Sentences with phrase «month in a bid»

But some of the region's most politically active executives — including Eric Schmidt, the executive chairman of Google's parent company, Alphabet; and Elon Musk, the founder of Tesla and SpaceX — have contributed generously to Republicans in recent months in a bid to maintain steady relationships with both parties.

Partly because Toyota and Honda dealers rushed to sell as many cars as possible last month in their bids for the title of best - selling car, the industry as a whole registered exceptionally strong sales.

Euronext has extended a trading fee waiver on its dairy commodity futures by an extra three months in a bid to «trigger» interest.

As reported by The Metro, City have identified the Argentinian international as a possible target next month in their bid to bring in reinforcements up front.

Sunderland manager Gus Poyet has made a cheeky offer to take Radamel Falcao off Manchester United's hands for six months in a bid to get him back to full fitness and form, according to the Sunderland Echo.

The French midfielder has been heavily linked with a move away from the Parc des Princes next month in a bid to force his way into the national team in time for Euro 2016.

Omaha - based Buck's Inc., and the landowners filed suit against DuPage County last month in a bid to overturn the county board's decision.

The Nigeria military has been up and doing in the past few months in its bid to unravel the mystery behind the polls held in the state.

Sanders raised more than $ 33 million during the past three months in his bid to win the Democratic nomination, his campaign said — just short of the amount brought in by rival Clinton during the same period.

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders raised more than $ 33 million during the past three months in his bid to win the Democratic nomination, his campaign said Saturday, just short of the amount brought in by rival Hillary Clinton during the same period.

Altamonte Springs Republican Rep. Bob Cortes crossed $ 100,000 in total fundraising last month in his bid for a third term representing House District 30.

Bernie Sanders went on a spending spree last month in his bid for the White House — and now has just $ 14.7 million in his war chest, less than half...

ONE hundred petrol stations in Vienna are experimenting with reformulated petrol this month in a bid to clean up the city's summer smog.

During an interview with the Sydney Morning Herald, the Australian actor made a pledge to work with a female director every 18 months in a bid to help increase the number of women working in the film industry.

The ad was part of a $ 6 million campaign that the New Democrat Network, a political advocacy group known as a «527,» ran in the last few months in a bid to sway voters leading up to the elections this week.

Apple is preparing to launch a smaller tablet computer in the coming months in a bid to maintain its edge in an increasingly crowded market, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.

RIM's library of third - party applications lags those of Apple and Android but the Canadian company has increased its focus on developers in recent months in a bid to close the gap.

Three community courts will open this month in a bid to give local communities a greater say in how offenders in their area are dealt with.

Developers can start optimizing their apps starting next month in a bid to improve experiences with the keyboard and mouse input, among other aspects.

Not exact matches

Speaking of Google, two months ago the company announced its bid to get in on the car - as - rolling - smartphone race, saying it aims to complete its Android - vehicle integration system by the close of 2014.

When a manager here comes to me and says certain commodities are going to be put up for bid in the coming months, I go through my files of people I have run across over the course of the past couple of years.

Trudeau is six months into his bid for the party leadership, and it shows as he briskly shakes every available hand in the room before alighting on his throne to expound on the Conservative government's fickle relationship with China.

State to shed 500 public servants The WA government wants to axe 500 public service jobs in the next 15 months in a further bid to rein in rampant growth in the state's bureaucracy.

In a bid to save cash, 47 % of Americans are now packing a lunch more often, according to a poll released last month.

Lions Gate fought back, calling Icahn's bid «inadequate, opportunistic and coercive,» in a letter to shareholders this month.

Neon Energy chairman Alan Stein has warned the company's shareholders against taking any action towards a takeover bid it received earlier in the month.

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Home Depot has held internal discussions in recent months about a potential acquisition bid for XPO.

The review by CFIUS — the U.S. Treasury's Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States — has already delayed a proxy vote by a month and could force Broadcom to abandon its bid.

Home Depot has held internal discussions in recent months about a potential acquisition bid for XPO, a $ 9 billion publicly traded company that offers transportation, delivery and other logistics services for big retailers and brands, according to a person familiar with Home Depot's thinking.

In recent months, the proposal has stirred back to life as the Saudi government kicked off a formal process to solicit bids for their first reactors.

The president suggested Saturday that the indictments proved he or his campaign couldn't have been involved in a Russian effort to meddle in an election because the effort began in 2014, which was at least six months before he would announce his bid for the presidency in June 2015.

Google is offering a 30 - day free trial and, in a bid to reward early adopters, if you sign up by June 30th, after the trial ends, All Access will cost $ 7.99 a month.

Within a month of that conversation, my wife and I put in a bid to buy our first home.

Under takeover rules in the U.K., where SABMiller has its primary listing, ABI was required to make a formal offer by Wednesday evening in London, or else withdraw its interest, after having declared its intention to bid last month.

SABMiller immediately issued its own statement saying it still didn't like the terms of the new offer, which would give its public shareholders 42.15 pounds a share in cash, a premium of 44 % over where the shares were trading before news of AB InBev's intention to bid leaked out last month.

After Plus500's share price went into free fall last month Playtech swooped in with a low - ball bid.

Harris got the chance to bid on a large job for Barnes & Noble.com — a traveling technology exhibit that would cover 25 cities in nine months.

Thailand's third - richest man is set to take control of Fraser and Neave (F&N) in Southeast Asia's biggest M&A deal after a group led by an Indonesian tycoon bowed out of a two - month bidding war for the $ 11.4 billion Singapore company.

That may explain why Japan's Suntory jumped ahead of a number of European suitors, including France's Pernod Ricard, to bid for Beam last month — offering to pay Beam stockholders $ 83.50 per share, a 25 % premium over the stock's then - market price of around $ 67, in addition to assuming some $ 2.4 billion in company debt.

Last month, Go - Jek acquired three financial technology (fintech) start - ups for undisclosed amounts in a bid to dominate Indonesia's digital payments industry.

Eight months after the big - box giant's initial bid to buy Massmart Holdings, the South African government has approved the deal, giving Walmart a 51 % stake in the local retail chain.rn

Final bids are due at the end of the month, the agency wrote, but already Sears» shares are experiencing their biggest jump in two years.

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Eight months after the big - box giant's initial bid to buy Massmart Holdings, the South African government has approved the deal, giving Walmart a 51 % stake in the local retail chain.

Earlier this month, Uber lost a bid to force arbitration in a federal lawsuit brought in San Francisco by its drivers.

Notley has earnestly tried to cast herself as much of a champion of oil as any Tory premier was — she's heading to British Columbia to talk energy and pipelines later this month, and Alberta has once again bid to intervene against a legal bid to thwart the Trans Mountain Pipeline in the westernmost province.

Baysa said Jollibee had not submitted a formal or informal bid for any company in recent months.

The United States» joint bid with Canada and Mexico once felt like a lock but it is looking more vulnerable by the day thanks in no small part to the US president

Thirteen months ago when the United States launched a joint bid to host the World Cup with Mexico and Canada at a news conference on the...

An attorney for Toys «R» Us said in court earlier this month that the company had received multiple bids of more than $ 1 billion for an 85 percent stake in its Asian business.