Sentences with phrase «preemptive moves»

To date, South Korean firms have not been singled out about imports but even so, some have embarked on preemptive moves to ward off criticism.

In what was possibly a preemptive move by the company, the Wells board of directors decided to take back $ 41 million in stock - based compensation from Stumpf along with just over $ 16 million in stock options from former community - banking head Carrie Tolstedt.

This was mostly a preemptive move, rather than an attempt to create even more IPO value.

However, I do think this preemptive move has cost SNB some credibility, because bank officials said just recently that the currency cap was one of the key pillars of their system.

Hein's preemptive move got him the primo spot in the ribbon line next to the guest of honor.

The decision by Craigslist to stop hosting personal ads came as a preemptive move after Congress passed the Fight Online Sex Trafficking... of other [dating sites.]»

As a preemptive move, she summons to town a corporate headhunter she knows, Nick Harris (Frederick Weller), to line up another position for her.

We think it's far more likely that Amazon didn't want to be called on the carpet publicly for its behavior, and so decided to make a preemptive move to try and convince the gullible among us that it truly has our interests at heart.

But rarely does an author make a preemptive move, and pull his book before a publisher has a chance to publish it, which has «highlighted a growing issue in the business: Are traditional publishers doing enough to support established authors?»

If you plan to get a dog you know may be very active (based on the breed, perhaps), buying this book is a great preemptive move.

Well, that was supposed to take place Wednesday, but I went ahead and made a preemptive move to close it myself the day before.

Well, that was supposed to take place Wednesday, but I went ahead and made a preemptive move... [Read more...] about Chase Really Wants to Keep My Business (Not!)

It isn't clear at this point who between Google and Amazon is responsible for this early YouTube shut down, but judging from the nature of this notification, it seems that Amazon is making a preemptive move here.

Not exact matches

Nelson - Pallmeyer's description of a foreign policy that has moved from containment to preemptive offensive war is fascinating, troubling and always historically informed.

Given who the HGTV demographic is, I think this that this move is preemptive and related to projected ratings.

This move might be a preemptive strike that temporarily closes the door on this problem.

Others, however, speculate that the move is a preemptive strike meant to head off potential criticism that could come from selling a controversial product.

Taking these preemptive steps may allow the adopter to keep the dog in the bedroom - which is a good move for bonding and socialization, since dogs are pack animals.

One could argue that General Mills sees the writing on the wall, and that the move is preemptive.