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«Foxconn has a history of talking big and not necessarily delivering on their commitments,» Alliance president Scott Paul said.

«To beat Venus Williams on the center court, one of the biggest champions in our history, that (gave me) goosebumps all over the place,» she told reporters.

During recent years, Werklund has been focusing on philanthropy — in March he donated $ 16 million to Olds College, the biggest single donation in Alberta colleges» history — after stepping down from executive control of his company Canadian Crude Separators in 2010.

On Thursday, Starbucks announced plans to buy out its East China joint venture for $ 1.3 billion, the biggest deal in the company's history.

«Pulitzer Prize - winner James B. Stewart shows for the first time how four of the eighties» biggest names on Wall Street — Michael Milken, Ivan Boesky, Martin Siegel, and Dennis Levine — created the greatest insider - trading ring in financial history and almost walked away with billions, until a team of downtrodden detectives triumphed over some of America's most expensive lawyers to bring this powerful quartet to justice.»

The most beloved (and sometimes hated) Big Tech company in history has chosen to focus attention mostly on the iPhone brand, but that has opened up a world of opportunity for Dell.

The other high - profile event of 2014, the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 on a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on March 8, 2014, with 239 passengers and crew, has become one of the biggest mysteries in the history of aviation.

That would be the biggest one - day slump in stock market history, by more than double, besting the 777 point plunge that happened on October 29, 2008, at the high of the panic surrounding the financial crisis.

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.

Some raw moments of history shown in the film are so shocking or absurd they're almost comical, but in the big - picture context afforded by the 56 - minute movie, they make the hair of your skin stand on - end.

It made sense that people would buy it to communicate, and Apple got lucky that it became a big gaming device,» says Pachter, throwing cold water on the possibility of Apple repeating history.

Hannity has called the alleged corruption within the FBI «the biggest political scandal in American history» and suggested on his Wednesday night show that he had inside information about the memo's contents.

On April 21, 2015, Google launched one of the biggest algorithm changes in its history.

While the incident is noteworthy, given the Patriots» history of facing cheating allegations, the bigger story in the Steelers» loss was their inability to cover Rob Gronkowski on defense.

Payment history accounts for the biggest portion of your FICO score — 35 percent — so submitting on - time payments is the best way to boost your score.

His company went on to work on some of the biggest industrial projects in Canadian history, including the St. Lawrence Seaway, the Trans - Canada Highway, and Toronto's and Montreal's subway systems.

Snap Inc appears set to make a splash next week with the biggest tech stock debut since Facebook, but history suggests investors shut out of the initial public offering would be better off waiting a bit to chase this unicorn on the open market.

Shares of Dollar Tree Inc. and Dollar General Corp. both dropped on Monday after President Donald Trump unveiled the plan, which would slash cash payments and substitute them with packages of food — potentially one of the biggest shake - ups in the history of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP.

On the surface, the deal — Amazon's biggest acquisition in its 21 - year history — doesn't exactly look cheap.

But Netflix has a long history of clashing with movie theaters, particularly over Netflix's commitment to making its movies available to stream on the same day they appear on the big screen.

BC, Canada's largest telecommunications group, announced the biggest buyout in Canadian corporate history on Saturday, accepting an offer worth C$ 51.7 billion ($ 48.5 billion), including debt, from a group including the Ontario Teachers Pension Plan.

«To be at the biggest name in news for the last month of what has been the craziest election in modern history is just a great opportunity for me and everybody on our team,» the former BuzzFeed staffer said.

Alibaba, China's biggest e-commerce company, is building a presence in the U.S. as it prepares to go public with a listing on the New York Stock Exchange this year, in what could be the biggest IPO in U.S. history.

Any financial geek will be proud to own these key items such as golf club covers with the Enron logo stamped on them in remembrance of one of the biggest corporate meltdowns in recent history.

If you make on - time payments on your loan, this can also be a boon for your credit score since payment history is the biggest factor in determining your credit score.

We have more resources, more talent and more innovation in the pipeline than any time in our history, and we intend to keep it focused on our biggest growth opportunities.

One of the biggest in recent history was the 2006 FASB decision to require companies to report the cost of stock options on their income statements.

After 9/11, the biggest foreign attack on American soil in history, it took George W. Bush almost a month to issue his first orders to take military action against Afghanistan.

The scrutiny on Cohen and his firm grew in November when former portfolio manager Mathew Martoma was charged in what U.S. prosecutors called the biggest insider - trading scheme in history.

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«Think of this headline: biggest fine imposed on a business enterprise in the history of government regulation,» Kovacic said.

CoinDesk is excited to announce a new series in which notable individuals look back on some of the biggest moments in bitcoin's near 10 - year history.

«Your payment history has the biggest impact on your credit score,» Yates says.

On a recent conference call, the CEO explained a $ 700 million share repurchase as follows: «The reason that I made the biggest acquisition in the history of the company this last month was because the company is so cheap.»

The biggest crowdfunding in history attracts US$ 150 million on the promise that it will embody «the steadfast iron will of unstoppable code»; upon release it is immediately hacked, and US$ 50 million is stolen.

The theory behind it is simple: If Facebook has experimented on its users to find new and exciting ways to get us to use it in the way they'd prefer, we should also feel free to experiment on Facebook, and see if those experiments change how we think about what we share with one of the biggest repositories of human data in history.

Depending on investor demand, Alibaba's could turn into one of the biggest IPOs in U.S. history.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average saw its biggest one - day point drop in history on Monday, and the S&P 500 had its worst day since 2011.

We are talking about a financial debacle that appears to be coming soon, and that could be the biggest such event in the history of the world, a debacle that could happen on Smirk's watch.

NEWARK, N.J. / BOSTON (Reuters)- Federal prosecutors said on Thursday they have charged five men responsible for a hacking and credit card fraud spree that cost companies more $ 300 million and two of the suspects are in custody, in the biggest cyber crime case filed in U.S. history.

One buyer looking for luxury recently toured the top three floors and bought property on each one, striking the biggest residential real estate deal in Canadian history.

Even though most of the headlines said something like «Biggest One Day Crash In The Market's History», on a percentage basis these falls aren't even in the top 20 biggest daily percentage Biggest One Day Crash In The Market's History», on a percentage basis these falls aren't even in the top 20 biggest daily percentage biggest daily percentage losses.

But it was his role in one of the biggest takeovers in the country's retail history as well as his strong stance on the need for change in Bangladesh after the Dhaka factory collapse in April that won Galen G. Weston the title of Canadian Press Business Newsmaker of the Year for 2013.

Weston won for his role in one of the biggest takeovers in the country's retail history and his strong stance on the need for change in Bangladesh after the Dhaka...

But the change in the NRA's public mission is the one element that came up again and again in my discussions and readings — and seemed to have the biggest impact on modern history.

Finance and politics have been closely linked throughout history and recognizing Bitcoin as an official currency will have a big impact on world's governments, political parties and administrative institutions who will have to adjust legislations to match the new paradigm.

Articles On the day before the biggest crash in history, I sold every single put option that I had carefully accumulated over the previous several weeks.

Global equity markets went on a rollercoaster ride in October, although given the cauldron of global issues that were brewing for some time and the month's history of big moves, it shouldn't be all that shocking many investors got spooked.