Sentences with phrase «last year battle»

The Award season build - up all leads to the night of the Oscars as the best films of last year battle it out for prestigious...

He spent the last year battling back from an Achilles injury as he prepared for this year's training camp.

Not exact matches

Procter & Gamble (pg) waged a number of battles last year with activist investor Nelson Peltz, who succeeded in gaining a board seat after months of fighting.

Cook battled furiously against that narrative, pointing out that about 500 million simple feature phones were sold last year.

In a market research battle of the brands study last year, the allure of bacon was put up against the popularity of Angelina Jolie.

It forced AT&T to scrap a plan to buy T - Mobile USA in 2011 and last year successfully battled in court to stop two insurance industry mergers, among others.

The discount retailer, locked in a fierce battle with Amazon.com (amzn) to shorten the time it takes to get customers» packages to their homes, last week acquired Parcel for an undisclosed amount «smaller than previous acquisitions» Walmart has made this year (which include Bonobos, Moosejaw, and Modcloth), the company said in a blog.

Over the last few years, there has been an increasingly competitive battle for people's attention, and there is more noise than ever as brands clamor for the all - important commodity of attention.

Having battled throughout his life with depressive episodes, the Foundry Group managing director publically owned up to his struggles last year on his blog.

Over the past year, technology companies Uber and Waymo (the self - driving business spun out of Google) have been engaged in a battle of wills, culminating in a high - profile court case that commenced last week.

They knew they would likely face an acrimonious battle of the kind they had seen over the last two years in the neighboring state of Wisconsin between Republican Governor Scott Walker and unions.

Third Point, which settled a bitter proxy battle with Yahoo last year after months of criticism of the company, will still own about 20 million shares, less than 2 percent of the Internet media company's common stock.

Greek yogurt maker Chobani, battling intense competition in the grocery aisle, on Monday said it will name a new chief executive to replace its founder and may appoint its acting president, a turnaround expert from private equity firm TPG which lent the company $ 750 million last year.

«For us, we have this weird dilemma where we've been fighting this battle for the last four and a half years, and now it's like, did we win?»

As the last witness for the defense in the Justice Department's legal battle against AT&T's $ 85.4 billion deal to buy Time Warner, Mr. Stephenson portrayed the 140 - year - old phone giant as being in an existential crisis and in need of the deal with Time Warner to compete against tech companies.

Despite the momentum in Bojangle's business last year, the company now finds itself in a battle with fast food heavyweight McDonald's (MCD), which launched its all - day breakfast platform in the fall to good responses from consumers.

He replaces Xavier Rolet who stood down as LSE chief in LSE last year following a public boardroom battle.

«This is par for the course for Dish, which has deliberately derailed 10 renewal negotiations since last year by engaging in unproductive discussions and contentious public battles.»

If her government had spent the last three years negotiating on aboriginal title with First Nations — rather than spending millions of taxpayers» dollars fighting a losing battle against the Tsilhqot» in — there would today be more opportunity and benefits for First Nations and greater certainty for investors and workers on where and how LNG related pipelines and plants will proceed.

In the last few months, exits have included VP of finance Gautam Gupta, president Jeff Jones — who was at the company for less than a year — and Anthony Levandowski, an exec at the center of Uber's battle with Google over stolen self - driving car technology.

The steep fall in 2012 - 2013 has many possible causes, including the heated presidential elections and the knockdown, drag - out budget battles that culminated in last year's government shutdown.

The Gannett battle over, Ferro faced two noisy dissident shareholders: Oaktree, dispatched today with high - priced hush money, and HG Vora, an activist shareholder that smelled profit last year as Tronc was in play and bought into the company speculatively.

She also said the company has suspended a pre-feasibility study of Pascua - Lama, an open pit gold, silver and copper mine in Chile, which regulators ordered permanently closed last year following court battles about environmental concerns.

The main man in this regard was Mr. Paul Boothe, an unassuming, consummate federal civil servant who proved in the heat of battle that he could negotiate with the best of them. If only all our public officials were as determined and skilful in their efforts to pro-actively win real investment and real opportunities for our industries. The St. Catharines announcement is in large part the fruition of the efforts by Boothe (and all the other stakeholders in last year's rescue, including the provincial government and the CAW) to negotiate a package that was much more than a bailout. Rather, it was a recipe for a reaffirmed Canadian presence by these two lynchpin manufacturers (GM and Chrysler).

After an 8 - year battle with dementia and heart disease that took her into three different nursing homes, my grandmother passed away last month.

The 76 - year - old passed away «peacefully» at his home in Cambridge last week according to his family, after battling motor neurone disease for many decades.

Our first instinct in the legal battles spawned by the progressive excesses of the last few years is to reach for the free exercise clause, which after all exists to protect religious people's ability to live out their faiths in practice.

With gang culture on the rise and 26 teenagers stabbed to death in the capital last year, we meet the Christians battling for peace

The Warriors sent him down to a developmental league, where he fought emotional battles while on long, late - night bus rides, he told an audience at River of Life Christian Church in Santa Clara, California, last year.

Last year, he won a five - year battle over his residency — becoming one of the few missionaries to bring such a legal challenge and win.

With gang culture on the rise and 26 teenagers stabbed to death in the capital last year, we meet the Christians battling for peace More

It's still very much an uphill battle, but even the minuscule time period of the last 100 years has seen dramatic changes in society's acceptance of more «modest» antisocial behaviors (racism, bigotry, bullying etc.) What is now coined «Political Correctness» is really just the fine - tuning of previously - accepted social norms.

She looks very much like my aunt who had weighed close to 120 her entire life until her last two years of battling breast cancer ballooned her weight grotesquely.

We are told that Christ will reign on this earth for a thousand years, after which there will be a great last battle and victory at Armageddon.

It was last summer that beloved actor and comedian Robin Williams committed suicide after a decades - long battle with depression and addiction, and this weekend, his 26 - year - old daughter Zelda spoke out about her own struggle.

It was last summer that beloved actor and comedian Robin Williams committed suicide after a decades - long battle with depression and addiction, and this weekend, his 26 - year - old daughter Zelda spoke out...

Perhaps in some indirect way of which I was not fully conscious, the degeneracy of language (and not only language) that was so evident a feature of the last years and final collapse of the Nixon presidency sapped my enthusiasm for the battle for clarity in analyzing the workings of religious language.

Meanwhile, Christian colleges, charities, and non-profits have been battling the mandate in court ever since, and last year, the Supreme Court sent their cases back for more review.

The pair were embroiled in a legal battle following their arrests while preaching at the Broadmead Shopping Centre in Bristol on 6th July last year (pictured at top of article).

Shurden, in an article last year in the Fellowship newsletter, put the Baptist conflict into three periods the struggle for national control (1979 - 1990), the fight over state conventions (1990 - 2000) and bitter battles in local churches (2000 - 2010).

Among the other controversies the tycoon has been involved in includes a slapstick legal battle that took place last year between the billionaire and a former confidant, the investment banker Jeffrey Blue.

Last year, the company debuted virtual reality roller coasters and this year it will feature an extensive roster of Warner Bros - and DC Comics - branded rides and attractions, including the world debut of the next generation of the award - winning Justice League: Battle for Metropolis interactive dark ride.

He'd been battling with a terrible sinus infection which started last year and never really went away.

The Gunners have qualified for the Champions League every year for the last two decades, but are amidst their biggest battle of my memory to continue that run of consecutive entries.

After last year's battle, I happily received many comments from people at Porsche recognizing us as a rival.

The 28 - year - old battle with club boss Conte grew even uglier last night after the Spaniard failed to secure a move to La Liga side Atletico Madrid, which the player himself desperately wanted, report the Express.

It will have to do, because we're a long way from the Rangers / Astros battle from last year.

As a team we look very weak, Our midfield have no bite to them as we keep buying little fancy players but they are no good at tackling and getting stuck in, Santi for me this year do nt want to play maybe he is looking for a move!!!! Jack in in and out of games he is so inconsistanat, Arteta past his best and needs to be replaced, Wenger needs to look at the time and improve it, Last year we got Ozil this year we got Alexis but we are not using them to there full potental, Ransey is class but we can keep hoping for is magic to get us out of shit, Giroud for me is a waste of time we need a top top forward he battles away but he is far below the class we need,

Tech's season fell apart after last year's battle with ISU.

I do believe that we have lacked a bit of steel over the last few years but players that can battle as well as having great ability are hard to come by and therefore the most expensive, so we are back to money.