Sentences with phrase «key rivals by»

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The California - based toy maker on Tuesday confirmed it won the key toy license for the Jurassic World property beginning in the summer of 2017, taking over a business that had previously been owned by rival Hasbro (has).

While Uber has grown to become the most valuable private tech company, its reputation has been tarnished by a slew of controversies, ranging from sexism within its ranks to allegations from rival Google that it stole key self - driving technology.

While Tillerson has ties to Russia, he partly missed a key energy development back home in the United States by ceding growth potential in the shale oil industry to smaller, more nimble rivals, including Continental Resources.

Jinri Toutiao, one of China's most popular news feed apps and a key Baidu rival, is among the apps to have been punished by censors this year.

Metcash needs to invest heavily to cut grocery prices but it is doing so in an environment of deflation, rising utility costs and discounting in key areas, such as fuel, by its rivals.

You need depth, all our rivals have lost «key» players for spells this season but can our dismal performances be explained by the injury of Santi?

The Gunners are set to take on Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday, and we were supposed to be boosted by our rivals having injury problems in key areas, but it is now us who has our own issues.

This transfer news which is apparently going to be officially confirmed by the Arsenal board this week is a big boost for everyone connected with the club and suggests that our days of losing key players to big rivals in the Premier League and Europe are well and truly over.

I rebuke you the gods of injuries, why are you striking our key players at this crucial moment, were you sent by our rivals?

Chelsea can close the gap on top - four rivals Tottenham to just five points by beating Burnley tonight, but Antonio Conte has opted to rest several key stars at Turf Moor.

They have a few key injuries to contend with and Pellegrini and the players know how much it would hurt the City fans to be knocked out of the top four by their main local rivals.

If that does not do it for you Gooners, maybe the statistical report by Metro comparing the shooting and scoring stats of the Premier League title chasers will do the trick, as the report shows that Arsenal are doing better than all of our our rivals in the two key areas of goals per attempt and goals scored per shots on target.

It is not getting any better for Arsenal fans and Arsene Wenger, and instead of the last few days of the transfer window being a period in which the problems of the team could be sorted by spending some big money on the right players after a poor start to the latest Premier League campaign, it is turning into a time of even more misery as we lose key stars to direct rivals and are unable to replace them because players do not seem to be too keen on signing for the Gunners anymore.

They feel deceived by the poultry investment in players during the transfer windows every season in which we always sell our key players to our rivals and then end up one or two players short of a competitive squad.

Willy Sagnol's side are chasing European qualification, but were stunned two weeks ago when they were handed a 2 - 1 defeat by neighbours and rivals Toulouse - one of Lens» key rivals in the race to remain in the division.

Prising Willian from Chelsea will not be straightforward, however, due to the complications posed by the London club selling to one of their key rivals.

However, almost by accident, Real have managed to arm themselves with alternatives to their key front - men that aren't just capable back - ups but genuine rivals for attention up against Bale and Ronaldo.

With some key personnel out and and after being hammered by a top four rival on the weekend, it's not going to be easy for them.

In part, some of the less - than - impressive underlying numbers have been caused by a desire to defend first, either through choice by shutting down games against key rivals, or having secured early leads.

The Milibands insist they are still close, but relations between their camps have become strained, with David's key allies branding rival Ed «Forrest Gump» after the less - than - bright character played by Tom Hanks in the hit film.

State Sen. John DeFrancisco says his decision on whether to seek the Republican nomination for governor won't be affected by a key rival's decision Thursday to stay out of the race.

Both Clinton and her Democratic rival, Bernie Sanders have been focusing a lot of attention on the economy, and that's especially key in upstate New York, which has been beset by manufacturing job losses in recent years.

BORIS Johnson is at the centre of a vicious sex smear being spread by a key ally of Tory leadership rival David Davis.

While the film touches upon its various political and cultural issues (In addition to the give - and - take relationships between reporters and politicians, there's a lot about the overt and subtle sexism that Kat receives as the first and, at the time, only woman serving a newspaper publisher), the film plays mostly and best as a race - against - the - clock thriller of sorts, in which the obstacles are as imposing as the might of the U.S. government and as low - key as deadlines or being beaten to a story by a rival paper.

Presumably conscious that key aspects of its franchise have been lapped by rivals Gran Turismo and Project Cars, developer Turn 10 has built carefully on the well - received Forza 6: 700 - plus vehicles, 32 racing locations, endless racing conditions due to the new dynamic weather system — these stats are just the start of it.

The key player is Cash (Jean Dujardin), a conman who is dabbling in counterfeiting but has something much more elaborate in mind: it involves diamonds, a rival group of conmen and two beautiful ladies — one a cop and the other the daughter of the criminal mastermind Maxime (played by Jean Reno).

And though two key players are ineligible because of grades, the Nixyaawii boy's basketball team beat its first conference rival, by a resounding 63 - 44.

A key rival is the Ford Fiesta Zetec S. Though the Fiesta's engine is 587cc and one cylinder down on the Swift's, its litre of capacity does benefit from forced induction, by way of a turbocharger.

With a 60:40 folding rear bench also standard, the Vitara can swallow 375 litres of luggage with the seats up, beating a key rival, the Nissan Juke, by 23 litres.

Like all of its key rivals — the BMW X1, Mercedes - Benz GLA, and Lexus NX — the Audi Q3 is powered by a 2.0 - liter, turbocharged four - cylinder engine.

By way of comparison, the Volkswagen Polo has 280 litres, the Ford Fiesta has 276 litres and the Skoda Fabia has 330 litres, so it trails plenty of key rivals in this respect.

The platform was developed by the Japanese automaker in collaboration with General Motors which is why the MU - X shares its underpinnings with the Chevrolet Trailblazer, one of its key rivals in India.

To be produced with the same range of gasoline and diesel engines as the second - generation CLS sedan and boasting more luggage space than key rivals such as the Audi A6 Avant and the BMW 5 - series Touring, the CLS shooting brake is the first of at least two new style - led estate models planned to be added to the Mercedes - Benz lineup by the middle of the decade.

The next 1 Series is described by a high - ranking official as a distinct turning point for the German car maker, which last year surrendered the global luxury car sales lead to its key rival, Mercedes - Benz, for the second consecutive year.

Also, Judge Lucy Koh had a novel method in proving Samsung products do look the same as Apple, a key accusation made by Apple against its South Korean rival.

NEW YORK (LubbockOnline.com)-- Sony Corp. plans to offer an e-book reader with the ability to wirelessly download books, injecting more competition in a small but fast - growing market by adopting a key feature of the rival Kindle from Amazon.com.

After the Comet of Sigmar crashed on Mordheim, the City of Damned turned into a terrifying battlefield where rival warbands fight fiercely for the control of key neighborhoods, looking for glory and fortune by acquiring the very valuable Wyrdstone fragments.

Presumably conscious that key aspects of its franchise have been lapped by rivals Gran Turismo and Project Cars, developer Turn 10 has built carefully on the well - received Forza 6: 700 - plus vehicles, 32 racing locations, endless racing conditions due to the new dynamic weather system — these stats are just the start of it.

Disagreements over price and the size of bonuses awarded to key Eidos directors are thought to be delaying a possible bid for the British computer games firm by its French rival, Infogrames.

She is currently preparing the manuscript for her book, to be titled Chance and Design: Experimental Art at Black Mountain College, which focuses on rival methodologies of experimentation practices by three key Black Mountain teachers in the late 1940s and early 1950s: Josef Albers, John Cage, and Buckminster Fuller.

UK law firms have moved sharply up the league of the world's 100 largest law firms as evidence mounts that the City's top firms are poised to outperform key US rivals in a prolonged slowdown.The Global 100, a joint project by Legal Week and The American Lawyer, this year ranks 17 UK - based law firms in the league of the world's largest law firms, including 10 in the top 50.

London, UK, 8 April 2015 — The risk of key staff being poached by rival firms, potentially taking major clients with them, now poses a significant threat to the profitability of City law firms, reveals new research by Thomson Reuters Legal business, the world's leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals.

Although in the US, we shouldn't forget the key position held by satellite - radio firm Sirius XM too, which is a tough rival for any on - demand streaming service.

It's been clear for some time that we're about to enter a battle royale for streaming exclusives, with Apple Music, Spotify, Tidal and other rivals scrapping for (at least) early access to key songs and albums by major...

It's got a similar design, seemingly inspired by features or rivals like HTC and LG — power button up top, rear - mounted volume keys and a metal - effect (though decidedly plastic - feeling) back panel.

In tests performed by Anandtech, the iPhone 5s positively clobbered rival smartphones in nearly every key category.