Word: grab
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...fact, AT&T's fumbling grab for SBC--which the company has never admitted making--reflected the frustration of even the largest long-distance carrier in trying to break into local calling. AT&T, which holds a 53% share of the long-distance market, has vowed to provide local service in all 50 states and to seize at least a third of the market in five to 10 years. But AT&T today offers local calling to households in parts of just six states (California, Connecticut, Illinois, Michigan, New York and Georgia), and will be in no more than...
...distance service in June, Justice said the company had satisfied 11 of 14 requirements for opening its market. The Baby Bell still has a month to make up the deficiencies before the FCC rules. Richard Notebaert, Ameritech's chomping-at-the-bit chairman and CEO, can't wait to grab part of the $9 billion long-distance market in the five states that his company has already wired up. "We have zero percent of that market now," Notebaert says, "and our infrastructure is completely in place...
...sizable publicly traded discount airlines lost a combined $58 million in the first quarter of 1997, while most big carriers enjoyed sky-high profits. "You have to find a niche and stay with it," says Bob Reding, Reno's president and CEO. "A lot of start-ups try to grab too much, and they overextend themselves...
...flier didn't make him sound like someone who would grab you and drag you away. He'd probably offer you a drink or something, and I'm not going to be in a position like that," she said...
Down where the students sit, we are served a putrid-looking salad and a thin slice of turkey in gelatinous broth. Dishes of boiled peas and potatoes are plopped down onto the table, and students grab at them, shoving these shared portions of the meal onto their plates. Often, the potatoes and peas run out before all students get a share. There is clearly a class division here...