Sentences with phrase «by powerful companies»

They are produced by powerful companies with friends in high places.

I am simply asking you to question whether your medication is absolutely necessary or is simply being pushed on you by a powerful company for profit or a doctor who is doing the only thing he was taught — using drugs to treat every ailment.

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The most powerful diesel engine in the world is designed by a Finnish company, Wärtsilä, and it can do more than you can imagine.

The same can't be said of Ottawa, which is trying at once to attract investment and diversify Canada's export markets without ceding control of our resources to companies controlled by powerful foreign governments (read: China).

It involves a powerful company, a cocksure entrepreneur in CEO Mark Zuckerberg, gadfly critics who seemed less wacky as time went by, and even the occasional counter-villain, notably media mogul Rupert Murdoch.

FEATURE: Takeovers are a powerful way of delivering short - term returns to investors, as the Total Shareholder Return data released by Morningstar and applied to 700 companies on the Business News BNIQ database.

Microsoft calls Project Scorpio — the company's edgy codename for its revamped, boutique Xbox One due by holiday 2017 — the «most powerful console ever.»

Now, these increasingly powerful customer groups see that it is possible to be served well by companies who want them as customers.

Some members of the group say they are being squeezed by a tough economy, Western sanctions on Russia, and powerful state - run companies that are muscling in on nearly all sectors of the economy.

For all the problems under Jung's watch at Avon, she did articulate a powerful purpose for the company: that Avon empowers women around the world by giving them an earnings opportunity.

Yet in countries like China, ruled by powerful regimes, companies need strong diplomatic ties.

SpaceX, the closely held company founded and led by chief executive officer Elon Musk — who also heads the electric auto manufacturer Tesla (tsla)-- is slated to demonstrate the maiden flight of Falcon Heavy, a larger and more powerful rocket, later this month.

In his post on the company blog, on Monday, Musk labeled Eberhard as someone who falsely «plays to a common archetype — that of the noble inventor whose invention is usurped by the rich and powerful businessman.»

As the number of initial fundings balloons, and as nontraditional money creates a powerful updraft for companies that make it through the initial cull, the imperative to cross the valley by any means necessary becomes ever more urgent.

No matter how often radical periodicals denounced fake news published by their competitors, they found it difficult to suppress false information spread by powerful newswire companies like Hearst's International News Service, the United Press Associations and the Associated Press.

the video series, hosted by company founder Tom Dickson and aimed at showing the powerful ability of Blendtec's Total Blender for home use, priced at $ 400.

video series, hosted by company founder Tom Dickson and aimed at showing the powerful ability of Blendtec's Total Blender for home use, priced at $ 400.

Among the people who've left or announced departures, either under pressure or for other reasons, are seven executives who had reported to Mr. Kalanick: SVP of Business Emil Michael, who is one of Mr. Kalanick's best friends and was the second-most powerful person at the company; ridesharing president Jeff Jones (ostensibly the No. 2 executive for Uber's core business); head of growth Ed Baker; engineering vice president Amit Singhal; communications and public policy chief Rachel Whetstone; head of finance Gautam Gupta; and Anthony Levandowski, head of Uber's autonomous vehicles program, who was fired amid theft allegations made against him by his former employer.

Some privacy advocates also bristle at the idea that these new restrictions would help already powerful internet companies, noting that is a well - worn argument employed by tech giants to try to prevent future regulation.

There are a multitude of reasons as to why this occurs but it's a powerful enough force that many investors have done quite well for themselves over an investing lifetime by focusing on dividend stocks, specifically one of two strategies - dividend growth, which focuses on acquiring a diversified portfolio of companies that have raised their dividends at rates considerably above average and high dividend yield, which focuses on stocks that offer significantly above - average dividend yields as measured by the dividend rate compared to the stock market price.

It doesn't matter if you are a fixed income investor considering purchasing bonds issued by a company, an equity investor considering buying stock in a firm, a landlord contemplating leasing a property to an enterprise, a bank officer making a recommendation on a potential loan, or a vendor thinking about extending credit to a new customer, knowing how to calculate it in a few seconds can give you a powerful insight into the health of company.

It's much more powerful when he answers than if you just say, «That feature will increase your company's efficiency by 20 percent.»

You need to place yourself in that day and age, its 1949 and computers are not that powerful, there's no internet, the only way to get information about a company is by writing to them (phones were not available everywhere) or by reading newspapers.

The Business Roundtable, a powerful lobbying group chaired by JPMorgan Chase (JPM) CEO Jamie Dimon, said Trump's tariff plan will «hurt the U.S. economy and American companies, workers and consumers.»

«Whether it is fake accounts at Wells Fargo or a massive data breach at Equifax, recent scandals have demonstrated that consumers need to access the justice system when a big, powerful company opens accounts in their name, without their consent, and leaves them vulnerable to fraud by failing to secure their personal data,» said Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D - Nev.

CyberX is looking for Sales Development Representatives to help accelerate the company's exponential growth by leveraging its powerful value proposition to drive pipeline growth for a defined territory.

But regulators, led by the powerful government commission overseeing state assets — known as the State - owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, or SASAC — are pushing for changes in the rules to help heavily indebted state companies cut debts.

The unions were supported by the powerful United Steelworkers Union, which commissioned a study to investigate the background and ownership of the Chinese company at the centre of the dispute.

Andrew observed a very dangerous trend taking hold: Doctors — who were having new drugs pushed to them by profit - driven pharmaceutical companies — began prescribing extremely powerful and addictive opioid painkillers to patients with almost reckless abandon.

In summary, there are four major reasons for the high amount of sexual violence and overall violence in TV produced in the U.S.: (1) monopoly control of program production and distribution by a handful of powerful companies (2) the drive for profits far in excess of those enjoyed by the vast majority of U.S. businesses (3) a lack of accountability on the part of sponsors and

It is widely claimed that the globalization of production helps to cut costs, and that (as long as gains are not outweighed by transport costs) everybody benefits; the truth of such claims is also strenuously challenged, and there is strong evidence that the real beneficiaries are powerful, wealthy, western countries, and the transnational companies they support.

Major reasons for lack of control of violence in TV are monopoly dominance by a few powerful companies, the drive for profits, the lack of accountability and a lack of the FCC to exercise oversight.

There are three major reasons for the high amount of sexual violence and overall violence in programs: (1) monopoly control of program production and distribution by a handful of powerful companies; (2) the drive for profits far in excess of those enjoyed by the vast majority of American corporate business, and (3) the failure of the Federal Communications Commission to exercise adequate oversight of broadcasting.

Apparently with no thought of inconsistency, in a powerful sermon Urban II urged the great company of warriors who were present to turn their swords from fighting their brethren to fighting the Moslems, at that time in possession of the places held sacred by Christians and oppressing the pilgrims who thronged them.

As explained by Keith Greggor, CEO of Anchor Brewing Company, there has been a powerful movement among beer drinkers to embrace beers with an authentic heritage and that are handmade using only the finest ingredients.

«Housed in the space made famous by Mr. Kelley's — where Streisand and Sinatra performed — and later occupied by «70s and «80s hot spot Sweetwater, Gibsons continues the star - studded tradition with a nightly procession of the famous and powerful,» the company says.

Powerful bodies benefit from sponsorship by junk food companies, making regulation more difficult.

We've produced strong results by increasing investment in our priority brands (which in addition to The ABSOLUT company brands include Jameson, The Glenlivet, Chivas Regal and Perrier Jouet), relentlessly focusing on consumers, creating a powerful route to market and retaining, developing and attracting talented people.

by Jack Newman, MD, FRCPC One of the most powerful arguments many health professionals, government agencies and formula company manufacturers make for not promoting and supporting breastfeeding is that we should «not make the mother feel guilty for not breastfeeding».

These companies get rich and powerful by promoting unhealthy foods and drinks, but will be promoting themselves as essential «partners» in strategies to tackle NCDs.

Against such a powerful company, there is something even the smallest child can do: Boycott Nestlé products until it abides by the International Code and relevant subsequent Resolutions.

The false weapon of community backing, shamelessly exploited by LILCO and its Wall Street and nuclear industry buddies, and the lobbyists, banks, insurance companies and the powerful construction trade unions, was dramatically snatched right out of their hands.

As we mourn tragedy after tragedy caused by guns, New York City must take a powerful stand against companies that contribute to carnage and violence across our nation.

Public Advocate Letitia James Supports Call for Divestment from Assault Weapon Manufacturers As we mourn tragedy after tragedy caused by guns, New York City must take a powerful stand against companies that contribute to carnage and violence across our nation.

This is shaping up to be a showdown between the developer, The Related Companies (and other powerful developers with similar interests) who will be backed by the Bloomberg administration and a coalition of Bronx elected officials and community groups.

Spinola, who served as the powerful Real Estate Board of New York's president for nearly three decades, remarked that Litwin's company, Glenwood Management, had defied convention by building larger apartments than most other developers.

Yet despite the apparent industry names, the companies are connected to Park Strategies, the powerful Albany lobbying firm founded by former U.S. Senator Al D'Amato.

In a statement signed by the organisations Executive Director, Adetokumbo Mumuni, SERAP called on the Federal Government to «stand up to powerful oil companies that have continued to abuse the human rights of the people of the Niger Delta with impunity for decades if it is to satisfactorily resolve the crisis in the region.»

Some powerful state actors are involved in the recent $ 5 million litres contaminated fuel which was reportedly offloaded by the market at the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company (BOST).

Werritty, the group's UK director, was funded by a raft of powerful businessmen including Michael Hintze, one of the Tories biggest financial backers whose hedge fund, CQS, has investments in companies that have contracts with the Ministry of Defence; Poju Zabludowicz, chairman of the Britain Israel Communications and Research Centre, who chairs a US munitions company; and the Good Governance Group, a private security firm set up by a South African businessman, Andries Pienaar, who also has an investment firm, C5 Capital, focused on the defence sector.