Sentences with phrase «general the world of»

7.13 on the one hand and upon the general world of apocalyptic concepts on the other.

And over the last eight or nine years we've looked at the general world of unmet needs such as an oncology franchise, autoimmune disorders, and other diseases.»

In total, women have spiked in the general world of gaming as well, with the US gaming demographic at 48 % female and 52 % male, versus earlier readings of 40 % female and 60 % male.

Not exact matches

One of these major, game - changing trends will hit the business world on May 25, 2018, when the European Union (EU) will begin enforcing the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), a comprehensive and aggressive approach to the increasingly complex challenge of protecting consumer information.

«So much interchange had occurred across the line by early December» that a general «issued a directive unequivocally forbidding fraternization,» writes Stanley Weintraub in Silent Night: The Story of the World War I Christmas Truce.

«Many on both sides focused more on trying to stay warm and dry, securing food, and avoiding death than pursuing the aims of their generals,» according to The Encyclopedia of World War I's entry on the Christmas Truce.

Last fall General Fusion made presentations at the World Energy Congress in Daegu, South Korea, and at workshops hosted by the Chinese Academy of Physics and the U.S. government's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA - E).

Investing for a future large purchase, your retirement, or to simply build your wealth is a smart financial decision, but factors such as lack of general knowledge and high costs of investing often deter people from jumping in the investment world.

Its concerts coincide with gatherings of world leaders, such as its Global Citizen Week in New York last month during the UN's General Assembly meeting, as well as encouraging people to lobby governments and institutions year - round.

The general argument, as reflected in the title of the book, is that unless we progress with people in mind, as opposed to in spite of them, the world will continue to be a very treacherous place to navigate.

But the effect of such critique and disagreement is amplified in a world in which your customers as well as the general public can post online messages about you, more or less with impunity.

Yet, while both are at the height of hype in the tech world, much of the general public still has trouble believing either has progressed beyond the realm of science - fiction.

After losing out to Bell for FIFA World Cup rights in October, CBC's executive director of sports, Jeffrey Orridge, whose network had also lost out on rights to the Canadian Football League and Canadian Curling Association, told The Globe and Mail, «It's a challenge for the sports media landscape in general, to sustain these types of levels, what rights are currently commanding.»

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, a leading candidate to be the next World Health Organization director - general, is facing a stunning allegation: covering up three cholera outbreaks in his home country of Ethiopia while he was its health minister.

The main challenge of the contemporary world is energy poverty, according to the director general of Rosatom.

After allegations of phone hacking, fraud and general nastiness surfaced at its highly - profitable News of the World newspaper, the company decided that the best way to starve the scandal of oxygen was to shutter the 168 - year - old muckraking juggernaut.

Less heralded by history was a group of six women who worked in wartime secrecy at the University of Pennsylvania, where John Mauchly and Presper Eckert led a team that was building ENIAC, the world's first programmable, all - electronic, general - purpose computer.

General Electric on Monday completed its buyout of BakerHughes Inc, merging it with its own oil and gas equipment and services operations to create the world's second - largest oilfield service provider by revenue.

«The number of new patients is moving far faster than the capacity to manage them,» the World Health Organization director general Margaret Chan announced on Friday.

«NationBuilder is that rarest of products that not only has the potential to change its market, but to change the world,» Ben Horowitz, general partner and co-founder at VC firm Andreessen Horowitz, said in a press release announcing NationBuilder's series A funding in March.

One of the more noticeable attributes of Gen Y individuals is their general motivation to make the world around them a better place.

«Those two barriers alone are really things we have to break down in the fastest - growing part of the world in general in technology.»

At a time when many mutual funds in general have fallen out of fashion, TDFs have gobbled up the investing world, having amassed $ 1.07 trillion in assets at the end of October, according to research shop Morningstar, up from $ 116 billion at the end of 2006.

Antimicrobial resistance is not traditionally the domain of world leaders, and health - related issues — outside of crises such as the Ebola outbreak — are rarely discussed at venues like the United Nations General Assembly.

I recently spoke to David Smith, the General Manager of World Wide SMB Sales at Microsoft, who reiterated these points.

But how do you get the Walmarts, Apples and General Motors of the world to bet on your products or services?

What if General Electric were prevented from providing machinery to hundreds of individual oil and gas projects around the world?

Since 2010, China has been the world's top purchaser of light vehicles manufactured by General Motors, and today it's an exploding market for aerospace and defense companies.

Like the great generals of World War II (Patton, MacArthur, Montgomery, De Gaulle), these CEOs return to office at a time of crisis to revive their enterprise and lead their companies to greater glory than they did during their first tour of duty.

First of all, I think that properties like Gizmodo and Lifehacker and Deadspin and Jezebel have a much better chance of prospering in this new world than general news brands, news and media brands.

The U.S. investigation into bribery and corruption at the governing body of world soccer took another twist Tuesday, as FIFA denied claims that its number two official, Secretary - General Jérôme Valcke, was involved in a suspect payment linked to the award of the 2010 World Cup to South Afworld soccer took another twist Tuesday, as FIFA denied claims that its number two official, Secretary - General Jérôme Valcke, was involved in a suspect payment linked to the award of the 2010 World Cup to South AfWorld Cup to South Africa.

A resurgent United States, a strongly growing United States makes a world of difference — not just for the United States but for the world in general.

The Amazons of the world — or just Amazon in general — have made it imperative to get ahead by by putting the customer first.

Her manner of speech and general demeanor are a mix of these different worlds: a laid - back SoCal lilt bundled into direct, no - nonsense sentences.

A general view of streets in Tehran, Iran on the first anniversary of nuclear deal between Iran and world powers on January 16, 2017.

Those circumstances include a sense that fund managers have to «adapt or die» when it comes to the digital world as well as the growing complexity of business in general and the impact of artificial intelligence in particular.

In other words, Chesbrough is encouraging managers to rethink their internal process of innovation on two levels: first, to acknowledge there is knowledge to be tapped from the general public, and second, a company should strive to offer that innovation back to the world.

The world of personal branding is flooded with competing entrepreneurs, so it isn't enough to choose a general field like «marketing» or «human resources.»

General Electric CEO Jeffrey Immelt told CNBC on Tuesday he hopes President - elect Donald Trump will have a «forward - looking view» of the world, and that it's reflected in his policies.

General Motor's Cruise division has been testing its own fleet of self - driving electric vehicles, while Tesla has been rolling out its Autopilot semi-self-driving technology with real - world owners.

In the PC World survey, both earned better - than - average ratings in the categories of Best Prices, Product Selection, Shopping Cart Experience, Site Design, and General Satisfaction.

New World Health Organization director - general Tedros Ghebreyesus announced in a recent speech that Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe — who has faced allegations of human rights violations and «crimes against humanity» — would be a «goodwill ambassador» to the global health agency.

Weingard believes that all innovators have ideas about how to improve their products, businesses, and the world in general, but the truth is «it's lots of hard work, and many failures, before the idea can be executed as imagined.»

Back then, Shallenberger, general manager of Rug World Oriental Rugs, in St. Louis, could only dream of such efficiency.

In his Wednesday general audience remarks, Francis asked Catholics to consider «the Christian seed of radical equality between men and women» when discussing the reasons behind declining marriage rates around the world, according to Vatican Radio.

In a larger context, the conflict between General Fusion's vision and the criticism it generates illustrates the problem of the orthodox and the heretical in the science world, says Turchi.

In 2012, Ban Ki - moon, then the UN Secretary - General, picked Polman as one of 26 people to craft 17 goals for the world body — the only business executive in the group.

Kim is the general partner of Forerunner Ventures, a venture capital firm focused on early - stage investments in companies that want to take the world of retail and ecommerce by storm.

With a new president and a new rewards program, the big book retailer looks to expand into the world of general merchandise.

The idea that two firms doing the same thing exhibit varying levels of skill or speed is not surprising — it is a general property of the natural world.