His ecumenical support for government officials is no business ploy, Rubenstein insists.
LeBow's settlement was immediately attacked by large tobacco companies such as Philip Morris, which claimed it was made simply as a business ploy and had no basis in fact.
Or, indeed, his drug-store-theme restaurant-bar in fashionable West London, Pharmacy, where the barstools are shaped like aspirin tablets — which is either a subtle art work commenting on the role of alcohol in late-twentieth-century social life or a brazen business ploy exploiting the role of alcohol in late-twentieth-century social life.
"It's a very, very smart business ploy to put the poor broker on the front line by saying, 'It's your fault.' " Securities laws support Merrill's position that the broker bears the responsibility for knowing his customers and determining which investments are suitable for them.
That's a pretty standard business ploy, but the trend in this episode goes deeper.
The chairman of Costa Mesa-based Emulex Corp. charged Thursday that a patent infringement lawsuit filed against his company last week by Digital Equipment Corp. is simply a business ploy dreamed up by Digital to nose out its competitors in the computer peripheral market.
Prematurely publishing a poor-quality DSM-5 would be nothing less than a cynical business ploy, violating what should be APA's sacred duty to protect the public trust.
In 2014, Unilever sued Hampton Creek, a small start-up mayonnaise maker, in an effort to put it out of business — a ploy that backfired when the press depicted Unilever as the ugly player in the David Goliath lawsuit.
Trident, the third runway or post office privatisation are mere positioning in some illusory business-pleasing ploy, their long-term damage far outweighing one day's headlines.
Many Reddit users have called out the video as bull---, saying the guy doing his business was a ploy to help the video's business.
