Sentences with word «seats»

Time and again the Works Council, or Betriebsrat, which holds eight of VW's 20 board seats, has played a decisive role, mobilizing the support of the state government to get its way over the interests of private shareholders.
The suit centers around the creation of three additional board seats at Uber in June 2016.
More than 43 % of survey respondents said it takes at least four touches to start moving significant seats on a cloud solution and getting users engaged.
So I can tell you this: Our goal here at Emily's List — and I said this to Leader Pelosi — Democrats need 23 seats to win back the majority.
As for China's ever - expanding network of bullet trains, Chinese media report trains on several of the new lines frequently run with more than half their seats empty.
When Kalanick resigned as CEO, he agreed to fill the vacant board seats with people who were «independent, experienced, unbiased, and diverse.»
Sufficiently large people also «pay,» for example, in the form of discomfort suffered in squeezing into airline seats not designed for people their size.
With the Five Star Movement only garnering around 230 seats in the lower chamber, short of the 316 majority threshold, it is thus imperative that Di Maio finds partners during the process.
With only four seats to call, the Conservatives are ahead with 316, compared to 216 to the Labour Party.
Narodick and her cohorts buckled their PCs into empty airline seats (they were too nervous to check them) and flew to wherever they'd finagled five minutes with a reviewer or buyer.
The DUP in Northern Ireland obtained 10 seats, which would give Theresa May a majority in parliament.
His private jet seats 43 people, but Air Force One can accommodate a passenger load of 102 people — including crew.
Ryan insisted he did not think vulnerable congressional seats and close races were «going to hinge on whether Paul Ryan is speaker or not.»
In 2012, women accounted for 19 % of board seats on U.S. companies.
You and I could be in adjacent seats, booked seconds apart, but if you happen to be 20 pounds chubbier than me, you'll pay more.
However, even under the best - case scenario for Democrats, they will not flip enough seats to reach the 60 - vote super-majority necessary to pass legislation under long - standing Senate rules.
The huge auditorium seats 1,400 people, and shows mostly classic movies.
Airlines are getting better at filling all the seats in the economy class cabin, but when seats are empty, it's nice to be able to stretch out.
Increasing the number of seats in the fly means higher labor, fuel and operational costs, and can spark bitter fare wars.
Not as well as global frontrunner Norway, where women hold 35.5 % of seats, but not as bad as laggards like Australia, Ireland and Portugal, all of which top out at 13 % or less.
Ten of those seats — including Nelson's — are in states President Trump won in 2016.
«The plane gets delayed due to mechanical issues, so we are stuck in our seats waiting around.
Democrats are defending 26 seats, including two independents who caucus with them, while Republicans are only defending eight.
Perhaps more important, Parker set up the board structure so that Zuckerberg would have two seats, making it tougher for the board to give Zuckerberg a hard time.
«My African - American students tell me that on the first day when they sit in class the seats next to them are often the last to be taken,» says Sue.
But while history may also be on the Democrats» side — the party in power often loses Congressional seats after a President's first two years in office, even when that President is not as controversial as the current occupant — they actually face a very difficult Senate map.
Less than 7 percent of private tech company board seats are held by women.
To what extent Macron can make good on pro-business promises will, of course, depend on how many seats he's able to win in parliament.
CNBC's Jon Fortt reports that JetBlue is planning to sell seats on private jets in a partnership with JetSuite.
I looked over at business travelers who showed up an hour before the flight, cruised through their no - wait check - in counter, waited in a private club room, sat in comfortable seats, ate gourmet dinners, claimed their bags first, and accrued mega-miles for their travels.
The jet seats between 13 and 14 passengers and unlike its sibling, the Legacy 500, this aircraft has its own private cabin in the back.
Singapore Airlines has a reputation for quality and a substantial amount of business travel to and from the city - state, improving its ability to configure aircraft with a high number of premium seats and charge more than one - stop competitors, according to analysts.
The Catalyst global survey measured women's share of board seats at stock market index companies in 20 countries (Canada's figures come from companies included in the S&P / TSX index).
While a company may be able to find ways to improve the interiors of their planes or trains, perhaps installing more comfortable seats and serving better meals, that expensive technology and luxurious design will count for nothing if customer service is shoddy.
Seats are big and comfortable, and there are even beds available.
Up on the second tier, five friends from the Penn State e-sports club get ready to head to their seats.
According to not - for - profit Catalyst, about 20 percent of board seats at S&P 500 companies are held by women.
«But in fact, the new «activist» investors pushed for seats on boards and pressured management into policies that were viewed as more «shareholder - friendly» — meaning friendlier to short - term investors — including increasing dividends and buyouts.»
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.
Crew members eventually found them seats together.
Our trump card is culture, something that is made or unmade by the people filling the seats.
The HondaJet, a private light aircraft that seats four to six people, costs between $ 4.9 and $ 5.2 million and took nearly three decades from design to market.
These mysterious fares are a tool that can help carriers move seats they have a hard time selling.
We won't lead rounds and we won't take board seats.
The partnership will rent seats at Hooters to individuals looking to hot - desk, providing a new revenue stream for Hooters during the less - busy period between 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. Space can be rented in 50 - yen (47 - cent) half - hour blocks.
Her discussion on the ways any leader can easily lose his or her direction are especially relevant for the young and inexperienced leaders who are sitting in the scary and somewhat shaky catbird seats on top of fast - moving and rapidly expanding startups.
While United's fourth - quarter profitsurpassed Wall Street's expectations, investors were focused on its plan to grow capacity, or the number of seats it flies, by 4 percent to 6 percent each year through 2020.
A trip to SunTrust Park to see the Atlanta Braves costs $ 51 (and ticket prices for the team are the league's lowest — with some seats available for $ 6), while the Los Angeles Angels charge just $ 52.67.
As comfortable as they can be, fully lie - flat business seats on airplanes make concessions in order to provide a seat that can transform into a bed.
«Ask to change seats if there are any, use ear plugs, drink a lot of vodka.
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