Sentences with phrase «for back talk»

Have a consequence set up for back talk.

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Uber also faces a challenge we talked about earlier: Since they're aiming to disrupt an established industry, a very regulated industry, one with close ties to municipalities, other companies can not only come back at them, they can call in regulations to make it even harder for Uber.

«While others are just talking, we are delivering our energy plan, making South Australia more self - sufficient, and providing back - up power and more affordable energy for South Australians this summer,» Jay Weatherhill, South Australia's premier, said in a statement Thursday.

But here's the key: If you're in a conversation at a work - related function or meeting someone to talk business for the first time, your best move is not to ask work - or business - related questions; it's to discover common ties with that person that will steer the conversation back to the «work stuff,» but with a deeper connection.

A theme event is also something for everyone to talk about back at the office on Monday.

Echoing the sentiments she shared last week on their daytime talk show, Ripa gave her co - host / friend a proverbial pat on the back, saying, «Mark came in town for 12 hours and this is how we're spending it.

In it, Vanderkam talks to the über - busy and supersuccessful, and gathers research on what sorts of weekends are actually best for battling burnout to ensure you're ready to head back to business on Monday morning.

And iCloud, the company's service to back up photos, video, documents and user settings over the Internet, has laboured for years to meet Apple's «It Just Works» standard without ever living up to expectations (internal frustration with the situation boiled over last fall when Apple insiders talked — anonymously — to reporter Jessica E. Lessin at tech news site The Information about the business unit's disarray).

But anyway, so we talked a lot about whales and we said, «When you go whale watching and a whale breaches, a whale jumps up above the water, everybody oohs and aahs and takes pictures of it and talks about «Oh, look at the whale,» and then the whale goes back under water for like 45 minutes, and it's the most boring thing in the world.

That's up sharply from the 44 % who said the same back in May, when the outlook for the Brexit talks was looking slightly less dire.

And if I snap at somebody and I think it's uncalled for or my behaviour wasn't professional, I'll either go back and talk to the person or send them a quick message and apologize for it.

If you do schedule a business lunch, take a break before heading back to the office to go for a walk or do an activity you find enjoyable such as listening to music or talking to a friend — anything that allows you to detach for a few moments.

Rules for cars were scheduled to play a prominent role over the past week, but the top U.S. negotiator on the issue was hurriedly summoned back to Washington on the first day of the talks to meet with representatives from American auto companies.

And yet, we seem to have settled for Tay, a mildly annoying chatbot that is «learning» how to talk like a human being through artificial intelligence (and likely backed by a Microsoft cloud infrastructure).

«It stands to reason the eight schools in the official Ivy League account for 10.7 percent of total capital raised and 7 percent of companies - talking undergrad numbers here - to get at least a first round of venture financing, as pedigree accounts for a lot when it comes to backing a first - time entrepreneur,» he wrote.

I worked as a journalist for The Financial Times in Silicon Valley and I remember even back then that if you played along and if a story followed a company's talking points you were fine.

Back in July 2012 at the CNBC - Institutional Investor Delivering Alpha Conference, Ackman talked about the big stake he took in Procter & Gamble and then pushed for management changes.

Because as much as Gossip the book is about the popularization of back - fence talk and the search for a reason why one of the world's most compelling pastimes is so pleasurable, it's also about admitting that people just can't keep secrets; they don't want to, and we might as well embrace the fact that they'll keep fewer and fewer in the future unless we collectively settle on some new etiquette.

We talked to 3 experts for their tips on how to keep customers coming back.

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Denson talked, for the first time, about his reaction to LeBron's «Decision» and also about when the brand could possibly go back to using Tiger again.

And he has backed efforts to bring Iran to the table for future peace talks in Afghanistan.

Rad spoke with Entrepreneur back in March and talked about the passion and dedication he and Mateen had for Tinder.

Time is precious and it might seem impossible, but it's actually completely doable with minimal upfront investment (I'm not talking about going back for another degree here).

The next time they came to town, I already knew I was moving back to Vancouver, and I asked him if I could sing for the Canucks, and he told me who to talk to.

We're talking about Cowtown's other notable Brian Hunter, the oil industry engineer who forced Bay Street to stop ignoring the average folks who collectively and unwittingly dumped hundreds of millions of dollars into the now frozen market for asset - backed commercial paper (ABCP).

(This isn't the same as backing up a complete disk image for a full PC restore, which I'll talk about at the end of this article.)

My goal was that when I got back, I wanted for the flight director that I had in the beginning of the flight to talk to the flight director at the end of the mission.

«They have talked about trying to rebalance the economy for 5 or 10 years now, but the imbalances got even worse, so you simply fall back on the model that got you into the difficulty in the first place,» said Peter Elston, head of Asia - Pacific strategy and asset allocation at Aberdeen Asset Management.

I try to sit back and listen to people talk, to really get a feel for them.

Strobel is in talks with the federal government to open a processing plant on Department of Fisheries and Oceans land, and has already tapped back into the SheEO network for more investments.

For all the talk of fostering superclusters and creating new companies, it should be noted that there's very little in the way of new financial resources to back that up in the budget — despite the big deficits.

«We're not talking about fancy cashmere sweaters, we're talking about cotton T - Shirts and jeans and shoes that kids wear for back - to - school,» she added.

MEXICO CITY, March 5 - Canada and Mexico on Monday pushed back against President Donald Trump's suggestion that steel and aluminum tariffs could be waived if they signed a new and «fair» NAFTA deal, setting the stage for a tense end to the latest talks to update the trade pact.

I talked to Craig Wolfe, the CEO of Celebriducks and Cocoa Canard, who, as the top custom rubber duck manufacturer in the world, said that he personally felt a moral obligation to bring it back to where it began — in the U.S. — but, also needed to justify the business case for doing so.

Sit back and let your supporters — and even your haters — do the talking for you.

A Reuters report citing sources who say that the firm is in talks with investment backs after being approached by several pharma companies for a buyout.

Young people «were grateful for the break, and many talked of how much they dreaded going back to their phone afterward,» Frietas insists.

With domain hosting business GoDaddy set to go public this week, there's no time better than now to take a look back at a slew of Super Bowl ads that had people talking for days after.

Shopping for a marijuana - finance business to back, Snider was introduced to Dinenberg, and committed cash after six months» talks.

When bonds yield 1.75 % for investment - grade bonds, then it's difficult to turn that into a 5 % -10 % return going forward... If he wants to argue against that, and talk about Dow 5000 and bear and bull markets, then he's welcome to, but he's pushing at windmills in my opinion, and he belongs back in his ivory tower.

Although he's got his work cut out for him, he took time out during his first week back on the job to talk not only about big - picture industry issues, but what he did with his personal time in recent months when he was barred from working for Zillow.

You can see the excitement in Nhial's eyes when he talks about the ability for market places to improve the quality of life back home.

As the average rate on the 30 - year fixed moves past 4.6 percent, talk of 5 percent comes back into play, and that is an emotional barrier for both buyers and sellers.

He's also likely giving lots of public talks, so maybe his biweekly columns have had to be put on the back - burner for who knows how long?

Andy Brenner, head of international fixed income securities at National Alliance Securities, said in a note that the hiring of a special prosecutor «and talk about obstruction of justice being an impeachable offense» could push back efforts to enact Trump's tax reform and fiscal stimulus proposals for months.

Here's a video from one of our co-founders talking about his experience as an entrepreneur and what we look for in the companies we back:

Our CEO Jeff Connally spoke during the event, talking to those on hand about the responsibility CMIT Solution has to give back to those who have sacrificed for our nation with jobs and business ownership opportunities.

I flew back to Utah for a couple days and talked to my 10 biggest customers there.

Given the company's relatively strong position now and the uncertainty of the future, some Wall Street sources are scratching their heads wondering why the Nordstrom family would even consider cutting a deal that would give a new investor preferred shares, noting that the idea was likely thrown on the table to see what would trigger private equity interest.That has brought some private equity firms back in for another around of talks, but one source noted: «Private equity these days don't really want to commit any money to brick - and - mortar.