Sentences with phrase «serves as a new»

It raised $ 4.4 billion in funding from SoftBank Group and SoftBank Vision Fund over the course of several months; bought the Lord & Taylor Fifth Avenue building for $ 850 million to serve as its new headquarters; is adding a second headquarters at the new Salesforce Tower in San Francisco; led a $ 32 million funding round in New York startup The Wing; and has bought several other startups, most recently spending $ 200 million on Meetup.

The streaming music company has hired Barry McCarthy to serve as its new chief financial officer.

The startup serves as a new type of ad agency, connecting social - media celebrities with advertising partners.

«When tied to virtual currencies, this technology aims to serve as a new store of value, facilitate secure payments, enable asset transfers, and power new applications.»

The Senate confirmed Jim Bridenstine, a Republican congressman from Oklahoma, to serve as the new NASA administrator.

The peggable assets also serve as a new way for its people to trade those currencies and commodities, by creating digital version pegged to bitcoin people are able to send and receive those assets over the blockchain.

The building will serve as new headquarters for the candle manufacturer.

This is my first update to my big goal roadmap, and serves as the new Roadmap.

The Flood (Gen. 6 - 9) and the destruction of Sodom (Gen. 19) both serve as New Testament prototypes of final judgment (2 Peter 3; Jude 7).

It not so subtly describes how and why the baptized got tossed from their synagogues in those early decades, and who would serve as a new community for them once they'd been cut loose from family and friends.

In doing so, they were forced also to trade the robust natural law tradition for the recently constructed standard of «psychiatric normality,» with «heterosexuality» serving as the new normal for human sexuality.

A clear glass screen seventy feet high and etched with figures of angels, apostles, and prophets serves as the new cathedral's back wall.

It opened two new corporate stores this year — a second store in downtown Traverse City, which launched in May, and another in downtown Lansing, Mich., in January that serves as the new employee - training center because of its central location.

These Crispy Jalapeno Popper Beef Taquitos make a favorite - ever dinner or if you really want to steal the show at your next football party and have every guest begging you for the recipe, serve them as a new unique favorite - ever #partyfood!

She also serves as a New Harvest Research Fellow.

He served as New Zealand's high commissioner to India and Bangladesh in 1980s, adding diplomat to his resume despite having no formal training.

We creatively incorporate puppet characters into our baby class to serve as a new texture for baby to feel.

Magformers are so versatile do not be surprised if the buildings created serve as a new garage for Hot Wheel cars or a home for Shopkins collectibles.

Heastie is turning to Blake Washington, who will serve as the new secretary to the Assembly Ways and Means Committee.

With just more than 24 hours to go before James Comey's highly anticipated congressional testimony, President Donald Trump found someone willing to serve as the new director of the FBI: a former Justice Department official named Christopher Wray.

Jason Helgerson, whom the Governor appointed to serve as New York State Medicaid Director and created the Wisconsin model, will be the Team's Executive Director.

Jim Tedisco (R,C,I,REF - Glenville) was officially sworn - in to office today to serve as the new State Senator for New York's 49th State Senate District.

The @POTUS account — named for the in - house acronym derived from «President of the United States» — would «serve as a new way for President Obama to engage directly with the American people, with tweets coming exclusively from him,» a White House aide wrote that day.

Three Democratic sources say Marc Carney, an Amherst lawyer who donated almost $ 25,000 to the party organization over the last five years, has the inside track to serve as the newest commissioner on the Erie County Water Authority.

BSD provided the campaign's electoral platform, and Rospars served as its new media director.

ETNY serves as the New York State affiliate of the national Education Trust, which is headquartered in Washington D.C., and includes additional state offices in California and Michigan.

ALBANY — Republican Chele Farley, who most recently served as New York City finance chair of the state party, on Thursday launched a run against U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, who is up for re-election to a second full term this fall.

For more, check out Epolitics.com, which will serve as the new consultancy's hub while still providing the regular stream of digital politics coverage that readers have enjoyed since 2006.

Liu had planned to say how he was inspired by Lin's life story and that, had he been «several inches taller,» perhaps he «would have become one of the first Asian - Americans to play for the Knicks, instead of the first Asian - American to serve as New York City Comptroller.»

Powell also noted his long - standing history with the district (albeit in a different, pre-redistricting configuration), pointing out his father, Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., created the seat and served as New York's first black member of Congress from 1944 - 1970 — the year he was ousted by Rangel.

Silver, who served as New York's Assembly speaker for more than two decades, also might fit in nicely in Otisville because it is known as the best place for observant Jewish criminals such as himself.

King served as New York State's education commissioner from 2011 to 2014.

He recently retired as Deputy Inspector General at the state Office of the Workers» Compensation Fraud Inspector General, and also served as a New Paltz police officer.

«Today, no battle is more important to me,» said Linares, who has served as New York City's Immigrant Affairs Commissioner, «than the fight to make a college education possible for all immigrant children by passing the Dream Act in New York.»

Last year, Cuomo likened Percoco to «my father's third son, who sometimes I think he loved the most,» during the funeral of his dad, Mario Cuomo, who served as New York governor from 1983 through 1994.

In addition to serving as the new chair of Business and Professions, Bonilla will sit on Appropriations, Health and Utilities & Commerce.

Pataki, who served as New York Governor from 1995 - 2006, failed to make any of the GOP's main stage debates in 2015 as a result of his anemic national poll numbers.

Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown, who many years ago had longtime political operative G. Steven Pigeon on his staff while serving as a New York State Senator, was asked about Pigeon's arraignment on corruption charges during a Friday appearance.

(from May 2016 in L.A.; initially deputy operations director in the SF Bay area starting in April 2016) Kitchen earlier served as New York State deputy operations director, Washington State operations director and Nevada deputy operations director starting in Nov. 2015.

Took leave from BSD to serve as new media director on Obama's 2008 campaign.

Republican Chele Farley, who most recently served as New York City finance chair of the state party, has launched a run against U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, who is up for re-election to a second full term this fall.

And Cuomo has said his focus is on serving as New York's governor.

The second floor of the building will serve as a new mental health inpatient facility.

Benjamin is the fiancé of Cathleen McCadden, who worked in Wright's Assembly office until he stepped down from the State Legislature in January and who served as the New York County party's executive director until late last year.

«This funding will help provide a new location for Capital Repertory Theatre, and serve as a new source of jobs and opportunity for the Warehouse District and Arbor Hill,» said County Executive Daniel P. McCoy.

He suggested that Town Supervisor Patrick Vecchio, a political enemy of Creighton's who once served as a New York City cop and driver for the late Mayor John Lindsay, might be interested.

Eliot Spitzer and Scott Stringer, the two Democrats locked in an increasingly personal battle over who will serve as New York City's next comptroller, brought their duel for progressive hearts and minds to The Tank, a performing arts space in Hell's Kitchen on Tuesday evening, where liberal activists sipped beers as the two men were grilled in back - to - back policy discussions.

Guardian Life Insurance Company of America is hiring a high - profile former insurance regulator to run its legal affairs and compliance team: Eric Dinallo, a lawyer who served as the New York state insurance superintendent under ex-Gov.

NYC Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, who is one of a handful of Democrats gearing up for a 2013 mayoral run, has hired a veteran D.C. operative to serve as his new communications director.

WASHINGTON (AP / WBEN)- President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced his pick for FBI director - a former Justice Department official who served as New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's personal lawyer during the George Washington Bridge lane - closing investigation.