Sentences with phrase «mark over the industry»

Intellectual property (IP) remains a big question mark over the industry.

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This marks the first time in over a decade that a Scottish whiskey hasn't claimed the top spot on Jim Murray's Whisky Bible — an annual compilation by one of the industry's most revered connoisseurs.

The more than 85,000 attendees are getting ready to hear keynotes from two Americans who hold impressive sway over the future of the mobile industry: Facebook (FB) CEO Mark Zuckerberg and U.S. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler.

The answer, suggest institutional investors like Mark Wiseman, CEO of the Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board, is to align pay to longer industry and product cycles, and to use restricted stock units (rather than stock options) that vest over time — even after the CEO retires — pushing executives to think seriously about what happens after they're gone.

Known as the Winklevoss twins in the new tech industry, and famous both for being among the largest (if not the largest) holders of bitcoin (and because of their legendary dispute with Mark Zuckerberg over the origins of Facebook) the two men want to create a new exchange in compliance with financial laws.

Mark Hayes over at the small agency RocketShp can take full credit for this clever trick to get an instant list of relevant industry bloggers to reach out to for help spreading your content.

These risks and uncertainties include food safety and food - borne illness concerns; litigation; unfavorable publicity; federal, state and local regulation of our business including health care reform, labor and insurance costs; technology failures; failure to execute a business continuity plan following a disaster; health concerns including virus outbreaks; the intensely competitive nature of the restaurant industry; factors impacting our ability to drive sales growth; the impact of indebtedness we incurred in the RARE acquisition; our plans to expand our newer brands like Bahama Breeze and Seasons 52; our ability to successfully integrate Eddie V's restaurant operations; a lack of suitable new restaurant locations; higher - than - anticipated costs to open, close or remodel restaurants; increased advertising and marketing costs; a failure to develop and recruit effective leaders; the price and availability of key food products and utilities; shortages or interruptions in the delivery of food and other products; volatility in the market value of derivatives; general macroeconomic factors, including unemployment and interest rates; disruptions in the financial markets; risk of doing business with franchisees and vendors in foreign markets; failure to protect our service marks or other intellectual property; a possible impairment in the carrying value of our goodwill or other intangible assets; a failure of our internal controls over financial reporting or changes in accounting standards; and other factors and uncertainties discussed from time to time in reports filed by Darden with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Huge cost savings are waning for U.S. shale oil companies, marking an end to the drastic price cuts on equipment and services over the past 16 months that helped them survive the worst industry downturn in six years.

Mark joined the group in January 2016 as managing director of Matthew Clark, having worked in the food and drinks industry for over 35 years, holding senior positions with a range of organisations including Booker Group, Blueheath, Safeway and Musgrave Group.

In recent weeks traders have worried that the uproar over what critics dubbed «pink slime,» and the industry labeled «finely textured beef,» would sink wholesale choice beef prices below the $ 170 mark.

Some question marks remain over the attitude of the leader, but the MP for Islington North is no longer seen universally as a politician that the public affairs industry could never do business with.

They are running roughshod over the will of Congress that established the NOSB as a buffer to insulate organic regulations from corrupt corporate lobbyists,» said Mark A. Kastel, Senior Farm Policy Analyst at The Cornucopia Institute, a Wisconsin - based nonprofit that acts as an organic industry watchdog.

Mark Brooks said: «Worldwide the online dating industry stands at over $ 3.5 billion.

Mark Brooks, editor of OnlinePersonalsWatch.com and a consultant to the Internet dating industry, said the number of people visiting online dating sites in December 2007 was down 10 % over December 2006 (according to comScore).

With the recession over the 6 month mark, I think a lot of the popular paid dating sites are doing remarkable well by keeping roughly their current visitor levels, while sales in other industries plummet.

The success of Shelton» 2009 film Humpday, a comedy of sexual awakening starring Mark Duplass and Joshua Leonard, proved her style could cross over to general audiences, and after directing episodes of Mad Men and New Girl, Shelton's confidence in her abilities rose along with her status in the industry.

The Catering Mark also provides a significant boost to the British farming industry, with over # 40 million spent on British ingredients each year.

Instant Assignment Help has made its mark in the writing industry over time as it aims to offer nothing less than the best to its clients.

In fact, U.S. pet industry expenditures grew by almost $ 10 billion over the past five years, breaking the $ 50 - billion mark in 2011, according to the American Pet Product Manufacturers Association (APPA).

Over 50 heavy hitters of the interactive entertainment industry have appeared on the show: celebrated Japanese creator of Lumines, 99 Nights, and Rez, Tetsuya Mizuguchi; British game developer legend Peter Molyneux; Sims creator Will Wright; Sony's former Worldwide Studios» president, Phil Harrison; Neil Young, former Vice President of Electronic Arts; the new enfant terrible on the block and mastermind behind cult title Katamari Damacy, Keita Takahashi; the creative mind behind the highly anticipated LittleBigPlanet, Mark Healey; Assassin's Creed producer, Jade Raymond; French visionary David Cage; Guitar Hero and RockBand creator, and Harmonix» CEO, Alex Rigopulos; EA's A & R director, Alan Yu; Crytek's Cevat Yerli; British author and columnist Steven Poole, aka «Trigger Happy»; Japanese music - action game master Masaya Matsuura, and many more.

Subscribe to Masters of Unlocking: A Video Game Podcast by clicking over to the official website With the World Video Game Hall of Fame set to induct its 2018 class, we take a look at the mark each of the current Hall of Fame members made on the industry.

The Australian video and computer games industry tipped over the $ 2 billion mark in 2013, with traditional hard - copy retail sales hitting $ 1.14 billion and digital sales reaching an estimated $ 899 million, according to data from NPD Group Australia.

«When it comes to climate action, Governor Brown talks a good game, but he has bent over backwards for the oil and gas industry and refused to protect communities from drilling and fracking,» said Mark Schlosberg, organizing co-director at Food and Water Watch.

The Prime Minister told this highly select group that his Government was in political trouble over greenhouse policy as it was being out - manoeuvred by the NSW Government and by Mark Latham who was benefiting politically from his promise to ratify the Kyoto Protocol and support the renewable energy industries.

So, while this dismal and depressing saga of contrived alarm over our CO2 emissions continues to make a massive nuisance of itself as a 1.5 trillion dollar industry, we have the occasional consolation of papers like this new one from Andrew helping to mark the copybooks and make the situation clear for future historians, as and when they seek to make sense of what will surely look to them like a madness never before seen on such a scale, and for so long.

The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) reported the state saw 198 MW installed in the final quarter of 2015, marking a 191 % increase over the previous quarter and a 48 % increase over Q4 2014.

The original report appears behind a paywall, and in German, over at the industry publication Automobilwoche, but according to Electrek the initiative could be complete as early as 2020, and would single - handedly mark a doubling of public electric vehicle charging stations in Germany.

It marked a 95 percent increase over the previous record of 7,493 megawatts in 2015, according to GTM Research and the Solar Energy Industries Association, which gave the highlights of the U.S. Solar Market Insight report.

About this performance mark, Lightsource CEO Nick Boyle said, «Despite the cloud of uncertainty hanging over the industry in recent months, we've seen a great many successes in 2015 and this latest round of connections is a great way for us to end the year.»

Over the years Mark has dealt with many high - profile sports and intellectual property disputes, often in the Formula 1 industry and also with breach of fiduciary duty claims and employment related matters.

Mark also has industry expertise in aviation and NASCAR motorsports industries, as well as over twenty - five years of experience in handling federal and state tax controversy matters.

Against this backdrop of dysfunction, disarray and repatterning, Law is busily being reduced to a banal service - processing industry, lawyers apparently just marking time until Watson takes over.

Commentator Bob Ambrogi reckons «no individual has been more directly responsible for disrupting the legal industry over the past decade than Mark Britton.»

Muddle or mess, the high court's pre-emption cases bear «broad consequences for all regulated industries,» which generally prefer uniform, national regulation over varying state regulations, said Mark I. Levy, chairman of the Supreme Court and appellate practice at the Washington office of Atlanta - based Kilpatrick Stockton.

As Canada marked its 150th birthday last year, a new report by Thomson Reuters and Acritas — the 2018 State of Canadian Corporate Law Departments — takes a look back at trends in the Canadian corporate and legal industry over the past five years in order to better understand how the modern legal department has evolved.

Mark Lewis is a founding partner of Lewis Birnberg Hanet LLP, and has been actively involved in the broadcasting, entertainment and telecommunications industry for over 45 years.

Because the insurance industry is marked by steep competition, price differences can be well over 30 percent.

With over 40 ICOs and over $ 1 billion raised already in the new year, the nascent industry is on pace to top last year's mark of $ 5.6 billion.

Though this date has now been delayed over larger uncertainties in the crypto markets, the launch may soon mark a milestone, pairing the sometimes controversial blockchain token sale business model with one of the industry's most high - profile faces.

Resume Content Mark Evans 5182 Woodside Drive, Chicago, IL 11111 555.121.9213 [email protected] Summary Driven and goal - oriented executive with over two decades of experience in the food and beverage production industry.

Field Service Technician Mark Andy celebrates over 70 years in the label and package printing industry with a mission to be the supplier of choice throughout the product life cycle, offering high...

Mark Osmundson Executive Recruiter [e-mail] [phone] x 22 Mark is an executive recruiter in the Automotive and Powersports industries where he has an extensive network of contacts built over the past 11 years.

That marked a 10.7 percent increase over 2013's volume of $ 47.96 billion and was within range of the industry's peak between 2005 and 2007, when annual investment volume averaged $ 56.37 billion per year.

Mark has over 15 years» experience in the investment industry, 10 of which have been spent in real estate at Standard Life Investments.

Mark has worked in the mortgage industry and as a settlement services business and systems consultant for over 30 years.