Sentences with phrase «big of a name for»

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May 2 (Reuters)- U.S. wireless carrier Sprint Corp on Wednesday posted net annual income for the first time in 11 years and named a new chief executive ahead of its proposed $ 26 billion merger with bigger rival T - Mobile US Inc..

This is the updated design for the — well, we're sort of searching for the right name, but the code name, at least, is BFR [Big F — ing Rocket].

PARIS, May 3 - Thriving demand in China boosted sales at Birkin bag marker Hermes in the first quarter, underscoring an upbeat start to the year for some of the luxury sector's biggest names.

Big Falcon Rocket, or BFR, is the flagship for the SpaceX vision of creating a permanent, self - sustaining human presence on Mars — and yes, the name connotes more than just «Falcon» to those inside SpaceX.

«Staten Island Hustle» star Adolfo LaCola took a passion for music and turned it into a career working with some of the music industry's biggest names.

The new contender for Silicon Valley North has displaced Waterloo, Ont., as the country's innovation hub, playing host to some of the biggest names in Canada's booming technology sector.

As you look across the robotics landscape, there are a number of notable names that may come to mind, from the «cute» robots that consumer electronics companies roll out for the holidays to the big acquisitions being made by Silicon Valley companies, including Google.

A client of mine, we'll call him Scott (mostly because that's his name) was preparing for a big client meeting.

While it isn't connected with the collapsed factories, the company is the biggest buyer of clothes made in Bangladesh and has for the first time released the names and addresses of all its suppliers.

Mississippi: Named for the river, from French variation of Algonquian Ojibwa meshi - ziibi, meaning «big river.»

And that's not just the case for those working for the big - name brands: A November Bureau of Labor Statistics study found that just 6 % of low - wage workers in the U.S. have access to paid family leave.

He was one of the big names on the right that withdrew his support to Francois Fillon and called for him to step down in the light of the Penelopegate scandal.

It's time for Pepsi to take bigger risks instead of trying to associate themselves with these safe names and big names.

Missouri: Named for a group of native peoples among Chiwere (Siouan) tribes, from an Algonquian word, likely wimihsoorita, meaning «people of the big (or wood) canoes.»

Michigan: Named for Lake Michigan, which stems from a French spelling of Old Ojibwa (Algonquian) meshi - gami, meaning «big lake.»

Amidst allegations of abuse and decades of denials, Allen still continues to work in film, tapping big names for starring roles in his movies and still garnering support for fans and audiences.

According to the latest polls Esquerra will get the biggest share of the vote in the region, 20.5 per cent, narrowly leading Junts per Catalunya, the new name for the party led by Puigdemont, on 19.3 per cent.

If I were to point out the single biggest driver for your app's discoverability, on or off the app store, it has to be the name or title of your app.

Unit affected: Someone inside the firm tells us that some big names were cut, he knew of ~ 5, and for every big trader let go, it means 10 people in the back - office left

I decided to identify some of the big - name culprits; this data gathered by Catalyst, a nonprofit that advocates for more female representation in business, was particularly helpful.

Investors are looking for bigger tech names to list on Hong Kong's stock exchange under the new rules, says Irene Chu of KPMG China.

«The biggest myth in tech is that consumers are free,» says Romanow, who was recently named one of the newest Dragons» Den personalities for the upcoming season.

Prior to his now - infamous status, big name brands often used Logan Paul as an ally for marketing and ad campaigns, particularly those in the hopes of garnering millennial and internet - based audiences.

At the time of its sale, Porn.com was the biggest all - cash transaction for a domain name and the second - largest domain sale behind Sex.com's $ 12 million exit.

It has some seasoned sports - world executives behind it — one founder is a former Gatorade marketing SVP; its Europe chief was the former global head of soccer for YouTube — and associations with big names in sports.

«Pulitzer Prize - winner James B. Stewart shows for the first time how four of the eighties» biggest names on Wall Street — Michael Milken, Ivan Boesky, Martin Siegel, and Dennis Levine — created the greatest insider - trading ring in financial history and almost walked away with billions, until a team of downtrodden detectives triumphed over some of America's most expensive lawyers to bring this powerful quartet to justice.»

Facebook joins a long list of big - name global tech firms to significantly beef up their parental leave offerings for full - time employees in recent months, including Netflix.

I was testing out some of the big - name brands — Sony, Samsung, LG and Panasonic — for a round - up review I was working on, so I watched a whole lot of ultra-HD Breaking Bad on Netflix.

In fact, Nolan not only assembles his casts from the best actors available in the pool of talent from today, he has a knack for remembering venerable performers like Rutger Hauer («Batman Begins»), Tom Berenger («Inception») and Matthew Modine («The Dark Knight Rises») who have otherwise sadly fallen off of other big name directors» radars.

The biggest name in the latest batch of compatible products is the Oculus Rift, the Kickstarter - funded virtual reality headset whose creator was bought by Facebook for $ 2 billion.

The service boasts lots of big names as hosts for its shows, most notably Howard Stern, who agreed in December 2015 to a new contract to host his show for another five years, in a deal worth at least $ 80 million per year.

Big Data While the definitive source of the term big data — which is used describe a collection of analytics that companies use to predict customer behavior — is a little fuzzy, according to some digging done by New York Times reporter Steve Lohr, the person responsible for its popularization is a man named John Mashey, a computer scientists who was VP and chief scientist at company called Silicon Graphics in the early 1990s and 200Big Data While the definitive source of the term big data — which is used describe a collection of analytics that companies use to predict customer behavior — is a little fuzzy, according to some digging done by New York Times reporter Steve Lohr, the person responsible for its popularization is a man named John Mashey, a computer scientists who was VP and chief scientist at company called Silicon Graphics in the early 1990s and 200big data — which is used describe a collection of analytics that companies use to predict customer behavior — is a little fuzzy, according to some digging done by New York Times reporter Steve Lohr, the person responsible for its popularization is a man named John Mashey, a computer scientists who was VP and chief scientist at company called Silicon Graphics in the early 1990s and 2000s.

This year's World Economic Forum in Davos, a sort of brain spa for the world's movers and shakers, named rising income inequality as the biggest challenge now facing the world economy.

Her famous last name will make you take notice, but the big sister of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is forging totally different path for herself.

Penot and Roschi's four - bottles - a-day sales goal for the first store drew the biggest laughs of all: A bottle of Le Labo — a name that the execs deemed «unpronounceable» — carries a $ 200 price tag, about double what the major brands charge.

It's vital for small businesses to show they've got their customers» best interests in mind because they don't have the familiarity of big brand names to fall back on, says Robert Siciliano, a Boston Internet security consultant.

Some of Silicon Valley's biggest names have joined forced in an attempt to stop the U.K. introducing a new law that would greatly expand the scope for surveillance by security services, according to The Financial Times.

Davis» career has spanned almost 50 years and he has discovered some of the biggest names in music, but he doesn't attribute it to talent and has never taken it for granted.

Fortune left a message for Snow Leopard and received an e-mail from someone purporting to represent Snow Leopard; the woman said that Eric and Eileen Behr are members of the «Savage Nation» — the name given to fans of conservative radio host Michael Savage, himself a big Trump supporter.

Paul Achleitner, the chairman of the bank's supervisory board, told the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung late Monday that Cryan had undoubtedly made a name for himself with Deutsche Bank and made many big decisions.

Further, depending on what kind of shoes you're in the market for, it can sometimes feel like every department store you go to carries the same four pairs from the same five or six big - name brands.

The two big winners, with 12 nominations apiece, were the musical productions of «Mean Girls» and «SpongeBob SquarePants,» earning Tina Fey a nod for her adaptation of her wickedly funny 2004 film of the same name.

It's a rarity for such a dramatic change, but the move by Cadillac Fairview serves as a sign of how competitive mall operators have become in chasing the biggest names in the retail industry.

Add one more name to the new slew of pharma companies trying to counteract the public backlash to big drug price increases: France's Sanofi, a $ 126 billion firm known for its flagship diabetes and vaccines units.

Big opportunities to build new fan bases and engage with the rapid growing audience of eSports opens doors for marketers to gain assets such as naming rights, branded content, experimental activation, or jersey branding.

The big box retailer said that a probe into the hacking of customers» personal data found that stolen information — separate from payment information already reported — included names, mailing addresses, phone numbers or email addresses for tens of millions.

Don't feel scared to change it either — lots of the big guys swapped out their names for better ones.

The deal for the Canadian miner was one of the biggest takeovers of a Canadian corporate household name and prompted much hand wringing about foreign ownership.

«To be at the biggest name in news for the last month of what has been the craziest election in modern history is just a great opportunity for me and everybody on our team,» the former BuzzFeed staffer said.

He is also a leader on the March of Dimes national board of trustees and was named the 2015 national chair of the March for Babies — the nation's biggest fundraiser for mom and baby health.