay for entrepreneurs to fail as it indicates people have the confidence to take the plunge.

The group saw bitcoin's efficient and international payment network as opportunity to provide cheaper remittances one of the largest remittance markets in the world.

In fact, the Economic Innovation Group ranks it as one of the most distressed large cities based on its economic well - being.

The Economic Innovation Group ranks the city as one of the top 10 most distressed large cities in the U.S..

In addition to GAC, a state - affiliated car maker, Uber China's backers now include the HNA Group, a major travel and logistics company (best known in China as the owner of Hainan Airlines, the country's largest privately - owned airline); China Taiping Insurance, a Hong Kong - listed insurance company; China Life, another insurance company; and CITIC Securities, an investment bank part of the state - backed CITIC GrouIn addition to GAC, a state - affiliated car maker, Uber China's backers now include the HNA Group, a major travel and logistics company (best known in China as the owner of Hainan Airlines, the country's largest privately - owned airline); China Taiping Insurance, a Hong Kong - listed insurance company; China Life, another insurance company; and CITIC Securities, an investment bank part of the state - backed CITIC Grouin China as the owner of Hainan Airlines, the country's largest privately - owned airline); China Taiping Insurance, a Hong Kong - listed insurance company; China Life, another insurance company; and CITIC Securities, an investment bank part of the state - backed CITIC Group.

The beachhead groups were part of a larger constellation of advisers, including Oklahoma oil and gas mogul Harold Hamm (once considered for energy secretary), billionaire investor Carl Icahn (last seen shadily pushing for policy that would benefit his oil refineries), GOP energy lobbyist Mike McKenna (in charge of the DOE transition team), longtime climate skeptic (and hopeless dope) Myron Ebell, North Dakota Rep. Kevin Cramer (the oil devotee who supposedly wrote Trump's big energy speech last May), and Thomas J. Pyle, the director of the Institute for Energy Research (IER), a pro-fossil fuel «think tank» which, as we shall see, has provided several Trump staffers.

As a Top Contributor in the Social Media Marketing Group one of the largest and most active groups, I have a certain philosophy about using LinkedIn groups for content marketing, which I outlined here http://bluedogscientific.com/2014/09/21/a-philosophy-for-linkedin/

Speaking at Tmall's Super Kitchen event, an offline expo of home goods held by Alibaba Group's business - to - consumer site, Stewart said she saw an opportunity to expand her brand into the world's second largest economy as rising incomes in the middle class there were increasingly being spent on lifestyle and experiential purchases rather than staple goods.

CME Group also operates CME Clearing, one of the largest central counterparty clearing services in the world, which provides clearing and settlement services for exchange - traded contracts, as well as for over-the-counter derivatives transactions through CME ClearPort.

The activist investor holds large stakes in companies such as Swiss power transmission and industrial automation firm ABB, Swedish truck maker Volvo and German industrial group Thyssenkrupp.

In addition to larger groups, Newsweek pointed Facebook to a list of eight different smaller groups with names as explicit as Death to Islam that regularly promoted violent imagery directed as Muslims on Facebook.

Though Smith says the grant to Georgia Tech came with no strings attached, AT&T plans to send a large group of its employees through the program and is in talks with Udacity to sponsor additional courses as well.

Buffett, who has argued that investors — both small and large — would be better off putting money in low - cost index funds, wrote in his 2005 shareholder letter that active management professionals (hedge funds), as a group, would underperform the returns achieved «by rank amateurs who simply sat still.»

AIA Group Ltd., the second - largest Asia - Pacific insurer by market value, said its value of new business rose 26 percent in the first quarter, as...