Sentences with phrase «major focus of its business»

Chase primarily offers mortgages as a service to its customers rather than a major focus of its business, which means that existing customers are more likely to find friendlier mortgage rates and fee discounts here.

Chase primarily offers mortgages as a service to its customers rather than a major focus of its business, which means that existing customers are more likely to find friendlier mortgage rates and fee discounts here.

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Adapting services to include new digital platforms is a key focus for the major players in Perth's communications sector led by Cannings Purple, which has maintained its top spot on the Business News ranking of the state's largest public and investor relations firms.

The airline operates primarily from focus cities of Los Angeles and San Francisco to other major business and leisure destinations in North America.

«Of all the major application lifecycle management (ALM) providers, we were most impressed by Micro Focus's ability to focus on our business nFocus's ability to focus on our business nfocus on our business needs.

Second, White focused on the SEC's plan to improve its grasp of portfolio composition risks and operational risks by: requiring better data reporting and risk controls, particularly with respect to derivatives; mandating that investment advisers create transition plans to prepare for major business disruptions; and requiring large investment advisers and funds to submit to annual stress testing.

Meanwhile, iron ore junior BC Iron said its longstanding chairman Tony Kiernan had resigned to focus on his other business interests and would be replaced by director Brian O'Donnell, who is also an executive director of major shareholder Kerry Stokes» Australian Capital Equity.

Incorporating sustainability practices into its business model is a major focus for Central Waters, which claims to be one of the greenest brewers in the nation.

Market uncertainty, rising competition, and the retention and recruitment of skilled staff have been highlighted as major business concerns for the global packaging industry over the next six months, although respondents are willing to increase their focus towards expansion in current markets and the development of new products.

The program will focus on a major tenet of Sushi with Gusto's success and something that Fuji says has kept the business successful since it was founded.

Former Foster's Group chief executive Trevor O'Hoy became chairman of Maggie Beer Products last year and has overseen a review of the business, with an eye to capturing more of the younger market while still having a major focus on the core products.

These focus on harnessing the wisdom of teachers, helping the business community promote new directions in precollege science education, and — last but not least — catalyzing major changes in the way we teach college - level science.

Physically and intellectually, the design of the school focused on five major career pathways: health sciences and nursing; culinary arts and tourism; fitness / sports science; information technology and electronics; and business, architecture, engineering, and construction.

That, in fact, is a major focus of Change the Equation (CTEq), a nonprofit, nonpartisan, CEO - led initiative that is mobilizing the business community to improve the quality of pre-K-12 STEM learning in the United States.

«We have done a major decrease in the number of vehicles we are putting into fleet, focusing strictly on the retail side of the business,» Swearingen said.

The company originally intended to sell music as well, but Jamie Rosenberg, Director of Android Product Management, said «A couple of the major labels were less focused on the innovative vision that we put forward, and more interested in an unreasonable and unsustainable set of business terms.»

It's hard to imagine that five years ago after the threat of ebooks sent publishers into a panic and had experts declaring the death of the print industry that audiobooks would become a major focus for Amazon, let alone a $ 2 - billion (U.S.) per year business and the fastest growing book format, often outselling both print and digital editions.

Although the primary focus of Smashwords business is ebook distribution to major retailers and library providers, they've always operated their own small store.

Maintaining the continuity of a closely held business is a major focus of estate planning with life insurance for high net worth households.

Government: Helping businesses in San Diego grow and flourish is a major focus of the City of San Diego.

Government: I Helping businesses in San Diego grow and flourish is a major focus of the City of San Diego.

«He will add considerable operational strength to our business as we pursue a new phase of expansion in a number of major markets with a particular focus on Italy.

'' Two degree scenarios need to become the new default setting for how companies report on their future business strategy — it's not clear what the oil majors are so afraid of that they resist focusing on a smaller higher margin business.»

And companies like GE and Cisco, who are investing major money in the smart grid and transitioning significant portions of their business to focus on grid technology, have a lot at stake when it comes to consumer trust and national adoption of the smart grid.

Surprisingly, oil and gas majors are making some of the biggest strides towards disclosure, according to a research paper written by Krzus and Harvard Business School professor Robert Eccles and focused on the feasibility of scaling TCFD adoption.

Of all the major social media platforms, LinkedIn's focus on business gives it a suitable aura of professionalisOf all the major social media platforms, LinkedIn's focus on business gives it a suitable aura of professionalisof professionalism.

The impression remains that the «By the Court» has some institutional momentum behind it even while it establishes a clearer focus in its deployment, such that it may be becoming a significant and permanent element of how the Court does its major business, and perhaps not just its constitutional business.

LexisNexis has made a similar shift in focus by the acquisition of Choicepoint and Seisent, companies in the risk analytics business, which has become its major source of revenue and profit growth.

Seven major practice areas - corporate, energy and environmental, financial services, intellectual property, litigation, real estate, and tax - provide the framework for an extensive range of focus areas, allowing Sutherland attorneys to serve a diverse client base that ranges from small and medium - sized start - up businesses to a significant number of Fortune 100 companies.

The scale and ambition of the arrangement is remarkable, and the business case is compellingly strong — by outsourcing many of its non-core activities to Integreon, CMS Cameron McKenna should achieve major cost savings and free itself to focus more strategically on its clients and services.»

In her speech, McLachlin focused on the major challenges facing the legal profession while outlining what she sees as new opportunities that provide some optimism for different ways of doing business, particularly for «nimble, tech - savvy lawyers.»

Professional services marketing is in the midst of a major shift, as businesses across the segment move their marketing focus...

Seven major practice areas — corporate, financial services, energy and environmental, intellectual property, litigation, real estate, and tax — provide the framework for an extensive range of focus areas, allowing Sutherland attorneys to serve a diverse client base that ranges from small and medium - sized start - up businesses to a significant number of Fortune 100 companies.

Before joining Arent Fox in 2004, Ricardo was a partner in a major law firm in the city of Caracas, Venezuela where he represented various pharmaceutical, food, and entertainment companies doing business in Venezuela and South America in areas including foreign investment requirements and compliance, regulatory compliance with focus on food and pharmaceuticals, and intellectual property — namely trademark protection and litigation, data access, and privacy and patent litigation (mostly design patent).

Mr. Cesar represents a wide range of businesses and industries, with a focus on general contractors, joint ventures, major subcontractors, software consulting providers and customers, financial institutions, and other business entities.

Today, Lex Machina is focused on providing our customers with the winning edge in the business and practice of law, but we remain committed to being a source of publicly available, highly reliable data — helping lawmakers and analysts better understand the major trends and issues in the patent litigation landscape.

The major focus of the firm's activities is on all areas of national and international business law with a strong focus on employment law.

Before joining Dollarama, Kouri worked for six years in the Business Law Group of a major Canadian law firm, where her practice focused on securities and corporate finance.

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.

Maintaining the continuity of a closely held business is a major focus of estate planning with life insurance for high net worth households.

The focus of Ariba's business is in procurement, spend management, and supplier discovery, and is partnered with major ERP suppliers, including SAP, as well as Salesforce, IBM and Oracle.

Microsoft Corp on Thursday said Terry Myerson, executive vice president of its Windows and devices business, will be leaving the company amid a major management reshuffle that increases the company's focus on its cloud products.

Google is presently amid a major consumer electronics push that's centered around the Google Assistant, the most commercially viable manifestation of the company's AI - focused business strategy to date that permeates the majority of its contemporary offerings ranging from smartphones and speakers to gadgets like the Pixel Buds and Google Clips automated camera, as well as apps such as Google Photos and Gmail.

It is suggested that you select a major area of focus in a specific business field and concentrate your classes around it.

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EARLE3407 Old Dobbin Road, Montgomery, Alabama 36116 - 1903Home Phone: [phone] Cell Phone: [phone] Fax: [phone] E-mail: [email protected] position managing legal discovery and document review with opportunity to assist attorneys with civil litigationBAR ADMISSIONAlabama State Bar, 1999LAW - RELATED EXPERIENCELaw Firm, AlabamaResearch Attorney for Special Projects, Mass Torts Department, November 2001 — February 2008 • Managed Multi-District Litigation (MDL) Document Depository (September 2002 to February 2008) o Reviewed more than 1 million pages of evidentiary documents for litigation purposes and for inclusion in electronic databaseso Coordinated document review assignments with attorneys at local depository and at other sites across the USo Retrieved, reviewed and coded documents in Concordance and Summation legal databaseso Prepared memoranda and spreadsheets providing detailed analysis of discovery materials • Aided attorneys and support staff with processing and preparation of personal injury claims and litigationo Conducted legal research and drafted pleadingso Conducted supplementary online research for additional documents and information pertinent to litigationo Assisted with preparation of correspondence to clients and referring attorneyso Contacted clients for additional information needed in case preparation, litigation, and potential settlementso Prepared and input case intakes and referrals into databaseLaw School, AlabamaStudent Intern, Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program (ADAP), August 1996 — June 1997 • Participated in law school clinical program under third - year law student practice rule (as authorized by Alabama Supreme Court) o Assisted attorneys and advocates in cases involving mentally ill patients confined to state mental health facilitieso Interviewed clients in person (at state facilities) and over the phoneo Worked with clients, attorneys, and social workers to investigate and resolve issues concerning involuntary confinement and treatmento Aided in legal research on an appellate brief submitted to the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (ruling granted in favor of our client) Faculty Research Assistant for Library Services, Bounds Law Library, March 1996 — June 1997 • Prepared research and teaching materials for law school faculty; worked 20 hours per week while matriculating 10 - 15 hours per semester) o Investigated copyright issues related to procuring and reproducing texts for academic useo Conducted legal research using WESTLAW, LEXIS and the InternetADDITIONAL RELEVANT EXPERIENCEManufacturing Company (MC), Montgomery, AlabamaAdministrative Assistant and Cost Analyst, Materials Purchasing Department, April 1999 — September 2001 • Assisted materials buyers in negotiating and preparing commodities contracts between raw materials suppliers and MC for manufacturing plants in the US and Mexicoo Assisted Legal Department at MC's corporate headquarters with coordination and preparation of documents for litigationo Notified and educated suppliers about MC's freight - on - board policy and its corresponding Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) provisions; result was the reduction of freight claims for both the company and its supplierso Prepared contracts and purchase orders for raw materials and capital projects involving plant maintenanceo Solicited price quotations from current vendors and established Excel spreadsheet format which simplified quote submission process and allowed MC to track and compare usage volumes and costs over timeo Prepared and analyzed cost reports used by materials buyers and production planners in purchasing decisions, including cost reductions, materials consolidation, and selection of vendorso Acted as liaison between vendors and the Purchasing, Transportation and Accounting Departments on issues concerning inbound freight, commercial carriers, and payment terms for commodities, resulting in reductions in freight costs and greater payment discounts for raw materialso Established online databases and printed directories for the Purchasing Department, allowing buyers to have easier and faster access to current vendor informationo Completed Year 2000 (Y2K) compliance project, which involved data collection and communication with MC's past, present, and potential materials suppliers and service providersNot - For - Profit Organization, AlabamaAdministrative Assistant, Combined Federal Campaign, September 1998 — January 1999 • Aided Campaign Director with 1998 Federal Campaigns (CFCs) in City 1 and City 2, which together generated nearly $ 700,000 for more than 1,000 local, national and international charitieso Prepared weekly reports on donations using WordPerfect, Microsoft Word, Excel and dBase IVo Wrote script for Talent Showcase at City 1's 1998 CFC Kickoffo Assisted Director with merger of the City 1 and City 2 CFCs in 1999Regional Bank, AlabamaAdministrative Assistant, Year 2000 (Y2K) Department, March — June 1998 • Worked with Vice President of Corporate Projects on short - term project for the bank's Y2K Departmento Analyzed and processed data on Y2K readiness for all branches of Bank throughout the southeastern USo Organized meetings for personnel of Banko Communicated with vendors of computer hardware, software, and office equipment to request information on Y2K complianceo Prepared compliance files for Federal Reserve auditso Prepared in - house memoranda and reports using Microsoft Word and ExcelRecord / Music Promotion Company, AlabamaRecord Pool Co-Founder; Office Manager, September 1990 — December 1991 • Co-founded record pool to enhance promotion of music in Alabama and the southeastern USo Procured and distributed records from major and independent labels for club, radio and mobile disc jockeyso Coordinated jointly sponsored promotional events with record companies, radio stations and clubso Designed, wrote, and published bi-weekly reports and brochures to inform the music industry of the progress and popularity of music and performers in the region, with specific focus on the Alabama music sceneMajor University, AlabamaGraduate Research Assistant, AUM Department of Marketing, June 1989 — August 1990 • Worked 13 - 20 hours per week as a research assistant to Marketing faculty while carrying a full course load in the MBA programo Analyzed consumer surveys used in academic researcho Assisted Conference Chairperson with coordination for Atlantic Marketing Association (AMA) annual meeting (October 1989) o Co-authored five - year index and classification of AMA Proceedings (published Fall 1991) EDUCATIONLaw School, AlabamaJuris Doctor (JD), 1997 • Scholarshipso Seybourn H. Lynne Scholarship, 1996 - 97o Dexter C. Hobbs Memorial Scholarship, 1995 - 96o E. W. Godbey Memorial Scholarship, 1994 - 95 • Honorso Who's Who Among American Law School Students, 1996 - 94o Arthur Davis Shores Award, 1997 • Activitieso Frederick Douglass Moot Court Team Manager, 1996 - 97 Southern Regional Competition, Second Place National Competition, Eighth Placeo John A. Campbell Moot Court Competition, Spring 1996o Black Law Students Association Delegate, BLSA National Convention, 1997 Co-Chairperson, Public Relations Committee, 1996 - 97 Chairperson, Public Relations Committee, 1995 - 96 BLSA President's Award, 1996 and 1997o American Bar Association, 1996 - 97 Entertainment and Sports Industries Forum Intellectual Property Section Law Student Divisiono LAWS Student Group Leader, 1995 - 96Major University, AlabamaMaster of Business Administration (MBA), 1990Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (B.S.B.A.), 1988 (Major: Marketing — Advertising and Promotion Track) • Honorso Dean's List • Activitieso National Student Advertising Competition Team, 1988 - 90 Seventh District Competition: Third Place, 1990o Marketing Club, 1987 - 90 Vice President — Career Development, 1988 - 89o Public Relations / Advertising (PR / AD) Club, 1988 - 90 Charter Member, 1988 Active in fund - raising and membership driveso Theater Guild, 1988 - 90 Screening Committee, 1989REFERENCESAvailable upon remajor and independent labels for club, radio and mobile disc jockeyso Coordinated jointly sponsored promotional events with record companies, radio stations and clubso Designed, wrote, and published bi-weekly reports and brochures to inform the music industry of the progress and popularity of music and performers in the region, with specific focus on the Alabama music sceneMajor University, AlabamaGraduate Research Assistant, AUM Department of Marketing, June 1989 — August 1990 • Worked 13 - 20 hours per week as a research assistant to Marketing faculty while carrying a full course load in the MBA programo Analyzed consumer surveys used in academic researcho Assisted Conference Chairperson with coordination for Atlantic Marketing Association (AMA) annual meeting (October 1989) o Co-authored five - year index and classification of AMA Proceedings (published Fall 1991) EDUCATIONLaw School, AlabamaJuris Doctor (JD), 1997 • Scholarshipso Seybourn H. Lynne Scholarship, 1996 - 97o Dexter C. Hobbs Memorial Scholarship, 1995 - 96o E. W. Godbey Memorial Scholarship, 1994 - 95 • Honorso Who's Who Among American Law School Students, 1996 - 94o Arthur Davis Shores Award, 1997 • Activitieso Frederick Douglass Moot Court Team Manager, 1996 - 97 Southern Regional Competition, Second Place National Competition, Eighth Placeo John A. Campbell Moot Court Competition, Spring 1996o Black Law Students Association Delegate, BLSA National Convention, 1997 Co-Chairperson, Public Relations Committee, 1996 - 97 Chairperson, Public Relations Committee, 1995 - 96 BLSA President's Award, 1996 and 1997o American Bar Association, 1996 - 97 Entertainment and Sports Industries Forum Intellectual Property Section Law Student Divisiono LAWS Student Group Leader, 1995 - 96Major University, AlabamaMaster of Business Administration (MBA), 1990Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (B.S.B.A.), 1988 (Major: Marketing — Advertising and Promotion Track) • Honorso Dean's List • Activitieso National Student Advertising Competition Team, 1988 - 90 Seventh District Competition: Third Place, 1990o Marketing Club, 1987 - 90 Vice President — Career Development, 1988 - 89o Public Relations / Advertising (PR / AD) Club, 1988 - 90 Charter Member, 1988 Active in fund - raising and membership driveso Theater Guild, 1988 - 90 Screening Committee, 1989REFERENCESAvailable upon reMajor University, AlabamaMaster of Business Administration (MBA), 1990Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (B.S.B.A.), 1988 (Major: Marketing — Advertising and Promotion Track) • Honorso Dean's List • Activitieso National Student Advertising Competition Team, 1988 - 90 Seventh District Competition: Third Place, 1990o Marketing Club, 1987 - 90 Vice President — Career Development, 1988 - 89o Public Relations / Advertising (PR / AD) Club, 1988 - 90 Charter Member, 1988 Active in fund - raising and membership driveso Theater Guild, 1988 - 90 Screening Committee, 1989REFERENCESAvailable upon reMajor: Marketing — Advertising and Promotion Track) • Honorso Dean's List • Activitieso National Student Advertising Competition Team, 1988 - 90 Seventh District Competition: Third Place, 1990o Marketing Club, 1987 - 90 Vice President — Career Development, 1988 - 89o Public Relations / Advertising (PR / AD) Club, 1988 - 90 Charter Member, 1988 Active in fund - raising and membership driveso Theater Guild, 1988 - 90 Screening Committee, 1989REFERENCESAvailable upon request

These statements focus on major tasks of business and include statements that emphasize the employee's impact on the company (cost savings, risk mitigation, process improvement, decision making).

Business Week tells us that word of mouth is still the best way to get hired, so if you haven't been making networking a major focus of your job search, now is the time to start.

Account Manager, Lodge Marketing Group, Granite Falls, WA — 8/2007 — present • Manage five major accounts representing $ 2 million in annual sales • Hire, train, and manage junior account managers and other sales department staff • Spearhead training plan for firm's small business division to improve sales resources • Write and implement digital and print marketing plans • Cultivate lasting relationships with clients through deep knowledge of their business strategies, products and services, and industry focus • Monitor competition and proactively identify strategies to retain accounts in competitive marketplace

LinkedIn Passwords Posted Online After Apparent HackSecurity professionals suspect that the business - focused social network LinkedIn has suffered a major breach of its password database.

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