Sentences with phrase «was on the line because»

Her reputation with the board of directors is on the line because the promised results were not realized.

A teacher's job shouldn't be on the line because a parent complaint about their lazy child.

«Our members are on the line because we all believe there is an assault on our profession and public education in general.

Nicolò, Europe The people whose lives are on the line because of climate impacts and fossil fuel extraction keep inspiring me: their resilience, strength, skills, discipline, optimism, courage, love (for one another, for their land, for their community, for the planet), laughter.

When their good name is on the line because it's a family business.

Not exact matches

For two reasons: (a) to avoid conflicts and different agendas or inconsistent views on how to move the business forward down the line, and (b) because, if you're all - in, the upside (if indeed there is any) is much greater than if you hedge your bets.

First and foremost, your business plan should convince you that your idea makes sense — because your time, your money, and your effort are on the line.

Even apart from the fact that they don't know what they're talking about because they don't know what's out there, the bigger issues are that: (a) almost all of these reports come back with a variety of related findings that may be precisely on point; and (b) the very age of the prior research may be invaluable if the new questions and inquiries have to do with trend lines, changes in attitudes or different behaviors.

«I just want to praise all my colleagues who put a lot of political capital on the line and who are going to get beaten up by people because of it.

Notley will have a considerable impact on the complicated futures of Alberta and Canada, but the bottom line is simple — her actions are important to all of us, because we're all at this crossroads together.

«I have given him that credit because Donald Trump has taken a very, very strong, hard line on the denuclearization issue and he has been able to bring in the support of the global community and, in particular, China,» Turnbull told a televised news conference, referring to «overwhelming» economic ties between China and North Korea.

The critics of Google's (goog) effort to promote workforce diversity now include one of its own former recruiters, who claims in a lawsuit he was fired because he didn't toe the line on rejecting white and Asian male job candidates.

Just because you don't shoot for double - digit returns doesn't make you a bad person; it just makes you the investor that you really are when you put your money on the line.

Though it dominates the smartwatch market, it hasn't made a big impact on Apple's bottom line yet — though that's partially because of Apple's massive size.

Thankfully I didn't say any of them because after a minute or two, my phone rang and on the line was an attendee who found my number on my site.

(Because Google's advertising network relies on people voluntarily giving it as much information as possible, chairman Eric Schmidt has joked that the company's policy is to «get right up to the creepy line and not cross it.»)

It's a lot harder to get them to say they'd recommend you to a family member, friend, or colleague, because now his reputation is on the line.

Yet almost all businesses suffer because front - line employees simply don't tell management about what's going on at the company.

Then there were rising charges from the company's Internet service provider because of excessive traffic on the corporate T1 line.

The company that he dreamed up on an extended 2002 trip to Australia and Indonesia because he wanted to film himself surfing, that created an entirely new product category and the world's best - selling camera, that made him and his best friends who joined the company early on fabulously wealthy — that company was now a punch line, and maybe a threat to safety.

It's because they believe Trump will have a positive impact on the economy — and their bottom lines.

Because a former business partner defaulted on his company's line of credit, and I was the only one dumb enough to personally guarantee the loan.

Because without real, genuine penalties on the line, without generations of men fearing that if they abuse their power, if they treat women like s — t, they'll be out of jobs, shamed, their families devastated — without that actual, electric, dangerous possibility: Nothing.

Other major advantages of this type of financing include putting dollars back on a company's bottom line because interest payments are tax - deductible, which lowers the company's taxable income.

The bottom line is that if your bitcoin is stored on an exchange, you do not technically own it because you do not have the private key for your exchange account.

If you're the boss, you should be in charge of implementing that strategy, because it's your business that's on the line.

Sales and marketing writer Preston Clark explored this notion in a great piece, «The Rise of the Silent Sales Floor,» in which he discussed how the «soundless» sales floor makes CEOs nervous because: «They aren't hearing the confrontation, the tension, the hard conversations that literally must happen in order to get the biggest, baddest deals across the finish line... The really big, complex, disruptive deals... those aren't closing on the silent floor.»

It's taken on greater urgency because the president had declared in an interview on Aug. 20 that use of chemical weapons would be «a red line for us» resulting in «enormous consequences.»

These hires — who were already thriving in their respective fields — were putting their careers on the line because they believed in an idea.

But as soon as they are back on the shelves, I'll be in line waiting — because I do love a good customer review.

Shareholders need disclosure on issues like political spending and climate change because there is material risk that can affect the bottom line.»

That's because in a service business everything happens every day on the front line and there's no time to consult a rule book or a manager — you've got to go with your gut, and with what you've been taught, seen and internalized.

Long lines, hectic check - ins, overstuffed airplanes — they don't really bother me because I'm usually giddy about getting away; in addition, I'm in full - on people - watching mode.

In other words, even a modestly successful referral program can be a massive boon to your bottom line because it will act on every channel you're using to acquire customers.

«Priceline and Orbitz (OWW) didn't want to spend as much on TripAdvisor because they didn't want to line the pockets of Expedia or tip their hand competitively by giving away their advertising strategies because Expedia owned TripAdvisor,» said one investor, who did not wish to be named.

The bottom line is there's really no such thing as full privacy just because you have the privacy settings switched on.

«If her gut is telling her to do this knowing that it's wrong, then that's a different story, because these are people's lives on the line.»

Tech columnist John Gruber of the web site Daringfireball.net, says it's fitting for Apple (aapl) to add a deluxe «Pro» model to the iPhone line as it has done with iPads and Mac computers, especially because the company probably can't source enough of the OLED screens this year to include them on every phone.

Because nobody's more insightful and inspiring than a leader who has faced enormous fear and pressure, put his neck on the line, and come out on top.

On the contrary, it's because we care so deeply about the cause that we're willing to put our own jobs on the line and fight for what we believe in our hearts to be the right decisioOn the contrary, it's because we care so deeply about the cause that we're willing to put our own jobs on the line and fight for what we believe in our hearts to be the right decisioon the line and fight for what we believe in our hearts to be the right decision.

A lot of celebrities put their name on something like a clothing line and suddenly they come out with 500 SKUs and no one understands how that could happen because there was no culture, no message... they just suddenly appeared.

A former Korean Air Lines executive who forced a plane to return to the gate because she was unhappy with how she was served macadamia nuts was detained in Seoul on Tuesday, according to news reports.

The man mauled by an emotional support dog on a Delta Air Lines flight in Atlanta was attacked twice and could not escape because he was in a window seat, his attorney said Thursday.

When that connection is there, everybody in the company does well on a personal level because it now equals their bottom line.

The arrival of the Chase Sapphire Reserve Card on the premium travel rewards credit card scene is great news for the consumer, because not only are we getting a top - of - the - line credit card with premium perks, but it also puts the pressure on other issuers to up their games.

So if you drew a horizontal line and call that fair value like Ben Graham said, and then you draw a wavy line around that horizontal line and call that stock prices, the market is pitching us opportunities all the time between stocks that are way below fair value and way above fair value, the reason investors don't beat the market has nothing to do with the market is not throwing us pitches in that it's not still emotional, they are behavioral problem, there's agency problems, there is a lot of other issues going on but it's not because we're not getting really great pictures all the time.

That's because there's usually more money on the line.

According to AdWeek, 11 companies, including the television - shopping network QVC and Carnival Company (which operates the eponymous cruise line), are providing on - air sponsorships for the newest season of The Apprentice; a twelfth, the Japanese motorcycle company Kawasaki, withdrew from a previously reported deal after customers threatened a boycott because of its sponsorship of the show.

Additionally, because rates vary from provider to provider, and can be much higher than other types of financing, it's important to understand all the terms before signing on the dotted line.

These paper gains and losses will change each quarter as the prices of the stocks change, and Mr. Buffett said that because Berkshire holds $ 170 billion of stocks, the impact on Berkshire's bottom line could be significant.