Sentences with phrase «of a big deal made»

However the prospect of playing in China hasn't always been lucrative, as when the likes of Robinho, Asamoah Gyan and Didier Drogba made the switch there wasn't much of a big deal made of it.

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As of now, the company has made only one big enterprise partnership public — a November deal with Microsoft, in which the software company offered 300 New York City employees a WeWork membership.

In the wake of the Dollar Shave Club deal, I reached out to my own business advisers, at Commerce Business Advisers, and asked them what are the three biggest mistakes that founders make in the early days, that eventually hurt their exits.

When Brad Keselowski made a comment about other teams having more resources, the media made a big deal out of it... but you basically responded it was a non-issue and you want your guys to be themselves.

Sunbeam makes a big deal about the «EliteStyle II Controller,» but it isn't necessarily more impressive than any of the other controllers out there.

But while Saunders» resume may ultimately be defined by his role in several massive mergers, his reputation in biotech is rooted in a rock»em, sock»em approach to deal - making which has led to his reputation as one of the industry's biggest boosters — especially in a year when biotech has been hopelessly floundering in the marketplace, with major sector indices plunging by 20 %.

And while they highlight celebrity endorsements for big companies (with the exception of Rebecca Minkoff, who was making clothes out of her studio apartment at the time), the good business lessons learned from setting up and cashing in on such high - vis endorsement deals can easily be applied to small companies.

These perceptions on the part of your customers may not seem like a big deal to you but in competitive markets, small business owners must utilize every advantage to make their company stand out among the competition.

That may mean leaving Nike, or Coe may feel that the long history of his relationship there makes it no big deal.

«There seems to be very little progress on some of the big things in terms of getting user growth going again, in terms of making Twitter more accessible for new users, in terms of dealing with abuse, in terms of driving revenue growth.»

Microsoft's deals in India and Singapore come at a time when a number of large companies are making big commitments relating to renewables.

As word of the giveaways spread, Woodman decided to make a bigger deal of them by gathering friends of the company in front of his booth at 3 p.m. each day of a show.

The concern was that fear of a backlash might make a Romney administration generally critical of the industry and big PE deals, so that his old connections to the industry didn't become a liability.

It also became apparent that profitsharing didn't compensate for a deal structure that benefited the private investors at the government's expense — a lot of SBICs made big profits even as the SBA lost money on its investment.

People have made a big deal about the idea of «binge - watching» as the embodiment of the changing way we consume media.

Forget worrying about the best deal on converting your pounds to dollars, some of our biggest mistakes are painfully simple to make but can physically stop you from getting by, if you're not careful.

Stars Group said the «pivotal» deal will make it a bigger player in the fast - growing business of online sports betting and become the world's largest online gaming company.

«We make a big deal about the controversial nature of our business and market around it,» explains Biderman, pointing out that the thousands of user profiles on Avid's various international sites represent, in the aggregate, a vast sociological study of human infidelity, an area that has traditionally attracted little in the way of sociological scrutiny.

The rollback of these privacy rules wouldn't be as big of a deal to people if they had a choice between an ISP that collects data en masse and one that makes it a point not to serve up targeted ads.

ESPN president John Skipper maintains that cord - cutting isn't as big a deal as some industry critics make it out to be, insisting the network is having some success retaining subscribers by being part of skinny bundles, such as Dish Network's SlingTV package.

On a recent conference call with analysts, company executives made a big deal about requiring full ownership of Canwest's TV operations to make this strategy work.

The deal was part of a broader trend of Chinese resource companies making foreign acquisitions as part of a global strategy to gain better access to the key commodities needed to fuel China's economy, the world's second biggest.

So, all of a sudden, it doesn't seem like such a big deal if we make the right decisions so long as the right people are in the room.

We made a big deal when one of our clients got promoted by celebrating every success.

To help job seekers make the best first impression, TopResume conducted a recent survey of 379 recruiters, hiring managers and human resource executives to get insight into the biggest resume deal breakers candidates should avoid.

«Don't make a big deal about it,» says career coach Shirin Khamisa, founder of Careers by Design.

That was a big deal, legally speaking, because gender stereotyping was key to one of the biggest Supreme Court cases upholding federal anti-discrimination laws, involving a woman's inability to make partner at the former accounting firm Price Waterhouse.

Make Mobile Security a Big Deal The app rush is far from over, and the growth of both smartphone and tablet PC platforms is about to create a bonanza for malware creators looking to cash in via the back door.

The big banks say clients are clamoring for impact investing, so they're scrambling to accommodate: they're lowering thresholds, reducing bureaucratic obstacles, making it easier for some of the smaller deals to get through the door.

Sales and marketing writer Preston Clark explored this notion in a great piece, «The Rise of the Silent Sales Floor,» in which he discussed how the «soundless» sales floor makes CEOs nervous because: «They aren't hearing the confrontation, the tension, the hard conversations that literally must happen in order to get the biggest, baddest deals across the finish line... The really big, complex, disruptive deals... those aren't closing on the silent floor.»

He actually made one of his biggest deals from the study room in his dorm complex.

The low liquidity levels are caused by a combination of regulations, which make it less attractive for big banks to hold inventories of bonds for dealing, and new forms of quick, computerised trading, which have the potential to move markets in times of stress.

For that reason, Northrop shares edged up only 0.3 % in early trading Monday, suggesting that, while the deal made lots of sense over the long term, the price is pretty full and the buyer has less practice than some at integrating new businesses, especially big ones.

Its strategy makes a great deal of sense when you consider how the biggest and best products are developed, yet it's contrary to the day - to - day grind that traps so many companies and startups.

In his feature published today on the Canadian - made sports drink Biosteel, John Lorinc recounts how Biosteel — unable to secure endorsements from big - name NHL players because of pre-existing sponsorship deals with giant competitor Gatorade — is making inroads with promising up - and - comers instead:

That said, pressure on Big Food is at an historic level, as seen by the rapid pace of industry deal making already this year.

Saputo Inc. emerged as the winner of the Australian deal with a $ 450 - million all - cash bid — one of the biggest deals in the history of the company, which was launched in the 1950s as a family venture that made deliveries of homemade fresh mozzarella by bicycle.

The last piece of advice I give people looking to make big deals is to avoid bidding wars at all costs.

But you can do that in the exact same way that you would with any other co-worker; there's no need to make it about the fact that she's transgender or to bring it up on your own or otherwise make a big deal out of it.

Credit Suisse's leadership role on the Alibaba deal makes up a big part of Khan's professional legacy.

There's still a chance to do something effective, Johnson says, but it will require a strong and independent Consumer Financial Protection Agency and the dismantling of the six American banks that have grown too big to fail — and if he isn't the first to make the argument, 13 Bankers nonetheless lends it a good deal of substance.

For someone who only makes trades a few times a month that may not be a big deal but if you're interested in making multiple trades daily, you need to be mindful of how much you're paying in fees.

Nonetheless, HBC has proven adept at spinning off real estate of prior acquisitions to rake in billions to make its next big deal.

And in many ways, by trotting out bigger deals earlier and diluting Black Friday (it's not dead yet — 87 million people still came out to shop), retailers have deprived themselves of important market intelligence, in terms of trends, projections, and customer reactions to promotions, making it harder to re-adjust their strategy in these final weeks before Christmas.

If you believe that the biggest issue in retirement saving is that insurance firms are overcharging for annuities, then a voluntary CPP makes a great deal of sense.

So Paramount, in the wake of a disappointing 2017 that saw big budget films like Transformers: The Last Knight and Ghost in the Shell underperform while the studio's would - be Oscar hopefuls Suburbicon and Downsizing were DOA at awards season, is looking to make some changes in 2018 and selling God Particle off to Netflix may be a cushy deal.

Zuckerberg is playing a new version of an old game, giving away something inconsequential and making a big deal of it.

Berkshire shareholders will be glad to see Buffett making big deals and not sorting out messy personnel problems like the 2011 resignation of top executive David Sokol.

The company, which produces $ 100 billion in annual revenue, has made multibillion - dollar deals in the United States, Europe and the rest of Asia, amassing big stakes in multinationals like Deutsche Bank and Hilton Hotels.

The price tag of the Heinz deal makes it the biggest food company acquisition ever.