Though his firm, Benchmark, eventually forced out Travis Kalanick, the co-founder and longtime CEO of Uber, the tipping point was seemingly not Kalanick's determination to keep Uber privately held as long as possible, but rather an investigation into sexual harassment investigations and the employee misconduct that was discovered in the process.
The Nikkei has been reluctant to remix the index's membership because it did not want to risk losing its benchmark status or force fund managers to shuffle their holdings.
Japanese stocks tumbled today, as changes in the makeup of the benchmark Nikkei index forced investors who track it to raise money to buy the new components.
The feasibility and capability of the present model are validated by the extended Graetz problem, which is a benchmark prototype for forced convection heat transfer in circular microtubes.
Comparisons between NMR spectra and MD simulations of unpaired oligonucleotides provide benchmarks for testing force fields.
Mr. Gaebel indicated that the strength of the benchmark was that it forced European nations to better understand the role of universities in providing employees to national economies.
Instead, there is a widespread sense that the new measures demanded by Greece's foreign lenders — including a sharp cut in the benchmark minimum wage — will force the country into an even more precipitous economic decline.
Back in early June, the Justice Department issued a warning letter, charging that the Florida's activities are "different from the benchmark practice currently in force" within the Voting Rights Act.
Benchmark: Understands how external forces can conflict economically and politically with internal interests in a region (CTSS – 'social', '9-12'geo4'o4') Historical Understanding Standard 2- Understands the historical perspective.
In an exclusive interview, Chris Price, West Midlands police chief information officer, said the deal could become a benchmark vehicle for other forces to get involved.
