Sentences with phrase «even as»

Even as BLAW struggled, Doctoroff was preparing a second, equally ambitious attempt to replicate the terminal's success.

Larger rival Home Depot Inc raised its full - year forecasts last week after Hurricanes Harvey and Irma spurred demand for emergency supplies and rebuilding materials even as the retailer benefits from a multi-year recovery in the housing market.

Even as a teenager, Ellison had a propensity to pump up the facts.

Lamborghini's SUV provides a window into what's happening at several industries relying on China for growth even as its economy slows.

Under Frazier's leadership, Merck has been «plunging ahead» with tens of millions of dollars to find a drug that could slow or cure Alzheimer's disease, even as «most drugmakers» have halted research or at least scaled in back in the face of research setbacks, according to Fox News.

But they remained rivals, and the cartels fought a vicious turf war in Colombia, even as Escobar and his partners waged a war against the Colombian state to fend off arrest and extradition.

In many ways, Keller is a throwback to an earlier generation of business leaders who remained devoted to their communities even as their businesses expanded and developed interests around the world.

In the industrial and consumer world, the Internet of things is pressuring chipmakers in a number of ways, even as it represents a huge opportunity to sell more silicon into more devices.

Even as we have grown, we continue to hire for passion and culture fit, not just qualifications.

Carlyle said most of its funds generating performance fees appreciated by 3 percent on average, even as the S&P 500 index slid 1.2 percent in the first three months of 2018, the index's first quarterly fall in 2-1/2 years.

Even as the segment shrinks, competition within it remains red hot.

Sales of vacation homes slumped nearly 22 percent in 2016 to the lowest level in three years, even as overall home sales hit their highest level in a decade, according to a new report from the National Association of Realtors (NAR).

All in all, the creation of the foundation seems like a well - timed arrangement for the Zuckerbergs, even as its exact contours remain opaque.

I'm on record as predicting the iPad and other e-readers will benefit old - school publishers less than they would like, even as they create vast new opportunities for non-traditional media creators.

Others, such as Comcast - owned NBCUniversal, have been more willing to experiment even as it tightened its relationships with the old guard.

Reuters» monthly asset allocation poll of 50 wealth managers and chief investment officers in Europe, the United States, Britain and Japan showed growing caution about equities even as world stock markets surged to fresh highs in January after repeatedly smashing records in 2017.

But using the bots for every homework assignment or even as a substitute for your own education efforts can be detrimental, once you understand that raising intelligent kids is mostly about the personal connection.

CPO's open - book management has helped keep everyone on the same page even as the company has expanded geographically.

In an interview, Rendle told Fortune the company is looking for its next big deal, even as he said VF would focus on building up its online and international businesses to spur growth, and touted a $ 5 billion share buyback program to boost the stock.

Even as U.S shoppers are eyeing fresh foods, they continue to swoop up snacks in their corner store, in the airport or on their way to the office.

Even as shameless and short - sighted as most brokers and underwriters are, they're finding that the numbers just won't stand up and they're having to go back to their investors and talk about «public» valuations that may be less than the last couple of rounds of capital injections.

The self - driving car market is getting crowded, even as regulations are still getting hammered out, the technology is being tweaked, and urban planners are yet uncertain how cities should be designed to accommodate the automobiles.

The company did not focus on food, or any menu changes, even as its reputation on that front continues to suffer.

Even as Apple got people used to the idea of having a supercomputer in their pocket, it significantly changed how businesses interact with consumers around the world, says Brian Blau, research director for consumer technology and markets at research firm Gartner.

Her aspirations and ambitions encouraged me, even as a child, not only to achieve my goals, but also to become a leader in what I do.»

Even as things change — and they will — the plan keeps the reference points of interrelationships between the different parts so that you can manage change more effectively.

Unprocessed orders began to pile up in the warehouse, generating zero revenue even as vendor invoices poured in.

However, unlike Australia, the U.S. has secured a large import network from Mexico to Peru and Chile and even as far as New Zealand to meet demand.

According to an impact survey completed in April 2010, businesses in the Peach State that worked with a local SBDC increased their sales by an average of 3.5 percent, even as the average business based in Georgia experienced a 1.5 percent decline in sales.

Beijing has given tech giant Baidu Inc the go - ahead to trial self - driving cars on city streets, even as the autonomous vehicle sector reels from its first fatal accident in the U.S. this week.

CEO Jim Hackett has thus far not delivered the futuristic message he was hired to produce (not that he hasn't tried), so even as the carmaker continues to rake in cash on pickups sales, look for Hackett to spend 2018 on the hot seat.

The Bank of Canada is a conscientious objector when it comes to releasing minutes of its policy debates, even as most of its peers now do so.

Even as they dissented, several readers admitted that having to charge a phone every day is starting to get old and agreed with at least some of my points.

On Thursday, the company, led by new CEO Steve Rendle, acknowledged investor frustration with the lack of a major potentially transformative deal, even as it laid out a new multi-year plan through 2021.

Even as prices continued to rise throughout 2011, a gap opened up between Brent and WTI, and grew larger throughout this year.

Even as it's grown into a US$ 6 - billion juggernaut operating in 50 countries, McKinsey has remained the embodiment of the august institution where things are done just so, and always have been.

Even as millions of Chinese citizens leave the farm and flock to cities looking for work, there are fewer manufacturing jobs in China than there were 20 years ago.

Mazda had done automated retractable tops before, but the Miataisti have always been devoted to the original soft - top concept, even as the actual soft top has gotten bulkier and more durable.

As lending to businesses increases, the percentage of overdue loans is increasing, even as the total rate of non-current loans has been going down.

Not just for myself and my partner, but for our neighbors, friends, and family, too (and for a while, even as a professional caterer).

Throughout the call he returns to the issue of the border wall, pressuring Peña Nieto to publicly acquiesce to some sort of payment even as he admits that Mexico will not, in the end, fund his campaign promise.

He offered free returns to all customers, even as Zappos struggled to make payroll.

But even as computers make it ever easier to use fewer actions — and words — to accomplish our everyday business, a couple of high - powered business leaders are pushing back, insisting employees and job candidates flex their atrophying writing muscles.

We are all busy and have endless demands on our time even as we strive to maintain a healthy balanced lifestyle that includes our friends and family.

FedEx Corp. is maintaining discounts for members of the National Rifle Association, even as calls for a boycott mount on social media after a deadly school shooting in Florida.

Even as he wrote his rules, he was ignoring them.

But even as Canadian governments, particularly in Quebec, warm to data centres, Canada is handicapped in the international market by its telecom industry.

Even as corporate earnings continue to soar and big companies appear to be very profitable, I've remained cautiously optimistic about the economy, because the SurePayroll Small Business Scorecard data doesn't reveal the uptick in hiring we've wanted to see.

Even as their sales waned, Silver Lake's Durban recognized Dell's PCs as a cash cow that could fund other products.

Don't expect mass layoffs of IT workers even as the world's biggest companies move more of their workload to the cloud, said Oracle Co-CEO Mark Hurd.