Sentences with phrase «moves by rival»

These first moves by rival e-book players are likely to be trial balloons.

Not exact matches

Hulu — which is owned jointly by CBS rivals Walt Disney, 21st Century Fox, Comcast, and Time Warner — made a similar move less than a year ago, when the service offered subscribers the option of paying a few dollars more per month for an ad - free experience.

Outspent by rival Apple more than three - to - one in advertising for mobile phones in the U.S. in 2011, Samsung responded with a marketing blitz on TV, billboards, the Internet and print media that moved the Korean company into the pole position last year.

The nation's largest retailer may be looking to play a bigger role in health care by acquiring Medicare insurance giant Humana — just as its rival Amazon is increasingly making moves in the sector.

The move offers Lufthansa and rivals a chance to acquire slots at airports such as Berlin Tegel and Duesseldorf, with Germany's largest airline keen to defend its domestic position against expansion by low - cost rival Ryanair.

Many of the recent Big Pharma deals and acquisition proposals have been motivated by the companies» desire to lower their tax rate by acquiring a foreign rival and moving their headquarters overseas in a process known as an inversion.

Analyst Chris Murray of AltaCorp Capital called the moves pure marketing, by highlighting the challenges facing its domestic rival while also promoting its service as an alternative.

LONDON — U.S. media conglomerate Comcast has made a 22 billion pound bid for London - based pay TV operator Sky in move that threatens a rival bid by Rupert Murdoch.

In a move worthy of Michael Corleone of The Godfather movie fame, the 32 - year old crown prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed Bin Salman, consolidated his power, over the weekend, by trotting a tried - and - true method of vanquishing political rivals in a monarchy: charge them with corruption.

In a world where even the lowly buggy whip has moved into the online realm (seriously, Google it), Yellow Media, that provider of inexpensive booster seats also known as the Yellow Pages, has been buying up rival phone directories and figuring out ways to make its antiquated business model work by slowly, so slowly, moving its services online.

Ford Motor's (f) luxury unit Lincoln plans to produce luxury SUVs in China by late 2019, as it steps up its move into the world's largest auto market and aims to catch up with German and U.S. rivals who already manufacture in the Asian nation.

However, recent moves by larger rivals Delta Air Lines Inc and American Airlines Group Inc to match those low prices have hurt unit revenue and pushed Spirit's stock down 46 percent last year.

Now, the nation's largest retailer may be looking to play a bigger role in the sector by acquiring Medicare insurance giant Humana — just as its rival Amazon is increasingly making its own moves in the health - care market.

The move is aimed squarely at making Macy's more nimble as it looks to halt the erosion of its business by rivals like Amazon.com (amzn) TJX Cos's (tjx) T.J. Maxx, and Ulta Beauty (ulta).

ListHub is owned by Move Inc., a News Corp. subsidiary and operator of Zillow and Trulia rival realtor.com.

In September, American giant AIG said it would «suspend» its automotive insurance business in China, following a similar move in 2014 by its rival, CV Starr.

At present, these payments are facilitated by Coinbase, however due to Coinbase's decision to drop their Coinbase Merchant Tools and move towards a new system called «Coinbase Commerce» CheapAir.com have reportedly decided to move to rivals BitPay in order to continue facilitating seemly air - travel payments, in Bitcoin, on their website.

Blocked by the Turks from enlarging the incipient expansion in the Eastern Mediterranean accomplished through the Crusades and the Italian cities, Western Europeans outflanked these formidable rivals by rounding Africa and, more than outflanking them, moved westward across the Atlantic.

Having caused some controversy in the manner of his move from Barca to PSG, it seems Neymar is ready to once again send shock - waves through world football by eventually moving to their bitter rivals Real Madrid.

Arsenal are all too often criticised for their work in the transfer market, but the Gunners deserve some credit for not always pushing through for the big moves, with these three an example of expensive failures by some of their Premier League rivals...

Lampard's treatment by Chelsea and his own surprise move to join a major rival just shows the romance of the game is a thing of the past.

The Arsenal transfer rumours about Jack Wilshere and a possible move to play for our old rivals Manchester United are still in the embryonic stage, as reported by Metro, but with the Gunners already having more options in the central midfield area where Jack plays there is a good chance that his loan season at AFC Bournemouth is not going to be enough to earn him a return to play for his beloved Arsenal.

The north London giants have been hurt in the past by losing star players to their Premier League rivals, with the likes of Samir Nasri and Emmanuel Adebayor among those to leave them for City in the past, while Robin van Persie also recently made the controversial move to Manchester United.

Fierce rivals Liverpool have even been linked with a move, by the Daily Mirror.

Liverpool winger Raheem Sterling has been heavily linked with a move to Premier League rivals Arsenal by the Daily Mirror.

everyone seems to be in a rush to do interviews especially after the Man u game... its a big big win for us seeing as we have not had one over them in 4 years but in the name of all that is good this is AFC we are talking about and no matter how crucial a win is against one of our biggest rival we should just move on and focus on the next game and stop behaving and acting like a newly promoted side that caused a big upset by beating one of the favorites for the title... at the end of the day its a very important win but its still 3 points....

In other news, our team seems to be rounding nicely into form, with a productive off - season and several new additions already settling in, there seems to be a renewed sense of confidence in the air... our well - oiled machine has conducted business again early this year, so we can just sit back, kick our feet up and watch all those other suckers scramble to make panic moves in the 11th hour... of course, we need to tie up a few loose ends but our team of savvy negotiators, under the tutelage of our faithful leader, will perform their usual magic with ample time to spare... I have to laugh when I look around the soccer world and see all those teams look upon us with envy and scorn as they struggle to mimic our seemingly infallible business model... thank goodness the powers that be had the foresight and fortitude to resist the temptations of the modern football era... instead of listening to all the experts and simply taking the easy way out by making the necessary improvements on the field and in the front office, we chose the path never traveled... we are truly pioneers in our field... sometimes you just have to have faith in the people that have always conducted themselves in a respectful and honest fashion... most fans aren't so fortunate, they will never know what it's like to follow a team that treats everyone in and around the club as if they were an extended member of the family... all for one I say... so when you wake up this morning, please try not to gloat when you see rival fans pacing back and forth waiting for their respective teams to pull the usual panic buys, just say nothing and be thankful that it isn't you... like I've always said, this is why you stay the course... this is when the real benefits of having someone in charge for over 2 decades really pays off... have a great day fellow Gunners

Less than a week ago ESPN still had City as Sanchez's most likely destination, but United have sent a major message to a number of their rivals by appearing to seal this exciting move.

He adds that he does have some sympathy for Wenger, but the club should move forward with the «winning formula» deployed by their fierce rivals.

Nevertheless, it will be a frustrating night for Arsenal with title rivals Manchester City being held to a goalless draw by Everton, while Leicester City picked up a dramatic late win at Tottenham to move level at the top of the table with Arsene Wenger's side.

And now the north London are hoping to be able to beat the likes of Liverpool and fierce city rivals Arsenal to the 19 - year - old's signature by making an early move for Vadillo, with the flyer understood to be valued at around the # 8m mark by his club.

As confirmed by Dortmund on their official website, Hummels will move back to Bavaria from rivals Dortmund ahead of next season, with speculation linking the German international with the move for some time.

if the Ox was played to either showcase his skills or to increase any potential bids because of his perceived importance to our starting 11, this was an incredibly risky move that could have cost us dearly... imagine if he was injured or played poorly, like he did, and this negatively impacted our ability to get the best available deal... more importantly, why was Wenger willing to play someone who obviously wants out in such an important game under false pretenses... this kind of behaviour might be less offensive in April, when things are done and dusted, but to do this following a loss against a supposed main rival that pipped us for fourth by a point last year, could be considered at best inappropriate and at worst treasonous... we can't afford to let this coach make business decisions on game day, which has gone on for far too long

Sanchez, as reported by the Sun, was left devastated on deadline day after his proposed # 60M move to rivals Manchester City fell through, with the Gunners themselves coming close to securing a deal for 21 - year - old Lemar, as the north London side made a # 92M move to replace the Chilean, however Wenger's side failed to get a deal over the line for the player.

One player that was perhaps more likely to be on his way in January is the main rival to Alexis in the centre forward role, with the lack of game time enjoyed by Olivier Giroud so far this season leading some to believe that the France international would be looking to move on.

Our side will be keen for a big performance against the Reds, having already been embarrassed by the Anfield club in August when they gave us a 4 - 0 thrashing on Merseyside, and Alex Oxlade - Chamberlain will hopefully be on the end of both defeats having played at wing - back for us in the reverse fixture shortly before moving to our rivals.

There is reported interest in Kagawa from a number of Bundesliga sides but the 24 year old attacking midfielder may be tempted by a move to another Premier League side, though one wonders if Man United would be willing to sell the former Borussia Dortmund man to a domestic rival.

But by mutual consent he's told his agent he wants to leave.The money part will always be a factor even if he decides to sign.If he stays he's just trying to honour his contract and move on for free mostlikely to another club in London.I wish we could know know his final stance before entering into the season because we can't allow him to go for free and strengthen another rival.

The report states that this means Bale could threaten any chance of Hazard moving to Madrid in a swap deal as the 28 - year - old does not want to ruin his reputation with Spurs fans by joining one of their major London rivals.

However, more names continue to be linked with a move to the San Siro, and as noted by MilanNews.it, Conti is a target for the club as they look to hold off competition from a number of rivals both in Italy and abroad.

The Daily Mail have also reported that his current club have agreed not to stand in the player's way after refusing to countenance a move last summer, although they are looking for a big transfer fee that is said by the paper to be putting off Arsene Wenger and the chairman of our north London rivals.

Tottenham's fierce London rivals Chelsea reportedly failed with a move for the player in the summer as reported by HITC, with the player turning down a move to Stamford Bridge over concerns about his playing time.

As noted by Goal.com, on - going speculation has linked the wonderkid with a move to rivals Juve to eventually replace Gianluigi Buffon as the man between the posts.

While it will be out of their control by next summer, Arsenal would of course prefer Sanchez to move abroad rather than join a direct Premier League rival and so this would suit them too even though they will undoubtedly be desperate to keep hold of the 28 - year - old.

Although undoubtedly still a Chelsea legend for his many years of great service, Lampard has angered some sections of supporters by moving to a Premier League rival, and he will return to Stamford Bridge for the first time since his exit this weekend when the two sides meet in an all - important clash between the two main title rivals.

United would surely rather see the England international move abroad if possible, as they may have reason to be wary of the player improving elsewhere in the Premier League and coming back to haunt them in a big way by strengthening one of their top four rivals.

The Man United boss has earmarked moves for a trio of targets having been promised funds by his Old Trafford board as he looks to wrestle the Premier League title from local rivals Man City.

In what was described as a «snooker move» by the commentators, DTM driver Timo Scheider expertly managed to take out two of his rivals in one go at the Red Bull Ring, after Mercedes drivers Wickens and Wehrlein played some rather interesting tactics with the Audi driver.

this complaining about wenger gets nausiating, i know these type of fans will want the next manager out, then the next... everyone is a Klopp fan but no one want to mention his 16 th place in the relagation zone, our team is competitive, yr after yr, our wage structure, set by the board is lower than the oil rich rivals who can buy who ever they want, we do alot with less, and yet find a way, I do nt agree w every move of wenger, but i do nt want to support a classless dildo like jose either

The importance of this fixture to both sides can not be over-estimated with this being one of the oldest rivalries in English football, but this season, with the Lilywhites already 4 points ahead of Arsenal in the League table, the Gunners can't afford to let their rivals open up a bigger gap, while Arsene Wenger's side will be desperate to move back into contention for a Top Four finish by taking all 3 points.