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"acumen" Definitions
  1. the ability to understand and decide things quickly and well

934 Sentences With "acumen"

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It will be about efficiency, business acumen, and brand dominance.
In this case, Tyrion tries to praise Jaime's military acumen.
One reason may be that they overestimate their financial acumen.
She credits her large family with honing her business acumen.
But this job will also require political acumen from Mueller.
Today, it may be a sign of strong business acumen.
They believe his biggest selling point is his business acumen.
But his review applauded Hubble's cofounders for their business acumen.
It's no wonder Johnson's financial acumen developed early in life.
The lack of business acumen among [commenters] here is astonishing.
"You know, she's always got the business acumen," Antonius adds.
People with business acumen refer to this as vertical integration.
The debate over a president's mental acumen is not new.
Business acumen, by itself, produces little insight into these questions.
Castro's acumen as a revolutionary reached far beyond his country's borders.
It was built on the organizational acumen and labor of women.
Doubtless, he will chalk it up to his supposed business acumen.
It's also the source of your psychological acumen and profound empathy.
Clinton enlists their support to question Mr. Trump's business acumen. Mrs.
But his stated business acumen has been a source of pride.
For Mr. Hood, real estate work drew on his sales acumen.
She combined grandeur, musicality, wit, fervor and acumen to phenomenal degrees.
But that is the extent of Romero's defensive acumen—stepping back.
It's possible Trump's business acumen could yield positive results, Klingner said.
If the girls can develop some business acumen, all the better.
Her science acumen has attracted the attention and support of leading scientists.
Seen as having plenty of acumen and experience but lacking in charisma.
These are not exactly known for their Warren Buffett-like stockpicking acumen.
Bill Regnery seems to have inherited little of his family's business acumen.
But the key to the pair's success isn't just their business acumen.
There are more fight-related criticisms of his coaching acumen as well.
"Without question, Martin's earned wide respect for his business acumen," Kassan said.
Everyone on the program competed for his attention, and praised his acumen.
President Trump's acumen for dealmaking can face an ultimate test in Cuba.
Like Scherzer, Baker has been struck by Murphy's acumen at the plate.
Donald Trump says he should be elected because of his business acumen.
Asked about the candidate's foreign policy acumen, Mr. Clarridge was typically impolitic.
At first glance, the decision appeared motivated by hard-nosed business acumen.
Billionaire entrepreneur Richard Branson's commercial acumen was honed at a young age.
But this is way beyond good business acumen or boys being boys.
NEW YORK — Donald Trump's presidential campaign is built on his business acumen.
Papa John's could use O'Neal's popularity, as well as his business acumen.
He is known for his investment acumen in the fixed income markets.
His strategic acumen Tesla's unique strategic choices underlie its trajectory of progress.
Neither build nor athletic acumen determine who gets to compete and succeed.
He also displayed the acumen to carry out wide-reaching, complex policy.
"I've had some serious doubts," he said, referring to his legal acumen.
They trusted his business acumen, his experience, his loyalty to the city.
He used his political acumen to navigate to the top of the House.
Schiller didn't have the same technological acumen as many of the other execs.
Through her acumen, she was able to move her family to the suburbs.
Financial acumen will be helpful when Uber embarks on an initial public offering.
But Mr Ghosn's acumen has a drawback: it has made him seem indispensable.
We're told A-Rod respects J Lo's business acumen and wanted her there.
Cuban, meanwhile, frequently needled his fellow billionaire, challenging Trump's business acumen and personality.
His populism is as substantive as his business acumen; his rhetoric is empty.
Some also wondered whether editors had the business acumen to manage their newspapers.
His career, however, displays no extraordinary business acumen or particular skill at dealmaking.
His newfound social media acumen seems only to have made him more quarrelsome.
So by what basketball acumen did Nigl make his stunning series of picks?
Known for his defensive acumen, he became the preferred catcher for Noah Syndergaard.
His political acumen brought, among other things, public health care to all Canadians.
Douglas' tough-guy persona often overshadowed a shrewd business acumen and thoughtful intellect.
Do you have the time, energy or legal/technical acumen to do so?
I love Reverb, their no-nonsense business acumen is so close to mine.
But underneath that image was a quick mind with a shrewd political acumen.
In fact, an excess of knowledge, information, and acumen may actually hurt returns.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Donald Trump's presidential campaign is built on his business acumen.
Others think his political acumen gives them the best chance of winning elections.
Our last real conversation in August about the election revolved around Trump's business acumen.
Is that a reward of their superior acumen, investment, risk that they have taken?
Of course, his arrangement acumen matches these other achievements, as this Instagram video reveals.
His memos from Lagos to Washington reflected his political acumen and love of language.
Unfortunately, Mr Warsh's skills at making friends seem stronger than his monetary-policy acumen.
They've called into question Trump's business acumen and have publicized Trump's past legal woes.
Trump and his campaign argued that it's proof of his financial and policy acumen.
That acumen led directly to his interception of Carson Wentz on Sunday in London.
John Wallner, 61, a consultant in Portland, Oregon, had seen Jobs' business acumen firsthand.
"His equation of business acumen with foreign policy experience is false," the letter says.
But there are many battle-tested Republicans that possess the acumen to pull through.
As Mr. Klein's business acumen developed, his desire to marry Ms. Steinberg grew too.
Astros third baseman Alex Bregman, an aspiring investor himself, approved of Sabathia's financial acumen.
Simply put, she had the business acumen to realize she was on to something.
HATCH: FIRST OF ALL, REQUIRES A LOT OF INTELLECTUAL ACUMEN TO HANDLE THESE MATTERS.
Soleimani was well known throughout the Middle East for his diplomatic and military acumen.
Minnesota Lynx guard Lindsay Whalen, a union player representative, praised Nneka Ogwumike's business acumen.
Unlike restaurant fare, stadium food depends as much on logistics as on culinary acumen.
It certainly isn't because there's a dearth of financial acumen in New York City.
You don't need to have Warren Buffett's investing acumen to save up $1 million.
He wanted to copy the UK's technological acumen and its importance as a financial center.
It wasn't some bargaining breakthrough brokered by President Trump's fabled acumen as a deal-maker.
Last month the GCF disbursed $5 million to Acumen Fund, which is managing the project.
Still, not all Booth's engineering acumen goes toward such morbid questions and equally terrifying answers.
I don't think Essential, even with Andy Rubin's pedigree and mobile acumen, is another Apple.
Plus, Erica's business acumen, acute understanding of capitalism and sharp tongue just can't be beat.
It has also benefited from the strong marketing and distribution acumen of its parent company.
Given President Trump's claims about his business acumen, he, of all people, should see that.
Yet his determination and political acumen repelled Rastorguev, who had an anarchist's suspicion of power.
Those votes will be litmus tests on how confident investors are in his business acumen.
On the contrary, the Tompkins were keen to put their business acumen to good use.
She also went back to college to hone her business acumen as her influence grows.
But his raging acumen really shot up when he moved to Berlin—also quite common!
He speaks more to your animosity toward the person than it does your political acumen.
While known for his business acumen, Diddy is also the purveyor of the shiny suit.
" He also mocked Trump's business acumen, calling him "an inherited money dude from Queens County.
I knew that inside the Beltway, fellow Democrats had varying opinions on her political acumen.
Rubio has cast Trump as a con man and questioned his wealth and business acumen.
Trump touted Pompeo's recent meetings with Kim Jong Un as evidence of his diplomatic acumen.
Other entrepreneurs value the local business culture for its down-to-earth acumen and frankness.
President Trump campaigned on and was elected in part because of his deal-making acumen.
"Mugabe, for all his faults, has shown amazing political acumen over the years," Coltart says.
Quite frankly, I didn't have the technical skills, business acumen, or experience to get started.
He defends his use of the tax code as "brilliant," proof of his business acumen.
"Mugabe, for all his faults, has shown amazing political acumen over the years," Coltart said.
In "Breathe," as this episode is titled, his managerial acumen is a wonder to behold.
Sriracha carried a Thai name, a move that suggested some business acumen on his part.
Which means attacking Biden on his foreign policy acumen could backfire on the Vermont senator.
But this trend has done little to help Wall Street's reputation for market-divining acumen.
At the C.I.A., Mr. D'Andrea's reputation for operational acumen is matched by his abrasive demeanor.
And frankly, the technical acumen of the Genius Bar staffers is now hit-or-miss.
But Baez was not the only Puerto Rico player who showed off his defensive acumen.
He has brought an extraordinary business acumen, employed tens of thousands of people in this country.
It reminds people of what they are capable of doing: testing their brain and physical acumen.
Katy's eye for color and style, Pamela's business acumen, Andy's marvelous ability to tell our story.
Renowned for its high-tech manufacturing acumen and managerial expertise, Taiwan depends heavily on foreign trade.
In fact, Mr. Trump's investment acumen may serve America well in the not too distant future.
Trump has touted his wealth and business acumen throughout the election as evidence of his viability.
Charley has the business acumen to give the white, male millers a run for their money.
True believers in Trump will come away still convinced of their great leader's genius and acumen.
But with political acumen and a command of economics, Mr Zhou carved out power for himself.
With all that under consideration, he relayed a final piece of information from his business acumen.
While their business acumen is impressive, the brutal nature of a presidential campaign is something else.
His stock-picking acumen is ranked in the top 10 percent of all Wall Street analysts.
His stock-picking acumen is ranked in the top 2 percent of all Wall Street analysts.
His qualifications, however, go well beyond just his past public service and acumen as a jurist.
His stock-picking acumen is ranked in the top 1 percent of all Wall Street analysts.
But on the artist's side, it requires money, technological acumen, and finessing a new filmmaking language.
The Hill (op-ed): The next GOP leader needs political acumen and a whole lot more.
But it did give her a certain technical acumen (not to mention tenacity) that I admired.
It is time for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to show some diplomatic acumen and some mettle.
I am aware that these things exist, but that is the extent of my financial acumen.
Front Burner Home cooks are paired with chef and restaurateur mentors to hone their business acumen.
Falwell is also a longtime supporter of Donald Trump (because of the president's purported "business acumen").
Who, are the others; they were chosen partly for their offscreen acumen as producers reshaping Hollywood.
With the right business acumen, these side hustles can eventually grow into a full-fledged brand.
Until the age of 215, he lacked any credentials for public office besides his entrepreneurial acumen.
Few people believe Hunter Biden was respected in Ukraine or China for his transnational business acumen.
Doerr is famous for not just his investing acumen, but running a firm where seniority rules.
Chingy initially surprised his over 88,700 Twitter followers by complimenting Trump's business acumen earlier Friday morning.
Cuban has repeatedly hammered Trump for his business acumen and potential to drag the stock market down.
With an absurd wrestling acumen, ridiculous power, and blinding speed, Romero is as live as underdogs come.
Video Perhaps a better test of President Trump's political acumen falls in a battleground state like Nevada.
Goldman, however, did not become a byword for financial acumen without acquiring some acute self-diagnosis skills.
Cuban has repeatedly blasted the GOP nominee, questioning everything from his net worth to his business acumen.
No one thing — no person, book or thing — is the definitive answer on boosting your financial acumen.
That doesn't bode well for Trump's purported acumen as the best negotiator the world has ever known.
A former computer company CEO, Snyder bragged about his business acumen with iconic commercials during his campaign.
Americans are willing to believe the worst about Trump, except in one area: his supposed business acumen.
The press referred to his 'energetic fervor,' 'astringent intellect,' 'peppery prose,' 'acumen,' and 'affability,' all apt descriptions.
Applying her boundless energy, her unrivaled political acumen and her intense focus, she won back the House.
The burden of his failures fell on investors and others who had bet on his business acumen.
The former Speaker's policy ideas and political acumen have been well documented for more than 40 years.
If anyone displayed brilliant business acumen in enabling Mr. Trump to dodge taxes, it was Mr. Mitnick.
But what bothers me even more is the use of Ninjas as example of ostentatious fighting acumen.
Trend: Israel-based firms are hot commodities, as U.S. tech companies want to absorb their cybersecurity acumen.
Nothing but respect for his breadth of art history knowledge, design acumen, and just general good taste.
Two or three per quarter usually showed some sort of critical acumen along with a sustained ethic.
Third parties working with Salesforce on joint solutions using Marketing Cloud include Acumen Solutions, Deloitte and Rootstock.
Some believe his boardroom acumen will help him strike trade deals that will also benefit China's economy.
He trumpeted its relentless rise as a validation of his leadership, his financial acumen and his policies.
He trumpeted its relentless rise as a validation of his leadership, his financial acumen and his policies.
He will apply all of his wondrous skills and acumen all for the benefit of the nation.
Rhoades constructs a veritable matryoshka doll of patsies, using every ounce of his legal and psychological acumen.
Steve Bullock (D-MT) and Jay Inslee (D-WA), says only good things about his managerial acumen.
In a recording, Prime Minister Oleksiy Honcharuk appears to criticize the economic acumen of President Volodymyr Zelensky.
While it is far too early to write off Trump's political acumen, he has work to do.
Since he took over as CEO, he has demonstrated his superb talent, business acumen and determined leadership.
And Roy Williams, their down-home coach, finds himself celebrated for hill-country wit and hoops acumen.
Most important, a leader who, through acumen, willpower and charisma, united a movement given to immobilizing infighting.
"It can be solved with the use of technology and goodwill and political acumen," the source said.
However, Kelly's lack of political gravitas and acumen could portend his demise in Washington's top political job.
It seems that his business acumen was at best questionable, at worst fake -- as were his vast profits.
A factory apprentice when he was 13, Li, has been called "Superman" for his business acumen and success.
To Trump's supporters, it's proof that this man's business acumen is so potent it turns superstars into subordinates.
"She'll cut your head off," Pelosi said of her mother's acumen, "and you won't even know you're bleeding."
Officials we interviewed said some of the 27 judges had a reputation for both technical acumen and fairness.
The combination of mobile technology, high-end audio-visual specs, and business acumen is working well for Olinger.
The WannaCry malware relied on leaked NSA code, so it doesn't entirely prove North Korea's hacking acumen either.
Literary critics admire his summer reading selections, musicians his playlists, scientists and tech entrepreneurs his acumen and curiosity.
Job hunters who are articulate, great communicators, team players and have strong business acumen will shine, McDonald said.
The penalty the poor pay for their comparative lack of financial acumen is real, if not always visible.
This piece of financial acumen, imparted by a trader to a colleague, is hard to beat for brevity.
Job hunters who are articulate, great communicators, team players and have strong business acumen will shine, McDonald said.
U.S. optimism "is carrying over into our market," said Brian Pow, vice president, research at Acumen Capital Partners.
He ran successfully for governor in 2014 on his business acumen, promising to fix what ailed the state.
She had the business acumen, but her family business went to her brother, because he was a boy.
He is ranked in the top 3 percent of all Wall Street analysts for his stock-picking acumen.
A few people accepted, but no one had the business acumen to take things to the next level.
They then implied that they had been employing their professional acumen in pursuit of identifying their new quarry.
While Mary + Jane is about business acumen and getting ahead, Broad City is about reveling in the moment.
The silver lining in all this is in what it says about the acumen of China's private investors.
In the U.S., the retail industry employs about 15.7 million workers, all with diverse backgrounds and technical acumen.
It would have been just as inappropriate if Streep had given a stem-winder on Trump's business acumen.
La Russa, a Hall of Fame manager, noticed Green's acumen while touring the Arizona farm system in 227.
Still, the disclosure risks tarnishing a rare Chinese company that has won global fame for its business acumen.
"I'm thrilled to add an individual with Jeff's experience and basketball acumen to our front office," Jones said.
Soon, McAdoo's computer acumen stood out, and the practice plans and drawings he prepared for Sunseri were exemplary.
With its cybersecurity and financial technology acumen, the country is well placed to play a role, say experts.
"This is where you may begin to feel guilt — when your influence strays outside business acumen," says Taylor.
Trump surged to the nomination on the back of his supposed business acumen, not because he's a sheriff.
Strategies Americans have grown more confident about their financial acumen since the market meltdown that ended in 2009.
While many of his past decisions will always defy explanation, Rodriguez's baseball acumen has never been in doubt.
Before his family's high-handedness became an object of public ridicule, Cho was known for his business acumen.
Both funds effectively went belly up after Shkreli's purported stock picking acumen turned out to be a charade.
I used as much acting acumen as I could muster and said to myself: OK, I'm an administrator.
Why it matters: China has vowed to shoot ahead in the race to gain technical acumen in space.
President Donald Trump loves to boast about his business acumen and the country's strong economy under his watch.
Their mission is to bring business acumen and compliance expertise to health care providers throughout the United States.
Mastery of political dynamics is just as important to the firm's success as any technical or business acumen.
He's proven his acumen from a business standpoint, and he can do the same from an energy perspective.
Wilkins played a key role in moving Bush's 22001 education bill, bringing all her lobbying acumen to bear.
She recognized that the show was a contest not of business acumen but of getting and leveraging attention.
After 15 years of war, the intellectual acumen of the IC seems to have declined rather than increased.
Although both men promote their business acumen, they are each worth less than when they took statewide office.
And whatever you think of Klinsmann's tactical acumen, he did try different things, even if they sometimes backfired.
John F. Kelly, the White House chief of staff and a retired Marine general, has scant political acumen.
As a broker for the Trump Organization, Mr. Sater had an incentive to overstate his business-making acumen.
He used it as an opportunity to quiet critics who questioned both his physical health and mental acumen.
The 68-year-old Clinton relentlessly sought to raise questions about her opponent's temperament, business acumen and knowledge.
The tales are well known, but Smee extracts new insights from them, combining sophisticated criticism with psychological acumen.
And who better to coordinate these decisions among competing agencies than someone who campaigned on his business acumen?
Prigozhin, 56, has boasted of meeting Putin and of the Russian leader being impressed with his business acumen.
It was Ms. Kim's father who first noticed her political acumen when she was still young, analysts say.
This time, she struck out at the core rationale for Trump's candidacy -- his deal-making abilities and business acumen.
"This is just a bump in the road," Brian Pow, an equity analyst at Acumen Capital Partners in Calgary.
With their large staffs, established customer base and technology acumen, they can migrate into the space without major hurdles.
Trump said he would make America great again through the force of his personality, negotiating skill and business acumen.
I asked Mukunda if business acumen is a useful indicator of political ability, and if it isn't, why not?
Or is it that she lacked and still lacks the persuasive acumen to make people forget all about it?
He's trying to mass produce the Judas gun and he needs her business acumen to help him do it.
Jon Favreau, a former speechwriter for President Obama, picked up on how the loss reflects on Trump's business acumen.
It is testimony to the BJP's political acumen that it may end up running the state later this month.
Evidently, Griffith's attitude is just as important as her business acumen when it comes to being a remarkable leader.
Trump has used his business acumen and familiarity with the tax code as key points of appeal to voters.
The successes of Silicon Valley CEOs are usually down to a combination of luck, grit and shrewd business acumen.
But there's also a reason that's tied to storytelling acumen, craft, and the freedom of working at Adult Swim.
That he will ply his business acumen on behalf of the everyman and turn his good fortune into theirs.
Financial institutions provide liquidity, capital and business acumen to enable today's entrepreneurs and business owners to pursue their goals.
American elites have learned to plant money offshore with acumen that comes close to matching their crooked counterparts abroad.
My response, or lack thereof, makes me suspect we lack the moral acumen to carry out the death penalty.
Trump, seeking elected office for the first time, has touted his business acumen in pressing for change in Washington.
But Mr. Trump's statement might show the limits of translating his business acumen into the world of government finance.
Often at the center of Iran's intricate webs of power, he is famous for his pragmatism and political acumen.
On Sunday night in Game 2 of the N.L.C.S., a 1-0 Dodgers victory, Baez again flashed his acumen.
The Giants were impressed with McAdoo's organizational skills, work ethic, almost fanatical attention to detail and seasoned football acumen.
Mr. Trump rode to office, in part, by arguing that his business acumen made him qualified for the job.
He was cast a paragon of business acumen on "The Apprentice" when most banks refused to lend to him.
Even without the bloodthirsty approach, Trump would do well to unleash the supreme intelligence and policy acumen of Pence.
Since impeachment enjoys considerable public support, thanks to her political acumen, Pelosi has room to speak like a statesman.
Today, Mark Cuban's business acumen has made him a fortune: He's worth an estimated $3.7 billion, according to Forbes.
Apart from Kimbal Musk, investors include social impact investors Acumen, Maria Shriver and TOMS Social Enterprise Fund, among others.
Carnegie might smile about Trump's new relationships in Saudi Arabia -- although maybe not on account of Trump's political acumen.
Our students know the three branches of government and also have the research acumen to critically evaluate news sources.
" Bloomberg fired back within 20 minutes, needling Trump over their shared New York contacts and ridiculing his business acumen. ".
Business acumen doesn't just get you money anymore; it can make you the most powerful man in the world.
If you put those things together, and you put the right acumen in, I think you could do well.
They're both sons of wealthy real estate tycoons, and were elected in part based on their perceived business acumen.
He doesn't even know what he will do As a businessman himself, Cuban said he questions Trump's business acumen.
He would be formidable and articulate in debates, and he has the social media acumen to reach the people directly.
Thanks to burgeoning imaginations and impressive work ethic, many young black entrepreneurs are already making waves with their business acumen.
Bernie Sanders argued that politicians from his and Biden's generation had the "guts" and acumen to solve the country's problems.
Those who have found themselves on track toward PSLF have only done so with considerable research acumen or outside guidance.
Now it blends an overwhelming amount of data with a weapons-grade ability to nurture and an exquisite organizational acumen.
"It has gone from bad to worse for these guys," said Brian Pow, analyst at Acumen Capital Partners in Calgary.
"Communication skills, business acumen: We're not looking to represent people for the coding and drooling in the corner," Blumberg said.
Dan and Chris say they picked up their business acumen from their dad, Gordon Gronkowski, who was an entrepreneur himself.
Whereas Mr Niel showed social acumen by investing in education and tech startups, Mr Drahi chased the next big deal.
Other long time admirers of Trump and his business acumen were milling around the room, clapping and hugging their friends.
" In addition, Harvard Law School Professor Richard Lazarus said he admires Kavanaugh's "skills as a jurist, and his legal acumen.
Getting a plan from a think tank and into the real world requires cunning, legislative agility, political acumen and courage.
Rather, it was riding upon the business acumen of Cheung Kong's chairman Li to translate his vision into internet success.
Until recently, Jackson said Friday, he had long been a fan of Hornacek and his basketball acumen, but from afar.
It was likely Berry's negative experience with Chess Records in his early years that led to his impressive business acumen.
In the case of the Obama administration, one not known for its foreign policy acumen, this situation is more pronounced.
Nicknamed "The Crocodile" for his political acumen, Mnangagwa's loyalty to Mugabe long preceded his appointment as vice president in 2014.
A leader must display strategic acumen that incorporates respect for those nations that have stood with us when trouble loomed.
"Donald Trump brags about his business acumen and success, but he has not released his voluminous tax returns," he said.
I could blame the dementia for my mother's lack of financial acumen and poor planning, but that would be wrong.
And like Mr. Trump praising his daughter's business acumen, men want different things in their wives than in their daughters.
So far, his allies have argued that Trump showed strong business acumen by using the tax code to his advantage.
Other times, he said, he showed his business acumen by canceling or delaying deals to avoid hitting a difficult market.
"Peter can do that nearly impossible thing, which is to mix genuine creative vision with business acumen," Mr. Rothman said.
Mr. Li, 89, who some called Superman for his business acumen, grew his plastic manufacturing business into a sprawling conglomerate.
Spotify doesn't alert these "tastemakers," as it calls them, that their musical acumen is being used to curate Fresh Finds.
There are people who could have gone into investment banking but instead brought their financial acumen to the nonprofit world.
California needs a master plan for equity, a goal that would take a combination of vision, political will and acumen.
Nearly always at the center of Iran's intricate webs of power, he is famous for his pragmatism and political acumen.
Alphabet CEO Larry Page has long admired Warren Buffett's business acumen in creating the industrial and investment conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway.
There are churchgoing supporters of Mr. Biden and others drawn to the business acumen of Mr. Bloomberg and Mr. Steyer.
With W.W.E., though, Greco honed his storytelling acumen and learned the difference between hearing the crowd and listening to it.
Prince Harry and his wife Meghan are displaying impressive business acumen with their ploy to disentangle themselves from state funding.
As a founder, also, of The Huffington Post, he has shown acumen for building businesses around viral content and memes.
Gene editing could help us feed the planet; we may send people to Mars; technological acumen is redefining global politics.
For civil rights advocates, however, Justice Feinman's experiences as a gay man matter almost as much as his legal acumen.
Mr. Trump has many fans in China, where he is known for his business acumen and ostentatious displays of wealth.
That Hamas has managed to survive Abbas's onslaught is seen by many Palestinians as a testament to its political acumen.
The mandatory skills are there, and then they&aposre looking at the cultural fit, the soft skills ability, the business acumen.
"He would be the perfect mixture of business acumen and pizzazz," Sharpton said -- pointing to Diddy's success in music and fashion.
Ellison got a surprising endorsement of his political acumen on Wednesday morning in the form of a tweet from the President.
His understated yet steady presence along with his technological acumen gave provided stability even when its CEO became embroiled in controversy.
While Wang the younger has long been in the public eye, it wasn't necessarily for any previous signs of business acumen.
She pitched herself as an outside-Washington choice to lead the country who could bring business acumen to the White House.
I know that he has the right expertise, experience and business acumen to lead us forward and build on our strategy.
Heyward impressed Cubs manager Joe Maddon with his base running acumen while with St. Louis last season, and nothing has changed.
" Trump painted an optimistic picture for his presidency, saying he would use his business acumen to unleash the country's "tremendous potential.
They represent much of what's right with economics as well as the acumen of top American universities in scooping up talent.
You could chalk up the Tamworth Distillery's immediate success to Grasse's business acumen, or his company's knack for building memorable brands.
Meanwhile, it turns out Ian Murray is a grand negotiator, and he and Fergus celebrate their business acumen with a drink.
Email services limited attachment size because bandwidth and storage were both expensive and FTP required a certain level of technical acumen.
Michael Jordan is known the world over for his legendary basketball career, his iconic sneakers, and, these days, his business acumen.
I would rate my musical acumen relatively low — I am neither a hoarder of old music nor a pioneer of new.
He is ranked in the top 1 percent of all Wall Street analysts for his stock picking acumen, according to TipRanks.
Eisenhower, Neustadt argued, came into office a public hero, but completely lacked the political acumen necessary to leverage it for influence.
I believe the best use of Bannon's political acumen is to make sure power given to the president is not fleeting.
The question for senators who must consent to his appointment is whether he can convert his business acumen into diplomatic statecraft.
And maybe you do learn a little bit about business acumen but it sure couldn't teach me what the controls were.
But few and probably none (George Clinton?) roamed the rock universe with as much acumen as chameleonic persona monger David Bowie.
Wrestling is an activity predicated upon a specific kind of athletic acumen and is governed by its own set of rules.
Facebook would also have used its growth acumen to drive up Twitter's membership, as it has done with Instagram and WhatsApp.
His leadership acumen and gut instincts would enable him to hire all "the best people" to help him run the country.
Instead, newspapers highlighted Mr. Kim's performance on the world stage, claiming that international media and commentaries were praising his diplomatic acumen.
"All-American family, all-American business acumen, elected governor, ran for president in a respectful way," as Mr. Cox put it.
Though he had a great run in high school, he's looking to use his business acumen to head in another direction.
Although Elliott certainly didn't hesitate to exploit her legendary beauty, it was her business acumen and cunning that assured her position.
His first task is to find an executive director with the operational acumen to manage the M.T.A. and modernize the system.
Yet before dismissing Trump's rants as evidence of his mental state, it's worth taking them seriously as proof of political acumen.
We need to develop the financial acumen and mental resolve to defy the statistic that wealth rarely lasts for three generations.
It's no secret that Israel is second only to the U.S. for its leading cybersecurity acumen, talent, startups and successful exits.
But he has the experience, temperament and grass-court acumen to upset a higher seed and go deep in the draw.
However, his business acumen has landed him in hot water, with federal authorities nabbing him on insider trading charges on Wednesday.
However, once his business acumen became one of the pillars of his presidential campaign, it became fair game for intense examination.
A craftsman who combined artistic instinct, business acumen and commensurate ego, Lagerfeld was known for his strikingly visual fashion show displays.
However, the executive reportedly stuttered when he became Disney's COO in 2015, which may not bode well for his operational acumen.
Yes, Prince made a lot of money touring and recording—he was an artist with an impeccable and unique business acumen.
Saeger, who McKinnon chose for her marketing and financial services acumen, also sits on the board of E*TRADE, an online broker.
Mr. Violier, a perfectionist known for his acumen in cooking game, ran the Restaurant de l'Hôtel de Ville with his wife, Brigitte.
Having lost power at all levels of politics, the strategic acumen of the Democratic Party's leadership is bound to come into question.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Tuesday brushed off billionaire investor Warren Buffett's blistering critique of his business acumen.
The Helsinki summit is arguably the biggest test of Trump&aposs foreign policy acumen thus far, and he cannot afford to fail.
That explains why so many tech startups have dual founders: one has the programming chops, while the other has the business acumen.
The couple talked about Ginsburg's legal acumen and her path marking success as a young lawyer in the area of gender discrimination.
Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, has been using his business acumen to appeal to voters, attempting to show off his leadership skills.
THAT HE BRINGS THIS PRIVATE SECTOR BUSINESS ACUMEN TO THE JOB THAT PERHAPS POLITICIANS DON'T KNOW, HAVEN'T EXPERIENCED BY CREATING JOBS BEFORE.
Donald Trump, in particular, has positioned himself as a businessman-president, whose corporate acumen would unleash a new era for American business.
Those who know my heart know that this is not indicative of my character, nor is it indicative of my business acumen.
We all value his sharp business acumen, his insight into trade policy issues, and his hard work to advance the President's agenda.
A true craftsman who combined artistic instinct, business acumen and commensurate ego, Lagerfeld was known for his strikingly visual fashion show displays.
He knows that the one great strength of what is generally recognised as the weakest Italy squad in decades is his acumen.
If you attack Trump on his business acumen, he'll respond by defending his abilities, and the result is a devastating sound bite.
In the three weeks following this episode, the price of Netflix shares dropped 45 percent, and Wall Street questioned the company's acumen.
If you weren't aware of such academic acumen while you were watching his revues, it was because you were laughing too hard.
When Warthen was done, he came away impressed with the acumen of Lugo, the Mets' 34th-round pick from the 2011 draft.
This criteria and practical experience will equip these leaders with the experience, political negotiation skills and diplomatic acumen to change this dynamic.
James's financial acumen has drawn praise from none other than Warren Buffett, widely considered one of the greatest investors in American history.
"He added, "A leader must display strategic acumen that incorporates respect for those nations that have stood with us when trouble loomed.
Despite his aggressive China bashing throughout the election campaign, mainland officials long believed that Trump's business acumen would overshadow his sensationalist rhetoric.
Over the years, some Viacom executives described Ms. Redstone as meddlesome and impatient in a quest for power, questioning her business acumen.
Through their nonprofit Hook, the company also offered 'harm-reduction classes' called "Rent University" on sexual health, financial advice, and business acumen.
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In 1994, she became Mr. McQueen's first employee and stayed for 18 years, providing the business acumen to support his creative talent.
These would include Trump University, which offered get-rich-quick seminars that dubiously promised to impart Trump's perceived business acumen to students.
In 237, the James Beard Foundation named Mr. Friedman, known for his charisma and business acumen, its outstanding restaurateur of the year.
For all his successes, even those who admire his business acumen question whether he could break through in politics in Los Angeles.
Emails show that Mr. Sater believed that the project would showcase Mr. Trump's deal-making acumen and propel him into the presidency.
"The streets were overflowing with people adoring our great leader, who is driving complex international politics with supernormal political acumen," it said.
His technical innovations, marketing acumen and swashbuckling mien transformed his business from a humble store into the international leader in wetsuit sales.
Although biographers characterize Sekula as an unhinged savant, her work reflects discipline and acumen that make her firepower all the more unnerving.
In nearly a quarter century on Capitol Hill, Thornberry was widely respected for his national security acumen by lawmakers in both parties.
Few were questioning Vampire Weekend's songwriting acumen and studio mastery, but you'd be forgiven if you forgot they could be this fun.
"Both my parents had a very specific way of parenting and I credit them with most of my business acumen," he says.
LeBron's preternatural combination of length, brawn, speed, awareness, athleticism, and acumen was supposed to grant him dominion over the league, and it did.
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We therefore didn't have time to carry out an interview process or assessment of employees, but hired anyone regardless of ability or acumen.
After all, it was the two men's mouths and promotional acumen that made this fight happen, not any sporting necessity or public demand.
Within the whore-archy, it's often assumed that agency girls have little business acumen, are dirty, trashy, drug-riddled, stupid, or more promiscuous.
Even if he didn't fully answer questions on race relations and questions on Trump's business acumen, Pence was the cooler alternative to Sen.
Many followers believed he could apply his financial prowess to extract value out of Sears when traditional retail executives might've lacked such acumen.
Given that voters are concerned above all with the weakness of the Taiwanese economy, his business acumen will be a big selling point.
All of this seems to me to be about using various degrees of showmanship and technological acumen to try to change the subject.
While Cook has business acumen to spare, Ive is the one who seemed to have the Midas touch when it comes to gadgets.
He said he had "hope" about prospects for peace with Trump in that role as he praised the President for his negotiating acumen.
Instead, she approaches movies, even the ones she doesn't especially love, with a combination of scholarly rigor, film-history acumen, and reliable wryness.
Hillary Clinton, Roberts noted, at least had the resources and political acumen to defend herself against intimidation in the overtly political Benghazi hearings.
The company said it had committed to a long-term agreement with Acumen for the management of digital meters of Origin's electricity customers.
Trump will need to deploy the business acumen and instincts that powered his success as he never has before against a committed adversary.
Romney is one of the only individuals with the public policy know-how, business acumen and world-spanning reputation to implement Trump's vision.
Imagine if you could start a company as an equal partner with Bill Gates, using his immense business acumen to build an empire.
Roughly 250 square feet of extra space allows Draymond Green to utilize his passing acumen in situations that often resemble half-court fastbreaks.
Long viewed by the President as lacking political acumen, Kelly appeared out of his realm, according to two sources familiar with the scene.
What is most interesting about the excessive greed on his part is how short sighted he is being, despite his obvious business acumen.
In spite of the wealth and success he had accumulated, and the technical acumen of his society, he seemed to be fatally ill.
"Gerry's deep experience and financial acumen mean that he is ideally suited to lead our finance organization during this transitional period," Munoz said.
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A candidate claiming that his business acumen will enable him to manage America deserved much more scrutiny of his bankruptcies and mediocre investing.
Physicians aren't taught the skills required to build a team, grow interpersonal relationships with others on the team, or develop their strategic acumen.
In all three collaborations, Jóhannsson displays a rare acumen for making music which functions as an essential element to the film's emotional infrastructure.
" Yet Engert understands the business acumen involved in limiting the release of certain beers and creating "an annual love affair with a beer.
"We found little evidence to support the reputation for retail business acumen for which he received his knighthood," it said in its conclusion.
Today, Higgins is passing on his business acumen at Harvard Business School, where he coteaches Moving Beyond Direct to Consumer with Len Schlesinger.
"Romney's name ID, fund-raising network and business acumen will immediately vault him to the top of the Senate GOP list," Brettell said.
"People go to Wharton to try to achieve the business acumen that just naturally flows through the veins of these guys," he said.
William Brown, a 20-year-old real-estate investor, started to sharpen his acumen of the industry while he was in high school.
Wet-brining still had its partisans: John Boehner, the former speaker of the House, bragged about his turkey-brining acumen whenever he could.
But none of these experiences, which deepened his culinary acumen, put him in the limelight, or wrested him from his passion for Japan.
Known for his defensive acumen, Rivera, 34, was a valuable reserve in his two seasons with the Mets, becoming Noah Syndergaard's preferred catcher.
Supporters of Buhari's key opponent, Abubakar, say his election will be vital in reviving Nigeria's economic fortunes because of his strong business acumen.
I found the articles in my '65 Britannica mostly high quality and high minded, but the tone of breezy acumen could become imprecise.
Baker was a strategist, organizer and mother to the movement whose political acumen, humble leadership style and razor sharp political insights were legendary.
What sets these three companies apart are other assets: unparalleled technological brilliance, rare business acumen, deep understanding of financial markets, and deep pockets.
What President Trump is trying to hide is information that reveals a better understanding of his business acumen and his current net worth.
First, he or she must be blessed with real political acumen and a like — if not love — for the politics of the job.
On both the campaign trail and in private, Trump touts his personal wealth as evidence of his superior intelligence and his business acumen.
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Morano is a cinematographer whose debut feature as a director, Meadowland, simply didn't suggest something with this level of visual acumen and control.
They've got an interest in ATM hacks, too, and their professional acumen has turned them into what researchers estimate is a billion-dollar enterprise.
His failing wits and charm aside, the utter failure of his former military acumen is the narrative blunder that feels most out of character.
Obviously, there are better measures of business acumen, but it gives you a sense of how quickly business titans can amass their huge fortunes.
I teach in prison so I have a pretty good idea of the extent of the business acumen among those who are locked up.
Gundlach, known for his investment acumen in the fixed income markets, manages assets of more than $130 billion at DoubleLine, according to its website.
Before 2016, Gianforte was primarily known as an entrepreneur who could use his business acumen to bring new industry to Montana's dwindling small towns.
Trump defines the narrative The campaign tried to counter the marketing acumen of Donald Trump with a tightly-controlled, aggressive branding and marketing plan.
One is that Basil is skilled with computers and electronics and was recruited by the older burglars for his acumen at infiltrating alarm systems.
He is a member of the board of directors of Acumen Fund, a nonprofit organization seeking innovative solutions to the problems of global poverty.
Clinton has questioned Trump's business acumen, arguing that he started his career with $14 million borrowed from his father and his four corporate bankruptcies.
Hedrick repaid his travel costs and told CNBC he provided "chemical industry acumen" during meetings with Chinese officials, at the request of the state.
Branson even shared some footage of the two dudes goofing around and testing their water sports acumen, both of them looking pleased as punch.
For decades Mr Gross displayed extraordinary acumen, not only in evaluating securities but also in structuring the duration, or time-frame, of his portfolio.
"His profits were not the result of trading acumen, diligent research, or blind luck," U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman in Manhattan said in a statement.
I was always proud to show off his technical acumen to friends and family––though that admittedly slowed down once I became a teenager.
His Chinese-American constituents admire Mr Trump's business acumen and worry about taxes, regulation and law and order, including a clampdown on illegal immigration.
The billionaire developer has repeatedly highlight his business acumen in pitches to voters, but given an inconsistent picture of his policy in public appearances.
A connection with Indira Gandhi may not be enough "to overcome barriers of caste, sub-caste, proven administrative skill [and] political acumen," said Kidwai.
Wannabe venture capitalists who think they have the shrewd business acumen to predict startup success now have a chance to test those skills online.
President-elect Trump ran on his business acumen, putting himself before the electorate as the only person capable of energizing American business and manufacturing.
Google thinks its methods for developing and controlling a software ecosystem can work in hardware because it's convinced of its own competence and acumen.
" Viera segued talk of Speier's take on Trump's mental acumen into a discussion of the President's own Twitter feed by calling him a "troll.
A few years ago, she was gracing magazine covers not because of her modeling career, but because of her television success and business acumen.
Gates — someone who is popularly defined by his success and business acumen — is fundamentally human, dealing with the universal experience of love and loss.
To do that, it is crucial that voters find a candidate that offers the right balance of temperament, empathy, intellectual capacity and political acumen.
"Having Paul as speaker, with his acumen for knowing the details of this policy -- he's been working on this for 20 years," said Rep.
But our philosophical differences never caused me to question his acumen or ability to lead New York into a better, safer, more equitable era.
It was evident that Mr. Romney's pointed remarks describing Mr. Trump's business acumen as overrated were particularly effective at getting under Mr. Trump's skin.
Both in their mid-twenties, Ken had programming and business acumen, and Roberta a latent talent for writing and designing story-driven adventure games.
Known for his technical acumen and ruthless business practices, he helped to establish Microsoft's Windows software as the primary system for the personal computer.
He gained prominence as a society physician and general fixer, valued as much for his shrewdness and good company as for his medical acumen.
The Oklahoma-born tycoon, known for his folksy speech and ruthless business acumen, died surrounded by family and friends, his spokesman Jay Rosser said.
She hammered Mr. Barr with questions, one after another, repeatedly cutting him short and showing off legal acumen honed as her state's attorney general.
Barbara Rae-Venter's genealogical sleuthing acumen has inspired others to help law enforcement with unsolved cases, as well as an ethics and privacy debate.
IQ tests are widely known to be problematic—ill equipped at measuring the acumen of people raised outside of a traditional Western education system.
Ion Tiriac, who alongside Nastase helped lead Romania to Davis Cup glory in the 1970s, has used his business acumen to support Halep's career.
Xi has already shown his acumen by getting ahead of Trump and hosting Kim before the US leader's own North Korean tête-à-tête.
But hanging around stars as a child bolstered Lil Yachty's sense of style and business acumen more than his sense of hip-hop history.
When deliberating and applying their business acumen at this week's conference, business leaders might think of the Greek philosopher Plutarch as their guiding light.
This fine biography attempts to reconcile her political acumen with the human sacrifices, infanticide, and slave trading by which she consolidated and projected power.
Self-made billionaire Carlos Slim Helú, 71, developed his business acumen at a young age and attributes his success to one person: his father.
Christian credits Jesko von Koenigsegg, now in his 80s, with supporting the company, both financially and with his business acumen, in its early years.
He didn't come to lead the state oil company because of his business acumen; he earned his position through his loyalty to Mr. Putin.
Mr. Mnuchin, a former Goldman Sachs banker and Hollywood financier, has been praised by Mr. Trump and Republicans in Congress for his financial acumen.
The president-elect campaigned on his business acumen and his deal-making skills, promising voters he would bring jobs back to the United States.
"[Bakst] brings a rare combination of business acumen, directly related fashion experience and strong leadership skills to the company," Luis said in a statement.
Well, one shark: Mark Cuban — the serial entrepreneur known for his ownership of the Dallas Mavericks and savvy investment acumen on ABC's Shark Tank.
It would be heretical to say their wit, vitality and acumen leap off the page, because Mr Griffiths does not think words work that way.
But a proliferation of simple tools for iOS, Android, and desktop computers means just about anyone with a shred of technical acumen can do it.
The BMW-Jaguar collaboration follows numerous other alliances, development partnerships and even proposed tie-ups between automakers hoping to share resources, technical acumen and costs.
Going back to last summer, it was Trump's outsized political acumen that led him to understand the populist economic revolt that has been sweeping America.
The world knew Spade as the woman with amazing creativity and business acumen who was behind a handbag empire known for its vibrant, feminine designs.
Because when we're on the other side of the grass, those bonding moments are things dads are remembered for — not our money or business acumen.
He's apt to rattle off ideas pulled from a deep knowledge of code, industry acumen, and the philosophy of technology, sometimes in the same breath.
Because Wiley's image is so closely modeled on this famous David, no particular acumen is needed to see its source, certainly not in this setting.
President Emmanuel Macron had just fired the unpopular Francoise Nyssen, who was accused of lacking political acumen and of conflicts of interest, from the position.
And never forget about the aesthetically destructive effect MMA fandom has had on the fashion sense and tattoo acumen of thousands of young white men.
He thinks his illicit business acumen makes him better than his own father, a devoted husband and cab driver who is putting him through school.
Plenty of presidential candidates have pointed to their business acumen in making a case for the White House, most recently Republican Mitt Romney in 270.
And Trump, who has been famous for decades as a symbol of wealth and business acumen, channeled the image of a negotiator throughout his campaign.
Oprah is similarly successful in business, but her acumen doesn't come from a family inheritance: she dealt with sexual abuse and poverty as a child.
Ndamukong Suh spoke to Business Insider in a wide-ranging interview about his budding business acumen, including his interest in tech, engineering, and real estate.
It's almost like they have split Trump's political personality in two, putting the nationalist rhetoric into Marine Le Pen and the business acumen into Macron.
She dismissed suggestions it was her family connections rather than business acumen that led to her appointment after the surprise dismissal of the Sonangol board.
Barring a full release of his tax returns, this glimpse may be all the public has on which to gauge his business acumen as well.
Some are new to government and some are returning in different roles, but all have the acumen and experience to achieve the mission at hand.
Mark Mahaney of RBC Capital is ranked in the top 10 of all analysts on Wall Street for his stock-picking acumen, according to TipRanks.
Humanities degree-holders, as the figure above shows, were weak in financial acumen and business savvy — both of which are extremely important for business leaders.
It claimed the documents were illegally procured and that the nominee remains a model of business acumen who has shown "incredible skills" in his dealings.
The unusually fierce backlash is testing the Communist Party's ability to manage class conflict, as well as the political acumen of its leader, Xi Jinping.
Bob Vander Plaats, an Iowa religious leader and a national chairman for Mr. Cruz, said Mr. Trump's complaints had heightened doubts about his managerial acumen.
Trump acknowledged in past depositions that he did not pick seminar leaders, which former students said were advertised with false promises about their business acumen.
Giuliani's legal acumen was proven by a renowned spell as the US attorney for the Southern District of New York before he ran for mayor.
Bloomberg is widely admired for his intellect, business acumen, consensus building, as well as his charity -- not to mention a true fortune that humbles Trump.
Dr. Oz has come to represent popular medical authority in the same way that Mr. Trump, through such platforms as "The Apprentice," symbolizes business acumen.
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We as a brand and in our culture, we always try to apply creative thinking to business decisions and business acumen to the creative process.
However Barnum is also remembered for his entrepreneurial spirit and business acumen, and his professional advice is often reprinted in books aimed at self-starters.
It's a big pet peeve of mine in movies when I see people playing musicians, and they clearly don't have any acumen with their instrument.
The over $800 million Bohemian Rhapsody has grossed, making it the highest grossing drama in film history, is testament to his remarkable vision and acumen.
And Mr James, whose defensive acumen is often overshadowed by his offensive brilliance, put his keen instincts and remarkable ability to anticipate plays on display.
Another example is shown in a 2012 study from the State Street Center for Applied Research, in which investors were asked about their financial acumen.
"I just think she has the political acumen, the fundraising prowess, and the look to be an effective national spokesman," said a senior GOP aide.
Positioned as an outsider, touted as anti-establishment, advertised as blunt, Trump has never established a firm foundation in acumen, in direction or in character.
Tired of lying in wait, I tapped into my political acumen to see if my local representative, Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz, could advocate on my behalf.
From story to story we are introduced to details so fine and clean that their observations are at once accessible and overwhelming for their acumen.
Today, Higgins is passing along his business acumen to others at Harvard Business School, where he coteaches Moving Beyond Direct to Consumer with Len Schlesinger.
As we sucked down our T&T's, Trump bashed his opponents and touted his unrivaled business acumen as the perfect remedy to flailing American leadership.
But political analysts argue that seeing her simply as a younger version of Ms. Merkel sells short a woman admired for her own political acumen.
China's annexation of Congo is "why we need a man with a business acumen like Donald Trump as president," he told Annika Pergament on NY1.
His old friend exhibited little basketball acumen, fumbling around a concrete court just off a busy thoroughfare and across the street from an auto shop.
One is uplifting and inspirational: A young man from a modest background, but with more than the usual dose of business acumen, builds an empire.
The Yankees drew praise for their business acumen from the agent Scott Boras, who held court as he ritually does at the general managers' meetings.
It's unclear how he amassed so much money, but it was his business acumen and deep pockets that kept the school afloat during hard times.
Climate Barbara Rae-Venter's genealogical sleuthing acumen has inspired others to help law enforcement with unsolved cases, as well as an ethics and privacy debate.
Bird, who had already won a national title in the 2000 season, was the ideal pass-first point guard to complement Taurasi's wondrous scoring acumen.
In 28503, as another businessman runs for president, many of his supporters tout his business acumen as an indicator he will make a great president.
Not out of a sense of racial justice or marketing acumen, but simply because, shallow as his niche might be, it is also very wide.
Oh, sure, if your idea of fun is sitting down to daily highbrow tests of your intellectual acumen, then by all means, have at them.
Colantuono pinpoints the three key skills employees should have if they want to snag a lead role in the workplace: business, strategic and financial acumen.
In retrospect, the deal looks much more like an acqui-hire of Malhotra, who had the digital payments infrastructure acumen necessary to complete this project.
Until January, Honig had an extensive website filled with fawning descriptions of his investment acumen and what he does for companies when he gets involved.
During his years as an investment banker and as an entrepreneur in the film industry, he has cultivated the acumen needed to finance ambitious projects.
It is a measure of English Brexiteers' political acumen that they were initially oblivious to the volatile Irish question and contemptuous of the Scottish one.
In allying with the Houthis, an unsophisticated Islamist movement from northern Yemen, Mr. Saleh provided both political acumen and well-trained, well-equipped fighting forces.
Trump's private sector acumen has created jobs, the newspaper admitted, but has also sent jobs overseas and left some who did business with him unpaid.
Instead, they are questioning his temperament, his business acumen and his fundamental values as an American in a nonstop bid to make him unpalatable to voters.
Feeling insecure about their level of financial acumen can deter women from making empowered life decisions, according to new research from Edward Jones's female empowerment survey.
The abundance of online Yang supporters with digital acumen yet plenty of time on their hands may speak to more dislocated workers in our near future.
The billionaire hedge-fund manager, known for his short-selling acumen, also discussed the U.S. election, the state of the hedge fund business and Valeant Pharmaceuticals.
But, as anyone who watched The King of Kong will have learned, he's also a bit shady and his Donkey Kong acumen is far from established.
She values and trusts Baum not only because of her business acumen, but because Baum has conquered her own health battles as a breast-cancer survivor.
IN HIS fourteen seasons on "The Apprentice", a television show testing contestants' business acumen and mettle, Donald Trump developed a signature line for dismissing hapless aspirants.
He said at first he'd been impressed by the business acumen of Trump the real estate developer, when he first started working with him in 2007.
There's just an extra twist of irony in allowing your most valuable assets to slide into the ocean when you've staked your reputation on business acumen.
Wish you had a little more business acumen, but don't have the time (or willingness to take out massive student loans) to go to business school?
Founded by a group of former Nokia engineers, Jolla is one of those companies built more on goodwill and rose-tainted optimism than practical business acumen.
He was respectful and had the acumen to become a good assistant, but I needed to see his personality and ability to deal with professional players.
But as time passed, his foreign policy acumen has come to define his presidency, leaving a legacy of wise and sure-handed management of world affairs.
"It brings him to the conclusion that he has the business acumen and the ratings for his own network," a source close to the businessman said.
On Tuesday, Cruz focused his statement on Tillerson's business acumen, touting his "deep expertise on energy issues" and experience negotiating complex business deals across the world.
As they began formulating their idea, friends encouraged him to reach out to Kirsten Green, the Silicon Valley venture capitalist known for her retail investing acumen.
Where other teams might not have rehired Petrino or retained Pitino, Louisville would — and would thereby benefit from their undeniable acumen as other programs would not.
Others don't have the same business acumen, the personal connection to their readers, or the sensitivity to weather the storm, and they could face hard times.
Her math acumen earned her a scholarship to Central State University in Wilberforce, Ohio, where she was a math major with a minor in computer science.
And an occasional critique against conscious efforts to diversify the court is meritocracy: that potential justices should be chosen for their legal acumen and judicial temperament.
These barriers didn't stop Clicquot, who used her business acumen to outsmart her competitors and bring her product to Russia and, ultimately, the rest of Europe.
"The theory that that hair tousle made a difference is based on the supposition that Jimmy's fans went to him for political acumen," Mr. Colbert said.
Republicans have been impressed with the former Goldman Sachs banker's business acumen, while Democrats have argued forcefully that he is ill-equipped to steer America's economy.
Ball said Ocasio-Cortez, who is often referred to as AOC, has honed a kind of political acumen that puts her above many other Democratic lawmakers.
" Isakson said in December that Loeffler's appointment was "historic" and added that her "business experience and acumen will be an asset to Georgia and the Senate.
But Falwell Jr. isn't an evangelical leader, and his support for Trump is purportedly based on the president's "business acumen," not his relationship with Jesus Christ.
The bet now is that Tan can use his acquisition integration acumen to derive value from a business vertical that isn't core to Broadcom's semiconductor business.
But people who know Vogt attribute his success to a rare mixture of technical know-how and business acumen, along with an obsession with difficult feats.
It's also weird he's posting shirtless, muscly pics and bragging about his workouts and gun acumen, as if that is how he's going to protect gays.
Of course, the man has a formidable mind and powerful business acumen, so it's not from any doubt that he knows about cars, or rockets, or tunnels.
It's another step in the emerging global trend toward the double income family, successful business women and men who respect and admire women for their business acumen.
In a letter sent to media outlets today, Ma wrote that Zhang has "demonstrated his superb talent, business acumen and determined leadership" since taking over as CEO.
They're both fiscal conservatives with no actual political experience, who each argue that an outsider with business acumen is needed to put their respective governments in order.
They are deeply valued contributors to the innovation, research and business acumen of our nation, and they serve critical roles in the successful operations of US companies.
But it's also a sly indictment of Trump, and the pervasive myths — of his own business acumen, of the white working class — that have shepherded his rise.
Today's release builds on that, but focuses more on the "lower-end of the tech acumen spectrum," as FileMaker's director of platform evangelism Andrew LeCates told me.
The piece in the show underscores Parrish's acumen as a businessman, the Cutlers said, because he sold many prints of the King Cole image, multiplying his earnings.
It is the most time-honored tradition of The Bachelor to make probably very normal women look as though they have the emotional acumen of drunk toddlers.
But Trump, whose platform is based on the premise that his business acumen is a fine — indeed, preferable — substitute for political experience, is making a big mistake.
They are deeply valued contributors to the innovation, research and business acumen of our nation, and they serve critical roles in the successful operations of U.S. companies.
"It's important people coalesce behind the next president of the United States," Buffett told CNN, even as he raised doubts about his economic plans and business acumen.
But they had been testy adversaries during the campaign with Christie repeatedly ripping Trump for his lack of policy acumen and plans Christie said could never work.
He wows scouts with his acumen on the baseball field, and for someone who doesn't turn 21 until December, his lack of mental mistakes is very impressive.
As you might anticipate, MBAs rated higher in financial acumen, business savvy, and establishing strategic direction — skills that are commonly emphasized and developed in most MBA programs.
To tackle these development issues, Total, ENEA Consulting, SEforALL and Acumen launched the Energy Access Booster, a call for projects that supports energy access entrepreneurs in Africa.
"There isn't the panic that I think the numbers were looking like on the open," said Brian Pow, an equity analyst at Acumen Capital Partners in Calgary.
She's golfed her way to six LPGA tour wins, including her first major title this week, and honed her business acumen for a life beyond the links.
With Haig, Nixon learned military acumen doesn't always mean much in Washington warfare -- especially when the head of the political army refuses to change a failed strategy.
Good luck becomes the rational result of an efficient system; abstracted, self-centering disregard passes as laser-focused acumen; consequences are a problem for the less virtuous.
Second, it means that those with much to lose by breaking our addiction to fossil fuel have more to gain by redirecting their investments and acumen elsewhere.
Her business acumen and life advice have allowed her to create a personal brand distinct from her boss Mark Zuckerberg and launched her name into conversations worldwide.
Today, he's "Charlie Rocket," but once he was "CEO Charlie," an adolescent brain tumor survivor and budding music mogul hoping business acumen would compensate for his obesity.
But, as the three young partners behind Windward Boardshop, Chicago's boutique snowboarding shop, found out, passion for the slopes alone doesn't necessarily translate into solid business acumen.
And if times got tough, he said, he would use his business acumen to strike a deal with the nation's creditors for something less than full payment.
"Defendant is the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, and has made his business acumen an important element of his campaign," a brief in support of the motion says.
Judge Phelan said he wondered why someone with Mr. Redstone's "business acumen" would not amend the trust to reflect his California residence rather than his Massachusetts roots.
Forrester chief analyst Jay Pattisall told Business Insider that Accenture won by selling its tech and strategy consulting acumen and Droga5's creative as a single package.
His business acumen has paid off: Breitbart received 18.3 million unique visitors in July, according to data from comScore, up about 40 percent from the year prior.
The activist investor, who leads Icahn Enterprises LP, was an early and close ally of Trump who was often praised by the Republican for his business acumen.
Paul possesses statistical acumen so keen he can summon without effort Duffy Dyer's career numbers against lefties with men on base and fewer than two men out.
His technical acumen and experience has helped him establish a rapport with the companies' founders and get into deals, he told Business Insider in a recent interview.
Orb Energy, an Indian solar company backed by U.S. venture capital fund Acumen Fund Inc, secured $10 million in OPIC financing last year for commercial rooftop projects.
" He adds, "The over $800 million Bohemian Rhapsody has grossed, making it the highest grossing drama in film history, is testament to his remarkable vision and acumen.
Old-school thinkers will tell you that the Heat's 9-2 record in games decided by 3 or fewer points is tied to Erik Spoelstra's coaching acumen.
Mr. Trump praised his business acumen, calling him "one of the great businessmen of our time," and their personal relationship is likely to benefit Mr. Gou's campaign.
Those corporate announcements, repackaged or not, mesh well with Trump's messaging, that his business acumen will translate into a stronger U.S. economy and a growing job market.
Some tech leaders believe that applying an engineering mind-set can improve just about any system, and that their business acumen qualifies them to rethink American education.
Working through the ranks to become a clear voice for women's issues, coupled with her considerable business acumen, she should be a respected figure regardless of politics.
Always more conservative than he let on (and he let on very little), Cheney executed others' visions with a cold confidence exceeded only by his bureaucratic acumen.
But they haven't had a player with Fitzpatrick's acumen and athleticism since Troy Polamalu, curly locks flowing from beneath his helmet, last patrolled the secondary in 2014.
A raft of acquisitions in quick succession cemented Sprecher's deal making acumen and ICE as a global powerhouse in futures, equities, swaps, clearing houses and financial data.
While Mr. Mnuchin's financial acumen has been praised by Mr. Trump and Republicans in Congress, Democrats have argued forcefully that he is not up to the job.
Wawrinka, for all his improvement and for all the tactical acumen of his coach, Magnus Norman, has still never beaten Federer on any surface other than clay.
Greater confidence that Brexit-related issues will be dealt with has encouraged investors to look for bargains, said Brian Pow, vice president, research at Acumen Capital Partners.
Known for his tactical acumen in the cage, Woodley never had the time or space to use it as Usman swarmed all over him from the opening bell.
Elizabeth Tyler, cohead of the Klan's PR firm, defied almost all the gender norms of the time and displayed a business acumen that might befit a CEO today.
And while John Kasich may lay claim to political acumen and savvy, none of that can resolve the fears and anxieties of an increasingly bewildered and frustrated public.
Wood never missed a game in 12 Packers seasons, made the Pro Bowl eight times, intercepted 48 passes and inspired his teammates with his tenacity and football acumen.
By contrast, there are fine sequences involving Snowden's off-the-charts acumen as a self-taught whiz kid, impressing an early instructor (Rhys Ifans) who champions his career.
She's actually-, if you look at how she ran the Home Office, she ran the Home Office with a great deal of detailed, hands on acumen and aplomb.
And everywhere these giants go, home-grown entrepreneurs will be hoping that their local acumen will give them an edge and looking for overseas investors to back them.
His picks average a 59 percent success rate and he is ranked in the top 13 percent of all analysts for his stock-picking acumen, according to TipRanks.
Clinton cast Trump as a careless businessman, a direct affront at his campaign's selling point that he knows how to fix the country because of his business acumen.
This came after former GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney battled Trump on Thursday — both delivering a blistering series of insults against each other's temperaments, electability and business acumen.
The Giants' second-year coach, Pat Shurmur, and the Jets' first-year coach, Adam Gase, have had their decision-making and in-game acumen questioned, with good reason.
Clinton continued to try out different attacks against the billionaire businessman, touching on subjects including his business acumen, his foreign policy views and even his reality-show catchphrase.
The president has followed non-elected advisers who have never had to shoulder the responsibility of actually governing and have the political acumen of a collection of squirrels.
Trump's decision to disband the councils is a surprising retreat for the combative president, who has touted his business acumen, negotiating skills and economic policy as central strengths.
The White House praised Stevens for his "humility, legal acumen, and affection for his beloved Chicago Cubs" in a statement issued Tuesday night following news of his passing.
So, with only some above-average technical acumen and a credit card, anybody can have access to the same computing power as the biggest companies in the world.
Jokic is not cut like Towns, but pairs similar shooting numbers with fantastic rebounding acumen and some of the most comically avant-garde passes you will ever see.
A former banker with a keen business acumen, Amrish launched a pret (ready to wear) line called Label, in a sharp contrast to what his mother stood for.
There are exhibits devoted to their manager's business acumen, their stage costumes, their multitudinous Gold and Platinum plaques, their microphones, their studio setup, and their pre-show ritual.
It took many years to develop my functional expertise, business acumen, management capability and network before I could land executive positions with significant equity that would pay off.
Mr. Marcus's support for Jewish students has earned him praise in some quarters as an ardent defender of civil liberties with an acumen for the rule of law.
Buying larger companies, whose commercial fortunes can turn on dynamics different from those that affect smaller businesses, may require acumen that a manager with a limited perspective lacks.
"When Bloomberg was in Columbia maybe one or two years ago, he worked with artisans who have a certain craft but don't necessarily have business acumen," Herbert recalled.
Over the next half-hour he complimented Cerrone, who is nicknamed Cowboy, on everything from his fighting acumen to his reptile-skin blazer (made of python, Cerrone said).
Her lavish lifestyle and business acumen resonate with many young professionals who are hungry for fame and fortune in a society that often equates material wealth with success.
In doing so, the O.S.S. assembled a concentration of acumen and talent that rivaled those of the iconic schools and institutes that propagated design in the 20th century.
The influence of my father's mechanics and my mother's mathematical acumen gave me early exposure to math and engineering concepts that I now use on a daily basis.
Wading into the weeds is nothing new for Alsup, who has established a reputation for his technical acumen and desire to learn about the latest research and technology.
The result is thoroughly beguiling but also pleasingly humble, largely in service of his characters and their story, rather than just drawing attention to his powerful visual acumen.
But despite their outsize influence and clear business acumen, their entrepreneurship and creative talents are rarely recognized in mainstream media outlets to the same degree as their white peers.
So far, the GCF's biggest single disbursement for a project is $5 million, to the private New York-based Acumen Fund to develop solar energy in Kenya and Rwanda.
The younger Reuss remained with GM and, over the next two decades served in a broad mix of posts testing his business acumen as well as his engineering skills.
Some conservatives are arguing that Trump's business acumen — and even his reality show past — could be helpful in pursuing negotiations with the North Korean government and ultimately achieving disarmament.
By the time he became a presidential candidate, Trump had reversed all of that, re-branding himself as a Republican culture warrior while continuing to tout his business acumen.
Paulson accused Trump, who has touted his business acumen as a real estate developer during his campaign, of taking "imprudent risk" and then disavowing his debts when ventures fail.
Apple is demonstrating its design and engineering acumen, parading its metalworking skill on four wheels, and daring us to dream of owning one of these Mac Pros one day.
"The Mozambique acquisition was expected to restore the market's confidence in Albanese's deal-making acumen, but on-the-ground realities in Mozambique quickly undermined that narrative," the SEC said.
Donald Trump's racial rhetoric and poor business acumen make him unfit to occupy the Oval Office, a former aide to President Ronald Reagan told CNBC's "Worldwide Exchange" on Thursday.
Those challenges didn't stop Lampert, the hedge fund manager who had already impressed Wall Street with his acumen when he seemingly turned around Kmart, which he bought in 2004.
Hottovy said "it's obviously impossible to replace someone with the retail acumen of Howard Schultz," but after listening to CNBC's interview with Schultz and Johnson, he felt somewhat relieved.
So it's been baffling to watch Trump rile up millions of American voters on the platform that he'll use his business acumen to bring economic success to our nation.
Though Trump has repeatedly boasted about using his business acumen to transform a "small loan" of $2000 million from his father into billions, the Times found something quite different.
In this video, scientists at the Black Hole Laboratory at the University of Nottingham used water, fluorescent dye, a special tank, and engineering acumen to simulate a black hole.
The overriding sentiment is still "Jail Hillary Clinton," but there's been room to talk about the space program and race relations and entrepreneurship, as well as Trump's business acumen.
But McKinney called Torres an electrifying defender — "He can make fireworks happen, I like to say," McKinney said — and Boone praised his overall acumen, without citing a standout tool.
Rispone has depicted himself as a political outsider with business acumen who is setting his sights on rewriting the state constitution in order to reform the state's tax code.
Rispone had depicted himself as a political outsider with business acumen who is setting his sights on rewriting the state constitution in order to reform the state's tax code.
Hotdog vendors tend to have real business acumen and, if things in his life had gone a little differently, Milton Street might have made a good Goldman Sachs man.
With Barak's help the app company has raised $203 million as it seeks to leverage both his portfolio and his political acumen in its push into a crowded market.
Mr. Quintana, who has been a cinematographer and a camera operator, has worked with Terrence Malick (an executive producer of "The Vessel") and displays a similarly exquisite visual acumen.
In the end, his debate performance did not quite live up to his bluster and braggadocio (although he did once use the word "braggadocious," referring to his business acumen).
If everybody gets a strong boost off the blocks, the winners of the economic race—the ultra-affluent—can believe that they got there by their industry or acumen.
Friends who have spoken with him said he felt vindicated by Mr. Trump's improbable electoral success, playing down doubts about his strategy and expressing admiration for his political acumen.
The larger "Star Trek" enterprise has been boldly going on for a half-century, and more hours of television and cinema than I possess the Googling acumen to tally.
Her fierce business acumen caught the eye of NBC again when they offered her a slot as a contestant on the first season of the Celebrity Apprentice in 2008.
Sean Combs, commonly known as Puff Daddy or Diddy, is an artist and entrepreneur whose business acumen has garnered him a net worth of $820 million, according to Forbes.
She left the food industry to model full time but struggled initially to make a living at it, in large part, she says, because she lacked the business acumen.
Ms. Wu says that she and her co-founders, Sophie Fenton and Amanda Tawhai, pack a one-two punch that combines her business acumen with their knowledge of education.
Not exactly celebrated for his deal-making acumen as the Kings' vice president for basketball operations and general manager, Divac shipped Cousins to the New Orleans Pelicans in February.
We're told Knight's been friends with Ray J for decades and trusts his business acumen and ability to choose the right projects for film, TV, book publications and more.
In his statement making official his decision to nominate Mr. Tillerson, the president-elect lavished praise on the Exxon executive for his business acumen and knowledge of the world.
McGovern lost to President Nixon in a landslide; Mr. Caddell's political acumen and polling expertise, translating data into tactical strategy, were among the few creditable outcomes of the campaign.
Trump's only credential for holding office is his purported business acumen, so it is imperative that business leaders show he doesn't have corporate support for his most threatening policies.
"He is an incredibly personable collaborative, non-aggressive individual who prefers to work through his acumen, his intelligence, his intellect, not through his relationship and networks," the CMO said.
Her biggest moment in the primary came when she played the role of the anti-Trump — someone with business acumen and private-sector experience, without the bombast and sexism.
Unlike Ronald Reagan, an actor who became governor of California before he made it to the White House, Trump used his business acumen and his TV persona as his resume.
And GOP lawmakers are having to dodge and weave in the corridors of Capitol Hill, unwilling to cross the President on an issue that weighs on his decisions or acumen.
"IT professionals with niche skill sets and good business acumen will be in a strong position to negotiate higher salaries and choose between multiple job offers," the survey report said.
On Friday, the world lost a critical force behind what is now JPMorgan Chase and, more importantly, an individual universally regarded with praise for his character, generosity and business acumen.
That's thanks a lot to CEO Ben Silbermann, whose flexibility and business acumen has turned an internal moonlight project into one of Pinterest's — and the Web's — biggest technological success stories.
But when it comes to actually revamping the experience of flying, that's easier said than done, apparently even for someone with the resources, vision, and business acumen of Richard Branson.
"Nancy Bergeson was a career-long public defender whose legal acumen was matched only by her uncanny ability to empathize with her clients," according to a statement from the association.
After ruling out other possible explanations, such as greater skills or business acumen, the economists interpret this recovery as the result of elite networks acting as an invisible safety-net.
Dealing with people with mental illness "involves none of the skills, acumen, and prowess that characterize the ideal image of a first-​rate officer," wrote sociologist Egon Bittner in 1967.
"As one of our longest tenured players, Joe's shooting acumen, playmaking ability and unselfishness have been integral to our team's identity," Jazz general manager Justin Zanik said in a statement.
Jones stressed his collaboration in Prince's various philanthropic endeavors, while McMillan highlighted his business acumen and depth of experience in handling the financial interests of numerous recording stars, including Prince.
Former GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney battled Republicans' current front-runner Donald Trump on Thursday — both delivering a blistering series of insults against each other's temperaments, electability and business acumen.
It seems unwise and immoral for the federal government to take more than half of the money away from people who earned it through hard work, success, and entrepreneurial acumen.
Unveiling the 21 X at IFA in Berlin today, Acer acknowledges that this laptop is more of a proof of engineering acumen than any sort of "big seller" retail product.
It's hardly a secret that we, as entertainment junkies, pen and share our list of favorites not merely as objective analysis, but as some demonstration of our own critical acumen.
CNBC Meets' Tania Bryer speaks to global music megastar Dolly Parton, who takes the time to discuss her humble beginnings, her business acumen and her success as a music icon.
This will be a major headache for Pelosi, who has the political acumen to understand that a hyperpartisan impeachment proceeding could easily backfire and cost her party dearly in 2020.
Quinn spends this episode spouting stock phrases about potential motherhood at Booth — such a downgrade from her usual predatory acumen that even Constance Zimmer can't summon much energy for it.
That is in part because Mr. Karzai has been busy using his social acumen to try to shed a more favorable light on his legacy after 13 years in power.
If you truly want to convince someone else to not vote for Trump, while maintaining your intellectual honesty and ostensible acumen, you really need to stop comparing Trump to Hitler.
Quibi, given Katzenberg and Whitman's entertainment and business acumen, is expected to compete with the biggest players in the space, including Instagram, Netflix and Snap, which today announced Snap Originals.
A major part, for sure, was Klinsmann's lack of tactical acumen and seeming inability to get the most from his players, who routinely performed better for club than country. Why?
Braun's theory is that Trump had a poor grasp of which contestants had performed well—either due to a lack of business acumen or simply because he wasn't paying attention.
There is a long and rich tradition of debate in philosophy and cognitive science about the nature of those entities, which the three main aliens resolve with impressive practical acumen.
There's a danger, though, that the reality-distorting effects of being a billionaire will warp his judgment, convincing him that his business acumen is transferable to the realm of politics.
His name means "just and merciful," and the state media are worshipful about his "brilliant intelligence, military acumen, matchless courage and outstanding art of command," as one publication put it.
Clinton's campaign announced her appearance last Friday, touting it as an opportunity for the former secretary of state to take Trump to task over his boasts of superior business acumen.
When the N.C.A.A. tiptoed in two weeks ago and threatened to censure Kansas, where the basketball team relied on the acumen of clever bagmen, university officials near-quivered with anger.
And men like Andy Palmer, a street-smart punk-rock enthusiast from England who spent over two decades at Nissan before taking his marketing acumen to Aston Martin in 2014.
When the N.C.A.A. tiptoed in two weeks ago and threatened to censure Kansas, where the basketball team relied on the acumen of clever bagmen, university officials near-quivered with anger.
There's Reza Zarrab, the Turkish national at the center of the largest sanctions-evasion scheme ever run out of Iran, who opted to hire Giuliani for, supposedly, his legal acumen.
And as the newws media swarm players asking them about their strategy, their plans and their coaching staff, Sowers's gender and sexuality have taken a back seat to her acumen.
Indeed, for the past few decades, ambitious doctors have strived to be at once baseball players and physicists: they've tried to use diagnostic acumen to understand the pathophysiology of disease.
Over the course of four books, countless speeches, and 25,000 tweets, Benioff has created a public persona that marries audacious business acumen with ambiguously spiritual beneficence, all inextricable from Salesforce.
A keen sense of strategy, strong communications skills, true business acumen and experience mounting 'campaigns' will be the key traits for the next generation of advocates and lobbyists in Washington.
On the campaign trail, then-candidate Donald Trump pointed to his business acumen as evidence of his effective leadership and repeatedly promised to run the White House like a business.
The smarter play for parents of adult kids with partners is to find something (anything!) to admire in the mates — their business acumen, tennis games or bonds with their children.
Though she had demonstrated shrewd business acumen by retaining the copyright of her later novels, Austen's family began recasting her as a modest lady who wrote for pleasure, not for profit.
The 78-year-old grandmother of 9, often criticized for not being "likable" enough, has pushed through legislation, including the Affordable Care Act, with single-minded focus and unparalleled political acumen.
The former International Monetary Fund chief and French finance minister is known for her political acumen — skills that could help reduce dissent within the central bank and convince governments to act.
America was eventually tipped into accepting another central bank by the financial panic of 1907, which was resolved only by the financial acumen of John Pierpont Morgan, the country's leading banker.
I was always a very poor math student (I failed algebra 2 AND physics the same year in high school) and thought that you needed serious technical acumen for the practice.
The candidate praised his children's business acumen, his Scottish-born mother and the golf course itself, dismissing complaints from Republicans that he should have stuck to the campaign trail at home.
In addition to the giveaway in the form of the email address, the last line of the invitation revealed that it had been sent to test the recipient's digital security acumen.
Trump's VP search enters frenzied phase And in between lies former Newt Gingrich, the scrappy former House speaker esteemed for his political acumen and beloved for his off-the-cuff style.
JOHN LEGEND: I think it just helps you have better business acumen, and ask the right questions, hire the right people, understand, you know, how to interact with other business people.
They sometimes achieve measures of fame, but much of the work of movement-building is done in the field, and requires strategic acumen, organizing, fundraising, mobilization, recruitment, endurance, and ideological dedication.
Unfortunately for Trump, the people who are speaking on behalf of his business acumen are inadvertently making the argument that he is not as successful as he repeatedly says he is.
Many have speculated that the company, most famous for vacuums and hand dryers, could easily transfer some of its engineering acumen to address solutions needed in the automotive and robotics sectors.
Warmly accepted by her Nigerian captors, she's praised for her technological acumen, especially for developing the Accent, a tool that allows her to hack into other operating systems and control them.
Trump, who claimed a $916 million loss on his 1995 tax return, won a presidential election based on his alleged business acumen and other things that are depressing to think about.
Some might expect Clinton, who is a brilliant and effective advocate when he chooses to be, to lend his charisma and policy acumen to his wife in a very public way.
But Muslim Democrats, by comparison, overwhelmingly put Islamophobia on top: For Muslims who care about the economy over anything else, Trump's financial success and perceived business acumen may be very attractive.
While my generation might have more business experience and acumen, who better to convey the value of transparency, instant communication and collaboration than someone who grew up on communities like Facebook?
I always say to my team, we as a brand and in our culture, we always try to apply creative thinking to business decisions and business acumen to the creative process.
However, the tax returns of a presidential candidate whose campaign is based in large part on his business acumen would seem to be well on the other side of the line.
I am convinced that a new breed of entrepreneurs who build teams with superb product sense, industry expertise and marketing acumen will drive significant change in insurance over the next decade.
During a world media tour to promote their bout McGregor, seeing an opening, mercilessly attacked Mayweather for his poor business acumen while accusing him of being uneducated and unable to read.
Meanwhile, beneath that surface everyone understands that a nomination battle can be as political as any election, with sex and race and looks and charisma mattering as much as judicial acumen.
In a recent interview, MediaMonks' chief executive, Victor Knaap, said that due diligence research into Mr. Sorrell had turned up praise for his acumen and for his unparalleled network of contacts.
Surely, he thought that he would be able to demonstrate to the world his lucidity and acumen, his grasp of the issues and his relish for rapprochement with his political adversaries.
Although he flirted with music at Kwame Nkrumah, his business acumen led Eazi back to Nigeria, where he started his own e-commerce platform for trading stocks in Lagos at 23.
After a first set in which Nadal seemed reluctant to hit the ball to del Potro's high-powered forehand, Nadal summoned his strategic acumen to change the course of the match.
The bubble, while it lasted, gave millions in the middle class a sense of validation of their financial acumen, and made them feel as if they had done the Right Thing.
Known for his flair and confidence, Ghosn won respect for his business acumen and for shaking up Nissan's traditional corporate culture, which may have made it difficult to hold him accountable.
But this is Kenin's moment (she beat Gauff in the fourth round), and for all her pluck and tactical acumen, it remains unclear how she will handle her first major final.
In reality, the series turned out to be almost boring, since it was mostly about the two YouTube stars marveling at their own business acumen and crying over their shared success.
On Friday night, the top-seeded Tar Heels used their size and shooting acumen to overwhelm the fourth-seeded Butler Bulldogs, 92-80, in a South Regional semifinal at FedEx Forum.
With Phoenix as the model for iBuyers, companies have expanded to markets that share many characteristics with the desert city, testing their pricing models and operational acumen against different potential variables.
The companies, once held up as beacons of American ingenuity and business acumen, have been under siege about spreading disinformation, failing to respect users' privacy and maneuvering to minimize their taxes.
So, for New Year's, we repacked our hopes and our sunglasses and headed to San Juan, P.R. Determined to prove my worth via my travel acumen, I sunk my teeth in.
Mr. Trump used loans from Deutsche Bank to finance skyscrapers and other high-end properties, and repeatedly cited his relationship with the bank to deflect political attacks on his business acumen.
There are also murals of Presidents Obama and Grant in the facility, among others, but the Trump mural is the most peculiar because it derives from a discussion of real estate acumen.
That said, the process did require a certain amount of acumen; for this process to come about, Neanderthals needed to recognize certain material properties, such as the degree of adhesiveness and viscosity.
Dubugras and Franceschi not only had a big network of startup entrepreneurs in their Rolodex, but they had the fintech acumen necessary to build a credit card business designed specifically for founders.
Pragmatic, textile-driven design, social media acumen, and supply-chain savvy made Outlier a darling of nerdy, direct-to-consumer technical menswear and an I-see-you signifier among Silicon Valley types.
The easy access to expertise in the latest technologies, and the "been-there-done-that" business acumen, are key ingredients to success in Silicon Valley—and the first things missed anywhere else.
Sanders, meanwhile, has requested an extension to file his PFD, and Trump quickly tied the Vermont senator's deferral with a lack of business acumen, calling him another "all talk, no action" politician.
The GCF is putting $25m into a fund raised by Acumen, an impact investor, to be invested in off-grid solar firms in east Africa (it bought equity in BBOXX in August).
But he faces a year of potentially contentious issues: subduing economic uncertainties that have eroded investors' confidence in his acumen and continuing an anticorruption drive that has sapped officials' incomes and morale.
In terms of content and presentation, "Formation" is an excellent political pop song-video, but the breadth of its reach and impact is made possible because of Beyoncé's marketing and business acumen.
" His Business Acumen "The principal reason for me to start my own business was to bring happiness to the world by making women an inspiration to themselves and everyone who saw them.
A peer-to-peer service isn't an obvious choice for GM. The automaker's strengths — its manufacturing acumen, its after-market division, and its network of dealerships — aren't necessarily applicable in this space.
Donald Trump's comeback in the 1990s was not due to tax maneuvering but from shrewd business acumen, said Trump supporter Howard Lorber, chairman of New York City real estate powerhouse Douglas Elliman.
Excel with Business lets you access more than 60 courses and 2,000 videos designed to help supercharge your business acumen, become more productive, and enrich your life with new skills and hobbies.
Morino came to realize that giving is uniquely challenging, that his business acumen didn't necessarily guarantee success as a philanthropist, and that analogs like venture capital didn't translate so easily to giving.
Yet many new mega-donors arrive on the philanthropy scene with much bravado, sure that whatever acumen helped them get rich will make them better philanthropists than those who came before them.
"His profits were not the result of trading acumen, diligent research, or blind luck, but rather the alleged spoils of criminal insider trading," Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said in a statement.
CNBC Meets' Tania Bryer speaks to global music megastar Dolly Parton, who takes the time to discuss her humble beginnings with CNBC, her business acumen and her success as a music icon.
One can't help but be reminded of another one of the president's Potemkin enterprises: Trump University, which marketed real-estate learning courses using its namesake's reputation for business acumen in the 2000s.
The hardline chairman of the assembly of experts, the body responsible for selecting the next supreme leader, accordingly lost no time after the U.S. withdrawal in casting doubt upon Rouhani's political acumen.
Democratic lawmakers interviewed on the prospect of a Bloomberg campaign praise his business acumen and judgment and add in the same breath that a White House bid would be a wasteful blunder.
David Wright, the Mets' captain, has praised Colon's hand-eye coordination and his ability to hit home runs in batting practice, and now Colon began to reveal signs of his hitting acumen.
"On Friday, the world lost a critical force behind what is now JPMorgan Chase and, more importantly, an individual universally regarded with praise for his character, generosity and business acumen," Dimon wrote.
You know you want to sharpen your business acumen, but there are so many business books published each year it can be a bit overwhelming to try to sort through them all.
The story of how the British and American forms of English came to be seen as foes, despite their underlying friendship, is told here with wry humo(u)r and scholarly acumen.
Democrats seized on the news to discredit Mr. Trump's supposed business acumen — the tax opportunity stemmed from a $916 million business loss in 1995 — and criticized his commitment to working-class taxpayers.
A key part of Trump's argument during the 2016 campaign was that he was an excellent manager, someone who would hire "the best people" and use his business acumen to fix Washington.
If his distressing childhood overwhelmed his own fathering acumen, he saw with great clarity other parents who refused to grow up, who succumbed to whatever made them feel better in the moment.
The sophisticated take on Mitt Romney's remarkable broadside against Donald Trump's policy positions, business acumen and personal morals this morning is that it was an unforced blunder that probably only helps Trump.
They also question whether his tactical acumen — he was especially good at unraveling militant networks in Afghanistan and Iraq — can translate into the kind of strategic thinking needed at the White House.
That review reveals plenty of reasons to be skeptical of Mr. Trump's oft-stated promise to direct every ounce of his business acumen and negotiating prowess in service of the American people.
Buffett's business acumen has helped make him the world's third-richest person, worth $172.83 billion according to Forbes magazine, and transformed Berkshire from a failing textile company into a $2172.8 billion behemoth.
Ryan is widely seen as lacking the negotiating experience, policy chops, or fundraising acumen to do the difficult job of being House minority leader, according to Democrats I've interviewed on Capitol Hill.
There are no suspects or known motives in the case, but he was remembered as generous with his time and business acumen after growing up as an immigrant worker from rural Mexico.
In addition to his restaurant business acumen, Harry was also known for being romantically linked with several A-list celebrities, including Demi Moore, Lindsay Lohan, Paris Hilton, Britney Spears, and Jennifer Aniston.
Coach Dwane Casey said that is both a sign of Lowry's 3-point acumen and a sign of the times as the league has seen the 3-point shot grow in importance.
After a brief tour of the building, Mr. Trump praised his Treasury secretary's financial acumen and said he was sure that Mr. Mnuchin would be among the best to do the job.
Apple&aposs ability to grow their services and wearables business speaks to Tim Cook&aposs management acumen — the firm is now getting nearly half their revenues from something other than the iPhone.
Yet men at Trump rallies also spoke of their faith that Mr. Trump, whose business acumen they revered, would bring an outsider's willingness to take on the elites who put them down.
If entrepreneurship is thought to require traits like leadership, competitiveness and business acumen — characteristics more readily associated with men — the result can be that women are viewed as less suited for it.
Maia could not get the fight to the ground thanks to the wrestling acumen of Woodley, who patiently stuffed takedowns and grinded out a victory that bored Dana White, the U.F.C. president.
When we praise the Kardashians, it is for their business acumen, for their skill at parlaying a quasi-celebrity-adjacent name and a notorious sex tape into a multi-million dollar empire.
It's more a reflection, regardless of the trust equation, of the tough spot Democrats found themselves in during the shutdown, McConnell's strategic acumen, and the nihilistic and absurd state of congressional politics.
Avram Bornstein, co-director of the Police Leadership Program at John Jay, where Raymond had taken courses, called him an ''outstanding example of leadership,'' noting his ''strong moral character and his intellectual acumen.
He comes to office with no well-formed ideology and with an evolving understanding of history and government, and a clear goal of using his business acumen to help his most fervent supporters.
The combination is reminiscent of Iskra (with a lot more death metal acumen), but also brings to mind a crustier Nightfell or blacker Winds of Genocide, or an all-around more metallic Provoked.
So you have unique data and you built a team with both domain and technical acumen, but have you built a system that fits within the target users' daily or regular work flow?
Cartwright, 67, served 40 years in the US Marine Corps and was widely regarded within the military for his technical acumen and work in the areas of nuclear proliferation, missile defense and cybersecurity.
The case for Ayers, according to his boosters: He has sharp political instincts and business acumen — and that's what some believe Trump needs in his chief job heading into the 2020 presidential election.
Inspired by these 11- and 12-year-old girls, with their tight-knit friendships and extraordinary business acumen, we were too young to know the lasting influence the ambitious characters had on us.
Trump is a popular figure for many in China, who admire his business acumen; he is not the divisive figure he is in the United States and its allies in Europe and elsewhere.
It's a service industry that can finally be automated with technology and this is the perfect team to take this on — third-time founders with a perfect combo of financial acumen and engineering.
If the roles had been reversed, if Sony had snatched up the exclusivity rights, I don't know that people would be applauding Sony's business acumen, but the uproar would have been much quieter.
Mark Cuban and Rudy Giuliani sparred Wednesday about Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump's fitness for office, arguing about Trump's business acumen and the significance of Clinton's private email server while secretary of state.
But many experts say his success in the election will hinge less on his own ideas and political acumen than on his ability to portray himself as a faithful stand-in for Lula.
Trump, who has used his business acumen as a selling point during his campaign, contended that he looked out for himself and investors by paying the minimum amount of taxes required by law.
As my colleague Laura Reston wrote earlier, Clinton has figured out how to successfully bait Trump: She's continuously called his narcissistic sense of self into question by attacking his business acumen and intelligence.
No matter your feelings about Kanye West or his particular acumen as a clothing designer, it must be admitted that Yeezy is always one of the biggest spectacles of New York Fashion Week.
Poroshenko, a billionaire, owns Roshen, a large candy company, and 5 kanal, a Ukrainian broadcast company and Trump regularly touts his business acumen, his wealth and the fact he is new to politics.
Negotiation Trump runs his businesses based on his acumen as exemplified in his book, The Art of the Deal, promising the American people he would use those tough negotiating skills on our behalf.
In an eight-tweet barrage, the Massachusetts Democrat and progressive icon not only used Trump's favorite insult against him, she also attacked his business acumen and implored her supporters to help defeat him.
For some it's a way of life, and for others it's a source of business acumen — something which many of the world's leading entrepreneurs, including Dr. Dre, Jay Z and Nas, can testify.
Among a generation known for interacting with one another online, millennial leaders think that "Leadership Impact, Interpersonal Skills" and "Global/Cultural Acumen" are the top skills that will be required by future CEOs.
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Hillary Clinton disparaged the economic record and policy acumen of Donald J. Trump in a speech on Tuesday, suggesting his ideas were ill-considered and scrutinizing his own checkered business history.
"Thinkers and judgers make decisions with their heads instead of their hearts and are very headstrong, driven people who don't let their emotions get in the way of their business acumen," Butts says.
Burning Glass found a 53 percent rise in the number of openings for hybrid jobs requiring both technological and business acumen from 2011 to 2015, for jobs like product management and marketing analytics.
Receiving numerous accolades for her business acumen over the years, the World Economic Forum named Ivanka a Young Global Leader, and she was 33rd on Fortune magazine's '40 Under 40' list in 2014.
Bradley Whitford, meanwhile, is James Barksdale, the Netscape CEO whose business acumen proved an effective counterweight, for a time, to Marc Andreessen (John Karna), whose lack of people skills rivaled his technical savvy.
Most of the paper's investigative resources, however, were trained on Trump the businessman, since he was pressing the case that his acumen in this realm made him the superior choice for the presidency.
In addition, for all his acumen as a legislative tactician, McConnell in 2017 failed to get the Senate to vote to repeal Obamacare, the 2010 healthcare law that Trump had vowed to end.
" — SETH MEYERS "Of course, Trump was never a successful businessman — he just played one on TV. Expecting Donald Trump to exhibit business acumen is like expecting George Clooney to do an arterial bypass.
Would a four-decade military man known for his war-fighting acumen be an appropriate fit as a civilian official in charge of a $700 billion military budget and millions of service members?
"The streets were overflowing with people adoring our great leader, who is driving complex international politics with supernormal political acumen," said the 42-minute documentary, which was released by North Korea's state broadcaster.
Angels 22014 Despite setting a major league record for players on the injured list, the Yankees used both their payroll and modern baseball acumen to climb back to the top of their division.
Could it be that a seasoning in the daily parry and thrust of the House of Commons has kept Ms. Jackson's wit and acumen, not to mention her capacity for language, razor sharp?
Business executives and GOP members have said such a move could lead to political chaos and damage the economy, but Trump has told advisors to "simply trust his business acumen," the Post reported.
In addition to enhancing the student's critical acumen, it prepares students for museum and gallery work and gives participants a competitive edge if they decide to pursue a teaching career in studio art.
Perhaps most significant, my family and education had provided me with a wealth of pre-existing connections to the media establishment and, no less important, the social acumen to make use of them.
Dr. Guillamondegui: If you have a mass event and we look back on what we can do better, very little of that is going to be the clinical acumen of what we do.
"The questions were of such a degree of granularity and specificity and political acumen that unless [Wessel] had political experience it would be hard for him to come up with them," he said.
Milley, who previously served chief of staff of the Army, has been described as a blunt-talking intellectual whose political acumen helped him ascend to be the No. 1 general in the country.
That would require a lot of strategic acumen from a government split between hardline and moderate wings, and would mean Tehran was relatively certain no Americans would be hurt in this missile attack.
But they've also attracted millions of vacationers, retirees, and on-the-ground entrepreneurs who are flocking back to their homeland, bridging business acumen learned overseas with an inherited sensitivity to Vietnamese cultural nuances.
But it's a shame that sense came to him so late, as rather better acumen in the world of incomings and outgoings back in the middle 2000s could have prevented this whole mess.
In this, they fail to recognize a core aspect of his appeal — not his specific policies or economic acumen, but his ability to subvert social norms that many people have come to loathe.
Or did his ascension owe more to his alliances — as a land-owning Virginia who worked his way up the legislative chain under Jefferson and alongside Madison — than to any sort of political acumen?
"I chose him to come in as our chief operating officer because of his business acumen, because of his reputation at his time at TSA and really because of his mission focus," McAleenan said.
He got involved in businesses ranging from car washes to high-end jet charters, and restyled himself as an investment guru, claiming that his financial acumen allowed him to build a $60 million fortune.
Amazon (1994)Any semi-competent person could've launched a successful e-commerce business in the mid-90's, but only Jeff Bezos had the foresight, acumen, greed, and ruthlessness to make something like Amazon.
But what sets Hoffman apart, said his friends and political allies, is his deliberate, well-funded — and, to some, secretive — campaign to apply his smarts and investing acumen toward seeding a national political movement.
Queen Elizabeth II knighted him in 2000 with a tap of her sword on his shoulders, the highest honor among a raft of awards he has received for his business acumen throughout the years.
Sachon's write-ups, while clearly an investment of time and a labor of love, never look like a real stretch of journalistic acumen because the boys and their fans make it so incredibly easy.
CNBC Meets' Tania Bryer speaks to global music megastar Dolly Parton, who takes the time to discuss her humble beginnings with CNBC, along with her business acumen and her success as a music icon.
So it's been a long, strange year of watching, baffled, as Trump riles up millions of American voters on the platform that he'll use his business acumen to bring economic success to our nation.
Even as aspiring entrepreneurs and inventors lionize Edison for his myriad inventions and business acumen, they conveniently fail to recognize Tesla, despite having far greater contributions to how we generate, move and harness power.
"Ellen's scientific background, leadership skills, communication acumen and strategic thinking have positioned her superbly to lead the National Air and Space Museum," David Skorton, the director of the Smithsonian Institution, said in a statement.
His imagination, business acumen and innovative storytelling propelled Marvel Comics from a small subset of a larger publication company, into a multimedia conglomerate purchased by The Walt Disney Company for $4 billion in 2009.
Here's Levy writing on Apple's hidden, ubiquitous, AI work: If you're an iPhone user, you've come across Apple's AI, and not just in Siri's improved acumen in figuring out what you ask of her.
The legal fracas has changed Mr. Redstone's public image from a firebrand whose business acumen and ruthlessness won him control of Viacom, Paramount Pictures and CBS, a $40 billion empire, into something quite different.
A tweep with the handle Tea Pain -- not to be confused with the Tallahassee rapper T-Pain (whose real name is Faheem, not T) -- wondered if Trump's heralded business acumen might be at play.
But with Trump's business acumen now discredited, his lack of charity exposed and his family history a sordid shambles, what's left to commend him as a worthwhile human being, much less a presidential candidate?
I have been living in a personal and mental incarceration ever since the fateful day that I accepted the offer to work for a famous real estate mogul whose business acumen I truly admired.
There was the time Donald J. Trump told Larry King that he had been paid more than $1 million to give a speech about his business acumen when in fact he was paid $400,000.
"[I]n an administration that places high value on business acumen, Barry brings a strong track record in growing one of the most successful companies in the weather industry," Ban told The Washington Post.
Another former employee who worked closely with WeWork's C-Suite said Minson has "a lot of business acumen" and joked that Minson "seems a little too level-headed to be involved" with the company.
There are items about Trump's unpredictable temperament, his divorces, his exaggerated business acumen, his misogyny, his racism, his selfishness, his general shittiness as a person—subjects we've examined ad nauseam for the past year.
Li has used his business acumen, as well as a habit of personally investing alongside his companies, to amass a fortune estimated by Forbes at $22015 billion, making him the world's 23rd richest man.
"I was able to use the tax laws in this country and my business acumen to dig out of the real estate mess," Mr. Trump said on Monday in a campaign appearance in Colorado.
The show, fueled by their acumen for strong storytelling and creating multidimensional characters, wrestles with its matters in a way that is sobering and — despite its subjects — isn't dressed up with sequins and melodrama.
But political analysts argue that seeing her simply as a younger, West-German version of the chancellor, who hails from the former East Germany, sells short a woman admired for her own political acumen.
That he won a second term is a testament to his political acumen, and the fear many Peruvians felt of his main rival, Humala, who was campaigning as a disciple of Venezuela's Hugo Chávez.
William Boeing, the company's founder, was the son of a German immigrant-turned-lumber-tycoon, and seems to have inherited his father's business acumen in addition to the Americanized version of their family name.
William Boeing, the company's founder, was the son of a German immigrant-turned-lumber tycoon, and seems to have inherited his father's business acumen in addition to the Americanized version of their family name.
The effort and professional acumen that Ferguson brings to his works have the feel of Christmas morning: someone has worked extremely hard behind the scenes to create a sense of wonder, illusion, and excitement.
While that profile in fact concluded by suggesting that Marco Rubio might better appeal to GOP voters this cycle than Bush, I did come away impressed by what I learned about Bush's political acumen.
"The streets were overflowing with people adoring our great leader, who is driving complex international politics with supernormal political acumen," according to the 42-minute documentary, which was released by North Korea's state broadcaster.
Today, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) will mark Women's History Month by judging the innovative ideas and business acumen of 2628 extraordinary disruptors making their own luck in SBA's second-annual InnovateHER Challenge.
He brought to his interpretation not only his philosophical acumen but also memories that reached back decades—to the signs of inquieta adulescentia that made his father babble excitedly to his wife about grandchildren.
His marketing acumen has helped build his investment firm into a significant player in the world of money management, managing more than $2000 billion of investors' money, up from $211 billion a decade ago.
"She has been a trusted strategic counselor to me ever since she joined our board of directors, and I deeply value her insight, business acumen and leadership expertise," Johnson said in a press release.
Caixin's latest report on Anbang has been part of a burst of unwelcome attention for the company and Mr. Wu, which has thrown into doubt his business acumen and his reputation for political invulnerability.
The epidemic and the effectiveness of the government's response remain subject to many unknowns, but the outbreak comes at a time when Mr. Xi has already been facing quiet whispers about his political acumen.
But in addition to his coaching acumen, which has earned him a place in the Basketball Hall of Fame, Williams is known for his thick regional accent and a roster of five-star colloquialisms.
But despite the considerable acumen of their front office and medical staff, they could not have predicted that nearly three weeks into his tenure, Hill would still not have thrown a pitch for them.
"I have been living in a personal and mental incarceration ever since the day that I accepted the offer to work for a real estate mogul whose business acumen I deeply admired," Cohen said.
The only advantage Uber and Lyft might have is drivers' lack of financial acumen — that they don't understand the full cost of using their cars and thus are giving the ride-hailing companies a bargain.
There is also little reason, so far at least, to suggest that the inexperienced White House and the President himself have the political acumen and capital needed to drive such a heavy agenda through Congress.
He's also known as a particularly business savvy techie, who has a skill set that combines the intelligence and ambition to create something extraordinary, and the business acumen to run the company responsible for it.
Belittling her intellect or acumen in competitive domains is certainly one way of doing that — especially when backed by the sense that it's in her womanly nature to be oriented to people rather than abstractions.
Back then, a home brewer may have been able to create some great recipes but didn't have the business acumen so along the way hired staff to cover marketing, sales, the business operation, he said.
If this move is a bid to stay relevant, then Mayweather, whose business acumen has been matched only by his performances in the ring, has certainly found a way to keep his name in lights.
And the efforts of the orphans to create a yet greater future will, as long as there is no terrible loss of life, provide insights into what visionary drive, technological acumen and capital can achieve.
"As an open admission high school, students come to us from various schools throughout the metro New Orleans area and we don't necessarily know the academic acumen of students coming through the building," he says.
We believe there are opportunities for these technology developers to play a differential role in philanthropy — one that brings together their ability to invest wisely and their acumen for using technology to change the world.
"As Chief of Staff, he will apply his breadth of personnel, policy, and political acumen to our House Republican conference dedicated to achieving results for the American people and winning back the majority," McCarthy said.
Yet, while precision, strength and unwavering stamina are vital to athletic careers, what sets the winners apart from the losers comes down to a handful of underlying values — and they go far beyond sporting acumen.
He had wanted to be a lawyer (he studied political science) but had a change of heart when he also discovered theater producing in college, a way to bridge his business acumen and his showmanship.
Though in its final period it seemed to have become a dark, nefarious place, both clubs had previously been Birmingham landmarks built upon the honest toil of dancers and the business acumen of the Taylors.
Her biography of Rivers traces the comic's whole life—from her childhood in Brooklyn to her late life criticism of Lena Dunham—but uses Rivers's discovery of her business acumen as the book's dramatic climax.
Justin Vernon, of Bon Iver, who sings on the Starlite songs "Friends" and "Take Me to the Light," compared Starlite's all-around musical acumen to Prince, and his mastery of the piano to Randy Newman.
It is worth mentioning here that Mr. Lauren's longevity in a notoriously fickle and increasingly corporate industry, while it may be attributable to business acumen, is equally a product of his reliance on his instinct.
"We think about our values in pairs, and there is a tension or a balance between them," said Jacqueline Novogratz, chief executive of Acumen Fund, a venture philanthropy organization that focuses on the world's poor.
In detailing his impulse to improve both his athletic acumen and himself as he approached "young old age," Marzorati offers a thoughtful guide to growing older and dispensing with fixed ideas about age and ability.
Under the terms of the deal, SoftBank will buy nearly $58 billion in stock from Neumann, who was already forced out from the company he co-founded as public markets balked over his managerial acumen.
With this injection of capital and business acumen, alongside Alphabet, we'll deepen our investment in our people, our technology, and our operations, all in support of the deployment of the Waymo Driver around the world.
With this injection of capital and business acumen, alongside Alphabet, we'll deepen our investment in our people, our technology, and our operations, all in support of the deployment of the Waymo Driver around the world.
"From the very beginning of his military career, Smith argues persuasively, Eisenhower was a shrewd political operator who concealed his acumen and ambition behind an affable facade," Wendy Smith wrote in The Los Angeles Times.
Clinton aides said the campaign's theme of "Stronger Together" will come into sharper focus as former President Clinton, Obama, Vice President Biden and others vouch for Hillary Clinton's acumen on the economy and national security.
Her article's central thesis demeans Carl's scientific acumen and his character, wrongly asserting that, in his "grandiosity," he harmed the environmental movement by advancing an exaggerated theory of the long-term consequences of nuclear war.
And Silicon Valley leaders are ever-hopeful that Trump's business acumen and repeated vows to boost the economy will give Trump a sympathetic ear for the industries at the center of the new U.S. economy.
Either way, one indication that your schoolmate's friend places a higher value on his classmate's business acumen than yours is that you overheard the start-up conversation, rather than being invited to participate in it.
It's an indication he's aware of the scrutiny he's getting now as a party leader renowned for his messaging and political acumen — and that despite his determination, the next few weeks are fraught with uncertainty.
Even beyond gender, many Bolt Thrower fans relate to her longtime commitment to vegetarianism; others admire her punk ethics and take-no-shit attitude; we all worship her bass-playing acumen and powerful onstage demeanor.
The smartest decision Burnett made in conceiving The Apprentice was to make Trump both its hero and its villain — sort of a primordial god who decided contestants' fates with a terrible combination of acumen and spite.
Taken together, however, the undermining of his business acumen and the uncertain state of his global negotiations amounted to a raw gut check on the most elemental of Trump's political attributes: his ability to strike deals.
Wednesday before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee The ExxonMobil CEO's work in foreign hot spots -- including Russia, Saudi Arabia and Yemen -- and his business acumen are among the reasons Trump selected him as America's top diplomat.
These enterprises have developed their technological capabilities and business acumen through market mechanisms both inside and outside China, and adopted the same business practice and competed with their Western counterparts without preferential treatment from the government.
Emily Kirkpatrick, Morning Style Editor: We all know Dame Mirren has some advanced style acumen, so it's no surprise that the actress has found herself yet again amongst the best dressed celebs at the SAG Awards.
Huang said Trump's business instinct makes some people believe that he is a deal-maker, and his business acumen may help the United States break the cycle of on-again, off-again bilateral relations with China.
When advancing people into leadership roles, it's crucial we put as much, if not more, emphasis on qualities and traits such as emotional intelligence and servant leadership as we do on strategic thinking and financial acumen.
"I absolutely believe there's value to having political acumen in this position," he told Lexington during a fireside chat (it was a cold day and the South Carolinian likes a log fire) in the West Wing.
While Democrats have slammed him over the report, Trump, who made much of his business acumen on the campaign trail, has said he "brilliantly used" U.S. tax rules to his advantage to limit his tax bills.
That said, a peer-to-peer service isn't an obvious choice for GM. One could argue that the automaker's strengths — its manufacturing acumen, its after-market division, and its network of dealerships — aren't necessarily applicable here.
The Clinton campaign has used the report to attack Trump's business acumen, a key point of appeal for the developer, though Trump surrogates have used words like "genius" to describe his use of the tax system.
In all, it's an ambitious nine-day, five-country tour that will test the religious acumen and diplomatic skills of a President who, beyond courting conservative Christians and casting suspicion on Muslims, rarely talks about religion.
Solnit's early books garnered comparisons not with the consciousness-raising of Betty Friedan or the literary acumen of Kate Millett, but with Thoreau, the connoisseur of the American wilderness, and Benjamin, the theorist of urban wandering.
This individual must have the patience of a saint, the managerial abilities of an executive, the political acumen of a party chairman, the negotiating skills of a diplomat, and a hide as thick as an elephant.
It, too, was in the running for the National Book Award — seemingly a David-and-Goliath contest in terms of the authors' reputations — but the readability and psychological acumen of Professor Ward's version won the day.
HPE CEO Antonio Neri told Business Insider that buying the assets of startup MapR was a smart move for the tech giant, which he says gave it more big data acumen at a very good price.
He tells me stories about eccentric family members and his lack of marketing acumen with the ease and candor of someone who's simply happy to be having a conversation about music, art, or anything at all.
After all, he has the business acumen of a ripe mango, the looks of moldy mango, and the charm of a mango after it's been eaten, shit out, and left in a dumpster for seven months.
Both due to Teibel's business acumen—he'd take trains across the country pitching the practical applications of his records—and the genuinely soothing effects of formless sonic experiences, the records were a success from the start.
It wasn't business acumen that helped Trump establish a foothold in New York real estate in the 1980s and 1990s, but a steady infusion of at least $413 million from his father through dubious tax practices.
Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton has secured the state's Republican party endorsement, though he still faces a stiff challenge from multiple business leaders who argue that they can use their financial acumen to address Connecticut's economic woes.
Watson's combination of mobility, instincts and passing acumen places Houston in scoring position anywhere on the field, though he has honed his recognition not to force a big play at the expense of a wiser decision.
Though many critics of the Liberal government have said Mr. Trudeau's family name and good looks swept him into politics, most will grudgingly agree that Mr. Butts got where he is with brains and political acumen.
"It's brutal, this has zero to do with Alberta but the big kids fighting could hamper the economy here," said Curtis Schirrmacher, investment advisor at Calgary-based Acumen Capital Partners, referring to Saudi Arabia and Russia.
Smith makes many telling, shrewd points in pursuit of realigning the popular image of Prince Charles, but the observation that stuck with me, one that brings us full circle, is a perfect illustration of her acumen.
"Being chosen to lead and then being promoted in that environment requires sustained political acumen and extraordinary interpersonal skills," The structure of academic leadership is similar to the environment Hahn will navigate at FDA, Grossman said.
Despite serious ideological differences, Francis handpicked the arch-conservative Cardinal Pell to lead his Secretariat for the Economy, bringing him to Rome to use his well regarded financial acumen to clean up the church's muddied finances.
Despite his business acumen Rodgers admits to not always being so sensible with his money, especially when his first proper pay check came in and his girlfriend at the time was keen to pay the rent.
He talked about his business acumen and did some back-patting, but he didn't spend five minutes talking about how big his buildings were, how nice his houses were or how everyone wanted to be him.
Caret had "a track record of delivering results, an intense customer focus, and the global acumen necessary to build on the existing strengths" of Boeing's business to build future growth, said Boeing Chief Executive Dennis Muilenburg.
But his ideological credentials and acumen continued to propel him up the ranks of the party, which swept into power on a popular tide in 22016 and has since then dominated Israeli politics for many years.
It should come as little surprise then that Cornstein has modeled his diplomacy style on his boss's, touting his business acumen and the importance of personal relationships while downplaying the role of traditional protocol and institutions.
At the trial, Mr. Persico, a high school dropout, decided to represent himself, and he won the praises of lawyers and judges for his acumen in questioning witnesses, writing legal briefs and raising points of law.
In fact, Eaze is a leader in many ways, not just because of the rapid growth of the business, but also in sort of elevating what the business acumen and really the data that we're capturing.
His transparency is remarkable, regularly hopping on Twitter answer random questions about still-under-development products like the Model 3, and his technical acumen, often on display on Twitter (and in countless interviews and talks) is impressive.
It is billed as a celebration of Mr Modi's "remarkable courage, wisdom, patience, dedication to his people, his acumen as a political strategist [and] his leadership that inspired a thousand social changes in Gujarat and later India".
While promoting his investment in emoji app Genies, Suh spoke to Business Insider about his budding business acumen, his friendship with Warren Buffett, his advice for NFL rookies, and what really happens to those massive NFL salaries.
But for those who know the veteran lawmaker -- whose shrewd political acumen has impressed both her critics and supporters -- Pelosi is steering her party toward what she sees as the only viable pathway for victory in 2020.
That's why Marta Diana Koziarska and Borys Musielak created ReaktorX, an accelerator for folks who are working or have no time or acumen for creating a business from scratch and want to connect with like-minded professionals.
São Paulo, Brazil's business capital, also hit its Carnival stride as scores of street parties clogged traffic and sent drunken and costumed revelers into streets, adding to an acumen that has been in growing in recent years.
But what the stocky Colon lacks in finely tuned physique, he compensates for with a baseball acumen that appeals to a demographic beyond Mets fans, who have become enamored of his frugal pitching style and occasional follies.

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