Sentences with phrase «of calls from companies»

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In fact, a large percentage of the calls my company's coaches receive are from small - business owners who want exactly this sort of help.

By the end of a call by management with investors at around 5:30 p.m. ET, the company's shares had inched lower to $ 1,073 from the close.

Donald Trump's plan calling for six weeks of mandatory paid leave for new moms is a step toward wooing women voters and a step up from current federal law — which doesn't require companies to provide any paid leave — but it's still behind the times for the business world.

The new feature allows them to get a broader picture of what potential consumers are interested in, and to target ads towards them based on data from what the company calls its Topic Engine.

A strategy that involves buying call options — contracts betting a stock will rise — around a company's analyst day has returned an average of 21 % since 2004, according to data from Goldman, which looked at more than 7,000 instances.

While even a few years ago it would have been deemed unethical to «buy» media coverage (unless of course it was clearly labeled «advertorial»), today, there are entire companies dedicated to enabling brand leaders to buy coverage from so - called social influencers.

From what Dynamic Signal is observing across the 20 % of the Fortune 500 and 20 % of the Fortune 100 companies that it calls customers, companies are beginning to centralize communication teams.

Get a list of operators from the parent company and call them.

These facilities employ local women to sell products from companies such as Procter & Gamble and Nestle that want to reach the so - called «bottom - of - the - pyramid.»

From 10 - hour calls, to a rep running to get a pair of shoes from a rival store to hand deliver to a customer because the company ran out, stories of jaw - dropping customer service stories are common thFrom 10 - hour calls, to a rep running to get a pair of shoes from a rival store to hand deliver to a customer because the company ran out, stories of jaw - dropping customer service stories are common thfrom a rival store to hand deliver to a customer because the company ran out, stories of jaw - dropping customer service stories are common there.

The four - person startup, made up of veterans from networking company Sandvine, has a clever solution called NightShift that automatically downloads Netflix videos at night while the user is sleeping.

Start with something as simple as letting employees know that with the exception of attending to major deadlines such as a new - product release, the company refrains from phone calls or emails one hour each day — and that you're directly requesting all employees to observe it.

Alongside partner nference (an AI platform company whose stated goal is «automated extraction of knowledge from the commercial, scientific and regulatory body of literature»), the organizations are launching a new firm called Qrativ with the help of $ 8.3 million in Series A financing.

Major energy companies are called «Big Oil» for a reason, as the vast majority of their profits comes from the upstream divisions, which explore and produce oil.

Take the example of a new class of cholesterol - busting treatments called PCSK9 inhibitors, from companies like Sanofi / Regeneron and Amgen, which decimate levels of «bad» cholesterol in patients.

Quarterly bonuses are granted to all full - time employees based on the company's achieving its quarterly goals, and every August, the company hosts an employee - wide meet - up called Seismic Activity in its San Diego headquarters, bringing together all employees from across the globe for a week of team building and celebration.

For Stiglitz, Fink's letter and similar declarations from large companies like Unilever aren't calls to feel good and congratulate each other, but are arising out of a sense of urgency.

When he was laid off, one of the two calls he received after submitting 200 job applications was from a renewables company that manufactures biofuels from compostables, an area he's keen to get into.

I feel like a Navy Seal called in to somehow covertly free the company from the shackles of it's founder.

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I once ignored the warning signs of a dangerous investor — we'll call him Mike — and had $ 700,000 embezzled from my company.

Working from what he calls a «clean - ish room,» separated from the kitchen by some loose plastic sheets, Mr. Gillmore and a small team are working on newer versions of the lightweight satellites, adjusting and improving them with the frequency you would normally see at a software company.

Icahn owns an 82 % stake in CVR Energy, which along with other refining companies, has called for changes to the Renewable Fuel Program to shift the burden of blending biofuels into gasoline away from refiners and further down stream to marketers.

We have a methodology called «design thinking» that results in innovation from a human point of view, and the companies that were willing to take risks gave us a chance.

Last week, Planet Labs announced that it would put about 100 satellites into space from the United States and Russia, bringing the total number of «Doves,» as the company calls them, to 131.

This is just the latest in a series of blows for the company, which began with a high - profile exposé from The Wall Street Journal last year that called the company's underlying technology into question.

The company joins thousands of other small businesses caught up in lawsuits claiming patent infringement from non-practicing entities (NPEs), often called patent trolls.

Disclaimer: The author has personally benefited from a number of CEO peer groups over the years and he currently runs a peer group for the CEOs of fast - growth companies called: The Inc..

A new survey of 800 execs, employees, and educators from across a range of industries carried out by communication training company Fierce uncovered resentment and annoyance over so - called «best practices.»

Although Zuckerberg maintains voting control of the company, some are calling for Zuckerberg's resignation from one or both of his posts as CEO and chairman of the board.

Marchionne spoke plainly about the rationale against splitting Jeep from the rest of Fiat Chrysler on the earnings call, warning that the remainder of the company might not be healthy enough to survive.

Roughly a year ago, Sam Adams brewer Boston Beer (sam) debuted the company's first hard seltzer under a brand called Truly Spiked & Sparkling, finding inspiration from the increased sales of carbonated bottled waters and broader interest in low - calorie alcoholic beverages.

Pai is also expected to call for an initial vote in December to rescind rules prohibiting one company from owning stations that serve more than 39 percent of U.S. television households, Reuters reported on Wednesday, citing two people briefed on the matter.

In contrast, before the company founders of the»80s started their businesses, they were generally involved with activities removed from their companies - to - be — Anita Roddick owned a small hotel in Littlehampton, England, and was raising two young daughters; Yvon Chouinard saw mountain climbing as a calling.

Self - service options can save companies anywhere from $ 1 million to $ 3 million per year while reducing the burden placed on call centers and improving the level of service they can deliver.

Among those options was the implementation of a so - called wage floor that would prevent companies from paying foreign workers beneath a set wage level still to be determined.

That wake - up call drove Lamb to develop processes to keep his company, which has evolved into a business management software provider called VistaVu Solutions, from ever experiencing that kind of cash - flow limbo again.

In August, a North Carolina judge reportedly rebuked OnDeck, calling the company «particularly willful and malicious», for continuing to debit payments from a new bank account set up by Wayco Ham, of Goldsboro, after it had filed for bankruptcy.

But now, just about two years later, and with Einhorn's stake in the company 40 % larger (excluding call options), shares of GM are 3.5 % lower from when Einhorn first initiated his most recent stake.

And if the bank continues to keep the ratio of its revenue paid as compensation lower than usual, it could result in savings of about $ 300 million for the company in the year, according to an estimate from Autonomous Research's Guy Moskowski in the bank's earnings call.

One product that helped out immensely whenever Ben had a runny nose was the NoseFrida ($ 20) from a little company based out of Florida called Fridababy.

In a federal court complaint, John Lockette, an African - American former wealth manager, alleged that he received negative performance reviews, was denied raises and given derisive nicknames, and was ultimately fired from Morgan Stanley in August 2016 as a result of his calling attention to the company's racial biases, Reuters reports.

Last year, Vice took a majority stake in U.K. production studio Pulse Films and the company said earlier this year that Viceland had ordered six episodes of a scripted comedy series from actor James Van Der Beek and musician / DJ Diplo, called What Would Diplo Do?

Last summer, New Jersey — based sandwich chain Jimmy John's found itself at the centre of an online storm when a staffer posted details of the company's restrictive contract — one blogger called it «utterly psychotic» — which prevents even front - line employees from leaving for a competitor.

The NSA then has up to 180 - days to query the telecom companies for more data — on socially connected persons of interest, so - called one - to - two degree «hops» on their networks — before seeking a renewed authority from a FISA court.

Last year, the company surveyed a portion of its call - centre staff on health and wellness with the help of Scienta Health and found many suffered from headaches, obesity and other preventable problems.

With sales of recorded music withering, the hot idea among record labels was to sign artists to so - called 360 deals, where a company didn't just release a band's recordings, but promoted the concerts, sold the merchandise, and shared in profits from websites, fan clubs and film deals.

Four weeks later after my due diligence of the company, I called with the bad news that I would be withdrawing from the transaction, because as I promised, I would not ask for a lower price.

Gates entered the entrepreneurial scene with a company called Traf - O - Data, which aimed to process and analyze the data from traffic tapes (think of it like an early version of big data).

Some companies eschew the stigmatized version of the call centre by having many of their call - centre employees work from home.