Sentences with phrase «companies run competitions»

Not exact matches

Major theater chains won't run movies backed by Netflix and the company was recently banned from competition at the Cannes Film Festival ostensibly because it lacked theatrical distribution in France.

These companies and entities are government regulated, run or independently, protected by laws from competition (government, or state - owned), afforded exclusive rates, rights and protected territories.

Some companies which execute operationally have a great run of success but eventually fall victim to competition catching up with best practices.

As Shake Shack moves further west, the company is running into fierce competition from regional peers that are well established in their respective markets.

Creating possible competition for ridesharing companies such as Uber, for example, Nissan and DeNA are planning a test run of a self - driving taxi service — dubbed Easy Ride — in Japan.

While the company may have a marginal advantage due to refinements to the production process and the scale of the Gigafactory (if they ever get production running smoothly), experts project the competition to catch up very soon.

«That was the last straw,» she said, noting she had become increasingly disenchanted with the company after reading of its embrace of Werner Erhard's controversial Landmark Forum, and its 2007 run - in with the Competition Bureau that forced it to back down on claims that some of its clothes contained an ingredient with therapeutic attributes.

If you own a stock that reinvests at a high rate, your investment can compound for several years until the company hits saturation or runs into competition issues.

All was running smoothly for a brief period before Hunterdon Brewing ran into heavy competition from some mainstream beer companies.

Run by the fifth generation of the Grant family, the company has been named Distiller of the Year nine times in the past 12 years by the International Spirits Challenge and International Wine & Spirits Competition.

CBH insisted over and again to the competition regulator, to its owners and customers and to the media that Brookfield would likely abuse the market power delivered it by the alliance of the rail tracks it already owned in WA and the giant freight train company that would arrive with a successful run at Asciano.

«David Cameron promised no privatisation, yet through subjecting the NHS to European competition law, powerful private health care companies will have the resources to run legal rings around these new smaller commissioning bodies.»

It runs competitions and offers cash awards of up to $ 1 million for startup companies that agree to stay for a year.

The Institute of Clinical Research is running a 1 - day course for would - be CRAs which promises «to give them an insight into the role and the opportunity to meet some companies that are likely to employ them; to give advice on preparing CVs and interview techniques, which will stand them in good stead and help to keep them ahead of the competition.»

NASA is running a competition that will select a private company to provide $ 500 million in cargo - and crew - ferrying services to the International Space Station and has chipped in $ 2 million toward a new $ 2.5 million X-Prize competition for a lunar - lander - type vehicle.

Thanks to a personal connection, one of the most successful biotechnology companies in the United States is apparently the new title sponsor of the Science Talent Search (STS), the prestigious high school science competitions run by the Society for Science and the Public (SSP) in Washington, D.C. New York - based Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. will invest $ 100 million over the next 10 years to become the third such sponsor in STS's nearly 75 - year - long history, according to several media outlets.

I left IBM and set up Global Security Challenge, a London - based company dedicated to running competitions all over the world designed to attract the best ideas in security.

This competition is ran and organised by myself and is not endorsed by any other brand or company.

Jobs» mercurial, divisive style in helping run Apple Computer Inc. made the company weaker as it faced mounting competition from ibm and other companies entering the budding PC market.

Children 16 and under are competing with pupils across the UK in the Classroom of the Future Competition, being run by schools supply company Viking and the British Institute of Interior Design.

According to Oliver, the company also provides subs with feedback about their performance, runs «substitute teacher of the month» competitions, and rewards quality subs with retention bonuses and other awards.

The company is building the 37 Rs to pay homage to Shelby's original run of competition versions of the car.

As the concept tips the scales at 405 kg, it can make the most of the company's RC213V competition motorcycle engine, which has been modified from its usual MotoGP duties to run on public roads.

But first things first (for the uninitiated), For You Digital is the name of a South Korean company and they have come up with the MX10 - a 5 inch tablet running the Android OS, which would give company and competition to the Dell Streak... [Read more...]

But first things first (for the uninitiated), For You Digital is the name of a South Korean company and they have come up with the MX10 — a 5 inch tablet running the Android OS, which would give company and competition to the Dell Streak and the Archos 43, of which the former has already reached markets and the latter is slated for a mid October launch.

Selling the Fire for $ 200, the industry standard, ran contrary to Amazon's long - held, company - wide strategy of undercutting the competition.

RIM has been facing stiff competition from Apple's iPhone and handsets running Google's Android software and the Canadian company lowered its quarterly earnings outlook last week on weaker BlackBerry sales.

Running on the Windows 8.1 platform, the Transformer Book T300 Chi is poised to give the MacBook Air stiff competition, according to the company's chairman Jonney Shih.

The companies face cut - throat competition and have to run on a low profit margins.

«I think when we decided to go after the pet market, we also decided to make sure that we surrounded ourselves with the best people possible,» says CEO Blaine Phillips, who represents the third generation of the family to run the 78 - year - old company founded by Ralph Phillips in nearby Germansville, Pa. «We knew that if we wanted to get ahead, we had to be hungrier and faster than the competition, and we had to take a chance on brands and geography.»

Many companies will be willing to pay for running a competition on your blog as it can bring great social media engagement, often more so than a normal post.

There are other times, though, when we've worked with SEGA or another company to run a contest, competition or giveaway.

Richards concluded of his team's commitment to making Polymorph, «Thanks to this competition my dream of running a successful indie company is quickly becoming a reality.»

First, that fighting global warming is a team sport, which means companies running data centers may be in competition on a market level, but have to work together on an environmental level if anything is to be accomplished.

Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia believes that exemptions granted to some energy - intensive German companies from those charges run counter to EU law.

Henrik Otto is Senior Vice President, Global Design at Electrolux, the Swedish appliance company that runs the annual design competition that is regularly seen on TreeHugger.

A few years ago, a company which conducts data mining competitions for corporate clients ran a contest in hopes of building an algorithm to determine which among used cars available at auction was likely to have mechanical problems.

TNW is running this competition in collaboration with payments company Adyen, in six countries (the Netherlands, France, Spain, Germany, UK and Sweden.

The plan instead must be to continue pushing the current Apple TV hardware and software and allow the competition another long run at outpacing the fruit company.

First Global Credit, the world's first company that allows bitcoin holders to use them as margin to trade over 200 mainstream markets is running this latest competition that is also introducing their new bank grade trading platform to the cryptocurrency community.

According to the company, what sets the M430 apart from its competition is its ability to take your running data and make it «actionable.»

The fierce competition prompted both companies to drop the prices on some of their smart speakers in the run - up to Christmas, though it appears the two competitors had little trouble persuading consumers to part with their cash in exchange for an Echo or Home product.

One such company, T - Mobile, is currently running a competition with a prize fund of # 2,000.

Many large logistics companies run graduate recruitment schemes and competition for entry onto these schemes can be high.

A company's push to get a leg up on its competition is akin to running a rather grueling race.