Sentences with phrase «boarding time as»

We have hired Lisa to provide obedience training to our dogs during their boarding time as well!

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This is because very little is ever formally voted on so if they have the same amount of floor time they might as well be board members.

The new deals follow another agreement Hulu signed with fellow parent company Time Warner, which brought on board channels such as CNN, TBS, and TNT.

You can find the same types of long - running disagreements across the therapeutic board in clinical trials, as I wrote about years ago in an essay for the New York Times, entitled «Do Clinical Trials Work?»

In most transactions, even an exiting owner will stay on board for a short period of time, whether as a consultant or employee.

On May 12, Tim Hortons held a conference call with financial analysts who had plenty of questions for Don Schroeder, a long time executive who everybody assumed held the confidence of the board as company CEO at the time.

Built into a tiny circuit board, the sensor uses an accelerometer and «machine learning software» to identify the motions of a person's mouth, such as how much time he or she spends chewing, drinking, speaking, coughing or smoking.

In the Silicon Valley startup ecosystem, I've seen founders and their board members forget this at times, as they seek to install someone with the right pedigree but perhaps the wrong cultural fit.

But in March, Felicia Marcus, the chair of the State Water Resources Control Board, told The Sacramento Bee that those mandates would finally be loosened in the coming months as water levels looked to be returning to normal — the first time they'd done so since 2013.

Be intentional about spending this time with your vision board, just as you would your goals list.

«I explained how for the past couple of years I've kept Wednesdays clear on my calendar, usually worked from home, and used it as design / writing / solo - thinking time because the other four days get consumed with collaboration,» Schweikardt explained to the board, but lately «the collaboration days had gotten so busy, that Wednesdays had turned to email and administrivia catch - up days.»

Talk of rate hikes are in the air Wednesday after minutes from the Bank of England's last meeting showed two out of nine board members voted for a rate hike as early as this month, the first time in three years that policymakers have done so.

Australian shares were down 0.6 % after the Reserve Bank of Australia's policy board decided to cut its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points to an all - time low of 1.50 %, as expected.

«We do believe the current governance structure, with Jamie Dimon serving as both chairman and CEO, and an independent minded board, has served the shareholders well and is right for the company at this time,» said Lee Raymond, JPMorgan Chase's presiding director and the former CEO of Exxon Mobil.

Later - stage companies are almost three times as likely as early - stage ones to have all - male boards.

So, Sam went back to the drawing board where he spent a lot of time reflecting on his own personal goals, as well as the many mistakes he'd made in the past.

In a note released Monday morning, however, Tribune Publishing says that it was simply taking its time to review the offer, and that the board of directors is «committed to acting in the best interests of shareholders and will respond to Gannett as quickly as feasible.»

«Every time the audit chair committee reports to the board about audited financial statements, transactions and financial risks, the CFO is sitting there as part of the board.

Giving a presentation entitled «Navigating Ambiguity» on Wednesday at the Fortune, Time and Wallpaper * Brainstorm Design conference held in Singapore, the executive director of Stanford University's Hasso Plattner Institute of Design, also known as the d.school, observed that people seem to feel a heightened sense of uncertainty across the board — in politics, retirement, medical, disaster relief, even the weather.

Langone was forced to leave GE's board during Immelt's time as CEO because of a dust - up with then - New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer.

May also called for big changes to who sits on boards so that they include employees, as is the case in some European countries: «In practice, [board members] are drawn from the same, narrow social and professional circles as the executive team and — as we have seen time and time again — the scrutiny they provide is just not good enough.

The price of wheat is at an all - time high, the share price of AWB Ltd (once known as the Australian Wheat Board) is at an all - time low.

The company has also been bulking up its board: Obama's one - time Health and Human Services secretary Kathleen Sebelius, marketing consultant and philanthropist Lynne Benioff (who is an investor in Hampton Creek along with her husband, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff), and co-founder of artificial intelligence company DeepMind Mustafa Suleyman have joined as directors, Tetrick says.

Stumpf testified last month that he was not aware of the sales problem until the fall of 2013, shortly before the L.A. Times article, but the bank's board and other senior executives had knowledge of the issue as far back as 2011.

As other boards use HP as a case study and learn from its trials, perhaps it's time for HP to also re-examine the board's level of involvement with the company's strategy — before the company presents their ideas to the publiAs other boards use HP as a case study and learn from its trials, perhaps it's time for HP to also re-examine the board's level of involvement with the company's strategy — before the company presents their ideas to the publias a case study and learn from its trials, perhaps it's time for HP to also re-examine the board's level of involvement with the company's strategy — before the company presents their ideas to the public.

Stone is back on board as director and Michael Douglas is slated to revisit his role as corporate raider Gordon Gekko, reports the L.A. Times.

In a letter to Obama at the time, Brennan said he was «a strong opponent of many of the policies of the Bush administration, such as the preemptive war in Iraq and coercive interrogation tactics, to include water boarding.»

«My husband and I paid for first class so that we'd have the extra space and could lay down with her — once we were boarded I was getting tons of eye rolls and head shakes from fellow passengers... because my baby was crying (as if I could just look at Ruby and say okay now it's time to stop),» wrote Charnas.

He maintained a punishing travel schedule, which included commitments to at least 18 outside organizations at various times, such as the board of Xerox (XRX), the U.S. - China Business Council, and the Business Round table, as well as personal interests, such as chairing the board of visitors at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business (his two children are Duke alums).

The appointment by Vivendi of two thirds of TIM's board last year, including its CEO Arnaud de Puyfontaine as chairman, unnerved many Italian politicians at the time.

Speed of service, always an issue for chains, has recently been a top concern for fast - food franchises as wait times have reportedly lengthened across the board.

For the time being, Rad will act as president and remain on Tinder's board.

Kilgore, a former Netflix executive, and George Battle serve together on LinkedIn's board; Ann Mather and Anne Sweeney worked at Disney at the same time; Brad Smith is the chief legal officer at Microsoft, where Netflix founder and CEO Reed Hastings served as a director between 2007 and 2012.

As the U.S. Constitution authorizes states to manage the time, place, and manner for voting, there is no nationwide security standard that all state Board of Elections need to meet.

«Today's actions have been planned for some time by the board, the prior CEO David Sacks, and the executive team, to put our new CEO Jay Fulcher and the organization as a whole in the best position for long - term success.

President Barack Obama will now have an easier time getting swift confirmation for Janet Yellen as chair of the Federal Reserve and for two other open spots on the central bank board.

Retirees with impressive professional experience or former business owners should think about working as a part - time consultant or as a board member for a private company, said Waxman.

But according to several news sources (including Les Echos, Bloomberg, the Financial Times, and Reuters) it was just last month that Viehbacher got a whiff of the board's discontent and wrote a letter to them on September 4 making the case that he should stay on as CEO.

This case exposes an all - too - often overlooked board issue — namely, the need for boards to establish protocols so that information brought to the board's attention is shared with everyone on the board as close to the same time as possible.

Fortune has learned that Redstone and his representatives (including Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman, Sumner's longtime personal attorney) have been in discussions with Shari, his one - time heir apparent, and her lawyers about reducing her influence in the affairs of CBS and Viacom, where she sits on both boards as non-executive vice chairman.

«However, in the current environment and as the company accelerates its strategy execution, the board of directors has decided that the time is right for a new leader to drive the next phase in Ericsson's development.»

As Sanford Bernstein analyst Sara Senatore wrote in a note today: «While we understand that the timing was determined by Thompson, there is no doubt in our mind that he was under increasing scrutiny by investors and therefore the board.»

«I'll spend as much time with you as I can if it means less time with your photographer,» quips the CEO of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board as he sits down for an interview.

As for the board restructuring, the company told the Times that it had made the change in July, long before the recent unfavorable media coverage.

David is often portrayed as somewhat aloof, showing up to board meetings in sneakers, munching sandwiches with small - time investors at AGMs instead of major stakeholders, and calling up the Reuters photo desk to chat photography, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Glen Hodgson, chief economist at the Conference Board of Canada, says that adjusting for the size of its economy, Australia attracts six times as much investment from China as Canada — one reason its economy grew during the recession.

That leaves Warner Music, part of Time Warner, as the last big label that Spotify still needs to bring on board.

«Growing up in Silicon Valley, during my time at Morgan Stanley and as a member of Stanford's Board, I've had the opportunity to experience first hand how tech companies can help people in their daily lives.

But in my experience, it's surprising at how little time we as investors and as board members and startups as management teams spend thinking about how to create the best team dynamics.

As CtW commented this time around, «While Ms. Friedman herself brings a modicum of gender diversity to the board, her failure to address the board's broader composition over her 21 year tenure suggests that the board will be better served by replacing her with a fresh and diverse nominee.»