Sentences with phrase «deals were done in»

Above is a podcast conversation I had with Uber's Emil Michael about how Uber emerged from being an underdog into a market leader, how Uber expanded in the U.S. and in international markets such as China, and how partnerships and deals are done in an efficient way.

The post-financial crisis consolidation of the Gulf's private equity industry has left a core of around 12 experienced major players, which is re-shaping the types of deals being done in the region and how they're being managed.

Every year a great proportion of transfer deals are done in the last few days so there is still hope that one or two new faces may arrive at the club in the next few days.

I think we have had a two tier NHS for years the deal done with consultants is a disgrace the deal was done in 1948 to allow the rich consultants to carry on.

Negotiations were easy, I gave a little they gave a little and the deal was done in minutes.

As Adam Morton reported in The Age today, despite «yesterday's spin about progress in international climate talks», Rudd and Wong are certain that whatever deal is done in Copenhagen it won't be enough to force a 25 per cent emissions cut by Australia under the terms they have set.

Legal Suite's Fischer says between 70 and 80 per cent of the deals he's done in the past year have been cloud - based, despite security and compliance concerns, and Eclipse offers a hosted version of Proclaim as well.

«The one thing that has been challenging about this compared to other trade agreements is the government said the deal was done in October 2013 and we've had to wait for text for a long time, which is unusual,» says Boscariol.

The African startup economy is dominated by B2B businesses and the majority of these commercial deals are done in Johannesburg.

Most deals are done in my office between 9 and 5... The only evenings I work are Mondays and Tuesdays.

«My first deal was done in my first week of being licensed.

Not exact matches

(See How to Deal with Time Wasters) Such sessions rarely accomplish anything except maybe some pseudo-bonding; they don't have a logical and clearly - understood endpoint so they seem both pointless and interminable; and, most often, they sorta drool to a conclusion without agreed - upon action items and / or documented next steps for at least half the people in the room.

It was an open secret that during negotiations, SoftBank was clear that it was willing to invest in Lyft if the Uber deal did not work out.

Sectors dealing with over-capacity issues like steel and coal are doing «quite well» in China, Gao added, meaning there are fewer concerns about non-performing loans and the resulting shocks to financial stability.

The rest of the tale is hearsay: that a heavily indebted Heywood, a former family friend and fixer who had helped get Bo junior into Harrow (Heywood's prestigious alma mater in England) had demanded a bigger cut of a business deal; that he threatened to expose underhanded dealings by Gu if he didn't get it; that Bo's police chief, Wang Lijun, had confronted him over the alleged murder (the death was originally put down to alcohol poisoning), after which Wang sought asylum at an American consulate; that Gu had shown up at a police station in a People's Liberation Army major - general's uniform to announce that she was under special orders from Beijing to «protect» Comrade Wang; that the couple had plotted to assassinate Wang and came up with three separate storylines to avoid being implicated.

In recent months, there has been a huge push to attract non-crypto-nerds to the space for the first time — led by companies that didn't traditionally deal with cryptocurrencies.

To be sure, Trump's tone and overall demeanor does seem to have contributed a great deal to his success in the GOP primary — he is the party's presumptive nominee — though it remains to be seen if that success will carry over into a general election.

«For most of the last 80 years, venture as an asset class has been really difficult for the average investor to get in, unless you are a high net worth individual, unless you get the deal flow, you are part of an angel group or you invest into VCs, you just didn't have access into this asset class,» Wang says.

Whether in my businesses or in football, it's hard to tell people, «Wait, it's Monday, when I don't deal with this.»

That said, there are exceptions to any rule and — in the case of presenting your business to the big guys — because they bring their old attitudes and ways of doing business to the bargaining table with them — it can be a big deal to look a lot bigger and broader than your business really is.

Critics of the proposed FCC rules, which had not been made public as of the writing of this story, fear they will still allow large companies to pay for more robust connections to consumers, as Netflix recently did in a deal with Internet Service Provider Comcast.

Sure, you can't roll an avocado around in your hand to make sure it's the right ripeness before buying, but unless I'm making a special dinner, that doesn't really bother me, especially considering how much easier it is to save money online by shopping clearly defined deals and sales.

It's also «very close to a deal» in India, which Puzder said «would be an interesting country for us because they don't eat burgers,» but would go for chicken sandwiches and veggie patties.

That didn't stop [Bell chief executive] George Cope from coming in and dealing with me because he knows I'm a person of integrity.

I was going from a record company to the airline business, so the key thing in that deal was that if it didn't work out, I could hand the 747 back to Boeing after the first year.

In these cases, eventually you get to a bad result - either because no deal gets done or - far worse - because the entrepreneur grudgingly and half - heartedly accepts a deal that he's unhappy with and angry about for what he thinks is the good of the business.

The second was about deal flow — a number were interested in investing in these cities but didn't have the networks.

When the deal was announced in July, Trump called Guo's commitment «an incredible investment» and was quick to take the credit for it: «In other words, if I didn't get elected, he definitely would not be spending $ 10 billion.&raquin July, Trump called Guo's commitment «an incredible investment» and was quick to take the credit for it: «In other words, if I didn't get elected, he definitely would not be spending $ 10 billion.&raquIn other words, if I didn't get elected, he definitely would not be spending $ 10 billion.»

He didn't say, «Put a deal in place for me to be the director.»

«Markets are pricing in an 80 - 85 percent chance... I think that's a done deal,» Gorman said, referring to expectations for the central bank's upcoming December meeting.

Nijjar says his lack of entrepreneurial experience actually works in his favour when he's looking for investment opportunities and closing deals — he doesn't have personal success stories to «pattern match» potential investees against or operational dogmas to foist on them under the guise of help.

Oil prices rose on Monday, bouncing off early losses after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel had proof that «Iran lied» about its nuclear capabilities, and that he was sure US President Donald Trump would do «the right thing» in reviewing the country's nuclear deal with western powers.

To prevent this, plan promotions carefully and make sure the special deals are described clearly and don't take shortcuts in email or social media.

Contributing to investor pessimism was the fact that the merger deal didn't include a break up fee... suggesting the companies themselves have no great confidence in their ability to win approval in Washington.

(New throughout, updates prices, market activity and comments) NEW YORK, April 30 (Reuters)- Oil prices rose on Monday, bouncing off early losses as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel had proof that «Iran lied» about its nuclear weapons capability, and that he was sure U.S. President Donald Trump would do «the right thing» in reviewing the country's nuclear deal with western powers.

«When I came in, the deal was already partly structured, but Convergence didn't know what to ask for,» says Gerdes.

While the US VC houses don't appear to be raising funds anywhere near the size of SoftBank's Vision Fund, it's possible that they will work together on deals in a bid to convince founders to take their money instead of or alongside SoftBank's.

«History doesn't always repeat,» he says, «but there are similarities in terms of what people are saying about the Skype deal.»

«You can see it in the number of deals being struck but also in the number of conferences, books, and articles on the subject and in the cocktail - party interest I get when I tell people what I do.»

Not to mention Jay Clayton, who is not technically from the private equity industry, but also did a lot of PE deals while in his most recent job at Sullivan & Cromwell.

Done deal: TPG's carve - out of cybersecurity company McAfee, struck in September, is closed.

Organizations that typically invest $ 3 million in a single early - stage venture deal, as venture capitalists do, are not designed to evaluate and assist 120 ventures that each receive $ 25,000.

My Fortune colleagues will be providing guest columns in this space and Laura Entis, who has been doing a fantastic job putting together these deal listings each morning, will continue to handle that.

No matter how much you may want to close a deal, do not appear to be in a hurry or anxious to get a decision.

Dell did not say why it is exploring a major deal, but previous media reports have speculated that it is seeking financing to help pay off the $ 46 billion in debt that it took on as part of its EMC acquisition.

No one is more qualified than me, I'm friends with all these artists... so if they weren't interested in doing a licensing deal, I shut it down.

This approach works best when your champion is junior or new to the organization, because in these cases they themselves may not know what it'll take to get the deal done.

Despite having previously said he did think a deal would be possible by December, he said last night: «After my meetings here in London my main message is I am more optimistic, there is progress... That is the most important thing because the perspective from a European point of view towards London was in the last weeks not so clear.»

«It is a great way for us to look at deals we can do and companies we can get involved in,» he told me.

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