Sentences with phrase «involves major businesses»

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Having founded a video game company, and with major investments in an eyewear company, Piqué is increasingly involved in business strategy himself; in 2017 he underwent an executive program at Harvard Business School, and he says he hopes to run Barça in the future, after he finally retires from football, probably in a few years&raqubusiness strategy himself; in 2017 he underwent an executive program at Harvard Business School, and he says he hopes to run Barça in the future, after he finally retires from football, probably in a few years&raquBusiness School, and he says he hopes to run Barça in the future, after he finally retires from football, probably in a few years» time.

The six topics are marketing, innovation and entrepreneurship (which involves a trip to Silicon Valley), technology entrepreneurship, business strategy, international consulting (which involves a trip to Guangzhou, China) and a major business consulting project that students complete independently.

It's important to know since there are major tax, legal, human resources and operating issues involved in selling your business.

Increasingly, the future solutions for sustainable city living will involve these types of collaborations involving big business, small start ups, academic spin offs and major municipalities.

If it involves the business of music, Allan Reid has done it — having worked as a major label A&R exec and an indie artist manager (among other gigs) before becoming president and CEO of Canada's music industry association, the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.

In the CNN interview, Buffett repeated some of the criticism, saying Trump has had some major business failures, but was «very good at licensing, and he was very good at things that involve promotion of his name.»

Let's start with major industrial giants like GE, which even before its recent acquisition of Baker Hughes, was actively involved in nearly all facets of the energy exploration and development business.

Yesterday's decision in Jesner v. Arab Bank, PLC, the U.S. Supreme Court's third major decision involving the Alien Tort Statute (ATS), continues a trend of reining in human rights activists» efforts to police private businesses» overseas conduct through ATS litigation.

The Executive Chairman of our board of directors is involved in key matters, such as advising our executive officers, recruiting, major transactions, and broader business, customer and government relationships and monitors the content, quality and timeliness of information sent to our board of directors.

To additionally safeguard their investments, VC firms take an active role in the businesses they invest in, typically supplying a board member and involving themselves in all important management decisions, including exercising veto rights over issues such as the sale of the company, additional financing, major business expenditures, etc..

Examples of these risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to the impact of: adverse general economic and related factors, such as fluctuating or increasing levels of unemployment, underemployment and the volatility of fuel prices, declines in the securities and real estate markets, and perceptions of these conditions that decrease the level of disposable income of consumers or consumer confidence; adverse events impacting the security of travel, such as terrorist acts, armed conflict and threats thereof, acts of piracy, and other international events; the risks and increased costs associated with operating internationally; our expansion into and investments in new markets; breaches in data security or other disturbances to our information technology and other networks; the spread of epidemics and viral outbreaks; adverse incidents involving cruise ships; changes in fuel prices and / or other cruise operating costs; any impairment of our tradenames or goodwill; our hedging strategies; our inability to obtain adequate insurance coverage; our substantial indebtedness, including the ability to raise additional capital to fund our operations, and to generate the necessary amount of cash to service our existing debt; restrictions in the agreements governing our indebtedness that limit our flexibility in operating our business; the significant portion of our assets pledged as collateral under our existing debt agreements and the ability of our creditors to accelerate the repayment of our indebtedness; volatility and disruptions in the global credit and financial markets, which may adversely affect our ability to borrow and could increase our counterparty credit risks, including those under our credit facilities, derivatives, contingent obligations, insurance contracts and new ship progress payment guarantees; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; overcapacity in key markets or globally; our inability to recruit or retain qualified personnel or the loss of key personnel; future changes relating to how external distribution channels sell and market our cruises; our reliance on third parties to provide hotel management services to certain ships and certain other services; delays in our shipbuilding program and ship repairs, maintenance and refurbishments; future increases in the price of, or major changes or reduction in, commercial airline services; seasonal variations in passenger fare rates and occupancy levels at different times of the year; our ability to keep pace with developments in technology; amendments to our collective bargaining agreements for crew members and other employee relation issues; the continued availability of attractive port destinations; pending or threatened litigation, investigations and enforcement actions; changes involving the tax and environmental regulatory regimes in which we operate; and other factors set forth under «Risk Factors» in our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and subsequent filings by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

He was involved in McKinley's financial and business concerns, serving as manager of all non-ferrous metals operations and directing its brokerage and commodities position on major exchange markets.

She research [ed] and verified how a very small number of families created an «interlocking directory» of relationships through owning major businesses, holding significant or controlling interests in multiple forms of media (both print and broadcast), serving on major philanthropical foundations and / or non-profit boards, and involving themselves in the shaping of local politics.

His other business position involved forging partnerships between companies, so he took this practical knowledge and contacted worthy organizations on every major continent to develop the symbiotic relationships that now propel Trade as One.

Mr. Lally's past practice has included successfully representing President George W. Bush before the Miami - Dade and Orange County Boards of Election at the 2000 Florida Recounts; handling numerous complex corporate reorganizations involving multi-jurisdictional assets; recovering priceless stolen art from an international auction house; restructuring of clients» business affairs to reduce their tax and liability exposure; successfully litigating major elections cases and appeals; representing media groups in domestic and international litigation; handling complex domestic relations, divorce, and custody matters; serving as general counsel to numerous corporations in the health care, media, manufacturing, and hospitality industries; and representing parties in multi-national litigation.

The Constitutional Research Council's chairman set up a business in 2013 with the former head of Saudi intelligence and a Danish «private banker» who has previously admitted to openDemocracy that he was involved in the Purulia Arms drop, which was a major Indian gun - running plot in 1995.

Adding to Flanagan's woes, the source said, is the fact that the city's real - estate industry, long a major contributor to the Senate GOP, has become skittish about contributing to the business - friendly lawmakers in the wake of revelations involving Glenwood Management, the powerful real - estate firm owned by Leonard Litwin, at the corruption trials of both Skelos and former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D - Manhattan).

Their convictions just days apart in separate corruption cases are a major repudiation to the business - as - usual politics in Albany, particularly because their schemes involved some of the same powerful interests.

While not involved in the day - to - day activities of the business, they'll likely need to approve any major transactions, the hiring and firing of officers, and the like.

The Kavli Foundation was established in December 2000 by its founder and benefactor, Fred Kavli, a prominent California business leader and noted philanthropist whose foundation is currently actively involved in establishing major research institutes at leading universities throughout the United States and in Europe and Asia.

Business analysts welcomed «Copenhagen Accord» — a climate deal involving all the major economies for the first time in making commitments to curb emissions, cementing a global shift to a low - carbon world.

It is also often seen as a very good general major for employment in law, social services, education, business, and many other degrees involving communication and understanding behavior.

The major groups involved in developing the standards include a nonprofit called Achieve, which was founded by a group of business leaders and governors in 1996 (long before Common Core).

Since the report appeared, major business leaders have been consistently and directly involved in U.S. federal education policy.

(from Business Insider) A study involving 36,000 students upholds personalized learning as a major driver of improvement in reading and math skills.

The other major companies who used to be involved in this industry have either gone completely out of business or are a very small regional player.

Another headline - grabbing court case that got several major leaders in digital publishing business involved seems to score quite well on the chart.

After finally retiring from the majors in 1999, Dykstra got involved with owning and flipping houses and businesses.

But a major aspect of my success is dividend growth investing, which involves buying up shares in great businesses that reward their shareholders with growing dividend payments (payments which are funded by the growing profit these businesses are producing).

Times Square Advertising Coalition (TSAC) is a trade association comprised of major advertisers, retailers, real estate firms, media companies and other businesses involved in the outdoor sign industry in Times Square, along with organizations representing Broadway and the community.

A major commission of new installation work spans multiple spaces within the David Dale Gallery building, and involves individuals from neighbouring businesses.

Total is a French multinational company, one of the major in Europe, whose business cover the entire oil and gas chain, from the exploration and the extraction of the fossil fuels, to power generation including the transportation and the distribution of energy, while also being involved in products trading.

Unfortunately, given the complexity involved in calculating losses sustained by businesses after a major hurricane, BI claims can also be some of the most contentious.

Bond Dickinson has appointed legal director Kiran Chand into its Leeds office to join the corporate and commercial team where her work will involve advising on IT and business process outsourcings for major change and business transformation programmes.

«During his legal career, Sarhan represented clients in diverse transactions including private equity and venture capital financings, mergers and acquisitions, and numerous other transactions involving significant intellectual property assets, including the sale of a well - known US publishing business with considerable copyright assets to a major European publisher and the negotiation of a foreign joint venture for a popular online portal.»

If a case involves major negligence by a hospital, corporation, or business figure / fixture in the community, seeking a trial and seeing it through can benefit others in the area, and can be a catalyst for major improvements.

This acquisition is in line with Parkmead's business strategy to exploit the exploration and production opportunities that exist in areas of the UKCS and the Netherlands, which involve developing North Sea assets that are too small to interest the major energy companies.

US fraud litigation, ongoing Representing a major Korean bank in a high stakes US litigation involving tens of millions of dollars based on business torts claims.

Advising a global US business with annual revenues of US $ 2.6 billion on a major HR / employment project relating to the implementation of psychometric assessment for recruiting and promotion purposes, involving co-ordinating advice from 23 jurisdictions across Europe, Asia and South America.

David Heffron jointly heads the practice with Nick Bradley, who has significant experience in the insurance legacy and run - off field, and has been involved in various legacy business projects on behalf of major insurers.

When the final HIPAA Omnibus Rule became effective in 2013, it involved major changes to the act's privacy and security rules that extended to business associates, such as law firms, and subcontractors of business associates.

Leanne's role as head of the London office of Matheson also involved developing relationships and business development activity with the major law firms in London which were primary referrers of work.

Acted for major media company on numerous matters involving moving the business online over a period of years

Employment disputes can involve complex issues and be a major distraction for your business.

As Marcia Coyle explains in the National Law Journal: «Following a blockbuster term involving guns, Guantanamo Bay and the death penalty, the U.S. Supreme Court opens its doors to a new term with less drama, more cases initially and many challenges having potentially major implications for business, the environment, injured consumers, job bias victims and law enforcement.»

Mr. Busch has extensive experience in negotiating complex business issues involving high technology and major weapons system contracts, contract compliance issues, and resolving both internal and external disputes involving the business organization.

Europe Our European practice has recently focused on representing (i) the Fédération Internationale de Football Association («FIFA») in connection with U.S. and Swiss criminal investigations into allegations of bribery and corruption in the international soccer world («Investigation»), including conducting an internal investigation on behalf of the organization; (ii) two major European banks, including by investigating whether the banks knew or should have known that accounts at the banks were used to pay bribes; (iii) a multinational logistics and transportation company based in Switzerland in a DOJ investigation of alleged violations of the FCPA; (iv) a Switzerland - based, international private bank, in connection with the global criminal investigations involving 1MDB, Malaysia's sovereign wealth fund; (v) several major European banks in connection with the «Panama Papers» investigation focused on whether accounts at the bank held under the names of companies created by the Panamanian law firm, Mossack Fonseca, were used to evade taxes, conduct business with sanctioned individuals or companies, or otherwise engage in criminal activity; (vi) ENRC, a large mining conglomerate formerly listed on the London Stock Exchange, in a high - profile investigation by the UK's Serious Fraud Office of alleged bribery in the company's operations in Africa and Kazikhstan; and (vii) several European banks in connection with the Petrobras and PdVSA investigations focused on whether accounts at the banks were used to pay bribes to Petrobras or PdVSA officials in return for contracts.

The economy in this state is very diverse and includes major businesses involved in: transportation (e.g. trucking / railroads), commercial fishing, government, medical research (e.g. John Hopkins), manufacturing, agriculture, and mining.

As Neal is majorly involved in YouTube and ad display businesses, this will prove to be a major challenge for him.

Google is now embarking on a major effort to make its Android software more attractive to businesses and blunt Apple's growing success among corporate buyers, according to one person involved in the undisclosed effort and one person briefed about it.