Sentences with phrase «on stakes for»

AFT Poll of 800 Teachers Finds Strong Support for Common Core Standards and a Moratorium on Stakes for New Assessments Until Everything Is Aligned

Well, Christians would have melted her flesh on a stake for converting to Atheism if we still lived in the era of Church rule.

Not exact matches

''... Because we can't hold public stock as a fund, it's sort of a bummer for me when the company goes public, because then it moves on to someone else's plate and we don't hold the stake in it.»

Tencent lost more than $ 51 billion in market value in two days last week on news of largest shareholder Nasper Inc's 2 percent stake reduction for $ 9.8 billion, and also management's warning of margin pressure.

ATHENS, April 19 - Greece has accepted a 535 million euro offer from a consortium led by Italy's Snam for a majority stake in gas grid operator DESFA, naming it the «preferred investor,» its privatization agency said on Thursday.

Trump's name shows up in filings of less than 14 % of all companies, but the stakes are much higher for firms that have bet on the federal government taking a hands - off approach to marijuana policy.

«Oddly because we can't hold public stock as a fund, it's sort of a bummer for me when the company goes public, because then it moves on to someone else's plate and we don't hold the stake in it,» he added.

«Now that we know which traits to look for, we can begin to make progress on how to best assess them in high - stakes settings such as hiring and promotion, where people are more inclined to hide the darker sides of their character,» she told The Huffington Post.

Aeryon, an 80 - person firm that has staked its business on serving the exacting needs of professionals with products that sell for up to $ 200,000, could end up being side - swiped by producers of the type of flying toy you bought at Best Buy for your kids for Christmas.

If you need evidence of this fact, consider China's massive state mining operations and stake in Bitcoin, undeniably viewed as a tool for leverage on a global scale.

Shareholders who held stock on the date of Bertolini's announcement and still hold it today have seen the value of their original stake more than double (compared with the more modest 34 % gain for the S&P 500 during the same period).

The CBO score raises the stakes for Republican senators now working on their own version of the legislation.

OPINION: Wesfarmers has received some positive news on its move into UK hardware, but things are less rosy for investors in the local property trust in which it holds a major stake.

Succession planning is tough for any business, but try doing it with billions at stake and tens of thousands of jobs on the line.

Spokesman Frank Shaw likens the deal to Microsoft's $ 240 million investment for a 1.6 % stake in Facebook in 2007 — now worth roughly $ 1.3 billion based on reports that put Facebook's value at about $ 80 billion.

In June 2010, it sold a 10 % stake directly to Toronto activist hedge fund, West Face Capital Inc., notorious for cracking the whip on troubled companies.

Around 90 % of all viruses that target mobile phones focus on Android, and that is an opportunity — especially given that the stakes for malfunctioning software are higher in cars than on smartphones.

On Wednesday, the board announced it had purchased a 15 per cent stake in ORPEA S.A., a long - term care provider in Europe, for approximately $ 468.2 million.

When the news broke late on Wednesday in Moscow, Russian and western media trumpeted it as the energy deal of the year: Glencore (glncy), the world's biggest commodities house, and the Qatar Investment Authority had agreed to buy a 19.5 % stake in Rosneft, Russia's national oil champion, for 10.5 billion euros ($ 11.1 billion).

Meanwhile, Linton said Canopy has already begun collaborating on cannabis - based drinks with Constellation Brands since the Corona - beer maker signed a deal to acquire a nearly 10 - per - cent stake in the licensed producer for $ 245 million in October.

Similar to the approach of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., BlackRock would look to hold on to its stakes for a long time.

IAG said on Thursday it had bought a 4.61 percent stake in Norwegian as a platform for starting talks, and that could lead to it making a full offer for the airline founded by former fighter pilot Bjorn Kjos.

The buyout price represents a 39 percent premium to PetSmart's closing price of $ 59.81 on July 2, the day before Jana disclosed its stake and called for PetSmart to explore a sale.

First, this is not an equity stake in the pipeline or a financial contribution, but a promise to pay for shipping on the pipeline if it is built.

Jana paid less than $ 55 per share on average for its percent stake in PetSmart, according to regulatory filings.

Back in September 2007, for instance, Blackstone took a $ 3 billion investment from the China Investment Corp. in exchange for a 10 % stake, valuing the company at $ 30 billion shortly before Blackstone listed shares on the public market.

That's what's at stake for businesses in a case called Spokeo, Inc. vs. Robins, which the high court agreed to hear on Monday.

Few of us will ever face a public grilling the likes of which Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is dealing with on Capitol Hill, but how he prepared for the big event offers a lesson for anyone who wants to perform their best when the stakes are high.

Iron ore explorer Gindalbie Metals has detailed a $ 586 million loss for the financial year, which was previously flagged on the back of a write - down of its 48 per cent stake in the Karara project.

«On behalf of the hundreds of employees at Apple whose futures are at stake; on behalf of their colleagues and on behalf of the millions more across America who believe, as we do, in the power of dreams, we issue an urgent plea for our leaders in Washington to protect the Dreamers so their futures can never be put at risk in this way again,» Cook said in the note to his employeeOn behalf of the hundreds of employees at Apple whose futures are at stake; on behalf of their colleagues and on behalf of the millions more across America who believe, as we do, in the power of dreams, we issue an urgent plea for our leaders in Washington to protect the Dreamers so their futures can never be put at risk in this way again,» Cook said in the note to his employeeon behalf of their colleagues and on behalf of the millions more across America who believe, as we do, in the power of dreams, we issue an urgent plea for our leaders in Washington to protect the Dreamers so their futures can never be put at risk in this way again,» Cook said in the note to his employeeon behalf of the millions more across America who believe, as we do, in the power of dreams, we issue an urgent plea for our leaders in Washington to protect the Dreamers so their futures can never be put at risk in this way again,» Cook said in the note to his employees.

The stakes are high, with a space race for a new era viewed as a linchpin to help make life better here on earth.

While I haven't worked for Facebook, I have worked with CEOs of publicly - traded companies to prepare them for presentations, keynotes or televised interviews when the stakes are high and the pressure is on.

In September, in the most worrisome setback yet for 1099 - reliant sharing - economy companies, a federal judge granted class status to Uber drivers, vastly upping the stakes on its legal defense and the likelihood it will have to settle.

We see this kind of widely - distributed but unaddressable pain in all kinds of political and community situations where the powers that be just can't or won't be bothered to try to build a solution and no individuals have enough of a stake (or enough at stake) to take on the larger problem for the common good.

Abe had put a lot of personal political capital at stake in beating on the agricultural lobby, and not just the farmers... but the [agricultural] banks, pension schemes, all the rest, to get support for a US - led TPP deal, and then Trump pulls out,» Bremmer said, referring to the Trans - Pacific Partnership, a sweeping trade deal, spearheaded by Barack Obama, that Trump exited days after taking office in January 2017.

In addition to Potanin, potential suitors for Whistler Blackcomb include Vail Resorts and Nippon Cable of Japan, which already owns a minority stake in Whistler Blackcomb and all of Sun Peaks Resort — likewise built on the Whistler Blackcomb model — in the B.C. interior.

In return for its 42 percent stake in Indus Towers, Vodafone will get between 26.7 percent and 29.4 percent of the Indus - Bharti Infratel combine depending on the options two other shareholders in Indus - Idea and private equity Providence - exercise.

Nope, according to Chief Operating Officer Barney Harford, who told CNBC: ``... Going forward we have no interest in doing transactions for minority stakes... the markets that we remain in today are core markets for us, we are doubling down on our investment and we are very committed to these markets.»

It has staked its future on doing so through devices like its Google Home smart assistant device, a competitor for Amazon's Echo, which sits on a table and responds to voice commands like «What is the weather like today?»

Console wars have been going on for years, and they can get bloody when stakes are high.

The development could bring an abrupt end to the high - stakes legal showdown which has become a lightning rod for a broader debate on data privacy in the United States, which was inflamed by revelations in 2013 from former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden about the U.S. government's massive surveillance programs.

The two companies previously discussed a merger after billionaire Liberty Media Chairman and Starz shareholder John Malone exchanged part of his Starz holdings for a 3.4 % stake in Lionsgate along with a seat on the studio's board.

Hong Kong's Kingboard Chemical on Monday said it agreed to sell its entire 9.6 percent stake in Cathay Pacific to Qatar Airways for HK$ 5.16 billion ($ 661 million)

Billionaire investor Carl Icahn revealed Monday — in both a U.S. regulatory filing and on Twitter — that he has bought more than 61.5 million shares of Talisman for a 5.97 per cent stake.

Mars, the privately held company best known for its confectionary brands like M&M's and Snickers, plans to announce on Wednesday that it will buy a minority stake in Kind, the maker of wildly popular snack bars.

The duo appeared on the third episode and agreed to give Kevin O'Leary a 5 percent stake in the company for a $ 500,000 loan.

P&G is in the crosshairs of activist investor Nelson Peltz's Trian Fund Management, which — with its roughly $ 3 billion stake in the consumer goods giant — is waging the biggest proxy fight in history for a seat on its board.

Tesla said on Tuesday that Chinese tech giant Tencent Holdings has invested $ 1.78 billion in the electric carmaker for a 5 % stake.

Slogar, for instance, has leaned on the federal government's Trade Commissioner Service to help find reputable partners, something that can be more challenging in places where competitors haven't already staked out well - worn paths.

CHICAGO, April 11 - Retailer Toys» R» Us has received multiple bids of more than $ 1 billion for an 85 percent stake in its Asian business, its lawyer Joshua Sussberg said at a U.S. bankruptcy court hearing on Wednesday.