"If it gets struck down, it doesn't seem like we'll have another health reform deal for a while".
It owns Montecristo and Romeo y Julieta, two big cigar brands, as well as some valuable cigarette brands.This will probably be the last big tobacco deal for a while.
Republicans, says Michael Barr, a former Treasury official, are torn between "the tea party and the home builders and realtors, which means they won't be ready to cut a deal for a while".The Treasury can start to trim back the firms' role in other ways.
We'd been hearing rumors of this deal for a while now, but as ST-Ericsson's press release crossed the wires this morning the new partnership was officially confirmed.
But once every couple of years, a "niqabi" demands the right to keep wearing the veil in a situation where other people think it shouldn't be worn, so it becomes a Big Deal for a while and the media kick up a grand, preachy fuss until it all blows over.
Games publisher Electronic Arts has been running a Daily Deals website for a while now, offering discounts on its mobile games.
Its been crunch time for daily deals sites for a while now, and today one of the bigger and older of those platforms is announcing a round of layoffs as it looks to cut costs, reorganise its operations, and push itself into profitability.
"He was hard to deal with for a while because he was so upset about it".
"It's going to become a fight we'll have to deal with for a while".
