Sentences with phrase «to ward»

In 2015, less than a year after retiring as CEO of convenience store giant Alimentation Couche - Tard, the executive chairman, along with his three co-founders, put forward a resolution to extend their time - limited voting control — the group holds 22 % of the company's equity — to ward off any future takeover attempts.
The best tools for the job of warding off threats to financial stability appear to be regulation, supervision and macro-prudential policy.
Drugs that were effective at warding off infections decades ago are now less potent because the bacteria they were designed to kill have developed defence mechanisms.
The most powerful companies in the world aren't able to ward off copycats.
They use force and threats in order to ward off feeling out of control or unsafe in certain situations.
Large natural disasters could potentially take a location from a hotbed of hiring to a candidate for an economic recovery ward in a matter of hours.
For 24 hours in a deluxe room and a non-Caesarean delivery in 2015, the Lindo Wing charged # 5,670, or $ 8,900 — and that's for luxurious maternity ward accommodations.
She finds them by attending mother's groups, visiting maternity wards, and having a presence in stores that sell baby products.
Historically, job increases and wage gains have buoyed the housing market and served as an offset to rising mortgage rates, warding off extreme scenarios such as plunging house prices.
A Liberian health worker speaks with families in a classroom now used as Ebola isolation ward on August 15, 2014 in Monrovia, Liberia.
But one thing is certain: either Italy gets some form of government and continues credible economic reforms and fiscal consolidation, or the markets - with active help from Germany et al. - will force Rome in an IMF - EU - ECB ward where these policies will be imposed.
She played a young girl incorrectly diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and almost placed in a psychiatric ward.
For example, if someone comes aggressively running up to the person wearing the device, the legs would move in a manner to ward off the approaching person.
«We've got to stop the meeting,» Wards says, and ask, «What do you think?»
«Some people you can agree to disagree with,» says Adam Vaughan, the Toronto city councillor whose ward is home to Billy Bishop airport, «but with Bob you know you're in for a battle.»
Worth $ 950 at the start of the year, its price breached $ 9,000 while Brito waited in the maternity ward.
A new study that shows people who put off retirement may also ward off the potential onset of Alzheimer's disease and other types of dementia.
NHS trusts are failing to meet official guidelines prohibiting mixed sex wards.
Whether it's the type of mindful meditation he teaches or simply taking a half - hour to sit quietly, Scheinman says one of the most powerful ways to ward off stress on a daily basis is to engage in some sort of regular contemplative practice.
Age - old institutions such as the Royal Bank of Scotland and Northern Rock in the United Kingdom were so badly mismanaged that they became wards of the state.
But if they go undiagnosed or land in a psychiatric ward, they can die.
But whatever the cause or causes, the nerd - ward shift in business is significant, according Brendan Wallace, co-founder of Identified.
For global brands, customization can ward off the threat of commodification.
When her family couldn't stop Caroline's crooning, Alana got up and closed the doors to her room in an attempt to keep her from waking up everyone on the ward.
Lumosity features a series of «brain games» that the company believes can help slow or ward off cognitive decline — but those claims haven't been definitely proven, which is what got the firm into hot water over its marketing in the first place.
The industry would typically contest such a proposal vigorously, but Obama caught manufacturers at a weak moment: most were in turmoil, and GM and Chrysler were wards of the state.
The law exists because far too many organizations that report to the department of financial services don't address cybersecurity with their employees in a way that helps ward off the danger of a successful attack.
«Tighter global monetary policy is needed in order to contain inflation pressures and ward off financial stability risks,» the Basel - based central bank of central banks warned in its most recent annual report.
Drugs that were effective at warding off infections decades
Here are four things Littler recommends business owners should do right now to ward off discrimination lawsuits:
In the case of Botox maker Allergan and its blockbuster dry - eye drug Restasis, the surprising answer is transfer the patents to the Saint Regis Mohawk tribe to take advantage of its sovereign Indian Nation status and ward off intellectual property challenges.
And to ward off your own tendency to interrupt yourself, try some techniques to improve your ability to concentrate and avoid leakage in your flow of ideas.
The Trump campaign effectively warded off a challenge in the Republican party's rules committee, so now they simply need to make sure no protest or other embarrassing motions are offered on the floor.
To date, South Korean firms have not been singled out about imports but even so, some have embarked on preemptive moves to ward off criticism.
Portions of the case file, including documents about marketing of the drug and Purdue's attempts to ward off limits on prescribing, remained sealed until STAT filed a motion in May to open the records.
But while the plan sounds great for businesses large and small, it's unclear how it might ward off a looming recession.
From an anecdotal perspective... I went to all these ward meetings.
Proponents of such bills say they are needed to ward off threats of punitive actions, such as those that beset small business owners like Elaine Huguenin of Elane Photography in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Security flaws and hacks have been a major concern for investors of the Bitcoin and cryptocurrency community, with such thefts at times warding off potential investors.
As the Daily News reported, Hailey was continually sectioned in solitary, despite the fact that she was sent to the Elmhurst Hospital psychiatric ward on eight occasions.
Indeed, Trump's proposed budget cuts funding for the Environmental Protection Agency by 31 %, and specifically eliminates measures designed to preserve clean air and water and ward off climate change — including Obama - era legislation amending the longstanding Clean Air Act and creating what is literally known as the Clean Water Rule.
The policy that councillors will vote on won't immediately decrease the city's number of payday loan businesses to 15 to match its number of wards because it will grandfather in existing companies, but will prevent new ones from opening, said Tom Cooper, the director of the Hamilton Roundtable for Poverty Reduction.
Freireich eventually became a doctor, and found himself in the children's leukemia ward of the National Cancer Institute.
By clamping down on the ICO sector, China may be warding off bigger financial troubles for consumers down the line.
Does it make sense to sue those responsible for small infringements every so often, to ward off hordes of potential violators?
«This is not the first foray into cybercrime or retail targeting by the actors behind this; they are really sophisticated,» Wards says.
On plywood platforms, 12 models stood facing the crowd, dressed to ward off the winter chill.
Although from 1972 to 1976 Americans produced nearly one million fewer babies per year than they had a decade earlier, maternity - ward traffic later rebounded to pre-Vietnam, pre-Watergate, pre-disco levels, peaking in 1990.
The letter asked for compensation for the losses and answers to a lengthy list of questions about how the outage happened, what steps might have been taken to avoid it, what will be done to ward off future attacks and whether sales data were compromised.
This will allow us to be insured for treatment in private - class wards and private hospitals as well.
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