Sentences with phrase «executive at a rival»

«Henry Bath has always been a creature of its owners,» said an executive at a rival warehousing firm.

«It was a Ponzi scheme,» said an executive at a rival investor, who spoke on the condition of anonymity.

Not exact matches

The European Union's executive body is frustrated with the relatively low corporate taxes paid by firms such as Facebook (fb) and Amazon, and individual EU countries are frustrated at seeing overseas firms take business from local rivals while booking their revenues elsewhere.

Executives at the athletic - gear maker announced on Tuesday that Under Armour (ua) would take over the space on Fifth Avenue, which is interestingly just a single block north of rival Nike's (nke) Niketown store.

Chief Executive Feike Sijbesma said that the company is growing ahead of the market but also benefited from higher vitamin prices after a fire at one of its rival's plants.

It is understood London - based William Hill executives have been knocking on doors of their rivals on at least two occasions in the past five months, and most recently during a visit for the Australian Open tennis.

More important to the executives at the show will be the question of net neutrality, including whether carriers can offer consumers streaming music or video that doesn't count against monthly data limits — which could give their in - house services or those of partners an edge over rivals.

Executives at GM have expressed frustration that comparisons of monthly U.S. sales results among rival automakers are distorted by short - term discount programs, and by differences in strategy for selling vehicles in bulk to rental car fleets.

The fallout: If the market were mostly index - owned, executives might actively work to help their rivals, at least if they wanted to see their paychecks grow.

Woolworths chief executive Grant O'Brien mounted a similar defence in February, blaming the entry of global rivals such as Aldi for pricing pressure on suppliers and saying Woolworths» future was at risk unless it responded to changing market conditions.

Murray is not attached to a rival campaign, but he has been at odds with DeFrancisco's consultant, Michael Lawler, who worked for Westchester County Executive Rob Astornio's campaign for governor in 2014.

Spitzer (AKA the steamroller) was hardly a shrinking violet during his brief stint as governor, and according to a report by Cuomo — who was AG at the time, having followed Spitzer into that office — he misused his executive power over the State Police in a botched attempt to smear his top political rival, then Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno.

The European Union's executive body is frustrated with the relatively low corporate taxes paid by firms such as Facebook and Amazon, and individual EU countries are frustrated at seeing overseas firms take business from local rivals while booking their revenues elsewhere.

Separately on Monday, British news station Channel 4 News broadcast an undercover sting which showed senior executives at Cambridge Analytica suggesting that entrapment techniques such as bribes and sex workers could be used to help a politician gain favor against a rival.

Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino bashed his rival Cuomo's policies at a business breakfast, calling several recent announcements from Albany «fake news.»

WHITE PLAINS — Westchester County Executive Robert Astorino came out to cheers and applause at the Crown Plaza Tuesday night after Democratic rival George Latimer was declared the winner.

[Read our in - depth look at how the new executive order shifts the relationship between oft - rivals Gov. Cuomo & AG Schneiderman]

Jean - Marc Gales, Lotus» chief executive officer, said of the 3 - Eleven at Goodwood: «this new car is a giant slayer, capable of embarrassing far more expensive rivals.

If you aren't too hung up on your car's badge, you could also take a look at the Kia Stinger, and there are plenty of traditional rivals too, from executive saloons including the BMW 3 Series, Jaguar XE and Mercedes C - Class, to newcomers like the Tesla Model S. With taut lines, a low roofline and Audi's trademark grille and headlights, the A5 Sportback can easily stand its ground in the looks department, and is arguably more desirable than the Audi A4 saloon it's based on.

To counter that, Lexus has updated its IS sedan, in order to give this compact executive car the spindle grill teeth to sink into the mighty BMW 3 Series and Audi A4 (as well as more recent rivals like the Jaguar XE and Cadillac ATS).

Though that might be understandable on a big, luxurious SUV like an XC90, it's not a great philosophy for a compact executive sedan that's going up really engaging - to - drive rivals like the Jaguar XE and Cadillac ATS.

Executives in recent years have been too keen to borrow at ultra-low rates to repurchase shares, and to grow by purchasing rivals rather than organically.

With Sotheby's recent buyouts and hiring of two former heavyweights from its chief rival, Christie's, and with relatively new chief executives at all three of New York's main auction houses (Phillips is the third), there is something like a game of musical chairs going on in the art business.

When Music Ally sat down with a series of Deezer executives at the company's media day last December, smart speakers like Amazon's Echo were high on their priority lists, with the realisation that rivals were ahead of...

On Monday, Britain's Channel 4 News carried a report of an undercover operation by one of its own staff who met top executives of Cambridge Analytica, pretending to be someone who wanted to throw mud at a political rival.

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News Corp founder and executive chairman Rupert Murdoch took the stage at Real Estate Connect in New York on Thursday to explain why Move Inc., the operator of realtor.com ®, was a better acquisition than its chief rivals in the online real estate space.