Sentences with phrase «own fate»

Dauman's appointment as chairman means he now has an unprecedented amount of control over the fate of Viacom.

The stakes were so high that Japanese Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō told his sailors just before the battle, «the Empire's fate depends on the result of this battle, let every man do his utmost duty.»

He argued on behalf of Grokster, another ill - fated music service, before the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.

Comcast's (cmcsa) Universal Studios held the previous single - year box office record, which it set just last year, and the studio has a handful of sequels from franchises that have recently produced billion - dollar films on deck for 2017 — The Fate of the Furious and Despicable Me 3 — as well as the sequel to last year's sleeper hit, Fifty Shades of Grey.

The fate of the operations was sealed when the CEO made a solo journey to some Montreal - area stores the Saturday before Christmas, the busiest day of the season in retail.

Some of these will even check your message against spam filters, ensuring it won't share the same junk - folder fate as the Viagra offers.

Trump's second attempt at a travel ban is already suffering a similar fate to his first, with a federal judge in Hawaii blocking its nationwide implementation.

Although the final fate of the sweeping health care reform lies in the hands of the Supreme Court, one can't fault Obama for not staying true to his word on this one.

At this point, Snowden's fate is uncertain.

And we can resolve the fate of the Dreamers and say to these hardworking kids that America has a place for them too.»

To avoid this fate, think like a pilot and aim not for level, but instead try to keep your nose up.

Of course, Ripert hasn't let fate decide his every move; he knows what's important to him and tries to stick close to that vision.

But there is no assurance that your business will have the same fate as theirs.

If they don't, start contemplating the fate of Jon Snow.

News flash: Your future isn't tethered to fate or reliant on content.

His legal background proved invaluable in 1991, when the state of California and its insurance commissioner John Garamendi seized Raleigh's then - financial partner Executive Life Insurance Company after the value of the insurer's multibillion - dollar portfolio collapsed — a fate tied to its massive investments in the junk bond market of the go - go 1980s.

The fate of startups may eventually be tied to their ability to respect customers, partners, staff and society.

Previous attempts to divine health care reform's fate have proven foolhardy (or at least ill - fated).

(Remember, some surveys estimate that as many as 82 percent of Americans ignore online ads — and if your article feels like an ad, it may be fated to be one of that sad number.)

North Korea has repeatedly said it needs nuclear weapons to prevent an American invasion, citing the fate of regimes in Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya.

Bettany's fate as Vision will be uncertain heading into «Infinity War.»

If those viewers had each paid the national average movie - ticket price of about $ 9, that would've been a $ 99 million debut at the box office — roughly what Universal Pictures» «The Fate of the Furious» did in April.

The economy was saved from a worse fate in the first half by consumers.

As with Facebook's Instant Articles, however, Medium's offer to publishers brings up many of the same risks: Number one being that your fate — and the discoverability of your content, and any relationship you have with your readers around that content — is essentially in the hands of a third - party provider.

After a year of Game of Thrones - style intrigue involving 93 - year - old billionaire Sumner Redstone, his daughter Shari, and former CEO Philippe Dauman, it looks as though the ultimate fate of Viacom could be settled relatively soon — and with it the fate of sister company CBS.

These founders eagerly plot out five - year financial projections before they've even developed a product or service; a few theories about the fates of those impacted by a company's success are not any less likely to hold water.

Shareholders have the right to determine the fate of the company even if it is to close its doors but governments should not interfere.

The fate of Barrick has always depended on the price of gold, but there is more at stake today.

Called stylish, elegant and charming by reviewers, the book «buzzes with the energy of numerous adventures, love affairs, twists of fate and silly antics,» raves the Wall Street Journal.

Whether bugs become the next toro — tuna prized for its rich, fatty taste and abundance of omega - 3s — or suffer the fate of once - faddish, now largely forgotten menu items like escargots and frog legs depends on producers» ability to push insects past the novelty - food barrier.

That's a fate the Maldives is trying to avoid.

In this Canadian Business article from October, Mount Allison University president Robert Campbell predicted that Canada Post has about a five - year window to reverse its financial fate.

The eccentric Billes family offspring scrapped for years over the fate of the Canadian Tire chain before one emerged triumphant.

This is not just the fate of one man — or the fate of one company, with its scores of clients, its $ 1.5 million investment, and the 19 American employees.

And his legal fate is uncertain, even as new evidence has emerged that largely exonerates him.

And while they all have an innate ability to transform failure into fortune (sometimes multiple times), the members of the new new Canadian establishment came of age during the dot - com collapse and have internalized the lessons of BlackBerry's fate.

But such a service could also present the risk of publishers becoming even more dependent on social networking platforms like Facebook for readers and revenue, thus giving the tech giants an uncomfortable amount of control over the news industry's fate.

And judging from the consumers who have shared their stories with Consumer Reports, that certainty is in short supply as the fate of the ACA is decided.

So, rather than shock supporters of the deal into opposing it, which may have been among Netanyahu's aims, the presentation has left the JCPOA's fate largely unchanged.

And President Donald Trump's allies are torn over what should be the fate of the retired Marine general who has fought to bring order to a chaotic West Wing.

With a VR shopping experience, you no longer have to suffer that fate, and your customers won't either.

It's against this background, seething with political and family rivalries, that VW made its ill - fated 2005 move to crack open the U.S. market with «Clean Diesel,» the Next Big Thing.

WASHINGTON, March 7 - A Venezuelan state governor made an unusual visit to Washington this week seeking meetings with Congress members to discuss the fate of a Utah man imprisoned in the South American nation, U.S. sources said on Wednesday, as the country faces a possible new round of sanctions.

According to her motion for preliminary injunction, her staff was let go, and she was shut out of discussions regarding her company's fate, even though she was the brand's founder and artistic director.

WASHINGTON, March 7 - A Venezuelan state governor made an unusual visit to Washington this week seeking meetings in Congress to discuss the fate of an American imprisoned in the South American nation, U.S. sources said on Wednesday, as the country faces a possible new round of sanctions.

«It's a law - enforcement matter, and if there's some committee at a university that's deciding the fate of a rapist, that's certainly cause for pause.»

High turnover is common in financial services, and while the bank's wide variety of products, and preponderance of business units offering them, give employees plenty of opportunity to move up (or sideways) instead of out, the company has learned not to leave loyalty to fate.

In the following excerpts, they recount the first of just two formal joint interviews with Steve Jobs, then running the ill - fated NeXT, and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, which took place at Jobs's home in July 1991.

Knowing it can give us at least a degree of control over our fate.

Even though it was one of the first companies to invent the digital camera in 1975, Kodak had an unfortunate fate.