Sentences with phrase «of arms dealing»

«Lord of War» was a bold look into the world of arms dealing, but he followed up that excellent dark comedy with «The Host» and «In Time,» two all - around lackluster studio pictures.

Transformed as Honey Morgan, a divorced housewife from Iowa, McCarthy is sent to infiltrate the world of arms dealing, retrieve the stolen nuke, and prevent a global disaster.

Not that there is any other type of arms dealing than that of the illegitimate variety.

While the movie delivers some interesting insight into the world of arms dealing and even takes a few jabs at the Bush administration along the way, it's never as effective as the films it's obviously aping.

Very loosely based on Russian arms deal Viktor Bout (aka «the Merchant of Death»), and composites of several other figures in the world of arms dealing, Lord of War tells the story of Yuri Orlov (Cage, National Treasure), a Ukrainian raised in the United States that finds a way to make a fast buck buying and selling weapons and ammunition to various factions involved in aspects of war, initially with underworld types in his neighborhood, then eventually expanding throughout the world.

While the movie delivers some interesting insight into the world of arms dealing and even takes a few jabs at the Bush administration, it's never as effective as the films that it's clearly aping.

Not exact matches

NEW DELHI, April 24 - U.S. sanctions on Russian military exports have put the brakes on a $ 6 billion deal with India and may derail the arms purchases of other U.S. allies around Asia, experts say.

On the other hand, and assuming they're destined for critical acclaim, having completely new and exclusive games like Breath of the Wild, Super Mario Odyssey, Splatoon 2, Fire Emblem Warriors, Snipperclips, Arms and Xenoblade Chronicles 2 available as part of your launch year holiday lineup could prove a much bigger deal than anyone's yet realized.

When the United States invaded Afghanistan, the armed forces needed a great deal of infrastructure support, everything from electric generators to water purifiers to road - repair machinery.

Love oversees these relationships in the US, while the BBC's commercial arm — BBC Worldwide — has a 12 - year deal to manage the distribution of «Bake Off» in all other countries.

But somewhat lost in all of this business wheeling and dealing is the fact that the balance of power in medicine is shifting: Armed with their body's own endless stream of signals and a smartphone, many individuals are getting the information they need to take charge of their health and wellbeing — or, in the case of Theresa Beech, whose 13 - year - old son was lost to cancer two years ago, to help total strangers search for a long - elusive cure.

It also recently signed a deal with Japan's SoftBank, whereby its commerce and service arm will be the primary reseller and distributor of Dropbox's business products in Japan.

The contractor is also a prime beneficiary of the White House's defense budget increase, as well as new arms deals with the likes of Saudi Arabia: Lockheed's stock price has risen some 26 % over the past year, handily beating the S&P, while revenue jumped 17 % in 2016.

Last week, he was said to have been in «full arm - twisting mode,» as he tried to leverage his vaunted deal - making ability into the fulfillment of his frequent campaign pledge to «repeal and replace» the ACA.

The VC arm of the banking giant uses «growth boards,» another Ries - ian construct, to hold periodic «Deal Day» meetings where internal teams can pitch investment ideas and act on them quickly, though only for relatively low - risk, non-needle-moving opportunities.

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Apple has a deal in place with the Jaws and Jurassic Park director's Amblin Television, along with Comcast - owned NBCUniversal's TV production arm, to develop new episodes of Amazing Stories, which originally aired between 1985 and 1987 on NBC.

The music arm of Chinese tech giant Tencent Holdings plans to go public by the end of the year, in a deal which it could raise between $ 3 billion and $ 4 billion, IFR, a Thomson Reuters publication, reported.

This capture of international sales is due to Beijing's geopolitical ambitions, along with a willingness to sell arms to nations that other countries may not feel comfortable dealing with — sanctioned states and human rights abusers such as Iran, Angola, and Sudan.

The deal puts the defense tech company in a strong position as it bids for the right to upgrade the U.S.'s ground - based arsenal of Minuteman III nuclear - armed missiles, a procurement program with a value estimated at over $ 60 billion over its expected lifetime.

Dubai Startup Hub, the entrepreneurship support arm of the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry, has facilitated deals for three UAE - based startups - LoadME, VUL 9, and Digital Falcon, the winners of its Market Access program - with large enterprises in the region including Dubai Chamber, flydubai, Emirates NBD and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles.

He has vertically integrated the company, creating separate arms that handle design, construction, operations, and all other components of its deals.

The unified team for the Pyeongchang Olympics is a product of a landmark deal between the two rivals following a year of high tensions over the nuclear - armed North's weapons ambitions.

They included the publicly traded arms of Fosun International, which in recent years bought the Club Med chain of resorts and other properties; Dalian Wanda, which owns the AMC Theaters chain in the United States and has long sought deals in Hollywood; and the HNA Group, an acquisitive conglomerate with murky ownership.

A version of this article appears in print on September 20, 2015, on Page A1 of the New York edition with the headline: U.S. and China Seek Arms Deal for Cyberspace.

Mr. Trump also spoke at length about the standoff with armed protesters who last Saturday seized the headquarters at a federal wildlife refuge in Oregon, suggesting that he would have called the leader of the group to try to make a deal to end it — and would have acted against them if negotiations failed because «you can not let people take over federal property.»

Meredith's deal for Time Inc. was made possible by a $ 650 million infusion from Koch Equity Development, the private equity arm of the billionaire brothers Charles G. and David H. Koch.

Other deals under review include the sale of SkyBridge Capital — an investment firm founded by Anthony Scaramucci, an ally of Mr. Trump — to an arm of HNA Group, a Chinese conglomerate.

Over the next decade, Cohn used his mob connections to smooth the younger Trump's relations with construction unions; inked a stingy prenuptial agreement with Trump's first wife, Ivana; leaned on city politicians to favor Trump deals; traded favors in Atlantic City's notoriously corrupt casino industry; and tried to strong - arm the National Football League into a merger that would give Trump a first - tier team at a fraction of the going rate.

Morin teaches you how to embrace a happier outlook and arms you to emotionally deal with life's inevitable hardships, setbacks, and heartbreaks — sharing for the first time her own poignant story of tragedy, and how she summoned the mental strength to move on.

He has also driven many financing deals, including financing for the acquisition of ARM Holdings Plc. (world's largest chip architecture developer), issuing mandatory exchangeable bonds backed by Alibaba Group Holding Limited (largest e-commerce company in the world), hybrid bonds, and more.

... Even by the standards of Apollo, one of the world's largest private equity firms, the previously unreported transaction with the Kushners was a big deal: It was triple the size of the average property loan made by Apollo's real estate lending arm... An even larger loan came from Citigroup, which lent the firm and one of its partners $ 325 million to help finance a group of office buildings in Brooklyn.

An agreement made 18 months ago to sell the business to a Chinese consortium had given Lumileds a far higher enterprise value of $ 3.3 billion, but the deal was blocked by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, an arm of the U.S. Treasury Department.

** JPMorgan Chase & Co's commodity trading arm is looking to sell more of the electricity deals it has with U.S. power plants and wind farms, a source familiar with the business said on Wednesday, at a time when Wall Street's involvement in physical commodity markets is under heightened scrutiny.

Rand Merchant Bank, the investment - banking arm of FirstRand of Johannesburg, raised $ 2.2 billion for its clients in 50 public bond deals, more deals than any other bank in South Africa last year.

Banca IMI, the investment arm of bank Intesa Sanpaolo, denied on Thursday any involvement in the matter and said it had no knowledge of any deal involving Nestle and Ferrero.

And if the most recent bid of Ivanhoé, the real estate investment arm of pension plan manager Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, is any indication, then 2015 is poised to be another hot year for real estate deals in the U.S.

HONG KONG (Reuters)- Dalian Wanda Group's commercial property arm has snagged a $ 5.4 billion investment from a group led by tech giant Tencent Holdings, one of the Chinese conglomerate's biggest deals aimed at easing financial strains and streamlining operations.

However, rates may be more affected by fears surrounding the implosion of the Iran arms deal than today's economic releases.

The unknown head of the Advanced Research Sector 7 arm of the government makes himself known to the Secretary of Defense, informing him of the existence of Sector 7, and how it was formed in secrecy 80 years ago by then - President Hoover to deal with extraterrestrial threats or occurrences.

Every new book helps arm them with knowledge, some of which could help give them the edge on their next deal or investment.

Does it also say: «Thou shall ban arms when we get upset over 4 psychopaths with mental illnesses and blame the entire Gun industry instead of looking at the Mental Health field and how we are dealing with these sick people.»

Johnson focuses on four aspects of contemporary armed conflict that, while not unprecedented, have become special concerns: the legitimacy of intervention, the place of noncombatants, the significance of cultural differences, and procedures for dealing with war crimes and achieving reconciliation after conflict.

Christian pastors are armed with a great deal of proof if that's what you require to believe.

The Pope promised to visit the country upon the signing of last year's peace deal with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).

Human trafficking is tied with arms dealing as the second - largest criminal enterprise in the world, after drug dealing, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Obviously these dubious characters must have liked his company a good deal better than they would have liked that of his critics, even if these had not held them at arm's length.

Guérékoyamé - Gbangou previously called for pontifical support to deal with the disarmament of armed groups and the restoration of the national army.

But Kevin Suffern, an assistant attorney general for Massachusetts, said, «If you are dealing with millions and millions of dollars and you set up a system of corporations and subcorporations and for - profit and not - for - profit arms, and you do not have an overall requirement of financial disclosure, you are never going to be able to trace all that money.

A given bodily movement (for example, moving my arm outward in a particular way) may represent a variety of actions (such as mailing a letter, sowing seeds, or dealing cards).

We can argue about the cruelty of how the Old Testament dealt with bad behavior, the contradictions to scientific reasoning that bible stories entail, etc. and I will admit that I am not properly armed to deal with at this time.