Sentences with phrase «years in a bid»

Sherman sued the lobbying commissioner earlier this year in a bid to shut down the investigation.

China's Tsinghua Unigroup Ltd plans to invest 300 billion yuan ($ 47 billion) over the next five years in a bid to become the world's third - biggest chipmaker, the chairman of the state - backed technology conglomerate said on Monday.

Beijing has promised to implement «extraordinary» measures this year in a bid to tackle choking smog from traffic congestion and the heavy use of coal.

Sears Canada let go 700 workers across the country earlier this year in a bid to «right - size» and restructure its business.

That was the message delivered to the heads of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Wednesday by three lawmakers and members of the Congressional Blockchain Caucus (CBC), a bipartisan group launched last year in a bid to support the technology and its interests on Capitol Hill.

British food retailer Co-op is to use 50 % recycled plastic (rPET) bottles for all of its own - brand still, sparkling and flavoured water later this year in a bid to cut...

Ghoulam has been a defensive stalwart for the Serie A side over the last two seasons, and he continues to play a prominent role for them this year in their bid to land silverware.

Liverpool are set to revive their interest in Atletico Madrid striker Diego Costa in the new year in a bid to convince Luis Suarez to stay and commit his future to the club, according to Sports Direct News.

Both Howson and Nathan Redmond were a handful down the Norwich flanks as the pair caused the Villa defence problems throughout the game, and in turn that leaves the visitors facing a bleak New Year in their bid to avoid the drop.

Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers will offload three big names at the club in the new year in a bid to make sure his squad are re-enforced for the second half of the season after suffering back - to - back defeats in the Premier League this week.

MP who resigned from government last year in bid to force out Gordon Brown shocks Westminster again by giving up seat

Senegalese President Macky Sall has reduced his Presidential term from 7 to 5 years in a bid to cancel a referendum on...

The former leader of the One Nation party decided she would emigrate to the UK last year in a bid to escape criticism of her politics and personality in her home country, but has now concluded the UK is worse than Australia.

Republican Erin Baker raised over $ 91,600 this year in her bid for a Town Board seat — six times more than either of her Democratic opponents — but she placed third behind them.

He lost re-election in 2014 to Republican Sue Serino and failed last year in a bid to win the seat back.

said he raised more than $ 550,000 in the first quarter of this year in his bid to return to Congress representing the new Orlando - area 9th district.

The consultants work for Bill Lynch Associates, which Liu reportedly paid $ 95,000 last year in his bid for office.

MARKETING WEEK - May 24 - Social dating community Zoosk aims to boost its profile in the UK by investing in marketing throughout the year in a bid to compete with Match.com and eHarmony.

Jeep is set to evolve its styling over the next three years in a bid to give its cars a broader appeal.

When we first established in 1999, more than 13,000 cats were culled that year in a bid to control the stray population.

 Belize has now revealed that two local triathlon stars will head to Britain next year in the bid to win a -LSB-...]

The US operator will open its first property in Saudi Arabia this year in a bid to tap into the kingdom's untapped tourism market.

The 134 - year - old institution has been undergoing a large - scale renovation for the past three years in a bid to make the museum's collection more accessible and engaging — a project known as Your Museum, Reimagined.

(Reuters)-- China plans to take more than five million aging vehicles off the roads this year in a bid to improve air quality, with 330,000 cars set to be decommissioned in Beijing alone, the government said in a policy document published on Monday.

The forecast by the China Coal Industry Association comes after official data showed China produced 3.52 billion tonnes of coal in the first 11 months of 2014, down 2.1 percent, with mines under pressure to cut output in the second half of the year in a bid to prop up plunging prices.

The accounts show that the firm, which is due to merge with CMS Cameron McKenna and Olswang on 1 May next year, paid in # 4.4 m into the scheme during the last financial year in a bid to clear the deficit more quickly than a 19 - year recovery plan agreed in 2014.

Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe is planning to open in Africa next year in a bid to tap Chinese outbound investment into the country and bolster its existing African practice, run out of Paris.

Resume formats are changing each year in a bid to make the hiring process more efficient, and unless you get clued up on the latest resume format 2018, you'll continue to struggle to land an interview.

Not exact matches

The bid emphasizes the importance of gaining a greater foothold in online sales in India, a market expected to be worth $ 200 billion a year within a decade.

The failed $ 6 - billion bid by China Minmetals (another state - owned enterprise) for Noranda, a Canadian copper and zinc miner, in 2004 had similar consequences: Canada did not see another major Chinese bid until this year.

When a manager here comes to me and says certain commodities are going to be put up for bid in the coming months, I go through my files of people I have run across over the course of the past couple of years.

Capital One picked up ING Direct U.S.A. last year for US$ 9 billion, and in August Scotiabank announced its bid to acquire the Canadian division for $ 3.1 billion.

Activist investor Bill Ackman of Pershing Square Capital — a business partner with Valeant in its failed bid last year for Allergan — offered a spirited defence of the company in a conference call Friday that lasted nearly four hours.

Commercial developers have engaged in their own orgy of debt - fuelled construction projects, bidding up land values threefold last year and erecting countless office towers, malls and hotels.

In the past year, major cities have occasionally seen bidding wars — not for homes but for prime rentals, with choice units renting for higher than asking price.

Michael Wilson, chief U.S. equity strategist at the firm, said in a note Monday that the S&P 500 could reach his «bull case» target of 3,000 «by the middle of the year as investors bid up P / Es toward 18.5 x on one last surge of euphoria before settling back down by year end.»

Emirates bought 73 of the A380s over the past four years, plus 90 Boeing 777s, in a bid to establish itself as the premier airline in the Middle East.

In March of that year, Comey rushed to the hospital bed of Attorney General John Ashcroft to physically stop White House officials in their bid to get his ailing boss to reauthorize a secret no - warrant wiretapping prograIn March of that year, Comey rushed to the hospital bed of Attorney General John Ashcroft to physically stop White House officials in their bid to get his ailing boss to reauthorize a secret no - warrant wiretapping prograin their bid to get his ailing boss to reauthorize a secret no - warrant wiretapping program.

These forward - looking statements include, among other things, statements about full - year 2018 guidance, project milestones, increased opportunities in the market, backlog, bids and change orders outstanding, target projects and revenue opportunity pipeline, to the extent these may be viewed as indicators of future revenues or profitability, the expected impacts of the F2G program and progress toward completing the proposed combination with CB&I and the anticipated benefits of that transaction.

U.S. officials blocked a $ 2.9 - billion bid by Chinese investors to buy a controlling stake in a California - based unit of Dutch electronics firm Phillips last year, while another U.S. semiconductor firm rejected a lucrative offer from Chinese investors in favour of a lower bid from an American company because of concerns the deal would not win regulatory approval.

UK - based Bushveld Minerals has launched its second takeover bid for local coal explorer Lemur Resources in two years, this time proposing to acquire all the shares it doesn't own in the business for about $ 10.9 million.

In the past few years, various Chinese companies and funds have made numerous bids for high - tech firms — some with military applications — in the U.S. and EuropIn the past few years, various Chinese companies and funds have made numerous bids for high - tech firms — some with military applications — in the U.S. and Europin the U.S. and Europe.

Adidas will lose that deal to Nike at the end of the next season (it chose not to bid to renew) and so the store is in the awkward spot of bearing heavy Adidas branding for only one more year.

This past year Delta has introduced several new services in a bid to win over more customers including RFID baggage handling that lets customers track where their luggage is via an app.

And in January, Britain launched a new, two - year, multiple - entry visa in a bid to woo even more Chinese visitors to its shores, following changes made in 2015 that allowed tourists and business travelers to apply for both British and European visas in a single process.

It's worth noting that French broadband provider Free tried turning on network - level ad - blocking a few years back, in a bid to get money out of Google, but the government told it to stop.

We could end up with $ 10 million in revenue this year, but we're not going to stoop to low - balling bids like some other companies.

With only a few hours left to bid, the price for a lunch with Warren Buffett has reached $ 2.8 million, its highest value in years.

In fact, late last year, eOne shopped itself around after an undisclosed British player made a bid.

The uptick in the shares reflects a belief that Netflix is now in a position to sign up more subscribers this year than analysts had previously anticipated, generating additional revenue that the company can spend on TV series and movies as it bids against rivals such as HBO, Amazon.com, YouTube and Hulu for licensing rights.