Sentences with phrase «war with companies»

In fact it has been a tug of war with companies to try and push PC and then falling back and then pushing again and falling back.

At its helm is a skinny, contemplative student of the world who revels in asking questions and couldn't be bothered by so trivial a pursuit as warring with the company's rivals.

Not exact matches

«If I have to go to war with 400 companies...» He leaves the sentence unfinished.

Anticipating big things on National Pancake Day, the company set up a social war room, with a staff of 15, to handle the traffic.

A sizable war chest would allow Globalive to have more influence with portfolio companies and within the venture capital scene in Canada at large.

Apple (aapl) Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook will meet with President Donald Trump at the White House on Wednesday as the company looks to head off a brewing trade war between the U.S. and China.

In a previous company, I recall an executive marching down the hall spewing expletives on his way to wage war with a middle manager.

What do you get when a company combines one of the most beautiful women in the world with volatile politics, threats of a boycott, and warring ideologies?

With an internal war raging between old and new factions, and founder Mike Bloomberg set to return next month, can the company figure out what it wants to be?

It's also struggling because larger companies realize the true impact of President Donald Trump's tariff and trade war with China.

While Facebook and Apple might not look like direct competitors on the surface, that's not stopping Mark Zuckerberg and Tim Cook from engaging in a war of words with regard to their respective companies» varying business models.

Internet provider members such as Comcast and AT&T are currently locked in a war of words with technology company members such as Netflix and Amazon over the idea of paid prioritization, where ISPs can charge online content companies more for better - quality connections.

Besides touching off a trade war with other countries, a bump in costs — even if only for certain sectors of the economy, like automotive companies — could have ripple effects on the economy overall.

It's like the company has gone from all - out war to sleeping with the enemy.

The company has done well with several of its movie franchises, such as Kung Fu Panda, Madagascar and Shrek, but it doesn't have anything that really compares to the Star Wars library or the Marvel franchise (although Shrek has pulled in about $ 3.5 billion since the original movie in 2001).

FRANKFURT / BERLIN, March 5 - German car companies urged policymakers on Monday to avoid a trade war with the United States «at all costs» after U.S..

But the idea of a bidding war with Fortune 500 companies for space on what was now a hot TV program seemed unwise.

The social gaming company based in San Francisco, known for its popular games like FarmVille and Mafia Wars, will file for its IPO with the SEC as early as this week, or next week at the latest.

Though he acknowledged that the U.S. «has some serious trade issues with China, which have grown over the years,» including not just tariffs but also alleged Chinese cybersecurity breaches and intellectual property violations of American companies, the CEO said those problems do not necessitate a trade war.

Having captivated boys with its «Star Wars» figures, the toy company is turning to Disney Princesses and the launch of its first animated movie to arrest a five - quarter slump in sales of its toys for...

Stuck in a price war with its competitors and accused of failing to evolve its menu, the global company announced a $ 344 - million loss for the final quarter of 2002, the first in its history.

In the war for top talent, some companies have brought out the big guns — otherwise known as the four - day workweek — to lure potential high performers with the promise that a compressed schedule will finally allow them to balance work, fun, and family.

The best thing a small company can do is avoid getting into a bidding war over popular terms, says Charlene Li, an analyst with Forrester Research.

So while no one wants a trade war, a great many companies quietly agree with measures that might hopefully lead to a more level playing field for business in China and an end to vast theft of IP.

The war between Shari Redstone and Dauman comes as the company struggles to cope with declining cable TV ratings and plummeting stock prices and may impede plans to sell a minority stake in Paramount movie studio to outside investors.

The Beijing - based company has in recent weeks been in talks with bankers about the feasibility of tapping the public markets for cash in the second half of 2018, as it looks to amass a large war chest to fend off rivals in China and other countries, the people said.

With its $ 100 billion war chest, the Japanese conglomerate is a saviour for such privately - held companies both in India and globally.

In the age - old stereotypes about the business world, competition is always cutthroat, corners exist to be cut, companies are eternally at war with one another, and the bottom line is all that matters.

Overall, the company has brought in close to $ 950 million since it was founded in 2008 — taking account of initial seed funding, grants and partnership deals with big drugmakers — giving it war chest to finance operations well into 2019.

WASHINGTON — Stocks dropped Monday as technology companies came under fire and fears grew about a trade war with China.

And then with regard to Star Wars, as we have said we are excited about Star Wars across the company and parks is no exception.

With decades of experience in both the business and environmental spheres — helping companies braid them together profitably for more than 15 years — Shel helps you identify profitable business opportunities within your organization's existing expertise and interests that help turn hunger and poverty into sufficiency, war into peace, and catastrophic climate change into planetary balance.

Even Uber, with its breakneck growth and massive war chest, isn't immune to the power a lawsuit has to taint a company's image.

One source says a «mini civil war» has broken out between those who joined Otto in search of the independence of a startup, and those who joined Uber's ATG with ambitions to solidify the company's place in the future of transportation.

The giant aerospace company clearly does not want a trade war with China.

It has had to address allegations of sexism in the workplace; it's grappled with the missteps of its chief executive, Travis Kalanick, who on Tuesday revealed he would take a leave of absence from the company; and it finds itself locked in a legal war against Google amid accusations that one of Uber's former top engineers stole self - driving car technology from the search giant.

Just five months ago the company collected $ 1.2 billion for its war chest, an amount that later swelled with the addition of a strategic investor.

Walgreen also performed positively during the year, but we sold it because our business value estimate decreased as a result of the company's escalating war with Express Scripts.

Obama's reign began with him having to deal with one costly disaster after another, SARS, the Gulf Oil Spill, Mortgage collapse, banks and huge car companies nearly going bankrupt and wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

When Harold Gray, the conscientious - objector son of Philip Gray, an attorney for the Ford Motor Company, was transferred from Leavenworth to Alcatraz in San Francisco Bay, Morrison got Judge Henry of Cleveland to intercede with Newton Baker, formerly of Cleveland but then secretary of war, in the young man's behalf.

But, just because Chris Pratt and company will team up with the Avengers in Infinity War, don't expect the Avengers to make an appearance in the upcoming addition to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.

On March 26, a group of New York — based lawyers headed by Edward D. Fagan, who spearheaded successful suits on behalf of Holocaust survivors against European firms that collaborated with the Nazis in using concentration camp inmates as laborers, filed suit in U.S. District Court in Brooklyn against FleetBoston Financial, the insurance giant Aetna, and railroad conglomerate CSX Corporation, on the grounds that these corporations are the successors of companies that profited from slavery before the Civil War.

(Not the one with Down's Syndrome, the one who volunteered to go fight a pointless and shameful war on behalf of big oil companies and other major corporate interests.)

Gary Hirshberg, the co-founder and chairman of dairy company Stonyfield Farm and a highly influential figure in the organic food movement, shares war stories ranging from the company's pastoral beginnings, to its decade - long struggle for financing, and on to its eventual sale, mining them for wisdom that will resonate with any food and beverage professional.

However, the pizza company has been dogged by store closures and threats of legal action from disgruntled franchisees amid a price war with Domino's and Pizza Hut.

Vince McMahon won the war with WCW and purchased the company.

Danone, the world's second largest formula company, is engaged in a fierce marketing war with Nestlé around the world.

The partners of the company were all living in Liberia and were displaced by civil war, and fled to the United States with nothing but the shirts on their backs.

Combine Live Audio with Marketplace and now you have Facebook going head - to - head with non-social companies like Apple, so 2017 could also be the opening of another front in the tech wars in general.

Before you knew it, an excited, beaming, dancing company was pumping fists and flashing «V» (for victory) signs, with their two fore - fingers, a sign original to Winston Churchill, Britain's World War 2 hero; but popularized in these climes by Chief Obafemi Awolowo, first premier of the old Western Region.