Sentences with phrase «when rival companies»

If the rumored dates of release for the LG V30 and Galaxy Note 8 are accurate, this would be a rare occasion when rival companies release rival flagship products on the same day.

The trademark move came about when another rival company «substantially copied» their cab design.

Not exact matches

Delta's other trade victory came on Friday, when, in a surprise decision, the U.S. International Trade Commission ruled against Boeing in a bitter trade battle in which the Chicago - based company said its business was harmed by trade practices of its Canadian rival Bombardier.

Leaked information about a new product can negatively impact sales of the current model; give rival companies more time to begin on a competitive response; and lead to fewer sales of that new product when it arrives.

There's a compelling reason why: When its researchers examined more than 100 companies, they found that teaming up — even with rivals — boosted performance.

When Atlantic Canada's biggest lumber company, J.D. Irving Ltd., was assessed a duty of only 3 per cent, the Chronicle Herald described the sanction as an «opportunity» for the company to gain market share at the expense of its more heavily taxed Canadian rivals.

When those companies grow and spend big money in their data centers, Intel stands to benefit — as long as they keep buying from the semiconductor giant and not rivals like Nvidia.

Eigendorf said the company is being transformed but the bank has not been matching U.S. rivals when it comes to staff pay.

When co-founder and CEO Travis Kalanick said in October that the company currently has 30 % to 35 % of the ride - hailing market there, Chinese rival Didi Kuaidi and others quickly raised skepticism about the claim.

On Wednesday, Hulu named Joel Stillerman as its chief content officer, a newly - created role that will oversee the streaming company's overall content strategy at a time when Hulu is looking to expand its original series and film offerings to better compete with rivals such as Netflix and Amazon.

Bock, when asked in February whether BASF would continue to have diverse businesses under one roof or was considering other options, said the company might learn from what rivals did but did not say which path he favored.

FRANKFURT, May 1 - The incoming boss of BASF has thrown his weight behind the chemical titan's contentious strategy of keeping divergent businesses folded into one company, at a time when its major rivals such as DowDuPont are breaking themselves up.

FRANKFURT, May 1 (Reuters)- The incoming boss of BASF has thrown his weight behind the chemical titan's contentious strategy of keeping divergent businesses folded into one company, at a time when its major rivals such as DowDuPont are breaking themselves up.

Google came off as a bit of a cry - baby when it complained about losing out on a sale of Nortel patents to a group of its rivals, including Apple and Microsoft, but the company was right in a way.

(Initially CEO of X.com when it launched an Internet - based payment service and acquired Confinity, a rival person - to - person payment company, to establish dominant market share.)

When Al Flood became CEO in 1992, his main rival, Paul Cantor, departed the company.

Apple also gave better projections for the third quarter than expected, giving investors more confidence in the company's long - term health at a time when its top smartphone rival, Samsung, said it expects demand for its high - end phones to soften.

FRANKFURT The incoming boss of BASF has thrown his weight behind the chemical titan's contentious strategy of keeping divergent businesses folded into one company, at a time when its major rivals such as DowDuPont are breaking themselves up.

The payouts contributed to a talent exodus at a time when the company was trying to turn the project into a real business and emerging rivals were recruiting heavily.

When she first appeared on the ride - sharing scene in 2014, after 12 years at Goldman Sachs, her task was to hammer out a deal merging her company, Didi Dache, with its chief rival in the local market, Kuaidi Dache.

When it comes to other potential partnerships with companies offering transportation - on - demand services rivaling Uber in the United States, Fair will stay out of it.

But by far the bulk of debt was used to buy rival companies, as occurred when MCI bought Sprint, and when European companies bought hitherto public monopolies.

He has directed barbs — in speeches and videos, and on Twitter — especially fervently toward the taxi industry, but also toward city and local regulators across the country (and now the world), his rivals, and sometimes even his own customers when they dare to question his company's practices.

When it comes to powering the next generation of companies, Microsoft faces a great deal of competition from major rivals like Amazon and Google.

When Oracle chairman Larry Ellison announced his company's new autonomous database product at the Oracle OpenWorld conference keynote, he took several minutes to disparage AWS, one of his chief rivals in the cloud market.

The chairman of Tribune Publishing proved it again Monday when he got his board to reject much larger rival newspaper company Gannett's...

Uber CEO Travis Kalanick as well as leaders of companies such as Ford, BMW, Google and ride - sharing rival Lyft have cited 2021 as a date when self - driving cars could constitute the bulk of vehicles in urban centers.

The chairman of Tribune Publishing proved it again Monday when he got his board to reject much larger rival newspaper company Gannett's second offer of $ 15 per share to buy the company,...

When it was first coming to market, a Great Companies» portfolio manager acknowledged that XGC's price tag was higher than rival large - cap funds such as Vanguard and iShares.

Nick Sampson, the head of research and development at Faraday Future — Tesla's purported rival — talked about exploring a «subscription model» when the company unveiled their concept car at the Consumer Electronics Show in 2015.

News that international credit cards can be integrated with the WeChat Pay mobile app comes at a time when the company is growing, aiming to overtake rival Alibaba's Alipay.

US drinks giant Constellation Brands is an unlikely rival bidder after chief executive Robert Sands signalled in July when the company released its quarterly results, that the focus was on paying debt and not large acquisitions.

Ultimately, a rival company was selected, but the whole operation was cut short the following spring when the Moreland Commission was abruptly disbanded as part of a controversial deal between Gov. Andrew Cuomo and top state legislators.

Similarly, says Bachrach, the doctorly, Latinate Anusol (a haemorrhoid cream, pronounced «an - yoo - sol») has not supplanted its rival, Preparation H, named back in the days when you didn't say «haemorrhoid» in polite company.

Then there are times he acts completely out of character, cutting down a Christmas tree of a rival tech company, essentially stealing it when Laird can't figure out how to use the chainsaw.

It fails miserably when compared to Pixar and those few top animations done by rival companies (Bolt, Monster House et cetera) but one can't deny that Astro Boy is a powerful piece of science fiction.

Upon returning home, Downey perfects the robotic flying suit, but when he announces that his company is getting out of the weapons business he makes himself an inviting target to rivals, including enigmatic father figure Jeff Bridges, who looks disconcertingly like Winter Kills co-star Sterling Hayden with his shaved head and mad - prophet beard.

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When Audi decided to build a supercar, the company did so in the hopes of building a rival for the Porsche 911, an everyday supercar.

Audi has long been considered one of the world's great luxury car names, but up until recently, the company seemed content not making waves when it came to rivals BMW and Mercedes - Benz.

However, due to a recalculation of how the company calculates fuel economy, the Genesis Coupe sees its EPA city / highway ratings fall by 2 to 3 mpg, leaving some rather dismal fuel - economy figures especially when compared to rivals like the Ford Mustang and Dodge Challenger.

With this major change that brings the Porsche's GT racecar in line with its race car rivals from Ferrari and the like, it has the potential to influence the company's decision making when it comes to road cars in the future.

The company and its Detroit rivals, Ford Motor Co and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV, are bringing on new trucks at a time when overall U.S. new vehicle sales have been falling, but truck sales continue to grow as consumers abandon passenger cars in favour of pickups, SUVs and crossovers.

It was the only kind of deal publishers would sign (for lots of good reasons, and some less less good reasons), but that did not make the economics stack up any better: the writing was on the wall back in July when rival subscription company Scribd culled a range of romance and erotica titles from its service because they were costing the company too much money.

When they realize they've been hired at rival companies, however, they need to keep their romantic relationship a secret or risk losing everything they have.

Back in the»90s, when I was working for a rival comics company, and both Marvel and we were using a service bureau in the East»40s to output cover and text page films for printing at Quebecor, the bureau's staff were constantly bitching that the Marvel crew didn't know how to prepare files for print output, often failing to embed font files or sending low - rez (72 ppi) art.

«We've been doing tablets since 1992,» says Graeme Simons, Toshiba UK business manager, when asked why the company has plumped for a 10.1 - inch tablet, rather than a 7 - incher similar to rival manufacturers «devices also revealed at IFA, Berlin....

This was illustrated by rival ebook subscription service Scribd when it dumped lots of romance and erotica titles from its line - up in July because they were too popular with readers and cost the company too much.

The company scored a huge PR victory on Monday when it announced the next gen console would cost # 349 (US$ 399, AU$ 549) compared with its rival's RRP of # 429 (USD$ 499, AUD$ 599).

Nintendo's biggest mistake by far occurred when the company inadvertently created its greatest rival, and the current dominant player in the gaming market.