As you all know, there's a possibility
of a name change of the BlackBerry Bold 9800 slider which was supposed to launch this month.
Not exact matches
Although the
name has
changed, it's still the same industry once denoted as «leveraged buyouts» — that is, the business
of buying companies with a thin slice
of nonpublic equity and mountains
of debt, in which fund managers grab richly generous (to themselves) fees.
Then there are the marketing stunts, from turning a suburban Calgary home into a pop - up Tim Hortons and
changing the
name of Windsor, N.S. to «Winner» for a day.
Microsoft
changed the
name of its infamous browser from Internet Explorer to Microsoft Edge.
In one, scholars were asked to read and rate research papers; unbeknown to them, the
names had been
changed to
change the gender
of the authors, and the scholars rated the papers «written» by men as better than the ones that appeared to be authored by women.
For example, there's been a long - standing debate both externally and internally on the
name of the company and whether it should
change with our transformation.
But a quote by the brand's vice president — «Scotch as a category is seen as particularly intimidating by women» — riled critics, including late - night host Stephen Colbert, who gave it the monologue treatment: «They
changed the
name to Jane Walker with a lady version
of the mascot.
After a group has completed a project, «be careful not to disband or
change the dynamic in the
name of opportunity and development.
And in the case
of Daniel Snyder, the owner
of a certain football team whose home base is Washington, DC, one
of those hard
changes should be to get on with it and
change his team's
name.
The world's largest maker
of Android phones hopes to
change the conversation from exploding batteries by introducing a new virtual assistant
named Bixby
Because
of internationalization, Raider
changed its
name to Twix.
Davidson recommends using www.finra.org: «Type your adviser's
name into the FINRA database and you'll learn what securities licenses this person actually has and, even more important, whether or not any complaints, disciplinary actions, suspensions, or very frequent
changes of employment appear on his or her record... You'll want to see a completely clean record... Even a single complaint, and certainly any disciplinary action, is a major red flag.»
When this happens, (barring any unforeseen circumstances) he may choose to
change his
name to any
of his middle
names - Philip, Arthur, or George.
Queen's was one
of the last schools in Canada without a major donor's
name on its business department, but that
changed last year with a record - breaking $ 50 - million gift from Stephen J.R. Smith, founder
of First National Financial Corp. and a Queen's alumnus.
Two years ago, when the Montreal Canadiens and Boston Bruins met in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, we temporarily
changed the
name of the restaurant to Montreal Pizza.
The IMF has not
changed its conditions to be part
of the program and its decision is dependent on what European creditors propose, according to a source who did not want to be
named due to the sensitivity
of the situation.
Schab says that in addition to the very real fear
of losing some
of the brand equity they've worked so hard to build, entrepreneurs faced with a corporate
name change often feel a threat to their very person.
ING Direct first announced in November
of last year that it would be
changing its
name in the new year.
One
of the biggest
names in the auto industry is concerned with potential
changes to free trade amid the new protectionist rhetoric that is coming from countries including the U.S.
«So they decided to
change the
name of the company, because everyone knows Panasonic but nobody knows Matsushita Electric Industrial Co..»
In
changing the
name of their company, you're basically asking them to
change themselves.»
However, Last Week Tonight discovered that one
of Trump's ancestors had
changed the
name from «Drumpf,» which Oliver says «is much less magical.»
Only now, thanks to
changes in government policy among other factors, the cast
of contending princelings is shifting, causing one big
name VC to publicly bet on an less - often - mentioned possibility — Canada.
I didn't
change my
name for a number
of reasons.
Media said the
changes were made after February last year — when the suspected scandal broke — and that words describing the «special nature»
of the deal were excised along with the
names of several politicians.
The New York Times issued a cease - and - desist letter to HuffPo, arguing the
name violates its trademark and demanded the rival news organization «
change the
name of the blog to something original.»
But the
name was
changed back to Black Panther at the behest
of both readers and the original creators, who strongly disliked the
change.
About two weeks later, someone sent a photo
of soldiers standing in front
of a helicopter and said that «Christian» (
name has been
changed to protect his privacy) was shipping out for six months
of deployment.
It can also automatically
change the spelling
of a new or unusual word, like a
name, to a word it more easily recognizes, without your permission.
The
name of the game for entrepreneurs is to
change the way businesses keep score.
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 McDonald's today were required to remove all
of their signage from every restaurant,
change the
names of their restaurant to something generic for the respective area they are in, and move into non-descript spaces in strip malls how would you find them?
«Game
of Thrones» actor Nikolaj Coster - Waldau was recently
named UNDP Goodwill Ambassador, and he's partnered with Google to show how Greenland's landscape is rapidly
changing.
But the citizens
of Asbestos can call it money saved on highway signage and stationery by not having to
change their town's
name to the equally descriptive Abandoned Lot Next to Drummondville.
As it happens, Marvel briefly
changed the
name of the character to Black Leopard to avoid confusing connotations with the militant party.
A lot
of our guys didn't want to use their real
names for this movie — we had to
change their last
names.
The online bank, a subsidiary
of Scotiabank (TSX: BNS), said Tuesday the
name change will come into effect in the spring
of 2014.
The only major
changes between the powdered meal replacement mixes are substituting rice protein instead
of artificial vanillin and an extra «chm» in the
name.
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.
Chamber members quickly saw the potential in a publication reaching more than 250,000 businessmen across the country, and in August 1930 relaunched the newsletter as a publicly available periodical (a
change of name to Canadian Business would soon follow).
In June 2017, one month after receiving the results
of the study, Nootrobox announced its
name change to HVMN and introduced more biohacking products, including a «clinically validated superfuel» drink.
It takes around 1 day for the transfers to take place, the
change of name accepted and the documents to be prepared and forwarded onto you.
Take Linda (I'm
changing her
name here,
of course).
The staff
of Fortune and a panel
of experts recently
named 50 companies to its 2016
Change the World list.
In 2010, the company was sold to a group
of private investor, and it's
name was later
changed to Academi.
A
change of name if required, takes around 24 hours to be accepted with Companies House.
And so, on this second day
of a new era, I hold out my arms and welcome
change — I welcome the invigoration
of new
names and faces and ideas to Fortune's living soul.
«It's like
changing your
name if you get married,» said Phil Derner, a former airline dispatcher and founder
of NYCaviation.com, an aviation news and plane - spotting website.
Instead
of fighting the challenge, Graham decided to simply
change the
name.
Five
of its employees were indicted in 2007 in relation to the deaths
of 17 unarmed Iraqi civilians — forcing the company to
change its
name to Xe Services in a bid to distance itself from the controversy.