Sentences with phrase «first high profile»

Cryptocurrency proponents also saw the first high profile bitcoin blockchain split in its history.

A candidate for most interesting man in the world by Popper's account, Casares acts as the first high profile bitcoin evangelist.

Recently Singapore had its first high profile legal case involving over 3,000 BTC in a dispute between the UK - based company B2C2 and the local cryptocurrency exchange Quoine.

However, times have changed — and some of those same individuals are giving praise to VIP Art Fair — the first high profile online art fair — which will open its digital doors in January of 2011.

According to Reuters, Sony is hosting its first high profile Playstation meeting in two years.

It was perhaps the first high profile tablet with a 7 inch display and was indeed a very capable piece of hardware.

It marks the first high profile announcement of in - store retail availability for ebook hardware in this part of the world, albeit on a modest scale — the iLiad will initially only be available from Dymocks» George Street store and via their website dymocks.com.au.

It's 1997, and the British are about to return Hong Kong to Chinese rule, Joe Lennox, a young operative for SIS (MI6), loses both his girlfriend and his first high profile asset - a prominent defector who disappears from a safe house.

If anything if Carmack can get a few polished products off the ground in the next few months he could be the first high profile fellow to use the API for something big.

When an «Inconvenient Truth» premiered in 2006, it was one of the first high profile documentaries to confront the realities of climate change.

It is the first high profile sacking in the wake of the humiliating defeat, which the government lost by just 13 votes - but more are expected.»

(CNN)-- Three weeks before voters choose a new U.S. senator in Massachusetts, the rival candidates made their first high profile attempt to discredit each other in a televised debate Wednesday.

United host their rivals Manchester City at Old Trafford this weekend in the Premier League season's first high profile derby.

Sir Martin the first high profile walkout over the drinks trolley ban.

The Facebook - Cambridge Analytica story may have been the first high profile - incident to survive numerous news cycles, but many more are sure to come.

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High - profile luxury carmakers Ferrari, Mercedes - Benz, and Volvo are predictably driving the deluxe dashboard touchscreen trend and they're showing off Apple's long - teased CarPlay feature in select models for the first time at this week's Geneva Motor Show.

Real enough, in fact, that it not only convinced high - profile funds including Formation 8 and Founders Fund to invest more than $ 90 million, it also just unveiled its first product: a spider silk tie made from genetically modified yeast fermented in tanks.

It's sort of a staple of interviews and profiles with high performers to ask them what they eat for breakfast, when they work out, how they handle their first daily ingestion of information — and to what extent they just spend time with their families.

Kim's exit, first reported by Bloomberg News, is among a handful of high - profile transitions from Goldman Sachs to cryptocurrency start - ups.

Amazon's first New York City bookstore, Amazon Books, will open on Thursday morning, marking Amazon's highest - profile move into bricks - and - mortar retail to date.

The first executive hired by CEO Brian Chesky, Johnson has long had a high - profile role at Airbnb.

An inspirational profile of an inner - city high school football team's valiant effort to reach the school's first - ever playoff game.

Fallon's was the first high - profile resignation after a growing number of allegations of inappropriate behavior were made against ministers and lawmakers, fuelled by sex abuse allegations against Hollywood movie producer Harvey Weinstein.

Rheingold compares the two instances of social media theater to the first high - profile instances of disgruntled consumers venting on Twitter — a quirky practice that has since become commonplace, prompting companies to maintain customer service - oriented social media accounts.

Neither attack was particularly sophisticated, but South Korean authorities said North Korea was to blame, even though «hacktivist» groups - online activists who hack high - profile targets in order to spread political messages - first appeared to claim responsibility.

World stocks are on track to rise this month for the first time since January, lifted by positive earnings from U.S. technology firms and a string of high - profile M&A deals.

Ironically enough, amid fears that the Trump administration would spook global markets with a wave of protectionist policies, foreign regulators are the ones landing the first high - profile, cross-border blows.

What will the long - term impact be on the other handset makers, especially Motorola Mobility (MMI), which has said its mobile handset unit will face pressure from the arrival of high - profile competition in the first quarter.

Even if you are enough of a high - profile customer to warrant special treatment, «strong demand» for business and first - class seats on long flights means airlines often don't have many open seats that can be used for upgrades, according to Harteveldt.

«The President Special» was the name given to the airline's first - class service on several high - profile international routes.)

FX said 12 million people tuned in for the first episode of producer Ryan Murphy's (Glee, American Horror Story) series, which seems to have successfully reignited American viewers» obsession with one of the most high - profile criminal trials ever.

This year, First Round Capital invested in a ton of high - profile startups, including Massdrop, ModCloth, BloomThat, Vinli, AltSchool, Ringly, the Black Tux, Boxed, and DogVacay.

However, the Winklevoss Twins are considered to be the first high - profile investors to reach a billion - dollar net worth of Bitcoin.

We worked with activists and First Nations in Telkwa, Cache Creek, Smithers, Princeton, Fernie, Iskut, Dease Lake, and throughout the Peace Region, and were able to shut down commercial coalbed methane everywhere in B.C. Dogwood's early support for Tahltan opposition to Shell's massive coalbed methane plan in the Sacred Headwaters led to a high - profile victory when Shell pulled out for good in 2012.

These were the first high - profile Senate hearings on bitcoin.

Ms. Jones brings significant experience to the firm with over 40 years in the Canadian investment industry, holding presidential and executive roles at numerous high - profile companies including GBC Asset Management, AGF Private Wealth Management, TAL Private Management, CIBC Trust Company, and First Interstate Bancorp — where she was Canada's first female to lead a Schedule II First Interstate Bancorp — where she was Canada's first female to lead a Schedule II first female to lead a Schedule II bank.

First, an analysis of publicly - traded Vertical SaaS vs. Horizontal SaaS companies yielded some interesting results (since we primarily invest in emerging growth - oriented companies, we only included SaaS businesses with less than $ 250M in revenue and 15 % + CAGR)... Despite similar growth profiles (30 - 40 % forecasted revenue growth), our selected public Vertical SaaS businesses field EBITDA margins that are on average 20 % -25 % higher than our selected Horizontal SaaS businesses.

Most high - profile lenders prefer to be in first position and thus will not file after that of another lender.

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Dear reader This year has already been very eventful for us, with Swiss Venture Capital Report published in a magazine format for the first time, the change of structure to a foundation and the filling of the foundation board with high - profile representatives of the start - up ecosystem from all over Switzerland.

First, Coinbase announced two high - profile hires: Emilie -LSB-...]

Reverend Miller was first elected in 2004 with 35 % of the vote in a close three way contest between himself, high - profile NDP candidate Larry Booi, and PC MLA Drew Hutton, and he was defeated by now - Culture Minister Heather Klimchuk in 2008 by 104 votes.

The twins are not the first to sign up for Virgin Galactic using bitcoins, but it is the highest - profile flight booking to date using the currency.

Stamos is the most high - profile Facebook executive to leave since the 2016 election, and really the first public indication that Facebook's leadership team might not be on the same page about how to deal with the company's fake news problem.

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«Freedom of worship» first appeared in a high profile speech in Obama's remarks at the memorial for the victims of the Fort Hood shooting last November, a few months after his Cairo speech.

As The Hollywood Reporter pointed out, it's not the first time Morrissey has made high - profile statements about his veganism.

We are aware that he is a man of high profile in Jerusalem society, and that his first priority is to conduct his temple duties in a proper manner.

As Southern Baptists prepare to install their first black president, observers disagree on how much clout Fred Luter will have in a denomination closely identified with high - profile figures such as the newly reprimanded Richard Land.

Along with Roberto Nieto Vera, ONBD Group's Senior Partner, Orozco de la Garza is currently in discussions with several high - profile new developments in Mexico City to determine the best location for the nation's first Steak and Ale.