Sentences with phrase «parted company by»

Chelsea Football Club and Jose Mourinho have today parted company by mutual consent.

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Smart companies have turned Twitter into a money - making machine by making their followers part of the creative process.

That could help curtail a true drug crisis with devastating economic and social impacts — and which was sparked, in large part, by the actions of huge pharmaceutical companies.

What part was played in Volkswagen's wrongdoing by the fact that the companies engineers were apparently technically incapable of making good on the promises their marketing department was apparently intent on making?

While it's true that Uber has done a pitiful job of engaging the governments in charge of regulating local taxi regimes — by and large, that's been a key part of the company's strategy — it's time Uber learned to play nice with the cities it hopes to conquer.

The company and its eponymous product, created by serial entrepreneur and technology expert David Gurle, is scarcely out of startup mode, but already it's making waves as a potentially disrupting new force on Wall Street, thanks in large part to support from some of the world's largest investment banks.

In the second quarter of 2013, tech IPOs represented about a quarter of all IPOs — and plenty of analysts are saying that we're going to start seeing a lot more tech companies (especially enterprise software) go public in the next several months driven, in part, by a backlog generated in a sluggish 2012.

That's what I use — a pattern of red and blue G's and black quote bubbles that are part of the branding for my public relations company, By George Communications.

But part of the enthusiasm for the stock today can be explained by CEO John Chen — BlackBerry has conspicuously dropped the «interim» from his title — who spoke at length publicly for the first time since joining the company.

Once a modest - size Medicaid provider, the managed - care company has expanded quickly — vaulting from No. 453 to 66 on the Fortune 500 in five years» time — and it has done so, in part, by entering markets that rivals have fled (Medicare Advantage, prison health care, the precarious Obama - care exchanges).

NBCU invested $ 200 million in Vox in 2015, one of a flurry of investments into digital companies by the Comcast (cmcsa) unit, which has put $ 400 million into BuzzFeed and most recently invested $ 500 million as part of Snap Inc's initial public offering last week.

Launched in 2009 by three Yale alums — Mahbod Moghadam, Tom Lehman, and Ilan Zechory — and refined during a stint with the well - known startup incubator Y Combinator, the company was completing the details of a massive $ 40 million funding round by one of the top investors in tech, a piece of news they had agreed to announce as part of a profile on Business Insider.

Tech companies with no profits (or even much of a business plan) soared to extreme valuations that were justified, in part, by the belief that future profits would be made faster and that equities were less risky than in the past.

May 1 - Jacob Jacobson agreed to resign as Xerox Corp's chief executive as part of a settlement of a lawsuit brought by the company's shareholders that raised questions over Xerox's agreed deal with Japan's Fujifilm Holdings Corp, a New York court filing showed on Tuesday.

Shapiro said NBCUniversal hopes to draw in users with already popular NBC titles like SNL and Parks & Recreation, but the company plans to hold onto those customers by recommending a range of additional content — particularly original and acquired programs exclusive to Seeso — as part of selections curated by real people.

The new rules are part of a broader effort by Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) to encourage more new economy companies to float in the city as it battles New York to be the world's largest listings hub.

By making physical and social improvements in your office, you will find that your employees are more likely to be excited about coming into work, more likely to feel a part of the company, and more likely to work hard on their assigned tasks.

The rise of companies like Uber and Instacart is only part of a larger trend in the ways Americans work, away from full - time employment and toward «contingent» freelance jobs, according to a new study by financial services company Intuit and consulting firm Emergent Research.

AYR, which stands for All Year Round, originated as a part of Bonobos and spun off in 2015 as an independent company led by Jac Cameron, Maggie Winter, and Max Bonbrest.

Beats by Dre can credit its success in part to its popularity among tastemakers like Nicki Minaj, Lady Gaga and LeBron James (the latter a company stakeholder).

The move by these hugely successful companies is, in fact, only the latest in a slew of corporate actions aimed at reconfiguring healthcare in the U.S. — a system where outcomes, for the most part, remain woefully disconnected from costs, and where those costs continue to soar without the mooring of reason.

Facebook is stepping up its efforts to compete with Twitch and YouTube for video game streaming: The company is now offering select video gamers a chance to monetize their gameplay live streams on Facebook by giving their audience a way to tip them as part of a test of new monetization options.

The tariff would force Mexican companies to raise prices, though probably far less than the full 20 %, since they'd take part of the hit by shrinking margins.

The investigation, first reported by the Wall Street Journal on Wednesday, is part of a regular monitoring that the SEC conducts of mutual fund companies.

Helped in part by the reduced rates, the 10 largest tech companies are estimated to generate about $ 800 billion in free cash flow over the next three years, Materne said.

One of my earliest stories for Fortune consisted of a sleepless dispatch from a two - day Bitcoin hackathon at New York University that was sponsored, in part, by Ludwin's company (before it pivoted to enterprise software).

Part of your brand is you — if you are out in the public with a shirt or vehicle with your company logo on it then go by the same rules as any other company would.

Sky rose 4.1 percent, making it one of the top performers in Europe, boosted by the news that Comcast, parent company of CNBC, and Verizon said they are interested in buying certain parts of 21st Century Fox.

The move follows several other AI - related fraud protection efforts by Mastercard, and could indicate a push on the company's part to develop a full - suite solution.

Billionaire Vincent Bollore was charged by French investigators as part of a probe into the possible use of bribes in two African countries to obtain port contracts from public officials, according to a statement from his company.

Investors were watching Herbalife's earnings report particularly closely because it was the first quarter the company began implementing changes mandated by the Federal Trade Commission as part of a settlement last summer.

And soon it will move its headquarters to a new, 26,000 - square - foot space at the flashy One SoHo Square in New York (where MAC Cosmetics, an Estée Lauder company, also has an office) and add 282 new jobs to its current team of 85, funded in part by a $ 3 million tax credit from the state of New York.

For the first part of the deal, Advanced Microgrid Solutions will install Tesla batteries at 24 buildings managed by the Irvine Company.

Investors would get a (then) 35 % tax credit on money invested in a portfolio of startups managed by his firm, GrowthWorks Capital (now part of Matrix, a public holding company he created to bring together different divisions of his empire, including venture capital and mutual funds).

Founded in 2007 by Zimmer and co-founder Logan Green, Lyft's business model is fairly straighforward, even if it operates in a legal gray area: The company recruits and (background - checks) city car owners to become become part - time taxi drivers, who set the hours they wish to work.

Funded in part by Dan's savings, credit card debt, and student loans (diverted to fund his venture), the company grew rapidly as Gravity built its own technology and brought the card - processing systems in - house.

Spurred in part by the cash infusion, the company expects to see revenues top $ 10 million next year, says company CEO Dev Gandhi.

Part of the problem, the study found, is that «existing tax rules effectively create a $ 19,399 reporting tax loophole impacting millions of taxpayers» because of the confusion surrounding the requirements for forms 1099 - K, which is supposed to be filed by companies when they earn more than $ 20,000 through 200 or more credit card transactions, and 1099 - MISC, which covers payments above $ 600 to independent contractors, freelancers and small businesses.

Benefits expert Jeff Plakans, founder and president of payroll and benefits management company Commonwealth Payroll & HR, in Marblehead, Massachusetts, says the determination can be further complicated in some scenarios by salaried employees who also work part - time.

Steele, who was the head of the British intelligence agency MI6's Moscow desk and is known for his «knowledge of the intricate web» of Kremlin - tied companies and associates, wrote the dossier between July and December of 2016 as part of an opposition research project funded by anti-Trump Republicans.

In late September, Russia's Parliament voted to restrict foreign ownership of local media to 20 %, a move that could affect U.S. companies such as Disney, which has a Russian TV channel, and force the sale of the independent Russian financial paper Vedomosti, which is part owned by News Corp.'s Dow Jones and Pearson.

FASB or the Securities & Exchange Commission could enlighten the debate in a minute by requiring companies to disclose the taxes - incurred information from their corporate tax returns, which would require almost no effort on the companies» part.

The bill codifies the ownership of stuff gathered by U.S. companies in space in part to allow for stable investment in such ventures — and to encourage more players to get into the field.

The crackdown is part of broader and long - running attempts by Silicon Valley technology companies to track and limit what information their employees share publicly.

Charter Communications (CHTR), one of the largest U.S. cable companies, will file for bankruptcy protection by April 1, as part of a resturcuting to cut its debt by $ 8 billion, the WSJ reports.

In part, the company is taking control of the conversation by proactively introducing new tools.

By comparison, last year the company lost $ 11.2 million due in part to lagging sales.

They also provide a community for startups that many don't have access to unless they are the darling of the huge firms, and have taken part in several rounds in famous companies, including Instacart, Coinbase and Screenhero, acquired by Slack to fuel their videoconferencing surge.

To further motivate people to spend time identifying creative ideas, small businesses can emphasize innovation by making it part of the company's job descriptions and evaluation criteria.

Many RV manufacturers assemble vehicles from parts made by other companies.