Sentences with phrase «heavyweight in»

The new franchise brand gives Buffett — already a heavyweight in the residential real estate brokerage business, through Berkshire Hathaway's ownership of the second - biggest U.S. brokerage company HomeServices of America, and America's second - wealthiest person — a new way to expand his footprint.

While Pandora might have been nudged out of attention by rivals like those, according to the firm it's still a heavyweight in the streaming industry.

Protective Life has always been a heavyweight in the life insurance industry.

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton is a renowned heavyweight in the Latin American market, with stand out abilities in the full spectrum of corporate and M&A mandates.

Browne Jacobson is widely regarded as a true heavyweight in the public sector and I look forward to bringing my expertise to the team to help further develop our offering to clients.»

Thompson Hine announces new leadership, becoming one of only a handful of major law firms with a woman at the top; Curtis, Mallet - Prevost grabs a ten - person international trade group in D.C.; and Norton Rose loses a bankruptcy heavyweight in Canada.

With energy demand growing at twice the pace of China, Southeast Asia is what IEA WEO 2017 calls «a rising heavyweight in global energy» [1].

Southeast Asia is another rising heavyweight in global energy, with demand growing at twice the pace of China.

Instead he scored a show at the gallery run by Franz Bader, another heavyweight in the Washington art scene, and this opened up the early part of Young's career — which culminated in a solo exhibition at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in 1973.

One surprise heavyweight in attendance was Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, whose Salzburg and Paris spaces handle some of the more accomplished artists in the world.

Rocksteady Studios became an overnight heavyweight in the video game industry, with both games even winning a few Game of the Year awards.

The fund is heavyweight in Financial sector with around 31 % exposure and has gained from the good performance of the sector.

The editorial assistant for the late Hunter S. Thompson, the fabric of Brown's poems share threads of his deeply honest and personal reporting, but Fanny Says proves that she's a literary heavyweight in a class of her own.

And if those are the scales, then Price is certainly a heavyweight in the dialogue ring.

Brilliantly translated by Srinath Perur, Ghachar Ghochar is a finely narrated epic — it's a slim novel that packs a punch and is a true heavyweight in all the ways that matter.

When it comes to the compact car segment, the Chevrolet Cruze has always been known to be a heavyweight in terms of technology.

Power Rangers: Legacy Wars launched last year during the release of the 2017 reboot movie from Lionsgate, and has since become a heavyweight in mobile esports.

The other heavyweight in Levy's locker is, of course, Hugh.

Regardless, Match is a heavyweight in the industry and they've been around since 1995, which is kind of amazing if you are old enough to remember what the internet was like back then!

Mr. Heastie, the former chairman of the Bronx Democratic Party and a heavyweight in the borough, said in a statement that Mr. Wright, a Harlem lawmaker, is «someone I look up to.»

A local Democratic district leader, Jesse Hamilton, easily won the primary, and cemented himself as a political heavyweight in central Brooklyn.

And his victory in the Fix «Sweet 2016» poll suggests that the political junkie class sees him as a heavyweight in the next, next presidential race.

YouTube's political channel was already a heavyweight in the online political world, and this debate helped it put on a few more strategic pounds.

They are said to be considering Johnson, Levine and Cornegy, who is close to Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, a political heavyweight in Brooklyn whose influence matters to Queens party leader and Rep. Joe Crowley.

McDonnell, the Hayes and Harlington MP, fell 16 short of the minimum required nominations to run against the Labour heavyweight in 2007, meaning Brown assumed the leadership unopposed.

It makes clever use of Google to demonstrate how little information there is on Google's own contributions, while there's plenty of stories out there about how the company has managed to become something of a political heavyweight in D.C.

Liverpool emerge from the group unbeaten but despite finishing top and being seeded they could still face a European heavyweight in the next round.

But little - by - little we are restoring our reputation as a heavyweight in the English game.

Last spring Willie competed as a heavyweight in the Intercollegiate Boxing Association championships in San Francisco.

Over their last six games, the Hilltoppers — maybe the top - ranked light heavyweight in all the land — beat C - USA opponents by an average of 54 - 18, and that includes games against Bahamas Bowl champion Old Dominion and Armed Forces Bowl winner Louisiana Tech.

Trust me, through propaganda by Hearn and the Sky pundits, the Matchroom Massive have considered Whyte as literally «the most avoided heavyweight in world boxing», and a monster for a painfully long while now.

Bosnich, a former heavyweight in Flaherty's stable, was protested before the bout by Pep's trainer.

The repeating names may suggest a certain Gilded Age anachronism, but A.G. is considered a real heavyweight in the newsroom — a smart and humble editor who's also very astute about the difficult state of the news business.

The People's Bank of China, China's central bank, has traditionally held about 10 % of its reserves in gold — making it a global heavyweight in the precious - metals sector.

This growing interest in India is not surprising; with average real annual growth of 8.75 per cent over the 2003 to 2007 period, India is emerging as an economic heavyweight in the region.

But when it comes to hollering «overvalued,» I'm always surprised with how often people overlook the other heavyweight in this category.

IBM has been a heavyweight in the tech world for more than a century, but the computing hardware and software businesses that made it a giant are now dragging it down.

A heavyweight in the world of financial investment, Warren Buffett sought out his mentor Benjamin Graham.

Interactive entertainment company Activation Blizzard, which makes the beloved Overwatch game, is also a heavyweight in the industry.

This is, in a nutshell, McConnell's case for reelection: that as Kentucky's heavyweight in Washington, he'll thwart the assault liberals are waging not just on the health care system and the coal industry but, more broadly, on the state's way of life.

Although the largest 10 stocks at any given time are usually heavyweights in the business earnings department, they're rarely the 10 most profitable companies.

After less than a year in business, the company is bringing new technology to a pretty niche field in the world of investment banking and sparring with financial industry heavyweights in the process.

This will be a major moment if successful, and will make SpaceX the first US company to successfully launch its first prototype internet satellites intended for low Earth orbit (200-1000 miles above Earth), a factor that would make them far more viable as a competitive alternative to ground - based internet than the current heavyweights in geostationary orbit (30,000 + miles above Earth).

XLF offers extremely liquid exposure to the heavyweights in the US financials segment.

There has been some work by notable heavyweights in the field of NT scholarship on what is called «The New Perspective on Paul» prompted by evidence that revealed first century Judaism was not the legalistic system that traditional interpreters believed.

I have seen Imam Feisal speak a dozen times, from largely Muslim audiences in London, to largely Christian audiences in upstate New York, from an audience of grassroots interfaith leaders in Louisville, to an audience of political heavyweights in Washington.

Heavyweights in Greater China and Asia's drinks market including Australian wine giant, Treasury Wine Estates, China's biggest importer COFCO Wine & Wine and the world's youngest Master of Wine Sarah Heller MW were among some of the winners fêted at the ceremony.

See Steve Cannane and Sashka Koloff, «Craft beer brewers take on domestic heavyweights in ACCC and WTO fair trade investigation» (ABC, 25 November 2014)

Defending CIF State Bowl champion Folsom and local rival Del Oro are expected to be top teams in the section this year, and the league offers more heavyweights in Granite Bay and Oak Ridge.

After a brief stint in Livadeia, he switched to Olympiakos, and represented the domestic heavyweights in the Europa League this season.