Sentences with phrase «practices of others in»

Because Apple often sets standards for the tech industry, it's no surprise that elements of the print also mirror practices of others in the industry.

For example, Toni (Literacy Program) mentioned that the classroom practice of participant teachers differed from the practice of others in their school and wider school district and talked about the political ramifications of this.

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And just as the elevator's effects were amplified by the near - simultaneous introduction of other key tools and practices — from reinforced concrete to new methods of producing steel and framing buildings to modern ventilation systems — so, too, the most transformative of effects over the next decade or two are sure to be found in the confluence of new technologies and ideas.

Delta's other trade victory came on Friday, when, in a surprise decision, the U.S. International Trade Commission ruled against Boeing in a bitter trade battle in which the Chicago - based company said its business was harmed by trade practices of its Canadian rival Bombardier.

«We are pleased the federal court in San Diego decided Qualcomm must establish the fair value of its technology and defend its business practices in court before forcing Apple and others to pay exorbitant and unfair rates, which amount to a tax on our own inventions,» Apple spokesman Josh Rosenstock said in a statement.

Employees are encouraged to regularly dissect each other's thinking to determine the root of decision - making, to rate each other's performance using a proprietary iPad app called «Dots,» and to send an audio file to any person mentioned in a meeting — which isn't an outlandish practice internally, since all meetings, with few exceptions, are either digitally recorded for audio or video.

Leaders who master the practice of good listening will be more apt to intuitively understand the other person's story by searching conversations for depth and meaning, digging deeper than casual listeners, and getting to the root of an issue in order to come up with the right solution.

«There were lots of times where we would have pitch practice or other group check - ins and only half the participants would show,» Sadler says.

Some of their other projections feel less futuristic and more like a return to some of the practices (promoting strong values and building smart partnerships) that have made companies great in the past.

And so began a practice of mine of sometimes morphing my accent, ever so slightly in some instances, more so in others, to create a bond of familiarity between myself and the person with whom I am negotiating.

Lately pharma execs have been taking yet another volley of criticism over drug - pricing practices from Hillary Clinton and Marco Rubio — and plenty of others — without offering much in the way of a defense.

It will create a toolkit of best practices and a series of conferences in Charlotte, N.C., and Portland, Ore., and other cities in 2014.

But Lindsay and other entrepreneurs like Mark Falcone, who co-found tCheck, a company that makes a spectrometer device to test the potency of edibles, says they were kicked off all the processors at once - which is highly unusual based on the previous «Whack - a-Mole» cancelation patterns these processors had practiced in the past.

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.

Personal branding is the practice of people marketing themselves and their careers as brands — the ongoing process of establishing a prescribed image or impression in the mind of others about an individual.

Apple built its success on the practice of creating both hardware and software, while competitors such as Google and Microsoft (mostly) create software to be used in other companies» hardware.

So right now, they focus on other applications, such as building precise three - dimensional models, drawn from CT scans, of actual patient organs and tissues that surgeons can use for pre-operative practice and training in the case of difficult surgeries.

While the company has gained attention as an early adopter of implanted microchips in humans, it will be interesting to watch how it plays out and helps shape the practice for other companies going forward.

They often suffer from both mental and physical health problems at a higher rate than workers in other industries as a result of their working conditions, which include operating under hard - nosed management practices and getting yelled at all day by irate customers.

They also are in negotiations with other advisors who would be interested in using Hammond's firm as a succession partner to protect the value of their practices, both for their loved ones and their clients.

How can you then adopt best practices of other apps in the market where there are no similarities?

The next day that firm filed two lawsuits against Diageo, one in federal court, raising a suite of traditional trademark and unfair business practices claims, but the other in New York State Supreme Court, seeking a permanent injunction under a seldom - used statute available only to charitable organizations, known as Section 135 of the New York General Business Law.

But G - III Apparel, the group that oversees the Buma factory and many other sub-suppliers, told the outlet that it was «committed to legal compliance and ethical business practices in all of our operations worldwide» in response to this report.

«If you tax that $ 50 billion at 20 percent of imports — which is by the way a practice that 160 other countries do — right now our country's policy is to tax exports and let imports flow freely in, which is ridiculous.»

The other two thirds of the innovation skill set come through learning — first understanding a given skill, then practicing it, experimenting, and ultimately gaining confidence in one's capacity to create.

If you're thinking of applying for a mortgage, it's best practice to hold off on applying for other new lines of credit in the six to 12 months beforehand.

And before you go dismissing this post out of hand, thinking that meditation has to be difficult to be effective, bear in mind that many other experts stress just how little time and effort is needed for the practice to start making a difference in your life.

But that presented a marketing problem, because other, much larger practices in midtown Manhattan were making heavy use of Google AdWords, in which advertisers bid on such search terms as «New York City dentist.»

As the year progressed, CEO Travis Kalanick resigned amid an investor revolt, many of Uber's other top executives resigned or were forced out, shady business practices were revealed, and more than 20 employees were fired as a result of an investigation into bad behavior in the workplace that includes sexual harassment.

«In other words, I was operating conservatively within standard practices of photojournalism.

The crux of the act is simply this: illegal wage bias (based on race, religion, sex, national origin, age, or disability) occurs «when a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice is adopted, when a person becomes subject to a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice, or when a person is affected by application of a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice, including each time wages, benefits, or other compensation is paid, resulting in whole or in part from such a decision or other practice.»

Since the early 2000s, splitting the Chair / CEO roles has become the norm in Canada, and with good reason: more than any other individual governance best practice, Chair / CEO split with an independent chair is highly correlated with adoption of other good governance practices and disclosure.

With KPMG stepping up and paying Lewis in full, it could encourage her other sponsors to follow suit, and hopefully lead to it becoming standard practice across the sport of golf, as well as other sports where athletes compete as individual contractors, such as tennis.

But becoming comfortable speaking in front of others ultimately takes lots of practice.

If the federal government required projected climate conditions to be considered when spending on infrastructure in flood - prone areas, construction practices would change, he added, noting the same pressures would drive chemical plants or other industries to have a wider margin of safety.

Other practices at Sanofi also fly in the face of good governance.

Even though we purchase a limited amount of meat we are working with our suppliers to address concerns about antibiotic use and are looking to collaborate with others across our industry and in the NGO community to promote best practices on this issue.

The country also needs to invest in science that helps predict future temperature and rainfall conditions, so farmers can adopt new cropping practices to ensure yield and quality of coffee beans and other products.

He believes any business should invest in this process, and I interviewed him to share with others some of his most effective yet simplest practices.

Likewise, sometimes you know that there's something you have to do in business, whether it's letting go of a client that is engaging in unethical business practices or firing a highly productive employee who verbally abuses others in the workplace.

These radiations in part came from Japanese management culture, very different from U.S. practice, the ideas of Deming — which both influenced and reflected Japanese practice — and their elaborations by others.

On the one side is an American technology company with a history of questionable business practices, and on the other is an outdated bureaucracy that does much to keep transportation costs high in the city.

«The defining difference between Silicon Valley companies and almost every other industry in the U.S. is the virtually universal practice among tech companies of distributing meaningful equity (usually in the form of stock options) to ordinary employees.

Other characteristics that are shared due to the common methodology include: (1) The estimates encompass both transfers and changes in society's real resources (the latter being benefits in the context of the 2016 RIA but costs in this RIA because gains are forgone); (2) the estimates have a tendency toward overestimation in that they reflect an assumption that the April 2016 Fiduciary Rule will eliminate (rather than just reduce) underperformance associated with the practice of incentivizing broker recommendations through variable front - end - load sharing; and (3) the estimates have a tendency toward underestimation in that they represented only one negative effect (poor mutual fund selection) of one source of conflict (load sharing), in one market segment (IRA investments in front - load mutual funds).

It has put a pause on plans for tests of Equifax's data protection practices and turned down offers from other federal regulators for help in on - site credit bureau exams.

Further, ERISA's reference to «render [ing] investment advice for a fee or other compensation» incorporates terminology in the IAA, which — in accordance with the industry understanding and practice when the IAA was enacted — excludes broker - dealers executing sales from the definition of «investment adviser.»

These types of innovative programs show continuous improvement in the VPP program, are shining examples, and are best practices for other companies to consider at their facilities.»

In a recently released study, Getting Energy Prices Right: From Principle to Practice, the IMF calculates what it considers to be the appropriate level of fuel taxes (a carbon tax by any other name) for 156 different countries.

It is the policy of Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. to provide equal opportunity in employment throughout the corporation for all qualified applicants and employees without discrimination against any person because of a person's race, color, religion (including religious dress and grooming practices), sex / gender (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions and breast feeding), national origin, ancestry, gender identity, gender expression, legally - protected medical condition, physical or mental disability, age, military or veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable law.

His biography contains elements of an epic novel: growing up the son of a jailed Trotskyist labor leader in whose Chicago home he met Rosa Luxembourg's and Karl Liebknecht's colleagues; serving as a young balance of payments analyst for David Rockefeller whose Chase Manhattan Bank was calculating how much interest the bank could extract on loans to South American countries; touring America on Vatican - sponsored economics lectures; turning after a riot at a UN Third World debt meeting in Mexico to the study of ancient debt cancellation practices through Harvard's Babylonian Archeology department; authoring many books about finance from Super Imperialism: The Economic Strategy of American Empire [1972] to J is For Junk Economics: A Guide to Reality in an Age of Deception [2017]; and lately, among many other ventures, commuting from his Queens home to lecture at Peking University in Beijing where he hopes to convince the Chinese to avoid the debt - fuelled economic model off which Western big bankers feast and apply lessons he and his colleagues have learned about the debt relief practices of the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia.