Sentences with phrase «major companies keep»

The Ford Mustang Boss 302 is that rare example of a major company keeping its promise to build only a few examples of a highly popular automobile.

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Major Xerox investors Darwin Deason and Carl Icahn sued the company earlier this month, saying CEO Jeff Jacobson had raced to seal a deal in order to keep his job.

The password to keep a secret is also a major task for any company.

Because a major objective of hardware companies is to to keep customers connected, a riveting technological innovation will be worth its weight in gold.

Just as major food corporations sell processed foods that are loaded with added sugar and chemicals meant to keep people eating, big tech companies have been repeatedly accused of designing their apps to maximize the time people spend on them.

FRANKFURT, May 1 - The incoming boss of BASF has thrown his weight behind the chemical titan's contentious strategy of keeping divergent businesses folded into one company, at a time when its major rivals such as DowDuPont are breaking themselves up.

FRANKFURT, May 1 (Reuters)- The incoming boss of BASF has thrown his weight behind the chemical titan's contentious strategy of keeping divergent businesses folded into one company, at a time when its major rivals such as DowDuPont are breaking themselves up.

And just as major food corporations sell processed foods that are loaded with added sugar and chemicals meant to keep people eating, Turkle and other addiction experts say big tech companies have been repeatedly accused of designing their apps to maximize the time people spend on them.

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.

The company doesn't pay a dividend and rarely buys back its own stock, so failing to consummate a few major transactions adds to the cash that keeps piling up from dozens of subsidiaries including insurer Geico and BNSF Railway.

The company polled 6,000 adults in 27 major countries around the world to judge their anxiety level and see what issue keeps them up at night.

Riley was working in Houston for a major oil and gas company, putting in 10 - hour days and a three - hour commute, which kept her from spending time with her young son.

What's more, keep in mind that the non-profit is still working out how to respond to «major outliers» that could affect a company's ranking.

The U.S. dollar held steady versus a basket of major currencies as solid company results and fading concerns about a trade war helped keep a lid on safe - haven demand for the greenback.

FRANKFURT The incoming boss of BASF has thrown his weight behind the chemical titan's contentious strategy of keeping divergent businesses folded into one company, at a time when its major rivals such as DowDuPont are breaking themselves up.

With the Hertz deal, the number of major car rental companies is dropping to three, from four, but there are still enough brands to keep prices stable, analysts said.

We plan to keep investing in real estate throughout the Seattle area simply because we believe it will become the next San Francisco (most of the major silicon valley tech companies are opening satellite offices here, and a lot of the larger tech companies are hiring like crazy).

The advantages of blockchain such as security and immutability, are major drawcards for companies that rely heavily on record keeping, such as healthcare, finance, and even art.

He also accused the company of mismanaging its gas pipeline system to justify keeping Aliso operating, citing three major gas importing pipelines that the company took offline for unplanned maintenance before peak winter demand.

Now, a coalition of major energy companies and consumers is pitching Ontario on a process that would try to keep politicians and regulators in their respective lanes.

The report also highlighted the Canadian government's major consolidation of federal email services, a procurement project that cited national security as a reason for requiring the contracted company to keep data in Canada.

«Every partnership deal we sign with a major retailer or technology provider who has a large customer base, they become our best sales reps.. It's a win - win and keeps cost of ad spend extremely low, which can be a challenge for SaaS companies.»

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.

Karl believes one of the major reasons the company has remained successful is that it has kept true to its original recipes and hasn't wavered in maintaining a high standard of quality in the ingredients it uses.

Considering how many retailers nationwide depend on Southern Wine & Spirits to keep their shelves stocked for customers, this has been a major improvement for the company and its customers.

Aussie Farmers abandoned IPO plans in mid-to-late November after failing to generate enough interest from investors, who were no doubt spooked by the fact the company had racked up losses of more than $ 52 million pre-tax since 2015 and could only keep trading with the support of its major shareholders.

With the ever - changing landscape that is product packaging, the ability to keep up with packaging trends could have a major effect on your company's market share.

«But the staff were led to believe that funds were made available from one of the company's major shareholders last year to keep production going.»

With an overall KenPom ranking of No. 235, the type of company Pitt keeps is almost exclusively sub -.500 low - majors:

now how about getting a couple of major signings in to keep Ozil company, whilst sight seeing???

These contextual patterns, called «collocations», can provide insight into a concept: one of the major contributors to linguistics, John Firth, famously expressed this feature of language when he said «you shall know a word by the company it keeps».

Such a long period of regulatory uncertainty would wreak major havoc in health insurance markets, but if Republicans repealed and replaced immediately with say, expanded tax credits, it is not clear how many people would be able to afford new or keep existing health insurance plans under the new regime, with no mandate and lighter requirements of insurance companies.

Assembly Democrats grilled Gov. Andrew Cuomo's energy officials for more than four hours yesterday on a taxpayer subsidized plan executed by the PSC and a major energy company — Entergy — that will keep three upstate nuclear power plants alive for the next twelve years.

Assembly Democrats grilled Governor Andrew Cuomo's energy officials for more than four hours on a plan executed by the Public Service Commission and a major energy company that will keep three upstate nuclear power plants alive for the next twelve years.

Assembly Democrats grilled Gov. Andrew Cuomo's energy officials for more than four hours Monday about a plan executed by the Public Service Commission and a major energy company that will keep three upstate nuclear power plants alive for the next 12 years.

And though recruiting and retaining a highly skilled work force is cited as a major challenge for the industry, these companies excel at attracting and keeping top talent.

Just recently a major drug company got busted for «funding» research and deliberately keeping their involvement a secret from the publishers of the scientific journals the articles were being presented in.

He's got his romantically savvy friend, Major Norwood (TVOTR's Tunde Adebimpe), his silvery grandmother (Olympia Dukakis), and his impossibly drowsy dog (Schwartzman's real dog, Arrow) to keep him company most days.

April 19, 2016 • A major theme in the latest congressional hearing on encryption was whether the FBI, rather than asking tech companies for cooperation, has focused enough resources to keep up with technology itself.

Grand Theft Auto Online, the gift that keeps on giving, is a major source of income, and Rockstar Games has a reputation to uphold of delivering quality games, which in the long run will deliver more earnings for the company.

In order to keep a major contract, the company needs Smith's character to get back to work, so they hire actors to pretend to be physical manifestations of the concepts of love (played by Keira Knightley), time (Jacob Latimore) and death (Helen Mirren).

To help you keep your expectations in check, we've compiled a list of our predictions from a handful of major companies presenting at E3 this year.

Business Need: In the shadow of a major information security breach in the industry, this entertainment company had a strong need to introduce information security best practices and keep them top - of - mind as people went about their day - to - day work.

An association of major freight railroads in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico, Amtrak, and several short line holding companies committed to keeping the railroads of North America safe, fast, efficient, clean, technologically advances, and secure.

With major concerns over piracy and compensation, a number of different companies developed models that were intended to address those issues while still keeping... [Read more...]

When iTunes was first launched, Apple negotiated an agreement with the major record companies to charge a fixed price of 99 cents a track and give the labels roughly 70 % of the proceeds (in most cases), while it kept the remainder as a commission.

I would cut a distribution deal with a major publisher, become a publishing company, do more work — but keep all the profit.

Nowadays it is very hard for manufacturer to keep the device off from leaking, but every major company has miserably failed to keep the device secret.

On the top side, and I did not see any of these, be aware of reverse splits, which can reduce the share count, are a sign of a badly run company, but do nothing for the economics of a firm, aside from keeping them listed on a major exchange.

But a p / e around 10.0 often represents excellent value, assuming there are no danger signs such as a failure to keep up with the competition, or signs that the company has made an expensive mistake with an unwise major expansion or acquisition.