This will avoid any confusion, or worse, misrepresentation that
goes to the terms of the offer.
Not exact matches
At the 2014 graduation at University
of Washington, the L.A. Clippers owner and former longtime Microsoft CEO told the graduates that he, at 58 - years - old, had no clear plan
of what he was
going to do next — but that success was a long -
term trip, not an overnighter.
The Viacom chairman and CEO may be able
to fight the specific
terms of his departure, but it seems likely he is not
going to be around very long (but he stands
to get as much as $ 83 million in compensation if he is terminated, according
to his contract).
Dell reasoned that
going private was the only way
to invest in the company's future, because the public markets do not respond kindly
to any sort
of investment that might eat away at company's near -
term proft margins.
I have no doubt whatsoever that Starbucks, the foundational elements
of the equity
of the brand, the customer experience, the pipeline
of innovation — both in product and beverage — the pipeline
of innovation in
terms of technology and what the roastery and Reserve brand is
going to be.
People who are invested in building a career, however, are much more focused on finding ways
to learn and gain experience in their work as a way
to go further toward fulfilling long -
term goals, which might be running a company or starting one
of their own.
One
of the reasons why this is a short -
term deal is for the NFL
to decide whether it makes more sense
to keep the Thursday games on its own network or make a broadcast package
going forward.
«I've got a lot
of hope for the future, but the near
term is
going to be difficult.»
Giving a gift at a different time is unexpected and more effective, just as companies that
go out
of their way
to surprise and delight us are more likely
to win our long -
term loyalty.
Rather, the board's official
go - ahead will hinge on whether customers agree
to sign long -
term contracts covering 60 per cent
of the plant's planned production.
So that policy response is
going to lead
to slightly higher inflation in
terms of wages and slightly higher interest rates, and the market had
to respond
to that.
«About a half - hour in there you
go to a very interesting state in
terms of brain waves.
I mean we're
going to see this continued back and forth between the Fed talking about raising interest rates and therefore markets trying
to absorb that higher
term structure
of rates, that's
going to continue.
«We are now in a meaningful uptrend in
terms of interest rates, and I think that's just
going to be a huge headwind for this entire sector.»
«For the U.S.
to be so much off market, it's
going to lead
to corporations doing things you would not normally do in
terms of shifting revenues offshore, the kinds
of inversions we saw a few years ago, etc..»
You get a list
of tasks that your client wants done, and you
go out and do them according
to pre-set
terms and conditions.
So you don't get sucked into the drama
of life, so you remain grounded, being an observer
of what's
going on in
terms of «oh, what's the best thing we need
to do in this situation.»
«We need
to make sure that employers are on notice that we are
going to come out and ensure that they're being compliant,» Benner said «For those that don't, we're
going to take some very aggressive steps in
terms of criminal investigations
to make sure that we address them and hold them accountable.»
«As much as I believe it is
going to be part
of the energy infrastructure around power, I believe that other sources are now catching up with coal in
terms of the overall costs,» Morgan said.
It's only
going to get better in
terms of the product offering.
The allegations against Lauer,
to start,
go far beyond the umbrella
term of sexual misconduct.
What that means is that you are in an environment that is
going to have further trouble in
terms of investment returns that are in areas that are based on economic growth and areas that do relatively well like bonds... Broadly speaking, I think that investors should be looking for lower prices on most risk assets in these developed countries with the exception
of Japan.»
If you're a developer and you're able
to establish that the contract was presented
to the person and he had a reasonable chance
of going through it and agreeing
to the
terms, then technically if all other provisions are valid in the contract, it should remain enforceable.
We're also
going to have
to figure out things like long -
term care, which is something that isn't in the Health Care Act, which is just a huge mess around the country in
terms of how we finance it and how we deliver it.
Just as businesses used the threat
of going to Google Apps
to get better
terms on Microsoft Office, cloud consumers use multiple cloud options
to keep their providers honest on prices and service.
We envy them all and want
to emulate them but know that they are just people dealing with struggles
of a different magnitude from the pressures
of going public, the pressures
of pricing competition, the pressures
of over-reaching
of journalists and regulators and the pressures
of activist public shareholders with short -
term expectations.
Unless you're really
going to use that money
to do something that is more transformative in
terms of how we deliver, finance and run our health care system, then you're not
going to see any real change.
That leaves Merck largely free
of competitors in the near -
term in its quest
to become a
go -
to, first - line option for lung cancer patients in combination with chemotherapy (Merck recently surprised investors with an early FDA filing for that combination).
And yet he must prove the business wisdom behind it, not only
to keep Gravity from sinking — and
going down with the ship himself — but also
to achieve his long -
term goal
of transforming the business world.
I think print will always be beautiful, wonderful and luxurious in its own way because it's an object, but in
terms of where I was getting my information, my day -
to - day consumption
of style and beauty information and inspiration, everything
went toward digital.
«It really
goes cradle
to grave in
terms of how people do.»
AW: In
terms of people bulldozing directly toward Mars like saying, «Ok, we're
going to colonize Mars» — I just don't think that's realistic.
«There seems
to be very little progress on some
of the big things in
terms of getting user growth
going again, in
terms of making Twitter more accessible for new users, in
terms of dealing with abuse, in
terms of driving revenue growth.»
«At one time, touch screen was a significant move forward,» Fenwick adds, «but actually getting that conversational interaction is
going to be the next big stride forward in
terms of human - machine interface.»
But, «the U.S. and the Bank
of England have
gone to more extremes because they have interest rates below the Bank
of Canada's, and they've also been buying bonds
to lower longer
term interest rates,» Shenfeld added.
Interestingly, although Facebook is typically considered the
go -
to social media for brands, Twitter has actually surpassed Facebook in
terms of Fortune 500 adoption rates.
It's one thing
to feel autonomous in
terms of your motivation, but it's another thing
to be autonomous and
go in the wrong direction.»
And in
terms of reputation, the anything -
goes strategy seemingly suggested by some idealists is likely
to be fatal
to just about any charity.
«While OPEC are doing really well in
terms of compliance with their current deal and are likely
to provide strong words
of support for continuing some sort
of an arrangement
going into 2019, they will be talking about how
to taper down the scale
of the support at this May meeting,» Shah told CNBC Tuesday.
To get a sense of long - term stagnation, let's look at the data going back 38 years, to 197
To get a sense
of long -
term stagnation, let's look at the data
going back 38 years,
to 197
to 1977.
He
goes on
to say, «They get outside
of their
to - do list
of short -
term priorities and they realize that the real key
to creating more margin in their life isn't about working faster, or somehow «prioritizing» better, it's about learning
to think differently.»
While there are signs
of economic improvement, small businesses remain cautious in
terms of hiring, amid uncertainties over the Federal government's ability
to avoid the fiscal cliff and the tax ramifications
of going over it.
«The way this industry is
going, anything you want from an airline in
terms of convenience, comfort or flexibility, you will have
to pay for,» he says.
«With the financial support provided by Siva along with the strong base in the Dandaragan operations, the resulting quality
of our extra virgin olive oil, the establishment
of relationships with key bulk buyers, and the expansion
of infrastructure and operating capacity, the Olea Australis Group intends
to achieve its goal
of an on
going sustainable business that is a long -
term participant in the continued growth
of extra virgin olive oil in Australia and throughout the world.»
A week later, in an interview with Fortune at his Oak Brook office, Thompson
goes a step further: «What we have
to do is look at the gap in
terms of what we want
to be and aspire
to be vs. how we're viewed,» he says.
What these charts show is the share
of the GDP
going to wages / salaries is in a long -
term decline: gains in GDP are flowing not
to wage - earners but
to shareholders and owners, and through their higher taxes,
to the government.
I actually believe that the investments that they've made in
terms of things like the iFund where if you're a startup and you want
to build a really great new Internet company that's
going to leverage what apple is doing with mobile, Kleiner is it, they are it.
«We want
to make certain our bids come from well - established insurers who are
going to be around
to fulfill the
terms of their contracts with us,» he says.
Many
of the startup founder I meet tend
to view these short -
term goals as a sequence
of go / no -
go decisions.
Not only is it a long -
term process where you'll need some time before you see your business really get
going, but you'll also need
to sacrifice a lot
of the time you spend with your friends.