Sentences with phrase «general works on»

Other notable work by our STAC members that have contributed to advancement of the direct imaging techniques Project Blue will use in its mission include Dr. Guyon's general work on the PIAA coronagraph, and Dr. Males» concept of Orbital Differential Imaging which specifically takes advantage of a mission focused on a single star system to enable sensitivity to Earth - like planets.

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He started working at the iconic retail behemoth in 1969, holding positions from senior vice president to general counsel to chairman, a role he stepped down from in June after 23 years on the job.

And that's factoring in the fact that they were spending less on commuting, work clothes and other general, career - related expenses.

To the average reader of a business magazine, these may seem like ridiculously simple questions, but Lusardi and Mitchell's research over the last few years shows that, in general, you can not count on even this base level of knowledge about how money works.

For example, the complaint claims that Lemon general counsel (and current Xapo president) Cynthia McAdam «often claimed the need to work from home,» but actually was working from Xapo's Palo Alto offices on Xapo business (she is named as a defendant).

Instead, it wants to work on a new trade deal with the EU - at least this was the negotiating stance before the General Election early June.

Ben Dutton, president and CEO of the Casman Group of companies, said about half of the 200 workers employed by his Fort McMurray - based general construction firm are already back in town and working on restoring heating - ventilation and other systems for commercial and industrial customers.

Retirees usually spend more time on hobbies, in general, whether it's gardening, working on projects around the house or taking on crafts.

Now Ford — struggling with a lagging stock price, under the leadership of new CEO Jim Hackett, and working to catch up to the perception that General Motors and Tesla are ahead on electric cars and autonomous vehicles — has followed suit.

Apple's technology, called CarPlay, will turn a car's systems into an extension of your iPhone as long as it's plugged in, while Google, working with an alliance of carmakers that includes Honda, Audi and General Motors, is developing a model that could see the car's own systems running on Android.

But domestic violence is different, she adds, since it has a huge impact on a victim's work life and general well - being.

This one from McMaster University via Coursera is focused more on career issues, and the topics covered sound like a top hits list of common work questions: «Mindshift teaches you essentials such as how to get the most out of online learning and MOOCs, how to seek out and work with mentors, the secrets to avoiding career ruts (and catastrophes) and general ruts in life, and insights such as the value of selective ignorance over general competence.»

Former attorney general Eric Holder previously worked on Uber's behalf to advocate for the company's concerns.

One such worker is Sonny Nguyen, of San Francisco, who works as the general manager of a car dealership during the weekday, but supplements his income with freelance work from TaskRabbit in the hours before and after his full - time job, and on weekends.

McDonald attempts to answer a pair of key questions about McKinsey, and indeed about the business of consulting in general: whether the work it does for clients is worth the huge fees it charges, but also whether the work, on the whole, is of net benefit to the consultants.

People who go into the work force expecting to find a 1950s - style General Motors will miss out on the more entrepreneurial opportunities that exist in the so - called gig economy, says Bastian Lehmann, founder of Postmates, a startup that delivers meals in 40 markets.

This particular case also has the rare chance to end in a tie; Elena Kagan will recuse herself from the case because she worked on it from 2009 to 2010, when she was the US» solicitor general.

BI: On the other hand, ahead of the General Elections we hear demands for zero - hour contracts (in which employees have few rights and no guaranteed work hours) to be reformed or even abolished.

The rising rate of unemployment and low opportunities create jobs embarked the journey of Government of India to work on skill development after the 2014 General Elections.

The People's Liberation Army Daily on Wednesday published its list of attendees for the upcoming 19th party congress in Beijing on October 18, with two notable exclusions: Fang Fenghui, who was recently replaced as the chief at the Joint Staff Department in China's military and is currently under investigation for corruption, and General Zhang Yang, the director of the political work department, who also sits on the military commission.

The government was also working to get state attorneys general to support a lawsuit, but so far none has signed on, the Justice official said on Monday.

FastCompany's Ellen McGirt has the scoop on a move by Chris Hughes, a Facebook founder who most recently worked with president Obama on his digital campaign, to a venture capital firm called General Catalyst.

«At work parties, while there are many things to avoid doing in general (drunken karaoke being high on that list in my experience), there are also things that are particularly unappealing to specific individuals based on their different working styles,» she told Business Insider.

I wanted to pursue an executive MBA because I believe that continuous learning and new challenges are the keys to keeping life interesting and to personal development, I wanted something positive and forward looking to work on while my company went through Chapter 11 bankruptcy, and I felt that a MBA would strengthen my leadership and business skills and make me a stronger business partner as general counsel.

I worked at a Texaco station right next to General Service Studios on Santa Monica Boulevard and I managed an apartment house that I was living in to get the rent knocked down and that... And then going to classes at night and you know just...

In January, Lyft announced a partnership with General Motors to work together on developing self - driving cars.

OPEC is working on a «very long - term» deal to try to extend its alliance with other oil producers, Secretary General Mohammad Barkindo said at an energy conference in Baghdad, Iraq on Wednesday.

Srinivasan stepped down from his role as general partner at the VC firm in 2015, when he left to work full - time on his startup, then known as 21.

His former co-workers have gone on to work in warehouses or a local General Motors plant, and most are choosing not to return to their old jobs even as contractors offer higher wages.

In a note over the weekend Peter Tchir, a strategist at Brean Capital, tried to work out what exactly is going on not only with Deutsche Bank, but with European banks stocks in general.

The 39 - year - old actor posted a series of questions on LinkedIn a few days ago with the intention of starting a «live open dialog about gender equality in the work place [sic] and in tech in general» with his partner from venture capital firm Sound Ventures, Effie Epstein.

Though they may have some freedom to operate in remote areas on the border, Campbell said, in general Mexican traffickers in the US appear to work hard to avoid American authorities.

«Facebook is pleased to be working with Attorney General Schneiderman on his efforts to combat the scourge of human trafficking.

Dr. Peter Turchi, who worked on fusion experiments in the 1970s, including Linus for the U.S. Naval Research Lab, also concludes that General Fusion has several technical advantages now that could help them succeed.

In the initial bootstrap phase of the business, you would have to pick a niche, focus on the builder (as opposed to the more general purpose scheme), go out and sell, sell, sell to your niche, and get enough revenue to work on the larger idea.

It can be considered a general rule of thumb to say â $ œthe more, the merrierâ $ when it comes to the size of a team working on link building, social media and content promotion.

Recent Digital Citizens initiatives include working with state attorneys general to educate citizens about the proper disposal of opioids and other dangerous drugs, a look into how new pirate devices and apps enable hackers to infect consumers» computers, and an investigation into how millions of college emails and passwords are for sale on the Dark Web.

And as the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada's own 2017 National Opinion Poll: Canadian Millennial Views on Asia revealed, Canadian millennials (aged 18 - 34) are more positive about Asia in general and more engaged with the region through work, travel, language, and social networks than any generation before them.

This will be difficult for me, as I've got quite a lot on my plate, at work, grad school, home, and in life in general.

So as WeWork grows (and gets more funding), they are out there doing a lot of the visibility and education work for the industry as a whole, which has a really salutary effect on demand in general.»

The attorney generals from 20 states announced plans to work with environmental campaign groups on ongoing or potential investigations into whether Exxon misled investors decades ago about the impact their business had on climate change.

Google chairman Eric Schmidt has claimed the company is still «working on it», in a wide - ranging speech about in search in general and its flight product.

General Atomics has received two awards from the U.S. Department of Energy totaling more than $ 3.26 million to continue the San Diego - based company's work on developing new types of fuel for advanced nuclear reactors.

An omnibus appropriations package, steel tariffs, regulatory work on the new tax law and general uncertainty about the nation's direction on policy and governing fueled K Street business during the first three months of this year.

By Nick Carey DETROIT (Reuters)- General Motors Co (NYSE: GM) said on Thursday it was working with design software company Autodesk Inc (NASDAQ: ADSK) to manufacture new,...

Immediately after the shootings on Wednesday, Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi said she was working with the crowdfunding site to make sure would - be scammers wouldn't be able to create fraudulent campaigns.

My wife is always trying to get me more involved in cooking (and general help in the kitchen) but I always seem to have something else going on — work, kids, excuses, etc..

However, it is a general prohibition for the inspectors to perform any repair work on the properties they inspect.

Working behind the scenes, members of the old establishment, some of them close to Mr. Mubarak and the country's top generals, also helped finance, advise and organize those determined to topple the Islamist leadership, including Naguib Sawiris, a billionaire and an outspoken foe of the Brotherhood; Tahani el - Gebali, a former judge on the Supreme Constitutional Court who is close to the ruling generals; and Shawki al - Sayed, a legal adviser to Ahmed Shafik, Mr. Mubarak's last prime minister, who lost the presidential race to Mr. Morsi.

The new pitch «won't be the freedom and the feeling of the wind in the hair and the hand on the wheel, but it will be the freedom of being able to work on the commute, to interact with your family on the commute,» said Ash Farr, head of global strategy at Commonwealth / McCann who oversees the agency's General Motors account.