Sentences with phrase «in a vice for»

Other investors include Silicon Valley fund Technology Crossover Ventures, which invested $ 250 million in 2014 for a 10 % stake, and 21st Century Fox, which in 2013 bought what was then a 5 % stake in Vice for $ 70 million (it now owns about 3 %).

Later in 1988 Joseph was offered the dream role of Wendell McGaffney, a kid who has his head put in a vice for being a «bad boy,» for the film Presumed Innocent.

He'd been inspector in vice for years until, almost a year before, he'd been busted down to the ranks for one simple slip - up, when he'd tasted the goods he was supposed to be investigating.

Not exact matches

During his presentation alongside Berkshire vice chairman Charlie Munger at the company's annual meeting in April, Buffett remarked, «Union Pacific's rail network is much better positioned for Mexico than BNSF.»

Evan Shapiro, executive vice president of NBCUniversal Digital Enterprises, announced the new service in a presentation Thursday morning in New York, where he hammered home the idea that comedy is the most popular genre for streaming programming and that Seeso aims to provide content curated for and by «comedy nerds.»

Rasool is a 25 - year - old freelance journalist and also a student in international relations at a university in Istanbul, who has worked as a translator and fixer for VICE and other media outlets, including Al Jazeera and Associated Press.

Also at GSK, she served as Vice President of Global Regulatory Affairs for Oncology, in addition to providing regulatory leadership on a number of innovation and operational excellence initiatives.

Alex Miller, the global head of content at VICE Media, said in a statement that its readers «care deeply about freedom of speech and human rights» and that's why the company decided to launch the campaign for Rasool's release.

In May, the iPhone and Mac computer maker said its former human resources chief Denise Young Smith would become the Apple's vice president for inclusion and diversity.

Eastern State Penitentiary has a 16 - foot - high bar graph, showing the dramatic jump in the prison population, due to expanded definitions of crimes and longer, mandatory sentencing for nonviolent offenses, notes Sean Kelley, Eastern State senior vice president.

«Obviously, this hinges on the users wanting this functionality and opting in,» says vice president of engineering for Android Hiroshi Lockheimer.

Rather than pay up, Uber got into a lengthy debate with the state in which Anthony Levandowski, vice president at Uber's Advanced Technologies Group (and founder of the self - driving startup Otto that Uber acquired) argued Uber wasn't actually testing «autonomous vehicles» because all its vehicles had human drivers aboard and would for the foreseeable future.

«Last year, we saw a 28 percent rise in sales volumes for our small business merchants versus the same day in 2009,» said Mary Ann Fitzmaurice Reilly, senior vice president, American Express OPEN.

In an open letter to Facebook's CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Forrester's vice president and principal analyst Nate Elliot takes aim at the social network's value for marketers.

VICE Media says it is blacking out all of its digital channels around the world for two hours on Wednesday, in an attempt to raise awareness about the ongoing detention of a journalist in Turkey.

«Customers have built solutions ranging from a recruiting app for an internal team to a mobile app for banking employees that connects to their [customer - relationship management] data,» Bill Staples, Microsoft's corporate vice president of app platform, said in a statement announcing the launch.

It's not clear how many visitors will see the VICE message, but Wednesday is one of the highest traffic days for many online sites, and doing it at 10 am EST means that viewers in almost every country will be affected.

«We've seen the subscription trend and how strong it has become outside of our industry and we thought «Gamers are into their games and they want to try new games all the time,» said Jonathan Berkowitz, senior vice president of marketing for Hasbro Gaming, in an interview with Fortune.

«While this might make Putin look like a tough guy flexing new nuclear muscles ahead of upcoming undemocratic elections in Russia that will coronate him again, the new systems don't change the essential deterrence equation between the US and Russia,» Barry Pavel, a senior vice president and director of the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security at the Atlantic Council wrote.

Vivek Wadhwa is vice president of academics and innovation at Singularity University; a fellow at the Arthur and Toni Rembe Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University; director of research at the Center for Entrepreneurship and Research Commercialization and exec in residence at the Pratt School of Engineering, Duke University; and distinguished visiting scholar at the Halle Institute of Global Learning at Emory University.

«Those hungry days of watching Matty Matheson, the king of Munchies how - to cooking videos, and wishing you had more time to grocery shop for his recipes are over,» Vice wrote in a blog post introducing the new meal kits.

The victim was Jennifer Riordan, a New Mexico resident and mother of two, who served as vice president for community relations at Wells Fargo in Albuquerque, according to her LinkedIn profile.

«'' Millennials want to fundraise, participate in their community, crowd source for funds... they want to engage in a way that is relevant and meaningful for them,» Valerie Chort, RBC's Vice President of Corporate Citizenship, recently told Canadian Business.

«Cuberg's battery technology has some of the highest energy density we've seen in the marketplace, and its unique chemistries could prove to be a safe, stable solution for future electric air transportation,» said Steve Nordlund, vice president of Boeing HorizonX.

The week after Hurricane Maria slammed Puerto Rico and unleashed the single largest blackout in US history, Blake Richetta, the senior vice president of a renewable - energy company called Sonnen, boarded a plane bound for the island.

Ad placement companies look for three standard sizes for digital advertising, says Sean Keaveny, senior vice president of adConductor, a company that helps build and manage online ad networks, and is based in Burlington, Massachusetts; New York City; and Los Angeles.

«Moe's has a unique tie to pop culture and knack for engaging customers that's appealing to its core consumer,» said Joan Sinopoli, vice president of brand solutions at The Harris Poll, in a statement.

«The rise in serious incidents involving animals in flight leads us to believe that the lack of regulation in both health and training screening for these animals is creating unsafe conditions across U.S. air travel,» said John Laughter, Delta's senior vice president for corporate safety, security and compliance.

That's why Google shows shopping ads, connecting our users with thousands of advertisers, large and small, in ways that are useful for both,» Kent Walker, senior vice president at Google, said in a statement.

In a column for The Washington Post earlier this month, Ron Klain, who served as chief of staff for the vice presidents Al Gore and Joe Biden, said August could be extremely dangerous for Trump and the administration, highlighting the threat of a major hurricane as a top reason.

Alfie Brody, vice president of marketing for NBA 2K, says the new MyPark mode was perfect for this first - ever event because it lets fans be both spectators and participate in a live challenge.

This was the first meeting for newly confirmed Governor Randal Quarles and was held without Stanley Fischer, who resigned as vice chairman in October for personal reasons.

As far back as 2002, while vice minister, Kuroda used an opinion column in the Financial Times, co-written with his deputy at the finance ministry, to call for «aggressive monetary policy» from the central bank, including an inflation target, aimed at «drastically changing price expectations.»

To put the cost of effectively using Facebook in perspective consider that according to Brian Wallace, former vice president of strategic marketing for Samsung Mobile, Samsung spends twice as much maintaining and updating its top - rated Facebook page, as it does actually advertising on Facebook.

Unless the institution you've chosen is an online bank, open the account in person, says Viveca Ware, senior vice president of regulatory policy for the Independent Community Bankers of America.

David Naggar, vice president for Amazon's Kindle division, said in a statement that the agreement «includes specific financial incentives for Hachette to deliver lower prices.»

Europe will have to choose a new ECB chief in the first half of 2019 and following the appointment of a southern European national, Luis de Guindos, for vice president, many analysts believe that the next president will be from the north of Europe, potentially Germany.

«Today's consumers are more interested than ever in what they eat and where their food comes from, and that is reflected in our menu trends research,» said Hudson Riehle, vice president of research and knowledge for the association, in a statement.

«You could see how people would say this one checks all the boxes — amazing team, a market set up for them and a good product,» said Travis Scher, vice president of investments at Digital Currency Group in New York.

«In short, I still think that the game is very open,» Brzeski said, but «De Guindos as vice president has clearly increased the chances for a Northern European to succeed Draghi.»

According to Douglas Freeman, executive vice president and director of trust services and consulting at First Foundation Bank in Irvine, Calif., an effective succession plan for a business owner requires anywhere from three to five years to play out.

Consultant Seema Verma, who helped Vice President - elect Mike Pence create a Medicaid expansion plan in Indiana, is his choice to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

But finding new prospects for Ebsta is difficult and, as vice president of sales Bernhard Peters points out, expensive — especially for a company with roughly $ 1 million in annual revenue.

«Most dealers don't consider the sale final until the money is in their account, and that could be anywhere from a few hours to a couple of days,» said Chris Kulka, senior vice president at the Center For Responsible Lending.

The former Vice President of Growth for Mobile & International at Facebook, Palihapitiya was an angel investor even before leaving, with money in companies such as Palantir and the Disney - acquired Playdom.

Spear, senior vice president of operations for Quadrem, a Plano, Texas - based online marketplace for buyers and suppliers of products and services used in the mining industry, was in Rustenburg in late 2003 to convince local businesses to subscribe to Quadrem's service, which would allow them to bid online for purchase requests from buyers around the world.

Kim Peters, an executive vice president at the Great Place to Work Institute, which produces the rankings, says that Whole Foods consistently stands out for several reasons: its willingness to let people's individuality shine through, the sense of teamwork it fosters, employees» belief in the company's mission and purpose, and its propensity for developing workers through cross-training and other means.

Buffett and Charles T. Munger, 94, Berkshire Hathaway's vice chairman, will continue in their current positions, including being responsible for significant capital allocation decisions and investment activities.

«There are serious financial consequences down the road for taking the money in a lump sum now,» said Gerri Walsh, FINRA's senior vice president of investor education.

Christian Borges, vice president of marketing for MRY, a New York - based social - media agency that got its start in the college space, adds that this domino - like reality makes it even more important to achieve brand recognition and adoption in the first place.