Sentences with phrase «than a position as»

Gareth Southgate has indicated that Joe Hart will be in his plans for the World Cup but that may be based on other factors than a position as No 1.

Perceiving critical dialogue to be a crucial component toward meeting their mission, the organization funded the ACAC Writing Fellowship for Art Practical, which creates a platform for emerging writers and aims to encourage critical thinking and writing on Asian contemporary art practices in the Bay Area.6 The inaugural fellow is Ellen Yoshi Tani, a graduate student at Stanford University, whose research centers on «work of transnational artists, attending to how they activate sites of difference or sameness, using race and / or identity as medium rather than positioning it as subject.»

Not exact matches

As evidenced by the negative reversal in the stock price, the market agrees with the position of both SpringOwl and Shari Redstone that someone other than Philippe Dauman should be the Chairman.

(For the record, Agrafioti demurs about the potential automation of those positions, rightly noting that there is no industry consensus on whether AI can ever truly become as or more powerful than the human brain.)

Spotify had 71 million paying subscribers and more than 159 million monthly active listeners as of December, positioning the service far ahead of its closest competitor, Apple Music, with just 36 million subscribers.

Canada's Big Six banks themselves are less likely to feel the need to innovate, insulated as they are against the competitive agitation of fintech companies by their market position and regulatory balustrade, and cognizant that Canada's venture capitalism industry — usually the fuel for fintech — is far less fulsome than America's.

«We're positioning it as a covetable accessory rather than a utilitarian tech device,» says an Intermix spokesperson.

Hollywood is far better positioned to survive and thrive as the markets for television and movies evolve online than Wall Street expects, according to a new report from analysts at Morningstar.

Getting the raw data and the context for that consumer perspective and persona can frame how a you'll position your product as different than others» product or service.

Now, less than two years later, Dror has left his position as the head of marketing at AngelList to start a venture - capital fund.

Since then, MDC has positioned itself as more strategic partner than benevolent financial overlord.

But to maintain their cash position and grow, they shouldn't spend more than $ 50 x 6 = $ 300 to acquire a customer - with $ 450 as an absolute maximum (25 %).

(a) Silvercorp, as at June 30, 2011, had a cash position of $ 230.5 million — more than all the cash ever raised in the Company's history.

Singapore is positioning itself as more friendly to cryptocurrencies than other regions.

Meanwhile, Barra said that as CEO she is looking to address the problem of women who start viewing their positions as «jobs» rather than «careers» once they have children.

It's far better to compete on quality, ingenuity and customer service than to position yourself as your industry's low - cost provider.

The better approach, he thinks, is positioning as a «good tasting» alternative to soda rather than a substitute for beer: «For when you are not drinking, AND for when you are drinking but not for the sole purpose of getting absolutely drunk.»

More diversified than Visa (v), Mastercard gets a higher proportion of its revenue from outside the U.S., positioning it to win as consumers around the world switch from cash to electronic payments and from bricks and mortar to e-commerce, says Greg Dunn, comanager of the Thornburg International Growth Fund.

You'll notice that Koss has positioned the Fitclips as a «headphones series for women by women,» but that's little more than a marketing tactic; they fit just fine on men's ears, too.

While the Dish Network's reach and power have weakened over the past few years just as Viacom's have, the satellite company is still in a somewhat stronger position than it used to be relative to the entertainment giant, because it knows that Viacom is already suffering from low viewership numbers, and that impacts its ad revenues.

Frankfurt, Germany, was initially seen as the No. 1 beneficiary of finance jobs leaving London, but Reuters found that Paris has overtaken Frankfurt as the most popular destination for these positions, with more than 2,000 roles headed for France's capital.

The charges were eventually dropped, but as a result of the allegation, he wouldn't find a regular journalism position for more than four years, according to Time.

Critics also charge that Gillibrand emphasized more centrist positions as a congresswoman from a somewhat conservative district than she does as a senator from a liberal state.

And as a man in a position of power and trust, he not only should not have done so, but he should have known better than to do so.

After acquiring more than 65 tech firms in the past five years, the mercurial CEO announced in September that he would be «buying chip companies,» suggesting that Oracle is positioning itself for what Bill Tatham, head of Toronto - based enterprise software firm NexJ Systems, describes as «another level of world domination.»

The uptick in the shares reflects a belief that Netflix is now in a position to sign up more subscribers this year than analysts had previously anticipated, generating additional revenue that the company can spend on TV series and movies as it bids against rivals such as HBO, Amazon.com, YouTube and Hulu for licensing rights.

More than introducing new products or marketing strategies, Facebook wants to cement its position as the social backbone of the web — and entrench itself as more cultural phenomenon than corporation.

The market has been positioned somewhere between awe and incredulity as new blockchain exchange - traded funds have attracted more than $ 200 million from investors in little more than a week of January, but it's a robot ETF that is blowing away the competition among trendy tech investments over the month.

So rather than learning from our mistakes, we tend to double down and get further entrenched in our position as a defense mechanism.

«We think this deal more than meets investors» expectations for fiscal year 2018 but the details will matter as appropriators get to conferencing respective House - Senate positions on major programs.»

When the pressure is on to fill a position, it's easier to use the clichéd «beer test» — as in, «would I have a beer with this guy» — as a decision - making tool than it is to undergo the complicated and time - consuming work of a more nuanced assessment.

In all of the above cases the entrepreneur who is susceptible to the confirmation bias will look for information and analyze it in a way that will yield: 1) fewer competitors rather than more, because it increases the viability of the start - up, 2) underestimation of the capabilities of the competition because stronger competitors will make life harder for the entrepreneur, 3) view of the company's product as fully addressing the needs of the customer because otherwise the start - up is at a weaker position in the marketplace, and 4) need for less resources rather than more because it generally makes raising the money easier.

Live Nation Entertainment, which merged with Ticketmaster in 2010, is in a great position to capitalize on this trend as it owns or controls more than 100 of the most popular music venues in the country and gets a cut of ticketing fees to boot.

Apple, Microsoft and Alphabet are best positioned to take advantage of the Republican - backed tax bill, as they're sitting on overseas cash and marketable securities totaling more than $ 500 billion, which can be repatriated at a lower tax rate.

Elaine Maag, a senior research associate at the Tax Policy Center, thinks that Ivanka's position likely changed as she became more educated on the issue and realized that the child tax credit reaches many more families than a child care credit could.

President Obama quickly made his position clear: Congress must raise taxes on Americans earning more than $ 200,000 a year as part of any compromise to keep the U.S. from going over the fiscal cliff.

Rather than being a source of prestige, they see their leadership position as bringing them additional accountability for serving those who follow them.

Chief executive Andrew Liveris told the Wall Street Journal that a potential name change would hopefully help position the company as one linked by «chemistry rather than chemicals» as it transforms.

The company came through better than many of its peers and cemented its position as a leader in powertrain components.

But the company has been positioning itself as much more than a content company for some time now.

As if that weren't enough, educational content also positions your business as a resource rather than just another company making a sales pitcAs if that weren't enough, educational content also positions your business as a resource rather than just another company making a sales pitcas a resource rather than just another company making a sales pitch.

«If the geopolitical tension subsides or results in a smaller supply disruption than currently priced in, we are likely to see a sharp pull - back in investor positioning and an even sharper correction in oil prices than the $ 5 or so that might be warranted even as macro uncertainties persist,» U.S. bank Citi said in a note to investors.

The retailer positions itself as offering a luxe dollar - store shopping experience, «unique» products and higher quality goods than homegrown Dollarama, Canada's king of knock - offs, but it does so by copying Japanese chains that came before it.

CEO Kotick said in a statement, «We should emerge even stronger — an independent company with a best - in - class franchise portfolio and the focus and flexibility to drive long - term shareholder value and expand our leadership position as one of the world's most important entertainment companies... The transactions announced today will allow us to take advantage of attractive financing markets while still retaining more than US$ 3 billion cash on hand to preserve financial stability.»

T - Mobile deployed nationwide LTE twice as fast as Verizon and three times faster than AT&T, and the combined company is positioned to do the same in 5G with deep spectrum assets and network capacity.

There are more similarities than differences between Bouchard and Harper's current predicament and regardless of the prime minister's actual intentions as to his future, his position has been deteriorating extraordinarily quickly this spring.

This position is more than twice as large as his next largest holding.

Zynga cofounder Mark Pincus has rejoined the struggling online social gaming company as CEO less than two years after stepping down from that very position and nearly one year after withdrawing from the company's day - to - day operations.

The two most important ones are one, using our specialty store channel as a laboratory to test product in our stores earlier than we take it to general market, to be able to get reads and then be able to react, both to chase into product, to make adjustments to product, and to take position on raw materials, which leads to the second part that George mentioned in his prepared remarks, where the (45:19) product, whether that's certain leather qualities that we use on an ongoing basis, or fabrications in ready - to - wear, to take a position, an ownership position on those so that we're able to react more quickly.

So far though (as noted above) there seems to be little sign of improvement, and although the stock is now near all - time lows I won't add to the position unless the current CEO (who has had more than enough time to fix things) is replaced.