There's plenty here to get HTC fans to buy a U Ultra purely for its great design, strong performance and big display — but those sales will be overshadowed by the overwhelming majority of people who will go for the better overall phones on offer from big -
name companies at the same price or less.
Not exact matches
Sun plops down
at the conference table, wearing a hoodie over top of a bright blue T - shirt emblazoned with the
name of his
company, Revlo.
He headed up Bausch & Lomb until the eye care specialist was snatched up by the (now - infamous) Valeant Pharmaceuticals (vrx); sat
at the top perch of Forest Laboratories before becoming CEO of that
company's acquirer, Actavis, in 2014; and, finally, took over as the top dog
at Allergan after Actavis bought it and adopted the Botox - maker's
name.
Nonetheless, expect to see less place for every day items
at CVS stores eventually and more room for the higher value health care services, a move telegraphed by the
company in 2014, when it changed its
name from CVS Caremark to CVS Health.
Instead you want
names, dates and numbers: «When I was
at this
company, I sold this much to that
company, and the result was an increase this much.»
An executive
at another credit card
company, who also did not want to be quoted by
name, said, «We're not hearing this from any other merchants.»
At our
company, we've shared everything from choosing our
company name to our investor updates.
Former Viacom senior executive Tom Dooley was
named as Dauman's replacement, but he announced last week that he will be leaving the
company soon, which leaves a leadership vacuum
at the top of Viacom — a vacuum that makes a merger with CBS even more likely, some believe.
Gainfully employed
at a printing
company, she found the monthly mortgage payments were within her budget (Ann and others quoted in this story asked that Maclean's not use their full
names).
Rajiv Malik, president and executive director
at EpiPen maker Mylan (essentially the
company's number two exec), has been
named in a wide - ranging civil suit alleging drug price collusion by numerous prominent generic drug makers.
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai,
named by President Donald Trump in January, is planning to take a new look
at the current overall limit on
companies owning stations serving no more than 39 % of U.S. television households.
GoDaddy.com recently announced its 30 millionth
name sold; the
company registers, renews or transfers domain
names at the rate of one per second these days.
Here's a look
at three entrepreneurs who have changed
company names and the lessons they learned.
Before Dan Price caused a media firestorm by establishing a $ 70,000 minimum wage
at his Seattle
company, Gravity Payments... before Hollywood agents, reality - show producers, and book publishers began throwing elbows for a piece of the hip, 31 - year - old entrepreneur with the shoulder - length hair and Brad Pitt looks... before Rush Limbaugh called him a socialist and Harvard Business School professors asked to study his radical experiment in paying workers... an entry - level Gravity employee
named Jason Haley got really pissed off
at him.
However, the
names of the
companies at the center of the scam weren't initially disclosed in the indictment.
The
company also sells
name brand products, charging $ 3 for Lysol wipes, for example, which cost $ 5.30
at Wal - Mart.
What's more, to qualify for most bank loans, your
company will need to have been in business for
at least one to two years and meet annual revenue requirements — to
name just some of the criteria required.
But make no mistake, a catchy and memorable
company name can offer a distinct advantage, keeping you
at the front of your customers» minds and helping you to make a positive and engaging first impression.
It's been 15 years since Craig Newmark started craigslist as an online arts and events list in San Francisco, and 10 years since he
named Jim Buckmaster as CEO, stepping aside to work in customer service
at the
company.
The rest of the afternoon flies by and before I know it, it's time to check out the evening commute report, dinner options in my neighborhood, and my outfit for tonight's date, which was put together by WhatToWear (
at some point all these
companies stopped coming up with clever
names and just called themselves by descriptions; less confusing for me).
Based on the results, the
company put together the infographic below, which looks
at three critical areas of cloud security: Virtual Private Networks (VPN, which allows a computer or a Wi - Fi - enabled device to send and receive data securely across a shared or public network), bring your own device (BYOD) policies and a Domain
Name System (DNS, the system that Internet domain
names and addresses are tracked and regulated by).
In December of that year the
company said Wilson would step down as chairman and it also
named a new CEO, hoping new faces
at the top would help the
company bounce back from the debacle.
Name a major
company in the sector and chances are it's posted an eye - catching tumble — or in some instances, gain —
at some point this year.
Named Vibrant Curiosity, it doesn't, strictly speaking, have giga status, but has received plenty of attention since he ordered it
at the same time he instituted staff paycuts
at his
company.
The idea that running a
company could be a vehicle for social change has been part of Vermont's business culture
at least since the 1940s, when a New Yorker
named Lyman Wood moved to Burlington and founded Garden Way, a mail - order gardening supply business.
If they leave
at least they'll have «
name of our
company» on their resume.»
New rules set to be in place by August 30, 2018 will require
companies to
name at least one risky chemical in any product that comes with a cancer warning.
One young professional who works for a Toronto TV production and distribution
company and asked not to be
named laughed
at the idea of an office that prohibited dating.
The
company's official
name is Magic Hat Brewing Co. and Performing Arts Center, and it shows: Each year, Magic Hat sponsors several arts and music festivals in Burlington, as well as about 20 other concerts, mainly
at New England venues.
Barney Harford, the former chief executive officer of online travel site Orbitz, has been
named chief operating officer
at Uber Technologies Inc., making him the second - highest ranking executive
at the ride - hailing
company.
Last month, the
company changed its corporate
name to Snap, Inc.
at the same time it unveiled an upcoming pair of video - recording sunglasses designed to let the wearer capture short video clips and post them on Snapchat.
Others joked that the
name was childlike for a tech
company with a market cap that was,
at the time, in excess of $ 300 billion.
At least a dozen
companies, including some S&P 500
names, are reportedly showing interest in switching.
It boasts 75,000 members, and with $ 350 million in venture capital, Oscar is now valued
at $ 1.75 billion, landing it on this year's list of unicorns,
named for
companies with valuations in excess of $ 1 billion.
Competition: Established nonprofit agencies focused on
at - home care have a competitive edge over new
companies, as their brands have more
name recognition and trust.
On the
at - work siesta bandwagon are big -
name companies like The Huffington Post, Google, Ben & Jerry's and Zappos, and the list grows every day.
The family hasn't just slapped their
name on the front door, either — in 2005, Sobeys Inc., Empire
Company Limited and The Sobey Foundation contributed $ 2 million to fund undergraduate scholarships for students enrolled
at the School of Business and pay for infrastructure developments.
Jim Dalrymple is about as dedicated to Apple as it's possible to be: He's been enthusiastically covering the
company as a journalist and blogger for 17 years, both
at Apple - focused magazines like Macworld and on the dedicated blog he co-founded and now makes his livelihood from, The Loop (its
name is a deliberate reference to One Infinite Loop, the address of Apple's headquarters in Cupertino, Calif.).
Mining services
company Ausdrill has been
named the preferred contractor for a $ US300 million ($ A415 million) contract
at Kefi Minerals» Tulu Kapi gold project in Ethiopia.
A joint venture between mining services
companies Ausdrill and Barminco has been
named the preferred contractor for work
at AngloGold Ashanti's Geita gold mine in Tanzania, with the deal worth about $ US70 million ($ A99.5 million).
It brings in brand -
name clients, such as Siemens and Schneider Electric, and the
company was bought
at a multiple below some of Open Text's other buys.
The New York - based business has grown to 130 employees (
at the time of the application the
company had fewer than 100 employees) and works with clients that include big
name businesses like Lufthansa, Microsoft, Hearst and Comcast, all while its core values have remained the same.
Newly
named Expedia CEO Mark Okerstrom discusses former CEO Dara Khosrowshahi's exit to take the helm
at Uber and what he will be leading the online travel
company.
Aptly
named XJ Partners, the
company focused on tech firms in the health sector, where the software «lagged what we were doing on Wall Street by
at least 10 years,» he says.
Big Data While the definitive source of the term big data — which is used describe a collection of analytics that
companies use to predict customer behavior — is a little fuzzy, according to some digging done by New York Times reporter Steve Lohr, the person responsible for its popularization is a man
named John Mashey, a computer scientists who was VP and chief scientist
at company called Silicon Graphics in the early 1990s and 2000s.
Only use a recipient's
name in the salutation
at the beginning of the email and don't use the
company name at all.
He or she was candidate phishing — aka getting
names of people currently working
at the
company so they can recruit them out.
For
companies ready to make a small investment and save the half hour a week spent managing a mailing list, Nussey suggests a service like Constant Contact that provides a Web - based system that offers list management, newsletter templates, and tracking, beginning
at $ 15 a month for lists of up to 500
names.
Name: Jeff Chapin
Company: Casper Work - life balance philosophy: I have a good signal for whether or not I'm doing good
at this or not.
Name: Payal Kadakia
Company: ClassPass Work - life balance philosophy: I look
at work - life balance as the ability to to carve out time for both your passions and your work.