Sentences with phrase «years fighting with»

After spending several years fighting with creditors, you decided to file for bankruptcy.

«I've had clients say things like, «I just spent four years fighting with my ex, I have this cheque for $ 400,000, and I have no idea what that means in terms of my financial future.

Curious about my father's years fighting with the 1st Calvary in World War II, I'm keen to read stories of others who served in the Pacific Theater.

Former New Suffolk School teacher Martha Kennelly, who has spent two years fighting with the district that refused to reinstate her when a special assignment ended, appears to have won her case that would force the district to reinstate her and pay back wages and benefits from June 30, 2015, according to the decision written by State Commissioner of Education Mary Ellen Elia.

And I wish you could have known my friend Evangeline, who earned a master's degree in her 60s and was editing the next volume of a Bible commentary the day she died after a 20 - year fight with cancer.

This past winter, Tim Jones had reached the end of his endurance in his 18 - year fight with the Adirondack Park Agency to be able to use the fishing cabin he built on the Raquette River in Tupper Lake.

I was in a brutal four year fight with my debt, but in the end, I was the one standing victorious.

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has handed Robert Jenevein, former judge of Dallas County Court - at - Law No. 3, a partial victory in his seven - year fight with the State Commission on Judicial Conduct.

A dear friend recently lost her first - born granddaughter to a 3 - year fight with cancer.

Not exact matches

Inspiration struck when Turner considered a question from his cousin, whose seven - year - old son was still fighting a battle with leukemia that he'd eventually win.

Stephanie Oh fought for a few years in her early 20s to break into the music industry in New York City, but last year grew disenchanted with her stagnant career in administration of music - talent management firm.

Procter & Gamble (pg) waged a number of battles last year with activist investor Nelson Peltz, who succeeded in gaining a board seat after months of fighting.

While Canadians enjoyed Balsillie's fight with the NHL these past two years, there is no doubt that he has the fight of its life on his hands in the in the near future and must reinvent his company to remain competitive in this market.

Before the 2015 rules were enacted, Netflix (nflx) fought with cable providers for years over intentional streaming slowdowns and extra fees for connecting with its customers.

Two years ago, only a handful of Buffalo Wild company - owned restaurants, along with about 70 franchisees, decided to show the Mayweather fight.

Buffalo Wild Wings's struggles led to a fight with Marcato Capital that forced longtime Chief Executive Officer Sally Smith to announce that she'll step down by the end of the year.

The news comes as the IRS is locked in a closely - watched court fight with anonymous Coinbase users who want to a judge to block a summons the agency served on the company last year.

Pakistan has fought for years with the Pakistani Taliban and homegrown extremists, but at the same time has tolerated the Afghan Taliban and the related Haqqani network.

In the last few years, the number of clinical trials in this field has exploded, along with the flurry of money from Big Pharma and investors, stirring optimism in the fight against cancer.

For starters, Prime Minister Stephen Harper has promised to fight the federal deficit, expected to reach $ 56 billion by fiscal year - end, with «fiscal discipline» instead of tax increases.

«Shoppers tends to be a Top Five company, but last year was a low point for them with the fight for generic drugs,» says Susan Quinn - Mullins, a senior adviser to the Research Institute.

Her rebellious 18 - year - old sister, Isabelle, falls in love with a young man who believes France can fight the Nazis from within.

NEW YORK, April 17 - Billionaire investor William Ackman, who lost a proxy contest at Automatic Data Processing last year, said on Tuesday that he wants the human - resources technology company to succeed but said he might be back with a fight if ADP fails to perform.

We refused to pay off this company for the ideas our employees spent years innovating and unfortunately we have been left with no choice but to take this fight up through the court system.

In years past, there might be a handful of teams fighting for last in the NBA and the 25 % shot at the first overall draft pick (and assurance that you'd fall no lower than fourth) that comes with it.

Affliction never planned to take a jab at the fight - club crowd until last year, when it partnered up with none other than Donald Trump.

And there's a bruising fight with Congress over spending and the federal deficit on the horizon, just days after Obama and Congress averted the fiscal cliff with a last - minute deal over the New Year's holiday.

Patron, facing an onslaught of competition from celebrity - endorsed tequilas, is fighting back this summer with a line of pricey drinks as part of the largest product launch in the company's 25 - year history.

Looking back on the last few years, I found myself constantly fighting with other contributors and market participants about the direction of the stock market.

In the first - year, MBA candidates must read, absorb and debate some 270 case studies in 10 courses, often fighting for «air time» with equally clever students just as eager as they are to score points with professors.

Animal rights activists have fought foie gras production for years, because the luxury food requires producers to force - feed ducks with a pipe so they eat enough to enlarge the liver.

A battle for control of smuggling routes drove killings up for a roughly year - long period between 2014 and 2015, as Ismael «El Mayo» Zambada, Guzman's partner at the top of the cartel, fought with forces led by Damaso Lopez Serrano, the son of Guzman's former right - hand man.

Fox's decision to finally move forward with the film followed a years - long process in which Reynolds, director Tim Miller, and writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick had to fight through various obstacles (including the box office failure of another Reynolds superhero movie, 2011's Green Lantern) to get the movie made.

Despite having to fight city by city to get stores built, Adam & Eve has opened 53 units in 24 states, with up to 400 more coming in the next 10 years.

Qualcomm CEO Steve Mollenkopf compared the dispute with Apple over potentially billions of dollars in royalties on mobile chipsets to earlier fights Qualcomm has had over the years with other tech companies that were settled out of court.

Many early entrants fizzled in recent years, as big retailers such as Nordstrom, Neiman Marcus and Saks fought back with their own flash sales.

With the ousting of former potty - mouthed CEO Carol Bartz, the long - in - the - tooth Internet corporation looked like it had a fighting chance at relevance earlier this year when it hired former PayPal president Scott Thompson to take the reins.

«After years of fighting through bankruptcy court, the Jenkins ended up with just 30 cents on the dollar.

Launched three years ago to fight off the threat of deflation, the ECB's 2.55 trillion euro ($ 3.14 trillion) bond purchase programme has kept borrowing costs low to induce spending and investment, all with the ultimate aim of generating inflation.

A 30 - year veteran in finance, McCarthy decided to stay and joked with coworkers that «you don't walk out on friends in the middle of a knife fight.»

With ISIS continuing to fight, Russia and China throwing their weight around, and budget shortfalls becoming bigger and bigger problems, the Department of Defense will definitely need strong leadership in the form of a commander - in - chief and his political appointees in the months immediately following the inauguration next year.

Wayne is a proven senior executive and lawyer with over 25 years business experience, most recently as Executive Vice-President of Kingsdale Shareholder Service, a company involved in providing strategic consulting and other services to companies involved in takeover bids and proxy fights.

Although such a move would incur taxes, it would be swifter and more certain than pursuing an Alibaba spinoff that could lead to years of fighting with the I.R.S.

That's adding to pressure on Munoz, who has been under fire this year for fighting a fare war with discounters, bobbling the rollout of a new no - frills product and mishandling the furor when a passenger was dragged off a plane in April.

Years of frustration and mounting discontent from Yindjibarndi people about the current applicants and YAC and the endless division and fighting within the community provided respected Yindjibarndi Elders Rodney Adams, Sylvia Allan, Maudie Jerrold, Francis Phillips, Allery Sandy, Ken Sandy and Diana Smith with the motivation and the courage to give all Yindjibarndi people a voice and an opportunity to vote on 23 June.

The decades - long conflict that is currently raging over short - termism and activist hedge funds strikes me as analogous to the Thirty Years» War of the 17th Century, albeit fought with statistics («empirical evidence»), op - eds and journal articles rather than cannon, pike and sword.

There are many years left before deficit problems and euro market problems are solved, so making money from a downward market will be more and more common than going long, instead of fight it, swim with it.

Within just three years of its launch, Amazon's India arm — Amazon.in — has become a top player in the Indian e-commerce space, fighting neck - to - neck with the homegrown Flipkart, which began operations in 2008.

Also last year, Coury took the lead in a bitter takeover fight with Ireland - based Perrigo Co., a manufacturer of over-the-counter medicines, and fought off a takeover attempt from Israel - based Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd..

I had to fight my immediate prejudice and remind myself of something I've talked with others about for years — the increasing size of books, both fiction and non-fiction, to justify the inflated pricing from publishers.