Sentences with phrase «to hammer out a deal»

CNET is reporting that Apple has finalized an agreement with EMI Music for their upcoming cloud music service, and as previously suspected, is also on the verge of hammering out deals with Universal Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment.

Gov. David Paterson said earlier today that he will ask state lawmakers not to depart Albany midweek as planned and instead remain at the Capitol in hopes of hammering out a deal on the 2010 - 2011 state budget, which is now almost two full weeks late.

Indeed, in this fast - moving environment, some serial pharma acquirers say they can hammer out deals in less than a day, even hours — assuming their target is willing to be bought.

Ehrenreich, who is reportedly in the final stages of hammering out his deal to play the young rogue made iconic by Harrison Ford, won the role over the likes of Jack Reynor, Ansel Elgort and thousands of unknowns who tried out for it.

The Blues reportedly made contact with Pastore's representatives last season but couldn't hammer out a deal for 27 - year - old Argentina international.

Poll, who runs the popular Loeb Boathouse restaurant in the park, could not hammer out a deal with Local 6 of the New York Hotel & Motel Trades Council.

He and Silver once epitomized Albany's backroom political culture by hammering out deals on the state budget and legislation in closed - door negotiating sessions with Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

«At The Waldorf Astoria Bar, now Bull & Bear Steakhouse, New York's giants of real estate and finance hammered out deals while drinking elbow to elbow.

And it will soon be underway again as Senate Leader John Flanagan, R - Long Island, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and Cuomo retreat to hammer out a deal before April 1.

When she first appeared on the ride - sharing scene in 2014, after 12 years at Goldman Sachs, her task was to hammer out a deal merging her company, Didi Dache, with its chief rival in the local market, Kuaidi Dache.

Biden sat down Thursday with Republican and Democratic congressional leaders to try hammering out a deal to fund the government and cut spending.

The powerful position meant Mr. Silver was one of Albany's «three men in a room» — along with the governor and the senate leader — who set the state budget and hammer out deals behind closed doors.

Fresh off hammering out a deal with state lawmakers for a $ 168 billion budget for New York State on Friday night, Gov. Andrew Cuomo called into NY1 on Saturday to reflect on the deal — including a surcharge on for - hire vehicles to provide additional funding for the MTA — and argue what funding was necessary.

Biden, who has been the lead negotiator for the budget talks, sat down earlier this month with Republican and Democratic leaders, White House Chief of Staff William Daley and Budget Director Jack Lew to hammer out a deal which would reduce spending and fund the government.

In 2011, Governor Cuomo did hammer out a deal with state lawmakers to establish what he hoped would be a new system of ethics oversight.

SpaceX has hammered out deals allowing launches from Vandenberg, Kodiak Island, Cape Canaveral, Wallops Island, and the Marshall Islands, and that means satellite payloads can be put into virtually any orbit.

Our licensing team back in Japan is still hammering out deals with the creators.

The company's restructuring needs meant hammering out a deal with lenders in the UK and South Africa, who were owed cash in a variety of currencies (the company also had listed bonds outstanding on the Johannesburg and Irish stock exchanges).

While lawmakers tried to hammer out a deal in Albany, Gov. David Paterson was in Manhattan meeting with his criminal defense attorney.

State Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins pushed back on the governor's claim that a «working group» that includes a representative from her office is hammering out a deal on how to address sexual harassment both in state government and the private sector.

And to add to that, is very public «internship» at Arsenal, the conveniently leaked photos of the new transfer crew arriving in Dortmund to hammer out the deal for Auba, these are signs of people positioning themselves to take control.

By hammering out this deal, Chen is addressing BlackBerry's biggest financial sinkhole.

According to Cuomo's office, the presentation — dubbed the 2015 New York State of Opportunity Agenda — will be all - in - one in an effort to give the executive chamber and the Legislature more time to hammer out a deal before the March 31 budget deadline.

The Blues reportedly made contact with Javier Pastore's representatives last season but couldn't hammer out a deal

The 21st meeting of the Conference of the Parties (or COP21) is underway, with the goal of hammering out a deal to reduce global carbon emissions top of the agenda.

Men can talk about sport, politics, sport, the economy, sport, the weather, sport and then in the last five minutes of a meeting try to hammer out a deal.

Business owners are eager for both sides of the aisle to come together and hammer out a deal that protects their customers and provides them with certainty going forward.

Serbinis won't confirm exactly which companies Kobo's hammered out deals with, but he allows that agreements are in place, or are being worked on, to get Kobo on cellphones, high - end and budget smartphones, computers and tablets by manufacturers like Research In Motion, HTC, Dell and HP.

Euro - area finance ministers, who gathered for a meeting Saturday initially intended to hammer out a deal, poured scorn on the government's decision and said the door was closing to any further discussion on resolving the standoff.

The ministerial meeting held last summer was charged with a sense of urgency, with warnings that this might be the last chance to hammer out a deal.

Lighthizer's push to hammer out a deal could bump into a difficult reality, as the three countries still haven't agreed on thorny issues such as rules for car manufacturing in the region.

While there is little trust between the supermarket titans and suppliers, the appearance of Woolworths chief Grant O'Brien and Coles head of merchandise, John Durkan, at the conference suggests the commitment to hammer out a deal is still there.

At 10:30 p.m. Condon goes to Heneghan's room to talk, and after four hours the two have hammered out a deal.

A deal was eventually struck on rent regulations; on 421 - a, the Legislature passed a six - month extension — to give the Real Estate Board of New York and Building Trades Council time to hammer out a deal that would renew the credit and include a prevailing wage.

The Times describes the 70 - year - old lawmaker as «a consummate back - room player, one of Albany's «three men in a room,» along with the governor and Senate majority leader, who negotiate the state budget and hammer out deals on important legislation.»

Just hours earlier, the State Assembly had voted to give residents living in the city's 1 million rent regulated apartments a brief reprieve - pushing back the expiration of the rules until Friday while they hammer out a deal.

Everyone is back to the negotiating table today as Washington tries to hammer out a deal in order to meet the deadline.

«I always smile when commentators write that we hammered out a deal in the restaurant.

As a January deadline looms, real estate industry and union leaders have yet to hammer out a deal on 421 - a abatement.

In addition to the marriage bill, the Senate also bought itself more time to hammer out a deal on rent regulations, passing another temporary measure that extends current regulations for 24 more hours.

In the 48 hours or so before the April 1 deadline, the governor and the legislative leaders go behind closed doors and hammer out a deal — to be rubber - stamped by the rest of the Legislature.

But behind the scenes, Uber, City Council officials and administration leaders were meeting to hammer out a deal.

In years past, the closing days of legislative sessions have been characterized by a combination of panic, furious spurts of work and a hurry - up - and - wait quality as legislative leaders huddled in efforts to hammer out deals.

The Paris climate talks are nearly upon us, and the world's nations are gathering to hammer out a deal.

In New York City, the UFT and the Bloomberg administration have yet to hammer out a deal.

When it came down to hammering out the deal, after a little fun back and forth, Jeff, the owner, was able to work out a fair deal on the car.

About an hour later, he had a reply from former Editor - in - Chief, Axel Alonso, and soon after, they had hammered out a deal for X-Men: Grand Design, 240 pages of X-Men history.

While all eyes are on the United States as it tries to hammer out a deal to raise its borrowing limit by Aug. 2, avoid a debt default and a possible debt downgrade, Canada sailed through its annual credit checkup with flying colours.

Rudd will have his chance to hammer out a deal this week.