Sentences with phrase «force changes at the company»

Activist investor Nelson Peltz is in the middle of an expensive proxy battle to force changes at the company.

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«It's about how do you leverage the diversity you bring into your company for the benefit of your products, for your work force, for your culture,» she told Inc.'s Salvador Rodriguez onstage at the Change Catalyst's Tech Inclusion conference in October.

Uber needs a deal - maker who can take them into the connected car future without too many dings and dents, but they also need someone who is willing to force a change in the culture at a company that has been way too cavalier in how they form best practices.

There have been numerous times when Musk's endeavors would have benefited by having more capital, yet he has resisted the urge to take SpaceX public because the board of directors of a publicly - held firm would undoubtedly force him to make changes in the company that would improve its profitability at the expense of its chances for reaching Mars.

«The truth is — and Herbalife hates to admit this — Ackman's campaign has already forced a number of positive changes at the company,» Parloff writes of the unintended consequences of the investor's offensive.

Last year, Microsoft Ventures chief Nagraj Kashyap told VentureBeat that the overwhelming majority of startups the company invests in are using clouds that compete with Azure at the time of the deal, and the tech titan doesn't force a change.

It took a single blog post from Taylor Swift to force change at the world's biggest company.

Surprisingly, only 20 % were forced into retirement due to changes at their companies, such as downsizing or closure.

In addition, most equity indexed UL policies allow the insurance company to change these participation limits at any time while the policy is in force.

News of a big change at online advocacy tool provider SalsaLabs trickled out yesterday: the company's founders have been forced out of an active leadership role by its Board of Directors.

Some of the companies that he has worked with have a singular focus on increasing profits that can get disheartening at times, he acknowledges, but «on a good day, sports can be a force to change people's lives for the better.»

With the state of traditional publishing at the moment, with the slush out - sourced, with editors tied by sales force demands, with companies barely holding on and trying to make changes to electronic sales, very few high - quality books with top stories are getting through.

And while the campaign has been ongoing for over a year, changes in the debt settlement world these days have little to do with a campaign against specific debt settlement companies than the impact of the positive FTC Telemarketing Sales Rules that went into force at the end of 2010.

During fiscal 2009, the Company was faced with a de-listing warning from the New York Stock Exchange which was only overcome due to a favorable change in requirements, and was forced to renegotiate its revolving credit agreement at less favorable terms when it appeared the Company would likely violate its debt covenants.

A panel at the Climate Savers Business Event with representatives from Unilever, Eneco and IKEA shared their thoughts on why companies should join forces to fight climate change and why sustainability needs to be an integrated part... Read More»

A panel at the Climate Savers Business Event with representatives from Unilever, Eneco and IKEA shared their thoughts on why companies should join forces to fight climate change and why sustainability needs to be an integrated part of business.

At the E.E.O.C. hearing back in April, Fasman testified that there is a danger the lawsuits will be used as a lever to force companies to change legitimate business practices (mandatory overtime, strict attendance rules) that not all workers can handle.

The policyholder can nominate a person (the beneficiary) to receive the Death Benefit in the event of the demise of the life insured or make a change in nomination at any time during the tenure of the plan, provided the plan is in force, by submitting a written request to the insurance company.

Today, Apple executives unveiled the new iPhone 6s and 6s Plus at the company's annual keynote, and just as the rumors had suggested, one of the biggest changes made to the new smartphones was the addition of Force Touch — or rather, 3D Touch.