Sentences with phrase «at their rivals as»

Based on their reaction below, it seems that Man Utd fans don't expect any action to be taken against Guardiola, and have aimed some cheeky digs at their rivals as they believe that if it were Jose Mourinho in his position, he would have been hit with a touchline ban already.

The Speaker, and some leaders, may say they and the public hate the Punch and Judy name calling moments, but then they can not resist the odd jibe at their rivals as these archive clips recall.

Not exact matches

At Tim Hortons, he said the enemy isn't coffee rivals such as Starbucks or McDonalds, but «the impersonal and cold world.»

As a result, AT&T will likely either provide those properties exclusively and deny access to rival distributors, or offer them at high cost.

And as if that wasn't enough, Hulu — which is owned by Walt Disney Co. (DIS), 21st Century Fox (FOX), and Comcast's (CMCSA) NBCUniversal — took another swipe at its larger rival on Wednesday with the announcement that it will start offering a commercial - free version of its Hulu Plus premium streaming service, a service that will soon include a bolstered roster of movies, thanks to the Epix deal, in addition to Hulu's wide range of original and network television programming.

The European Union's executive body is frustrated with the relatively low corporate taxes paid by firms such as Facebook (fb) and Amazon, and individual EU countries are frustrated at seeing overseas firms take business from local rivals while booking their revenues elsewhere.

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.

This week Fortune caught up with Jarred Kennedy, the co-head of esports at Riot Games, to discuss the world championship (the finals will take place Nov. 4 at the Bird's Nest National Stadium in Beijing) as well as the overall growth of the esports industry and Riot's plans, much like rival Activision Blizzard, to remodel its own esports league after major professional sports leagues like the NFL and NBA.

The notorious Columbian kingpin was as good at giving back to the people as he was at taking the heads of his rivals.

Google added an unlimited data plan to its low - cost wireless service known as Project Fi, in a move aimed at matching the popular offers from rivals Sprint, AT&T and others.

The move offers Lufthansa and rivals a chance to acquire slots at airports such as Berlin Tegel and Duesseldorf, with Germany's largest airline keen to defend its domestic position against expansion by low - cost rival Ryanair.

By agreeing not to sell his strollers at discount shops or on websites, as many of his rivals were doing, Boardman has been able to develop a deeper relationship with retailers.

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.

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.

Shares in HelloFresh gained as much as 4 % on their first day of public trading, valuing the German meal - kit delivery firm at more than double Blue Apron, the U.S rival from which it is rapidly seizing market share.

This category includes not just AWS rival Microsoft Azure, but also Office 365 and Dynamics 365 subscriptions as well Windows Server and other software that run in customer data centers — not in any cloud at all.

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.

As the industry shakes out over the next three years, Broader's success at beating back rivals will undoubtedly be closely watched by Walmart brass in Bentonville, Ark..

The new ad from the fast - food chain, which prides itself on never using frozen beef in its burgers, depicts an employee at a fictional rival using a hairdryer to thaw out frozen beef patties while Foreigner's 1977 rock anthem «Cold as Ice» plays in the background.

Lloyd Blankfein's path tothe pinnacle of finance nearly rivals for degree of difficulty that of his legendary predecessor Sidney Weinberg, who was one of eleven children of a Brooklyn bootlegger and started working at Goldman Sachs as a gofer shining spittoons, in 1907, a few years removed from elementary school.

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.

Pizza Hut, which is owned by Louisville, Kentucky - based Yum Brands Inc. and based in Plano, Texas, has reported sales declines for eight straight quarters at established locations, even as rivals Domino's and Papa John's have enjoyed gains.

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.

Bargain - hungry shoppers have been favoring shopping at Rack and rival off - price stores such as TJ Maxx to snag a good deal instead of buying apparel at department stores.

Kirby's decision comes at a particularly challenging time for United Airlines as the carrier grapples to reassure shareholders and appease employees amid lagging financial performance compared with rivals» and demands for better wages and benefits.

As we went ahead with the launch, the experts and our rivals said it was the wrong idea at the wrong time, and that Virgin Atlantic Airways was doomed to failure.

The move is aimed squarely at making Macy's more nimble as it looks to halt the erosion of its business by rivals like Amazon.com (amzn) TJX Cos's (tjx) T.J. Maxx, and Ulta Beauty (ulta).

You'd dismiss the stunt as totally ridiculous, if it weren't for the fact that, hard on the heels of its well - financed rival, Borland International Inc. is valued at $ 680 million, a mere eight years later.

Snapchat released a filter that poked fun at its rival Facebook as that company struggles with data privacy issues and Russian interference during the 2016 Presidential campaign.

While Penney at least reported growth over the holidays, the results suggest lost market share, given that the overall industry outpaced it with 4 % growth, as did rivals such as Kohl's (kss) and Target (tgt).

Some analysts feel GM has the bankroll and technology to undersell rivals such as Tesla and perhaps even compete on quality at some point.

Investors might especially take note as Check Point rivals like Cisco and Palo Alto Networks are growing at much faster rates.

FRANKFURT 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.

As Domino's Pizza prepares to announce its Q2 results tomorrow, YouGov for Traders takes a closer look at one of this decade's best - performing stocks, along with how the brand compares to rivals at home and in Australia

His efforts have at least stopped his company's steady decline in a highly competitive battle with low - price rival T - Mobile (NASDAQ: TMUS), as well as bigger players Verizon (NYSE: VZ) and AT&T (NYSE: T).

The latest deal comes at a time of upheaval in the industry, with rival deepwater rig firm Seadrill (SDRL.OL) undergoing a restructuring of debt and liabilities amounting to some $ 14 billion, while newcomers such as Borr scoop up cheap assets.

Zippon.in, an on - demand logistics aggregator for relocation services, had shut shop in February as it could not raise fresh funding after a proposed deal to sell out to a larger rival fell through at the eleventh hour.

Uber is spending heavily in China to compete with Didi Kuaidi, a local rival valued at $ 16.5 billion and backed by Chinese Internet giants such as Tencent Holdings and Alibaba.

BT, whose shares have fallen nearly 40 percent in two years, is at the mercy of regulators and faces increasingly high costs as it battles to keep up with rivals such as Sky.

By winning private - label toothpaste agreements from such non-rivals as Henkel and the Beecham Group, Balsara was able to strike back at its rival's turf in the West.

Some blame the lack of a catalogue - buying tradition in Canada, but demand clearly goes unfulfilled here: Four in 10 dollars spent online goes abroad, meaning a large portion of spending isn't going back into the Canadian economy, at a time when the retail industry is on rocky footing and facing new competition from foreign rivals such as Target Corp..

As industry job cuts top 200,000 worldwide, Exxon has kept its 75,300 - strong workforce intact with none of the sweeping layoffs seen at other oil companies, including its biggest U.S. rival Chevron Corp. «Exxon is just stronger financially than anyone else out there,» Brian Youngberg, an analyst at Edward Jones & Co. in St. Louis, said in an interview.

By picking a price at the top end of the assumed range, Alibaba surpassed big American companies like the Walt Disney Co. and Boeing Co., leaving behind as well e-commerce rivals such as eBay and Amazon.

«We are, as a company, going through a massive transformation, just like our customers, and just like our rivals,» he says at the UK headquarters in Reading.

Belloc, who knew Cardinal Newman as a student at his Oratory school in Birmingham, always preferred Newman's great rival, Cardinal Manning.

This could at first have been because the early fathers, like Luke before them, saw her as a potential rival to the Virgin.

It is the Thomistic conception, or the general ways of thinking about God given definitive shape by Thomas, that Hartshorne takes as his chief rival, and he takes one of the basic recommendations of his position to be that it succeeds at those points where Thomas fails.

As it is, his rivals (especially Bachmann and Romney) have the incentive to go at him and a lot of material to hit him with.

At the same time, non-Westerners see Western progressivism less as a rival for men's souls than as an attack on all cultures of conviction, including their own.