Sentences with phrase «promises of»

By then, Mr. Gurley, who had been one of Mr. Kalanick's earliest supporters, saw that Uber's promises of change were not enough if the chief executive stayed on.

As Parliament resumes after Canadaâ $ ™ s historic 41st election, all eyes are on Prime Minister Stephen Harper and how he delivers on his campaign promises of growth and stability.

Here, Mackin looks at the record and promises of Vancouver's 2014 election candidates.

Indeed, save for a few sentences about tax loopholes, the rest of the speech was promises of new spending and further tax relief — money for training and infrastructure and machinery.

Senator Benjamin Uwajumogu also put forward a motion expressing a «deep concern» that he shared with some of his colleagues over the way that certain Nigerians have been drawn into cryptocurrency investing with promises of fast, easy money.

With promises of more transparent government, better - trained police and improved public schools, four of the leading candidates for Baltimore County executive made their pitch to voters at a forum Saturday in Woodlawn.

As Robert Blecker, an economist at American University, notes, «Contrary to the promises of the leaders who promoted it, NAFTA did not make Mexico converge to the United States in per capita income, nor did it solve Mexico's employment problems or stem the flow of migration.»

The Philippines is the prettiest girl at the dance right now — Manila has Washington, Beijing, Tokyo, and others chasing it around with promises of investment and protection in return for security guarantees.

Answering to Trump's promises of increased military spending, stocks in the aerospace and defense industry have popped 39 % based on the SPDR S&P 500 Aerospace and Defense exchange - traded fund.

But Sears Holdings» problems have been so long lasting and may be intractable despite Lampert's promises of a turnaround: The CEO just published a blog post to deny reports Sears was planning to shut down Kmart.

But it's hard to not notice the similarities between the site and the glossy magazines that line grocery store checkouts with promises of honest glimpses inside celebrity lives.

Like Rogers has done with its Share Everything Plans, pushing legacy customers towards more lucrative options with promises of value - added freebies like Shomi and NHL GameCentre Live, Fido's new plans offer tangible benefits for new and exiting subscribers.

If someone wants adventure and new experiences, they are better motivated with the thought they could withdraw their RRSP contributions in five years to volunteer in Africa than with promises of an old age spent in Fort Lauderdale.

By taking the story of Cinderella and borrowing the emotional and intellectual equity for its own, the promises of quality (glass slippers) and fashion rightness (even princes admired them) were brought to the customers of Cinderella Shoes.

One of the biggest promises of IBM Watson is the ability to convert text into actionable insights.

Even the CBC last year promoted its banal sitcom Being Erica with promises of a hot lesbian sex scene — and when the Mother Corp thinks girl - on - girl action makes acceptable prime - time viewing, it's a sure sign that sex is no longer shocking.

Still, a management shakeup in June left Lansing the sole head of the studio with promises of a bigger budget and more creative freedom, a strong vote of confidence from Viacom chief Sumner Redstone.

Exploring a lender's real substance means looking beyond flashy websites or promises of instant funding.

Essentially, these guidelines prevent companies from making promises of likely wins or major earnings on investments without real proof of the terms and conditions of the financial product.

And over the last forty years, large corporations have nearly eliminated the safety nets that workers used to count on from them, including implicit promises of long term employment and secure pensions.

Ahead of the hearing, entitled «Beyond Silk Road: Potential Risks, Threats, and Promises of Virtual Currencies», several government agencies wrote to Committee outlining their views on the currency.

We're primed for eye - opening conversations about the dangers and opportunities of our truly borderless world, about the real - world (and now - world) promises of precision medicine and artificial intelligence, and about the end of privacy as we know it.

Between a new Kirby game, a new Yoshi game, and promises of a new main - series Pokémon game, the future looks bright.

In many cases, brands aren't promises of performance anymore — they're consensual fantasies.

Fatigued by years of austerity and swayed by promises of debt relief, Icelandic voters dumped the Social Democrats from power on Saturday, returning a center - right government that ruled over its financial collapse five years ago.

In Alabama, Republican legislators introduced a resolution to impeach Republican Governor Robert Bentley, who allegedly had an affair with a staffer, having campaigned on promises of ethics and integrity.

The donors were being enticed to give with promises of #SaveToysRUs bumper stickers, special edition toys, invites to a reopening block party and opportunities to tour the oldest toy factory currently operating in the U.S. depending on the amount they give.

Intelligent inboxes with promises of fixing email overload are nothing new, but Astro received rave press around their iOS and Mac app for teams and individuals.

Modi's political success and promises of economic reform in spite of these bumps suggest that the new prime minister could function as a reformer in the American mold.

There are tools, apps and programs galore to reconcile time zone differences, connect people virtually and back up the promises of increased productivity.

«So too the Japanese yen, given the active efforts to weaken it through rhetoric, a higher inflation target, promises of future monetary easing, and a government adamant that it can bring inflation back.»

The virtual reality market has been loaded with false promises of the «next big thing» for years.

Poor leaders motivate those following them with false promises of promotions, success and a great tomorrow, but rarely deliver on those promises.

Not only would I skip the empty promises of the self - help / personal development genre, I'd also steer clear of the entire Web 2.0, social media, user - generated content space.

Fukoku is just the latest example of a company testing the promises of artificial intelligence.

Amid promises of more of the same, there is slight hope that the Conservative government might finally address a long neglected issue — foreign ownership laws.

Sobolewski, who has been in the police about 14 years, said progress was being made but it was a difficult as traffickers often target the most vulnerable people who are lured with false promises of well - paid jobs.

Only after the Falcon Heavy is rigorously tested and SpaceX manages to deliver on its promises of cheaper space launches, a return to the moon, and a mission to Mars (or fail to, for that matter) will we be able to say for sure which rocket was the true champion of human space exploration.

She fears that not all programs, particularly the newer ones, can deliver on their promises of offering high - quality mentorship, network introductions and exposure to the capital community.

According to Italian daily Corriere della Sera, Sarkozy is at a crossroads, and «everything indicates that he will follow the path of renouncement and confirm the unwritten rule of his predecessors, who took the Elysée with promises of revolution but preserved their hold on it with the «marche tranquille.

Global stocks have rallied on promises of large investments in infrastructure and tax cuts in the U.S., but markets are now set for a sharp correction in the second part of this year.

Italy's former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi staged his stunning political comeback, and came within less than a percentage point of winning the last week's election, on an anti-austerity, anti-German platform, mixed with promises of rescinding a widely resented and highly regressive real estate tax.

Donors were being enticed with promises of #SaveToysRUs bumper stickers, special edition toys, invites to a reopening block party and opportunities to tour the oldest toy factory currently operating in the U.S. depending on the amount they give.

In addition to ticket prices and schedules, airlines compete for customers with promises of more comfortable seats, gourmet food, the latest in - flight movies, lots of legroom and other cabin amenities.

That will require meeting a number of challenges to deliver on the promises of this abundant, affordable, flexible energy.

The classic Marshmallow Experiment of 1972 involved placing a marshmallow in front of a young child, with the promise of a second marshmallow if he or she could refrain from eating the squishy blob while a researcher stepped out of the room for 15 minutes.

With a promise of 50,000 jobs and a $ 5 billion prize for the winner, cities have a lot to gain from becoming the home of Amazon's second headquarters.

But persuasion and the promise of a free editorial hand brought him in the fall of 1943 to Rockefeller Center.

But the promise of intelligent voice assistants goes well beyond bringing inanimate objects to life; it will change how and when we use technology, and perhaps more importantly, who uses it.

The CAQ has come out swinging with the promise of balancing the province's budget within a year of being elected.