Lindsay Lohan certainly knows how to drive a hard bargain.
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When they do, she says, they drive a hard bargain.
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Pelosi, as she has proven before, will drive a hard bargain.
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Trump has vowed to drive a hard bargain with the Asian superpower.
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The Nationals' owners are known to drive a hard bargain with managers.
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It is safe to predict that Mr Moroun would drive a hard bargain.
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Trump says we need to renegotiate trade deals and drive a hard bargain.
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"We're going to drive a hard bargain to boost British industry," Mr. Johnson said.
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The off-price chains may drive a hard bargain but are otherwise easy to deal with.
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But Ms. Topol said that even then, discerning collectors were going to drive a hard bargain.
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His crowning achievement may have been his decision to drive a hard bargain for Chrysler in 2009.
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He and Chinese President Xi Jinping are under fierce domestic political pressure to drive a hard bargain.
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This can make deal negotiations more difficult by emboldening acquisition targets to drive a hard bargain, analysts said.
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Lopez Obrador would drive a hard bargain in talks with Trump on issues like security, his aides say.
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So, if our customers drive a hard bargain, we will probably stretch it to about 10, 220 years.
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He sought to drive a hard bargain for global businesses to increase their investment in the United States.
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Virtually all of America's largest businesses drive a hard bargain with governments, angling for benefits and financial incentives.
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The alliance will drive a hard bargain given GERB will struggle to secure a stable majority in parliament without them.
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"Any U.S. utilities that might be interested would drive a hard bargain in terms of securing ratemaking protections," Miller said.
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French and German politicians, keen to bolster their own financial centres and facing elections next year, may drive a hard bargain.
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Investors and economic experts fear Trump's willingness to drive a hard bargain with other nations could lead to damaging trade wars.
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For Trump to succeed at the summit, he has to impress upon North Korea that the US will drive a hard bargain.
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Higher crude prices also boost sellers' expectations, making it harder for buyout firms to drive a hard bargain to ensure better future profits.
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When White wanted to stick to his guns, drive a hard bargain, it was Gomez who had to be strong with the powerful executives.
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Trump had recently said drug makers were "getting away with murder" and indicated he might even recommend the government drive a hard bargain through Medicare.
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So given that the outcome here is already inevitable, we should all be happy to see Nenshi at least pretend to drive a hard bargain.
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By establishing fresh leverage over the UK, Trump improved his position ahead of a negotiation in which both sides expect him to drive a hard bargain.
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Mr. Moonves is well placed to drive a hard bargain with the Redstones, who control both companies with voting stock held through their National Amusements vehicle.
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If it leaves the EU, Britain will be seeking to seal a bilateral trade deal with the US and Trump is expected to drive a hard bargain.
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The way to drive a hard bargain is to persuade him that he must offer you a good deal or there will be no deal at all.
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S. trade deal - seen by Brexit advocates as one of the main advantages of leaving the EU - but critics say Trump's administration will drive a hard bargain.
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The scope of negotiations was not limited by the Obama administration's ambitions, but by reality, and by the world's determination to drive a hard bargain on nonproliferation.
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If he can drive a hard bargain at the convention, maybe he can help smooth the path to unity by showing his supporters that he's won concessions.
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Samsung, a South Korean electronics giant, has deep pockets and a smallish but growing networking-gear business—and without rival bidders, it could drive a hard bargain.
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He emphasized that he discussed his plan during party meetings to drive a hard bargain with Majority Leader Mitch McConnell over the parameters of an impeachment trial.
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"The re-election of President Lungu, who had promised to drive a hard bargain with the IMF, could slow negotiations on a deal with the fund," he said.
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The Europeans want to drive a hard bargain on automobile trade and have excluded farm products — a very important item for the U.S. — from their negotiating mandate with Washington.
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On the other hand, European leaders might decide to drive a hard bargain in order to make an example of Britain and discourage other countries from following its lead.
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For Mr. Lighthizer, a veteran trade lawyer who has sued China for flooding the American market with cheap steel, the negotiations present an opportunity to drive a hard bargain.
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The alliance will drive a hard bargain, given they could also switch support to the second-placed Socialists, who saw their own share of seats surge to an expected 79.
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ISS said it did not recommend voting for all six Broadcom nominees because Qualcomm's board would then be less inclined to drive a hard bargain with Broadcom in deal negotiations.
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During previous visits to China by Mr. Kim, Mr. Trump has complained that Mr. Xi was encouraging the North Korean leader to drive a hard bargain with the United States.
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Although it should make mobile payments safer, it will also stand between fintech firms and banks, making it more difficult for Ant and Tencent to drive a hard bargain over fees.
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Although Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel could drive a hard bargain with U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May on Brexit, he predicts that firm leadership could lead to strong economic growth.
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Democrats plan to drive a hard bargain when the White House and GOP congressional leaders seek to pass a stopgap spending bill by the end of April to prevent a government shutdown.
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The FDP has been vocal in its opposition to some of those plans, however, and could drive a hard bargain during negotiations, according to Paul Donovan, chief economist at UBS Wealth Management.
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He was perhaps the quintessential baby-boom executive, with a casual style, in manner and dress, that matched the Southern California singer-songwriter scene and belied his ability to drive a hard bargain.
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For a president who likes to drive a hard bargain — and has recently even clashed with members of his own party on Capitol Hill — Kelly's diplomatic outlook may offer a more conciliatory voice.
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LONDON, March 13 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned he would drive a hard bargain with the United States in upcoming trade talks as the government sets out its negotiating position on Monday.
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Sources told Reuters earlier this month that Thyssenkrupp and Tata Steel would drive a hard bargain in their discussions with the Commission to not put at risk the strategic and economic rationale of the deal.
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The FT reports that Google's attempts to drive a hard bargain "angered rivals," and notes the company's new conciliatory approach mirrors Microsoft's change in tact after it was hit by similar complaints a decade ago.
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DUESSELDORF, Germany (Reuters) - Municipal shareholders in RWE have called on Germany's biggest power producer to drive a hard bargain in talks with the government over compensation for a planned phase-out of coal-fired power plants.
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Any acquisition offer that would be accompanied by a debt haircut would pit Hudson's Bay against several hedge funds and investment firms that have acquired Neiman Marcus' debt and are poised to drive a hard bargain.
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Trump, for all his professions of love for the UK and friendship with Johnson, will drive a hard bargain in those talks -- especially on agriculture and access for US pharmaceuticals to Britain's revered National Health Service.
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Although deals are being sold at steep discounts, held by private banks or sold to private debt funds prepared to drive a hard bargain, the outlook for leveraged loans is improving after a nerve-wracking December, bankers said.
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Turkey has sought to drive a hard bargain with demands including an acceleration of talks on its membership of the bloc and, importantly for Ankara, visa-free travel for its citizens across most of Europe starting this summer.
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Facebook will drive a hard bargain with influencers and artists judging by the terms of service for the social network's Patreon-like Fan Subscriptions feature that lets people pay a monthly fee for access to a creator's exclusive content.
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And given that the Middleton family made its multimillion-pound fortune with Party Pieces, an online retailer for party ware, one imagines they also know how to drive a hard bargain when it comes to putting on a show.
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But on Tuesday, even as Trump reiterated that prices are too high, the market interpreted his view as now backing away from an earlier, less industry-friendly threat to allow the government to drive a hard bargain over drug prices.
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Mattel's rebuttal indicates that Margaret Georgiadis, who took over as the company's chief executive in February, is seeking to drive a hard bargain in negotiations with Hasbro, even though Mattel's stock has significantly underperformed that of Hasbro in the last year.
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The administration may also hope to peel the UK away from European regulatory standards in areas such as food and agriculture and is likely to drive a hard bargain in trade talks, despite the warm words about the possibility of such a deal.
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Amazon's Hard Bargain Extends Far Beyond New York Karen Weise, Manny Fernandez and John Eligon examine Amazon's brutish negotiating tactics with governments around the country: Virtually all of America's largest businesses drive a hard bargain with governments, angling for benefits and financial incentives.
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However, her decision to quit the EU's barrier-free single market, confirmed when she launched the two-year Brexit countdown last month, saw that give way to a determination to close ranks across the bloc and drive a hard bargain with London to discourage imitators.
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And while there are also signs that the trade war is causing economic damage in the United States, particularly among farmers and manufacturing workers, the president himself seems sanguine that tariffs are a political winner, allowing him to continue to drive a hard bargain with China.
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"He's hoping to rebuild relations with Europe, to be sure, and Japan too ... as he doesn't want to be too reliant on China," which will drive a hard bargain with Russia on a variety of issues while they're in a favorable position, Eurasia Group President Ian Bremmer told CNBC.
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While the proposed class-action complaint alleged that Costco might have viewed American Express as "just another vendor" that could be shunted aside for a "cheaper" rival, the judge said American Express merely viewed such statements as evidence that Costco would "drive a hard bargain," not walk away.
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Donald TrumpDonald John TrumpPossible GOP challenger says Trump doesn't doesn't deserve reelection, but would vote for him over Democrat O'Rourke: Trump driving global, U.S. economy into recession Manchin: Trump has 'golden opportunity' on gun reforms MORE has a new strategy for dealing with the nation's debt: drive a hard bargain.
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Many of those stocks have had big out-performance this year: Ferrari (RACE) +89% Square (SQ) +109% First Data (FDC) +27% Atlassian (TEAM) +50% MGM Growth Properties (MGP) +21% The message: while public investors drive a hard bargain and want initial prices as low as possible, investors have been rewarded.
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Given his rhetoric, Trump is also under pressure to drive a hard bargain with Xi on trade, though at this point it appears the administration is more inclined to target China with enforcement actions rather than slapping tariffs on Chinese goods in a manner that could ignite a trade war that would hurt both nations.
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The Trump administration has repeatedly used tariffs as a punitive measure to drive a hard bargain in its negotiations, but executives representing the nation's most influential business lobbying group warned the latest move by the White House against Mexico will send the wrong message to other US trading partners, like the European Union, Japan and China, all currently engaged in talks.
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George J. Digby (August 31, 1917 – May 2, 2014) was an American baseball scout and consultant in Major League Baseball. A native of New Orleans, Louisiana, Digby started his professional career in 1944. He was coaching high school baseball in his homeland when a Boston Red Sox executive came to sign his best pitcher, Dick Callahan.BaseballReferenceMinorLeagues.com Digby helped young Callahan drive a hard bargain.
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Based on the TV series Lovejoy. A shady-looking man who in each sketch faces a problem or disappointment and attempts to bribe someone who has no control of the situation, including paying a station guard to confirm his missed train hadn't arrived yet, and a nurse to confirm his newborn daughter is a boy. His catchphrases were "Oh, I getcha!" and "You drive a hard bargain, don't you?", always followed by Bob offering more money to his harassed victim.
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On 10 February 2009, MDC leader and Prime Minister-designate Morgan Tsvangirai announced the appointment of Biti as Finance Minister in the Government of National Unity. Though he has no known history in financial and economic matters, analysts suggest that Tsavingarai really had no other option considering Biti's position in the MDC. In addition, he is known to drive a hard bargain and could be the best person to deal with the Zanu-PF controlled public service. He was sworn in alongside other Ministers on 13 February 2009 in Harare.
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Coffee farmer Feleke Dukamo checks the latest coffee prices. The Ethiopia Commodity Exchange's new price information line already gets 40,000 calls a day from farmers like Feleke. Because he knows the price coffee is trading for in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia's capital, Feleke can drive a hard bargain with his buyers. (2011)The most important cash crop in Ethiopia was coffee. During the 1970s, coffee exports accounted for 50-60% of the total value of all exports, although coffee's share dropped to 25% as a result of the economic dislocation following the 1974 revolution.
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He negotiated agreements to work most of the lines (that had been built by this point) in East Anglia creating a network of 565 miles by 1854.Great Eastern Railway Society Journal 154 page 24 "The Great Eastern Railway 1862 to 1865 Incorporation and early Challenges" - G Ashton(April 2013) He was responsible for the takeover of the Eastern Union Railway in 1854 where his ability to drive a hard bargain caused the EUR chairman J Cobbold to remark "a strong minority of our Board consider that you have done us". Waddington however was exposed in a scandal on the ECR as forced to resign in 1856.
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Born in Misima and one of 17 children, Abaijah began working in the Department of Public Health after leaving school, becoming a health education specialist. She also attended the University of London, where she obtained a diploma.She'll drive a hard bargain for Papua Pacific Islands Monthly, May 1972, p35 She also played netball for the Papua New Guinea territory team, becoming vice-captain. She contested the Central Provincial seat in the 1972 elections, becoming the first woman to win a seat in the House of Assembly, and only the second female legislator in Papua New Guinea after Doris Booth (who had been an appointed member in the 1950s).
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