Sentences with phrase «political mudslinger»

So I became Uber's political adviser that day, and I got really lucky when Travis [Kalanick] called me back and said, «I can't afford your fee, will you take equity instead?»

Like President Donald Trump and other members of his family, Ivanka Trump has faced scrutiny for whether she is profiting from the President's political ascension.

But stock market investors who are enjoying the post-election rally — dubbed the «Trump Bump — owe a major debt to the controversial bank that became a political lightning rod in the presidential campaigns.

Investors and political analysts in Asia seem to be taking Trump's «America First» agenda in their stride.

In January, NBC announced that Kelly would be taking on a triple role at the network: host of an unnamed daytime news program, anchor of a Sunday night news show, and contributor to NBC's special political programming and other big - event coverage.

Committee leadership provides a political and policymaking megaphone, as well as a farm team for higher office.

Some political commentators also noted that the cartoon likely gave Cruz even more ammunition to argue that the mainstream media is out to get him.

It is a technologically sophisticated and forward - thinking industry led by professionals and scientists from all political stripes.

But it also shows the power of the data available through social channels that could give a political campaign an edge.

That valuable background includes an explanation for why R2 - D2 wakes up at the end, as well as a brief history of the galactic government now in place 30 years after «Return of the Jedi» and the Resistance's relationship to political powers.

«The Trump hotel may have some political undertones because it is associated with the U.S. president,» Jose Manuel Romualdez, the Philippine ambassador to the U.S., wrote in a column in The Philippine Star newspaper earlier this week.

Petty political points are frustrating.

Deadline reports that Greenblatt dismissed reporters» questions that seemed to imply NBC's reality shows gave Trump the initial platform and following on which he built his current political career.

That bleak irony was hammered home earlier this month when John Boehner, a former leader in the political party that formally initiated the War on Drugs, joined the advisory board of a marijuana firm.

While Greenblatt was obviously looking to avoid any connection between Trump's long stint at NBC and the fact that the billionaire is now one election away from the White House, other media executives have previously spoken more freely about the positive effect Trump's political career has had on TV ratings.

A political soap about a Washington, D.C. fixer that features beautiful people, politics, coverups, murder and past cast members of Gilmore Girls.

Asked if the political morass in Washington was as bad as it looked, the former treasury secretary drew laughter with his answer at the 2016 Delivering Alpha Conference sponsored by CNBC and Institutional Investor.

On Wednesday, it admitted that the political consultancy may have gotten its hands on the data of 87 million Facebook users, rather than 50 million as previously thought.

It's a bonding experience for family, after all — and one likely to involve not a scintilla of political discussion.

Facebook and Twitter users report feeling overwhelmed by the political opinions shared by contacts.

We can not ignore the decision - makers who decide whom to prosecute, partially in response to unstated political and other pressures.

In countries whose populations have reduced their emissions, political leaders could follow its citizens» behavior.

Nor, for that matter, is he adept at the political stunt: When McConnell stood onstage at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) meeting in March waving a flintlock musket over his head as a show of his support for gun rights, the senator was roundly mocked.

Since relocating to Singapore from CNBC's EMEA headquarters in London in July 2017, Nancy has covered some of the biggest business and political events in Asia Pacific, from the North Korean Crisis to US - China trade relations.

The media upstart is not only expanding into Europe, but says it wants to reinvent political journalism in every U.S. state

«I was a political science major and minored in economics, just perfectly well - equipped to be an egg farmer,» says Jesse Laflamme, CEO of Pete and Gerry's Organic Eggs.

Obviously, there are things like the [data breach] lawsuit that I'm not at all privy to, but I will say that he has really good political instincts.

Outraged by the scandal, former leader Mahathir Mohammad came out of political retirement and the opposition has united behind him in the national elections.

Zach Sims founded Codecademy two years ago, after dropping out of Columbia University, where he was studying political science.

If Canada's companies are as wary of Trump as their political leaders, there is a real danger of economic paralysis.

Bombardier has achieved a weird sacred - cow status in Canada's political circles: no matter how many budgets it breaks or deadlines it blows, it can not be allowed to fail.

A newspaper is reporting that a Florida state senator who resigned this week after using a racial slur hired a former Hooters «calendar girl» and a Playboy model with no political experience to be consultants for his political action committee last year.

With all these tools at their fingertips, what is needed more than anything is the political will to make tough choices states will need to make.

«As a manager or as an employer, you can circulate a memo as you're approaching an election, for example, reminding everyone that they're encouraged to vote and have a right to their own opinion, but that their expressions of their political beliefs should be respectful and in keeping with workplace policy.

«Fox's plan for Henry does not include any reporting on the presidential campaign or any political reporting in general,» The Hill added, citing the network's confirmation.

«Another part of the Government will continue in Catalonia carrying out political activity as legitimate members,» he continued.

Media and political success (if you can call it success) is too much about telling people what they want to hear rather than what they need to learn or know.

Billionaire businessman Mark Cuban called President Donald Trump «s time in office so far «political chemotherapy,» suggesting that supporters of the President knowingly voted for a «poisonous» leader in hopes of shaking up America's political system.

But if you think that fighting Russian aggression in Eastern Europe is important to maintain political and economic stability in the region, then taking a softer line on Greek debt may be worthwhile in the long run.

The US appears to be pursuing a strategy of «buying time,» Weinbaum told Newsweek — hoping the Afghan government will establish a strong military and political and economic system that could negotiate and absorb the Taliban.

And no political appointee will be able to lobby the executive branch after leaving government service during the remainder of the administration.»

Not only are you probably not going to change anyone's mind, you're likely just going to alienate customers and cast your company in a specific political light.

He amassed more followers on Twitter than any political figure in the state, aside from House Speaker Paul Ryan.

In particular, the sparring between Senators Cruz and Rubio, both of whom are now vying for the number two spot following Ben Carson's implosion in the polls, showed how political leaders need to use guile and their wits to win.

«There's a strong correlation between our political beliefs and our own values.

Rumors swirled in 2014 that the «Lean In» author might be eyeing a political run, perhaps for U.S. Senate or maybe even something bigger, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.

Political and social turmoil.

In addition to Bohrman, the company says its team on the ground for the political conventions will include several former reporters and producers from Al Jazeera America, including former chief political correspondent Michael Shure, reporter James Reinl, and producer Rita Chan.

Oil output in Venezuela, a member of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, has fallen from almost 2.5 million barrels per day to just around 1.5 million bpd currently due to political and...

Some of the company's recent problems include the political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica improperly obtaining data on up to 87 million Facebook users.