The bribes for Amazon mirror
the ones offered to other corporations (like the $ 3 billion Wisconsin just gave to Foxconn for a proposed manufacturing site), or sports teams who will only stay in cities with a publicly funded new stadium.
At the time, Republican lawmakers were pushing to close the state's defined benefit pension plan to new workers and instead enroll all new teachers in a defined contribution plan identical to
the one offered to other state employees.
Not exact matches
Blackman, who played at Brown as an undergrad,
offered one reason: it's a self - fulfilling prophecy: «The more start - up people who play,» he conjectured, «the more
other start - up people will want
to play.»
In the beginning, the plan was
to perfect
one beer and then branch out into
other offerings.
The best IT staffers, she found, were the
ones who were able
to field the calls that start with «I don't know anything about technology,»
offer reassurance and empathy, and then walk people through the learning process — the
ones, in
other words, who
offer the users some empowerment.
But that's not the final word, apparently, because
other evidence suggests that brand loyalty is as strong as it's ever been: Fully 77 percent of consumers in
one survey, for instance, said they return
to the same brands over and over again, with 37 percent of them qualifying as «brand loyalists» — the segment of customers who will stay true
to a brand even if
offered a superior product from a competitor.
One such ghost hat, named Cappy, befriends Mario and
offers to team up on a mission
to save their respective significant
others.
While we wait
to see how much Newfoundland is able
to extract, note that Ottawa
offered two
other similarly vague compensation deals
to get CETA through:
One on drug prices, tied
to a lengthening of patent protection, and another
to the dairy industry as protection against an increase in duty - free European cheese.
One company looking
to offer a solution
to people living in food deserts is Thrive Market, a membership - based online marketplace with wholesale pricing on organic foods and
other health - related products.
Whether we're posting, commenting, liking, repinning, or +1 ing, our new visual culture is
one in which we're constantly
offering each
other little gifts, little moments of pleasure that remind us we're truly and deeply bonded
to one another.»
One obvious candidate
to take up this mantle would be Peers, an Airbnb - backed nonprofit that organizes sharing - economy participants and
offers insurance and
other services.
Other suggestions like declaring
one day of the week a meeting - free day
offers staff uninterrupted time where
others can count on them
to be available.
Still, making over Walgreens will be a costly and time - intensive endeavor —
one that has been tried unsuccessfully before — in an environment that
offers many
other options for beauty, from Sephora
to Ulta
to CVS.
Though Apple had just released its fifth - generation iPod, the Zune
offered some unique features: a built - in FM radio receiver, and a Wi - Fi connection that meant Zune users could swap tunes with
one other (unofficially dubbed «squirting»
to the delight of reviewers).
Other times, parents want
to equalize gifts they have already made, he said — such as paying for
one child's education through medical school when another only pursued a bachelor's degree, or funds
offered to buy a house, get married or start a business.
In his moving speech, Catholic Benedictine monk Brother David Steindl - Rast
offers a different path
to happiness,
one that can be patiently drawn from the simple yet potent daily practice of being grateful and sharing your gratitude with
others.
That is, as soon as
one member of the group
offers an idea, the
others get stuck on it and conform their own thinking
to the suggestion.
«In soliciting investments in the Fake Funds, CASPERSEN made the following false representations
to investors, among
others: in recognition for his prior work with Park Hill Group, CASPERSEN had been
offered a «friends and family» investment allocation in a security that was allegedly
offered by a private equity firm; CASPERSEN was personally investing in the security, and
offering it
to his family and a limited number of friends; the investment was a credit facility secured by a portfolio of assets owned by
one of the Legitimate Funds; the investor would receive quarterly interest payments, ranging from 15
to 20 percent; the investment was practically risk - free, as the loaned funds would remain in a bank account; the investor could withdraw the principal at any time with 90 days» notice; and investor funds should be wired
to one of the Fake Fund Accounts.
Those using Telegram for illicit purposes say they view Telegram as a platform that
offers increased anonymity compared
to other alternatives, and
one that isn't as heavily policed when it comes
to removing groups and channels focused on sharing pirated or illegal material.
Rather than some
other online services, which still require people
to have a cable or satellite subscription
to order a pay - per - view event, Amazon will
offer the option
to anyone willing
to spend $ 64.99 for
one night's series of fights.
This growth is down
to the fact that BTCC itself is
one of China's largest bitcoin exchanges, and also
offers a number of
other digital currency solutions.
Play into the principle of FOMO, or the fear of missing out, by letting the investor know you're meeting with
other investors and that you prefer
to streamline things by issuing a
one - page description of your company's
offerings.
But
one pillar is much more crucial
to your success than the
other two: your
offer.
This growth is down
to the fact that BTC China itself is
one of China's largest bitcoin exchanges, and also
offers a number of
other digital currency solutions.
Roughly
one in five Americans has downloaded
one of Plank's apps, Plank has said, so he wants not only
to help users keep track of their running times or weight loss but also
to compare their data with that of millions of
other people like them and
offer valuable insights.
For example,
one person (who, like the
others I spoke with, preferred not
to share his name for this article) told me he
offered to help protesters get out their message in English by providing translation services.
While
one listing may
offer you the entire property
to rent out,
other listings may only
offer you a private room.
The two so - called next - gen consoles, Microsoft's Xbox
One and Sony's PlayStation 4, have been hailed as significant technological leaps forward, in addition
to seamlessly incorporating
other entertainment options into their
offering.
Additionally, Google is expected
to offer two versions of the Pixel 2, with
one offering 64 GB of storage and the
other topping out at 128 GB.
On virtually every partnership contract, vendor deal, distributor arrangement, equipment lease or financing, personnel hire and investment decision, there will likely be some kind of option
offered to one party by the
other.
In a letter posted on PR Newswire addressed
to Media General's Chairman, CEO, and Board of Directors, Starboard Value LP expressed its concerns about the company's stance regarding certain
offers currently on the table —
one is a merger deal with Meredith Corp. and the
other an acquisition by Nexstar Broadcasting.
Rene
offers one other piece of salient advice for companies trying
to win business abroad when they're competing with local firms: don't coast.
On tech and innovation in particular, there are stark differences between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, with
one candidate
offering something close
to a wish list for Silicon Valley, and the
other supporting trade, labor, and security policies that few there would endorse.
After all, they have
other clients they need
to place, and they also know that they will be the
ones blamed for a blunder — even though they're not the
ones who
offered the offending quote.
In Uber terms, it's less like an UberX ride that just transports
one person and more like UberPool, the version of the ride - sharing service that lets commuters
offer to drive
other people
to work with them.
Calling CBS's Undercover Boss
one of reality television's better
offerings may seem like damning with faint praise, but in its first season, the show managed
to be surprisingly entertaining and even thoughtful, rarely descending into the kind of freak - show antics that prop up most
other reality series.
«If you look today at a country like the UAE where we have 28 % of the new Cabinet as women, [
one feels] what glass ceiling,» asks Al Rifai,
offering her words of advice
to other women professionals.
The founders also made it clear that they would not use an
offer from
one firm
to drum up higher
offers from
others, as some Internet entrepreneurs do.
«On
one hand, your resume must showcase what you can
offer: your skills, experience and
other abilities that will provide value
to the employer, particularly for the role you're pursuing,» she says.
But Friedman says a system like the
one Two Happy Homes
offers could lead
to a better co-parenting arrangement for
others.
If you need
to print brochures, giant spreadsheets or
other presentations that are too big for your standard printer
to handle, the HP Officejet 7000
offers big, low - cost prints — up
to 13 by 19 inches — for less than the cost of an all - in -
one printer.
One of the venture capital firms behind Leap Motion, a company that has developed a 3 - D gesture - control technology, is
offering entrepreneurs $ 25 million
to create apps and
other technology for the platform.
We become so vague that no
one knows what we are
offering and our potential customers turn
to other, more specific options.
The challenge for our team this year was
to build a new version of that
offering, and
to figure out how
to seamlessly move millions of people from
one to the
other.
If you decide
to take the course, LinkedIn
offers a free
one month trial
to access this course and 4000 +
others.
One of the best ways
to overcome hesitation in the online purchasing journey is by
offering bulletproof money - back guarantees or
other assurances.
Along with all of the
other positive points / reasons for this being the right business concept at the exact perfect moment in time, there is a surge in a segment of the population possibly wanting
to own / operate
one of these stores in the thousands of people who have been
offered «buy - outs» in return for retiring early.
So we don't want
other applicants that we're planning
to make
offers to thinking they won't get
one, etc..
During an IPO, the previous owners are attempting
to raise capital for expanding the business, cash out their interest for estate planning, or any
other myriad of reasons that all result in
one thing: a premium price that
offers little chance for buying your stake at a discount.
Many even
offer target date funds, which are an all - in -
one investment consisting of a mix of stocks, bonds and
other assets that is managed by the firm that runs the fund and require little
to no management on your part.