Two days ago, Edwards said: "I'm very pleased with the decision of the prime minister and when he rang me today with this very good news – it now commits the government to a full and open tender – and this should lead to hat throwing, to punching the air.
Sandberg repeated a common refrain at Facebook: the company wasn't aware of the scale of the attacks it received until it was too late and it is now committed to "investing heavily" to prevent recurrences.
It was comprehensively outmanoeuvred by the Treasury in the last licence fee settlement, so that it is now committed to spending nearly £1.5bn on things - the cost of digital switchover, on-demand, building office blocks in Salford - that have nothing much to do with sole purpose of its existence, which is to produce worthwhile programmes.
With the cash infusion, A.M.D. said it was now committed to moving forward with plans, first announced in June 2006, to build a huge $3.2 billion chip fab in Malta, N.Y., north of Albany.
The trust said it has now committed to providing a secure central store for hard drives and other media, reviewing the process for vetting potential IT suppliers, obtaining the services of a fully accredited ISO 27001 IT waste disposal company, and making progress towards central network access.
Nestle, unprepared for the influx of criticism, said it is now committed to using only "Certified Sustainable Palm Oil" by 2015.
It's now committed to 50% clean energy by 2030.
It is now committed to take this agenda forward, both inside the EU (such as through forthcoming EU initiatives like the Circular Economy Strategy which is designed to address more sustainable patterns of production and consumption) and through the EU's external policies by supporting implementation efforts in other countries, in particular those most in need.
It says a lot for their belief in the project when I learn they're all now committed to it until April – it opens in Liverpool and moves to London in November – because these are not people lacking current job offers.
The Treasury Department will keep it solvent, and has now committed a combined $400 billion to Fannie and Freddie.
