Sentences with phrase «warning shots across»

Microsoft's Surface tablets could already be considered warning shots across the bow, signalling t...

The universe fired two warning shots across the Earth's bow within the same 24 - hour period this past week.

In addition to hedging Disney's bets, Iger's comments also serve as a very obvious warning shot across the bow of cable companies and other distributors.

This is a warning shot across the bow of higher education, done for explicit ideological reasons to try to pressure institutions to silence leftists and lift up conservatives.

A warning shot across my proverbial bow.

Surely this will have sent a big warning shot across the bows of their Premier League rivals, but will it persuade Arsene Wenger that he needs to improve his options at Arsenal before the transfer window closes?

With Labour leader Ed Miliband now issuing no - holds - barred attacks on Mr Murdoch and the prime minister firing a warning shot across the bows this morning by telling reporters he would have accepted Rebekah Brokes» resignation, the last thing the media mogul needed was a negative impact on his business efforts, especially after he took the drastic step of closing the News of ten World yesterday.

Chris Huhne will fire another warning shot across the bow of British energy companies today with demands for a radical compensation system.

While Gov. Andrew Cuomo is playing nice with Senate Democrats, Republicans on Tuesday fired a warning shot across his bow.

Boris Johnson issued another warning shot across the bows of the Conservative leadership today with a provocative interview attacking its policy towards the EU.

But his words were read by some on the Liberal wing of the party as a warning shot across the bows of the new leader, Charles Kennedy, who some fear is too closely surrounded with advisers with a Social Democratic background.

Yes, it's a car with more of an edge to it, and as Reil had promised, when the front end comes slightly unstuck as you turn in, communicated by weight dropping from the steering wheel, that's a warning shot across your bows.

So this quick post is just a warning shot across the bow, folks.

The number of e-book purchases sailed past hard copy numbers in several categories, firing a warning shot across the publishing bow that the whole world felt.

The Belgium Gambling Commission is well aware that the issue is far more widespread; this first announcement seems to be more of a warning shot across the bow, to show that no company, no matter how big, is above the law, and force the industry to talk about it (which seems to be working, the Flemish Games Association is already talking about self - regulation in the linked interview to GIbiz).

A new report looking at the relationship between the world's oceans and global warming is set to fire a stark warning shot across the bows ahead of the United Nations Conference on Climate Change in Copenhagen.

Litigators tempted to use the Andrew Mitchell costs ruling as a «tactical advantage» have received a warning shot across the bows from the High Court.

Although the company phrased its statement as a move designed to standardize the experience for Twitter users, developers and others in the broader Twitter ecosystem clearly took the post as a warning shot across the bow — especially since the company simultaneously shut down a cross-posting partnership it had with LinkedIn (s LNKD).

Europe's data protection chiefs have fired a warning shot across the bows of the executive body of the Union ahead of the first annual review of the EU - US Privacy Shield.

But what it did do was fire a new warning shot across Apple's bows.

Not exact matches

Google Fiber is a warning shot fired across the bow of those traditional ISPs.

In the months before the teenage killer's mug shot and name were splashed across the nation's TV screens and newspaper front pages, he had posted messages online telegraphing his plans and told others about his deadly intentions — warnings that police and federal agents, alerted by tipsters, did not heed.

The market ructions in early February were a genuine «shot - across - the - bows» — a warning to investors about the longevity of easy credit, soaring asset prices and ultra-low volatility.

We believe that the recent increase in volatility is but a shot across the bow — an amber and flashing warning light of what is to come.

NEW YORK — U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara sent a shot across the bow of Albany on Thursday, warning New York's corrupt politicians that they should be living in fear that their colleagues were working with authorities.

Cuomo's comments, made during a call - in interview with NY1, were a shot across the bow of state lawmakers, who he warned may want to spend recklessly amid potential reductions in assistance.

The Government of Alberta Superintendent of Insurance fired a shot across the bough of some Auto Insurers recently, issuing a warning that there are potential fines for insurers who wrongly deny accident disability benefits to their insureds: Read more: