Sentences with phrase «taken by major companies»

There has been a lot of controversy surrounding the ongoing Bitcoin block size debate and the stance taken by major companies active in the digital currency world.

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For Theranos to take lab - testing business from the two major lab companies used by doctors, Quest and LabCorp, and to partner to run tests for more hospitals, pharmaceutical companies, and government agencies, it has to show it can get it right at every stage, from the preparation before it pricks someone's finger to the accurate processing of hundreds of thousands of samples.

This is a company that has taken out a major short position in our company and then issued a report designed to make them money by the decline of our stock,» he said.

The only Chinese social - media company to build a major network outside China will be taken over by a Chinese upstart, NYT DealBook reports.

The only Chinese social - media company to build a major network outside China will be taken over by a fast - growing Chinese upstart.

As if Nooyi wasn't facing enough pressure, she soon had to contend with a major activist investor: Nelson Peltz, who took a stake in the company and began agitating for PepsiCo to undo its merger of Pepsi and Frito - Lay, just as Kraft (KRFT) had spun off Mondelez after a similar campaign by Peltz.

The Cabbage Patch Kids concept was rejected by five major toy companies in the early 1980s, including Mattel and Hasbro, which apparently took to heart the wisdom of unimpressed mothers in focus groups.

Sometimes, Cramer finds it helpful to take a step back from a market clouded by politics and zoom in on major company - specific stories.

The building would be the first major development to take advantage of the Midtown East rezoning plan adopted by the city last year, which allows companies to buy air rights from other properties in the area to build larger, modern offices.

In 2009, ASC was purchased by Suntory Group and earlier this year, the company had a major leadership reshuffle with Suntory's Yoshihiko Shibuya taking over Bruno Baudry.

Just prior to being taken over by JAB, Caribou Coffee had become the first major coffee company to source 100 % of its coffee from Rainforest Alliance certified farms.

The move by the Canadian backed local cattle company, which now manages 85,000 head of livestock across 600,000 hectares, comes at a time when major transactions have been taking place with billionaire Gina Rinehart, Andrew Forrest and Brett Blundy all having bought into the rural land and cattle markets.

As an initial measure, the company converted all its Swiss sites to sustainable power at the start of 2017 Emmi is now taking another major step by converting all its European sites to 100 % hydropower, thereby reducing its -LSB-...]

Baby Milk Action will present information to the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Infant Feeding and Inequalities in the UK Parliament on Tuesday 17 May showing how baby milk marketing regulations are being broken with apparent impunity by major companies and will set out action that can be taken.

Ten companies, led by the Sinopec Inc. of China, took part in the project, which spans eight major districts in the region — Ellembelle, Jomoro, Nzema East, Ahanta West, Mpohor, Tarkwa Nsuaem, Prestea Huni - Valley and Sekondi / Takoradi.

In the fall of 2014, when Mr. de Blasio was making a major and ultimately unsuccessful push to help Democrats take control of the State Senate, a company controlled by Mr. Rechnitz donated $ 102,300 to the New York State Democratic Senate Campaign Committee.

The comment taken from the leftist rag the Guardian, «Scientists and economists have been offered $ 10,000 each by a lobby group funded by one of the world's largest oil companies to undermine a major climate change report due to be published today»...

Moerer also boasted that Apple charges the same split, taking a 30 percent cut of all sales, whether a book is published by a major company, or if it is self - published by a smaller author.

ComiXology, the industry - leading digital comics distribution platform, has taken another major evolutionary step — one that could have as big of an impact as day - of - print release sales of digital comics or the company's 2014 acquisition by Amazon.

Took the plunge into big print runs on new titles and reprints (no online / POD printers), so my retail prices are competitive and my books are distributed by the major companies.

At Doan Law Firm, we pride ourselves in providing outstanding legal representation to those unfairly being taken advantage of by major credit card companies and banks.

A major factor in the pricing of renters insurance is, of course, the total amount of risk being taken on by the company.

Dark Day Interactive - is a small indie Development company, based in Australia and the United Kingdom, with past experience in the video game market, with the current release of Once Bitten, Twice Dead on PC, and iOS hits like Sky Island, the team has taken there past skills and knowledge from other projects and combined them into one tight company, answering to no major publishers, only making games they love, for the community and helped shape by the community.

He was a master programmer coming out with games like Animal Crossing, Mario and the Legend of Zelda and garnered fame by his being a major part of the success of the Wii, but I'm afraid of the direction he is taking the company.

Namco, a major developer of mechanical arcade games, had been a well - established company in Japan since they started up in 1955, and by the end of the»70s were already major players in the video arcade market thanks to their first game, Gee Bee (an elaborate take on Breakout) and their first space shooter Galaxian (inspired by Space Invaders)

The ultimate question, of course, isn't so much whether the Wii U can run this tech or that but whether it is possible to shorthand the Wii U's horsepower — by ascertaining which game engines it can run — in order to assure prospective customers of Nintendo's next console that it will be able to run the processor - intensive games made by the likes of EA, Activision, Ubisoft, Take Two and the rest of the major third - party companies.

What to see and do at the Bramante's Cloister In 1997, after major renovation works, the cloister was transformed into a multi-functional venue — managed by the company DART in collaboration with the Municipality of Rome and the regional council of Lazio — dedicated to cultural events, exhibitions, meetings, concerts, and educational activities, taking place in the rooms which surround the cloister on the ground and first floors.

The work, which takes its title from a speech by a corporate head of one of the world's major oil companies, is made up of carefully factured plaques exhibiting quotes from business executives and important art world figures.

After professional photo tours in Africa and Ireland, Greg continued to build his wedding photography business, while taking on corporate photography shoots for major companies such as TimeLife, Kaiser Permanente and TANDBERG (now owned by Cisco).

When the office opened in 1972, it was the first major building to be designed in downtown Chicago by a black architect in 200 years, and in this elegant, understated exhibition, Windy City — based artist David Hartt takes us inside the building after the sale, before the company moved out, in seven photos and a 12 - minute video accompanied by the music of a jazz sextet.

Most people think it's the oil industry in general that is promoting this FUD but ExxonMobile seems to be the only major oil company standing with the coal industry and their ex-tobacco scientists, could this be because they have heavy investments in coal but it's easier to scare people by telling them the greenies will take away their SUV's?

Key is for companies to build long lasting relationships with those most at risk, and several panelists emphasized that successful engagement takes time and often requires a major change in practice by companies in how they address smallholders and local communities.

Given that nearly all the major US coal companies are now bankrupt, and that coal - fired electricity is declining rapidly, I'd have expected a lot of «wrecking ball» pieces on the supposed damage to the economy (in reality, the effects are small and mostly offset by the expansion of renewables) now that mitigation policies of various kinds are taking effect.

In one tiny adorable onesie by new clothing company Swell Foop, baby can take on some major global problems, from global

While (so far) President Obama hasn't personally responded to any of the letters sent by our students, the higher - ups in major companies like Wal - Mart and Hershey's have taken the time to write back thanking students for their input and applauding them for being engaged citizens.

Despite the fact that there was and still is no hard evidence to back up the link between SLS and cancer, many unscrupulous companies took advantage of the suspicions and allegations raised by such websites to market as many «SLS - free» products as they could, often selling them to major organic / natural stores like Whole Foods and Wild Oats, thus helping to further legitimize this myth.

We are prepared to take on powerful defendants, including major health care organizations and malpractice insurance companies, when our clients have been injured by surgical errors, hospital falls, failure to diagnose cancer and other forms of negligence.

«The typical larger company is expecting 44 more substantive matters than 2013, with increases taking place across almost all major fronts,» according to an blog post by the consulting firm.

Reinsurance is commonly used by insurance companies to offset the risk of major insurance risks on large policies, it works by either combining insurance offerings from many companies or for one insurer to take the whole risk and then sell on the risk to one or more other companies in the form of additional insurance policies.

Most of the major auto insurance companies will offer you a free quote online; take advantage of this free service by receiving free quotes from as many companies as possible.

The 1,800 crore company Aviva Life is likely to be taken over by another insurance major in India.

A major factor in the pricing of renters insurance is, of course, the total amount of risk being taken on by the company.

Steps are being taken by governments and major companies to try and stop the flood of cryptocurrency scams.

The two companies solved the problem by each taking some properties in each of Archstone's major markets, but weighting the balance to fit their strategic goals.