Sentences with phrase «controversy around the company»

And Buffett was drawn into the controversy around the company this year, after Charlie Munger compared Valeant to ITT, one of the worst conglomerates every assembled by Wall Street.

However, the controversy around the company has caused its shares to trade erratically, as its stock has plunged more than 40 % off its summertime high.

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Controversy around the deal prompted the Conservative government to implement restrictions on state - owned enterprises acquiring majority stakes in Canadian companies.

Domino's: A dip in international sales last quarter caused controversy around this delivery - meets - technology company.

Facebook can repair the damage caused by the controversy around its Beacon ad system if the company follows basic social etiquette.

In light of the sprawling controversy around its role in improperly obtaining data from Facebook users through a third party, the company will end its U.S. and U.K. operat

In light of the sprawling controversy around its role in improperly obtaining data from Facebook users through a third party, the company will end its U.S. and U.K. operations.

But it held its fire, hoping to keep its name out of the multiple controversies that have swirled around the company in the last year.

In Topple's statement on the recent controversies around sexual abuse especially in Hollywood, the company asserts that, «Women, people of color, queer people and their allies can use the power of story and voice to change the world.»

Following an intense controversy around children's privacy rights, the toy company has said the device won't be sold after all.

Much of the controversy around Uber and other ride - sharing companies arises from concern about how ride - sharing affects personal insurance coverage.

The ensuing backdating controversy now revolves around the question of whether the companies» reaction to the rule requiring expensing stock options unless priced at market by backdating them is either ethical or legal.

I parted company with the Guide around the time of the controversy over the omission of periods within abbreviations (the Great Citation Kerfuffle of 2010).

With the discontinued NES Classic having generated controversy around Nintendo's ability to meet consumer demand, the company is now under pressure to try and deliver far more units and make good on its past promises.

Facebook's announcements come days before Zuckerberg is set to testify to Congress on another matter — the company's privacy practices and the controversy around Cambridge Analytica, a data analysis firm that improperly accessed as many as 87 million Facebook users» personal data.

«All the controversy swirling around tech companies lately has made the public increasingly skeptical about the effect these companies have had on society,» he said.

For the past week it has been impossible to ignore the controversies around Cambridge Analytica, with the excruciating, watch from behind the sofa, undercover sting on its boss, and the public relations disaster for Facebook, one of the biggest companies in the world.

Apple has written a lengthy letter of apology to its customers around the controversy that the company was intentionally slowing down old iPhones and slashed prices of spare batteries

Most recently, his firm's flagship property at 666 Fifth Avenue in Manhattan was the subject of controversy: Around the time his father - in - law received the Republican nomination last spring, Mr. Kushner's firm began conversations with a Chinese company with ties to some of the Communist Party's leading families about a plan to invest billions of dollars in the troubled office tower.

Headphone jack controversies aside, Apple's cord - free AirPods have contributed to a recent surge of interest in «truly wireless» earphones, with several companies vying for a piece of the market.Denmark - based audio outfit Jabra has embraced the freedom - of - movement appeal of wireless buds more than most with its Elite Sport headphones ($ 250), which it calls «the most technically advanced true wireless sports earbuds» around.

UNDER fire in the controversy raging around data analytics firm Cambridge Analytica and its harvesting of Facebook user data, the social media giant's founder Mark Zuckerberg broke his silence early Thursday to say that his company is enhancing its security features ahead of the upcoming elections in countries like India and Brazil.

Had the controversy around Cambridge Analytica not happened, we could have seen the new products showcased at the company's developer conference in May.

Although Zuckerberg said the company hasn't seen a «meaningful number» of users delete their Facebook accounts in the wake of the controversy, he acknowledged there's a problem when the hashtag #deletefacebook is reverberating around social media.

(Bloomberg)-- The Kushner family real estate company is seeking a $ 250 million loan to pay back Chinese investors in a New Jersey luxury tower but finding some major U.S. banks wary of the controversies around its White House links and the visa program used to attract the investors.