Sentences with phrase «up to the board for»

Vladovic has also pushed for improved reclassification rates with independent charter schools as they've come up to the board for renewal.

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«What we're seeing across the board is that the consumer is finally beginning to open up a little bit, whereas post Great Recession, for years, it was sort of «is this for real or not for real»?»

Activist investors, who now manage some $ 174 billion in assets, have exploded onto the scene, shaking up boards and pushing for share repurchases, company breakups, or outright sales in order to get stock prices higher.

«He may believe (possibly correctly) that the next day, trade ministers will be lining up in Washington to negotiate bilateral FTAs, ready to accept U.S. terms, thus handing him another victory,» Oonagh Fitzgerald, director of the international law program at the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), and Hector Torres, a member of the International Monetary Fund's executive board, wrote in an op - ed on January 30.

Perhaps more important, Parker set up the board structure so that Zuckerberg would have two seats, making it tougher for the board to give Zuckerberg a hard time.

The latest National Energy Board forecasts for increases in oil sands production through 2025 roughly add up to what Keystone and Trans Mountain could handle, says University of Calgary economist Trevor Tombe.

One co-founder of a startup with a multibillion - dollar valuation told me he's so inspired by the Facebook CEO and his annual personal challenges, he listens to the soundtrack of The Social Network to psych himself up for board meetings and presentations.

«I explained how for the past couple of years I've kept Wednesdays clear on my calendar, usually worked from home, and used it as design / writing / solo - thinking time because the other four days get consumed with collaboration,» Schweikardt explained to the board, but lately «the collaboration days had gotten so busy, that Wednesdays had turned to email and administrivia catch - up days.»

Whether you work for a start - up and are presenting to Angel investors or a big company presenting to the C - suite or Board of Directors, we spend a huge amount of our time making presentations.

According to Nokia chairman Jorma Ollila, the board of directors spent months looking, inside the company and out, for someone who could inject «oxygen» into management and «gear up» Nokia to be a top player in «all industry segments.»

The buzz - word right now is «on - boarding» for making sure a new employee is up - to - speed and productive as quickly as possible.

In an ensuing professional management program that Mathile signed up for in 1982, he was asked to write all of Iams's production and manufacturing struggles on white boards.

Specifically, the provincial government proposed forcing companies to either set up diversity policies that include specific goals for hiring female board members, or explain why they refuse to do so.

Future's innovations tend not to be the sort that draw a lot of headlines; for instance, in 2016 it implemented a new software platform to speed up the process of providing sales quotes for printed circuit boards.

The list of potential directors, chosen by a committee expected to be made up of sitting directors and search - firm consultants, will eventually be available online to assist boards looking for female directors.

Marcato released a deck in April in which they outlined some of Buffalo Wild Wings» failures and urged fellow shareholders to vote for a board shake - up.

According to notices from the New York State Board of Law Examiners and the Colorado Supreme Court, users who show up with a Touch Bar - equipped model in those states will have to write their answers by hand, but they will be allowed to re-download the ExamSoft software to another machine for free if they do it in advance.

So far it has been a lot of getting caught up to speed, learning the dynamics of our Board and working with others to start to lay out a larger vision for South Orange.

Dell's board has set up the special committee to independently assess the best option for shareholders, without influence from Michael Dell, who is the company's chairman and chief executive officer.

Companies need to be held accountable for every board seat that comes up, and explain why that person was selected and what they bring to that board.

Since then, the company's had to weather such self - inflicted wounds as a pretexting scandal in which a board member, an executive and HP - paid investigators faced criminal charges for spying on journalists; the $ 1 billion acquisition of Palm Computing in 2010 to beef up HP's mobile capabilities; then the sale of Palm's intellectual property.

Samsung is opening up the sensor to other app developers so that it can be used for more than just unlocking the phone (PayPal is on board for payments, for example), but I got so frustrated with it that I ended up turning it off.

According to Deloitte and the Alliance for Board Diversity, women and minorities occupied about 31 % of the board seats of Fortune 500 companies in 2016 — up from 26.7 % in Board Diversity, women and minorities occupied about 31 % of the board seats of Fortune 500 companies in 2016 — up from 26.7 % in board seats of Fortune 500 companies in 2016 — up from 26.7 % in 2012.

In exchange for what is generally the lowest fares on board, passengers give up perks that used to be free, such as seat selection, flight - changes and in United and American's case, use of overhead bins.

For our series The Grind, young entrepreneur Franco Capurro opens up about how he nabbed an amazing board of advisors by turning to his network and leveraging his current mentors.

Have you always wanted to try stand up paddle boarding but don't live in a region that's good for it?

The firm, which has vied for months to consummate its proposed deal, is leading an effort to replace six members of Qualcomm's 11 - person board of directors — a move that, if successful, may as well seal the tie - up.

Despite Catalyst's connections in the corporate world, many companies are just waking up to the issue: Only 14 % of publicly listed Canadian firms have a formal plan for promoting women to their boards.

Industry - specific job boards are popping up all over social media, with college graduates even being directed to those sites for job openings.

So they returned to the drawing board, trialing 10 iterations before eventually coming up with the final product in 2015: a 3.5 kilogram pump that can be attached to a central water source to provide clean water to a village of 100 people for up to two years.

He also sits on the Board of Directors, and in May 2015 he made a donation of $ 133,000 to the foundation to make up for funding it had lost as a part of the austerity measures put in place by Governor Bruce Rauner to address the state's $ 1.5 billion budget deficit.

According to a letter sent at the end of May from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to the Securities and Exchange Commission and Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, the current system for analyzing and auditing companies» internal controls needs a tune - up.

Delta, like its competitors, has sliced up its economy cabins and rolled out new premium cabins to encourage passengers to pay for more room on board and other amenities.

For example, there's Robert Morris University's scholarship for «League of Legends» players, which awards up to $ 19,000 in room and board for highly skilled gamers, similar to how rising stars are currently recruited for baseball or footbaFor example, there's Robert Morris University's scholarship for «League of Legends» players, which awards up to $ 19,000 in room and board for highly skilled gamers, similar to how rising stars are currently recruited for baseball or footbafor «League of Legends» players, which awards up to $ 19,000 in room and board for highly skilled gamers, similar to how rising stars are currently recruited for baseball or footbafor highly skilled gamers, similar to how rising stars are currently recruited for baseball or footbafor baseball or football.

My opposition to Mr. Hagenbuch's re-election serves as a referendum on ALL of the longstanding legacy directors, including those who are not up for re-election because the incumbent directors refuse to declassify the board.

When the private equity firm that owned Bolthouse put it up for sale in 2012, Morrison decided to make her move — that is, if she could sell it to her board.

When boards allow their weaknesses to fester, they lay out the welcome mat for shareholders who want to shake things up.

He drummed up interest for the $ 15 item by posting messages on Web bulletin boards that catered to his target customers, which include balding men, hardcore athletes, members of the military, and aspiring bohemians.

Hours later, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) announced it had teamed up with European private equity firm BC Partners to buy Suddenlink Communications for $ 6.6 billion.

For greater efficiency, it's important to set up a board to manage each stage of your client's workflow.

The utilities board is recommending the provincial government set up a program to help offset rising energy costs for low - income earners.

Look for boards to tighten up independent standards over lawyers, compensation consultants, auditors, and themselves, to arrive at «non-conflicted directors getting non-conflicted advice.»

Opened the year after he sold Westbeach and just up the hill from its flagship outlet in Vancouver's Kitsilano neighbourhood, the first Lululemon store, alongside a yoga studio, was a calming refuge for Wilson after his wild ride as a globe - trotting stylemaker to the board culture.

You'll know it when you start to see them pop up on your employees» desks and bulletin boards — proudly posted for their coworkers to see.

In addition to asking passengers to pay for a formerly free service, the new fees have helped spawn a whole new family of optional charges related to advance boarding privileges — all the better to beat the rush of passengers lugging swollen carry - on luggage into the cabin and tying up precious overhead bin space.

The company also announced the Board approved investment up to $ 100 million to use for share buybacks.

The spiffed up section of the store, which includes menu boards similar to a fast - food restaurants featuring current plans and promotions, rolled out to several hundred stores with plans for about 200 more to get them this year.

He is compensated in this new role at the rate of $ 37,500 for each meeting of the Board of Directors up to four meetings in any twelve - month period.

Camber Capital Management, a hedge fund with an activist history, has purchased 5.7 million shares of Tenet Healthcare Corp., or a 5.7 % stake in the money - losing hospital chain.The emergence of Camber was disclosed Monday, just three days after Tenet's largest shareholder, Glenview Capital Management, resigned two Tenet board seats, citing irreconcilable differences with management and the board.Glenview Capital, which owns an 18 % stake in Tenet, gave notice Friday that it would no longer participate in a stand - still agreement that had prevented it from launching a proxy fight for control of the company.Tenet investors welcomed the Camber disclosure Monday, driving up Tenet's stock price to $ 2.18, or 15 %, to $ 16.63 as of 12:30 p.m. ET.Tenet is the nation's third - largest investor - owned

Commentary: «Verizon Wireless delivered impressive results across the board in the third quarter, and we are geared up for an even better fourth quarter, with new smartphones, tablets and data devices coming to market.