Sentences with phrase «in bad business deals»

The cynical view, of course, is that Abdul - Jabbar is playing just for the money, both to cover the $ 9 million he lost in bad business deals (SI, Oct. 19, 1987) and to fulfill his contractual obligations with the electronics company and athletic wear company that are paying him big bucks to endorse their products.

He does not have his college degree and haslost much of his career earnings in bad business deals.

Years ago, I lost all but my home in a bad business deal.

Not exact matches

In these cases, eventually you get to a bad result - either because no deal gets done or - far worse - because the entrepreneur grudgingly and half - heartedly accepts a deal that he's unhappy with and angry about for what he thinks is the good of the business.

Do not be quick to engage family and friends, as bad business deals often lead to bad situations in your personal life.

In fact, Dartmouth's Tuck School of Business once ranked O'Leary's deals among the 10 worst U.S. acquisitions from 1994 to 1996.

You are now dealing with the executor of Aunt Irma's estate, who may be 1) a greedy relative who sees the «gift» as an investment for which the estate is entitled to a substantial piece of your business, 2) a local estate lawyer whose main purpose in life is to squeeze as many assets out of the estate as possible so as to maximize their fees, or 3) someone even worse.

That's bad news for family members who have to deal with the entrepreneur in the family spoiling the festive cheer with constant tapping on a smartphone, and it's bad news for business owners themselves.

The idea of paying more for privacy is unusual and would require a major shift to current thinking, but it might not be a bad deal in the grand scheme of things if it leads to keeping companies and governments out of our business.

Why Goldman Sachs, which has had its own share of bad publicity over the years and always talks about being in the business of making sound judgments, would actively participate in a deal for a major gun retailer is baffling.

According to Martin Zwilling in Business Insider, «This is the ultimate bad guy whose sole intention of getting involved in early - stage investing is to take advantage of what they believe is the entrepreneur's lack of financial and deal - making experience.

The point is that after decades of touting his business acumen, his ability to negotiate tough deals and spot good investments, and after spending this entire campaign season arguing that he's qualified for the presidency based on his skills in the market, Trump nonetheless has an investment record that at best roughly matches and at worst underperforms the market.

Debuting in 2004, «The Apprentice» and a spinoff, «Celebrity Apprentice,» propelled Trump to national stardom following a string of bankruptcies and bad business deals in the 1990s that had splintered his New York - based real estate empire.

If we don't get the deal done, we've essentially failed this window, because we've sold 3 players and we only have 1 in return so far, besides if this drags on and fails eventually, we've left ourselves no time to get another player, again meaning bad transfer business.

if the Ox was played to either showcase his skills or to increase any potential bids because of his perceived importance to our starting 11, this was an incredibly risky move that could have cost us dearly... imagine if he was injured or played poorly, like he did, and this negatively impacted our ability to get the best available deal... more importantly, why was Wenger willing to play someone who obviously wants out in such an important game under false pretenses... this kind of behaviour might be less offensive in April, when things are done and dusted, but to do this following a loss against a supposed main rival that pipped us for fourth by a point last year, could be considered at best inappropriate and at worst treasonous... we can't afford to let this coach make business decisions on game day, which has gone on for far too long

If the agent gets paid a percentage of the contract, then the «worst» front offices to deal with are actually the best in business terms of protecting the franchise.

Now for me wenger has done a lot wrong in the past seasons this deal to sign Kallstrom I think is almost one of the worst piece of business i have ever seen and if you look back you'll see more the guy from Monaco comes to mind BUT putting that aside if Mr wenger can't find a way to Motivate this team to get 3 points on Wed night and release us from this big team Hodoo then i think as I» v said before he should resign on Thursday morning (I know that wont Happen) BUT he should not renew his contract because if we don't win this match we can kiss the league good by.

My faith in the board and Wenger has just about elapsed, I have no confidence in either when it comes to identifying a player and getting the deal done quickly, there are too many games being played to save the odd half million here and there and the selling clubs are right to be offended, its bad business carrying on this way and weve lost Alverez, Jones and Campbell through stalling and one - up - manship....

there's absolutely no proof whatsoever that Ronnie will slow down, in fact he's completely dedicated to fitness and his craft so barring injuries Ronnie can play at a high level for another 4 or 5 seasons.Just in how much it would generate for Utd it wouldn't be a bad deal, football is only half the issue in a business driven World Wide league, if Utd could get Ronnie for 60 to 70 mill, no brainer

No deal would not necessarily be a bad outcome, they insist, because the world is eager to do more business with us, which will be cheaper in the future as sterling continues its steady decline.

Worse still, having vowed to abandon the European Union, Mrs May is driven into the arms of someone whose election (like the Brexit vote) was enthusiastically welcomed by every protectionist and nationalist in Europe, who seeks to destabilise the European Union itself, who has questioned the importance of Nato and who seeks a new deal with Putin as a strongman whom he admires as someone he can do business with.

By Sean Ryan Nonprofit developers operate in a market that could put them out of business with one bad deal.

Shadow Business Secretary Chuka Umunna told the BBC: «What we heard at the hearing today reinforces the grave concerns we have about this deal and confirms many of the worst fears of people in the business and science community inBusiness Secretary Chuka Umunna told the BBC: «What we heard at the hearing today reinforces the grave concerns we have about this deal and confirms many of the worst fears of people in the business and science community inbusiness and science community in the UK.

In some of his worst moments, he raises an awkward and ill - timed toast to the recently deceased, brings up a business deal while visiting for a funeral, takes a picture of father and daughter in a tender moment just to finish off the roll of film, and, to top it all off, he has a mulleIn some of his worst moments, he raises an awkward and ill - timed toast to the recently deceased, brings up a business deal while visiting for a funeral, takes a picture of father and daughter in a tender moment just to finish off the roll of film, and, to top it all off, he has a mullein a tender moment just to finish off the roll of film, and, to top it all off, he has a mullet.

Parents who were dealing with the ethical issues of «good» pirates versus «bad» politicians in the first movie will find those concerns minimized in this outing which pits nasty pirates against nastier scallywags and big business playing the baddest of them all.

The chief of staff was hoping to get this evidence from a younger man he mentored in college (James Ransone), who has a bad relationship with his abusive father (Griffin Dunne), a real - estate developer who is the mayor's biggest financial supporter and also his secret business partner in the land deal.

From this whipsmart opening, Whedon builds to a brutal second act that mercilessly piles on the hurt, with each character — even Scarlett — given some really bad business to deal with in an extended mid-air action sequence of such sustained and wrung - out tension that it has the unintended effect of rendering the final showdown just a little limp by comparison.

In the worst - case scenario, a business could lose a small amount of profit selling featured products but the significant use of discounts for your customers results in them exploring deeper into your catalogue to find the best deals for their budgeIn the worst - case scenario, a business could lose a small amount of profit selling featured products but the significant use of discounts for your customers results in them exploring deeper into your catalogue to find the best deals for their budgein them exploring deeper into your catalogue to find the best deals for their budget.

While that reduction in our share may seem at first sight a bad deal for us, we both agreed to give Warren his share consciously not out of altruism but because it made business sense to helps us expand.

These may exhibit some level of negative correlation with the economy — companies dealing with distressed consumers & businesses can particularly thrive in a bad economy, or outright recession.

In a worst - case scenario, dealing with an innocent mistake in complying with complicated MFA regulations could potentially put us out of business and personally bankrupt uIn a worst - case scenario, dealing with an innocent mistake in complying with complicated MFA regulations could potentially put us out of business and personally bankrupt uin complying with complicated MFA regulations could potentially put us out of business and personally bankrupt us.

Deals like Europe to the Middle East for $ 1,538.50 and the US to Tokyo for $ 2,172 are exceptionally good value when booked on airlines of the caliber of Etihad and JAL (even after you factor in taxes and fees) and even some of the American Airlines redemptions don't look too bad considering the good Business Class seats the airline offers.

If you're in Seattle, you can fly to Dublin, but not anywhere else, which is still not a bad deal for 80,000 miles in business.

In order to make this bad deal work, the coal companies were allowed to re-route the highway's proposed route, moving it away from local business districts and threatening to take thousands of acres of privately - owned land through eminent domain.

There is probably nobody out there who has not had to deal with the pitfalls of the modern - day conference call: crying babies or dogs barking on the line of the person working from home; the dude calling in from his cell phone with bad reception; the lady dialing in from the airport with flight announcements on the P.A. system interrupting every 30 seconds; the loud talker; the soft talker; the foreign accent - talker you can not understand; the two people who keep talking over each other; the business - speak cliches you must endure («at the end of the day»); and so on.

Instead of a post-mortem on a deal gone bad or accusations from shareholders of fiduciary duty breaches, in business school case discussions, we can take a forward - looking approach and ask what should happen.

Worse still, the faith the businesses repose in lawyer escrow accounts, particularly with Biglaw and Big Deals, may be fatally undermined as a result of this fiasco.

This case was one of the worst experiences in my professional life, which is a big deal after twenty four years in business.

Unfortunately I also believe that they're so excited to have a complete done - for - you web presence they don't do their own due diligence, don't fully read the fine print in the contract, and when 2 years is up on a 3 year contract and they've received no business they wake up to the bad deal they've made.

There was a time in the recent past when the record company advances for a new record deal had shrunk thanks to the overall music business being in such a bad way revenue-wise.

Patients with damage to orbitofrontal cortex, the amygdala, or both, are often vulnerable to scams, bad business deals, and exploitative relationships, a vulnerability that may be affected by deficits in specific aspects of social cognition (45, 47).

If we set a minimum # of transactions, we force those members who «shouldn't «be in the business to get deals done, which may result in further commission cutting or worse, unethical behavior.

Again I agree that there are many inexperienced agents, giving advise which is either untrue, or they do not know enough about the business they are dealing in, so unknowingly give bad advise.

1031 exchanges are based on INVESTMENT property that is bought with the intent of an renting or for business or commercial use, in other words not flipping (dealing), so in an audit situation you must be able to show that you intended to purhcase the property for investment purposes but for some unforseen circumstance (job moved, bad spot financially you had to sell).

In my experience dealing with so many bad wholesalers prior to this, I knew working with someone else would be beneficial to selling this property, but I just had to work with the right person (s) who I knew were professional, and did what I felt to be «GOOD» business.

Many of us don't have time to deal with bad PM's, but it's a reality of the business, and ultimately a good investment will outweigh the bad PM (as long as it's identified an corrected / replaced early) in terms of long term gain / profit.