Sentences with phrase «[stick shifts»

Originally planned as a five - year competition, the deadline shifted a number of times before being called off in January.

The shift downwards could be due to a number of factors, with the most likely culprit being comments made recently by American Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke, indicating an upcoming pullback in the Fed's economic stimulus program.

Rather, I'd like you to think of it more as a shift in your thinking and how you spend your time.

Now, however, employee data is taking center stage: Rachel Barker, from the experience - management company, Qualtrics, for one, said that she expected to see a shift in how we collect and measure this data.

Digital currency wallet Coinbase is among the companies that use Metropolitan for wire transfers, deposits, and its Shift bitcoin debit card.

While the shift may be a bit less dramatic than predictions claim, big changes are definitely inevitable.

The product complexity at RIM takes a firm hand to manage, and that becomes more difficult when the entire organization is undergoing a seismic shift.

«A company wide CRM is, in many instances, the most useful tool for enacting a cultural shift that will ultimately reap rewards in the marketplace.»

Like most cable companies, Comcast also seems to be doing not a bad job of shifting customers to lower - priced «skinny bundles» so that it doesn't lose them completely.

But they are emblematic of a paradigm shift: the games business is far from the stolid, guaranteed money - maker it once was.

The following is from John Cunningham, a consultant who helps companies make the shift to going remote and building highly productive distributed organizations.

Word clouds can also help keep an eye on how the industry is shifting.

So shifting part of that number to U.S. producers, who will charge higher prices on a few tens of billion in sales, won't sink the economy.

A shift in perceptions might be aided by the emergence of credible competitors to Apple's beloved product — witness Spotify, Android and Kindle Fire.

They figured out a better and far more profitable way to serve their users, while shifting all the risk, pain and costs of production onto the backs of the gadget guys.

Pricing power — meaning how consumer demand would be affected if your company shifted its prices — is one detail that often gets excluded from business plans, but which can help put you over the edge.

Many business people, myself included, have opined that with the increased acceptance and convenience of online shopping, consumers will eventually cease to visit retail stores altogether and instead shift their shopping online, specifically through mobile devices and apps.

Less known, but equally true, is that managerial incentives shift as well.

She'd arrive home late at night from shifts as a server with goodies in hand to share with her neighbors and enjoyed living alone, but said she felt a strong intuition about something dark on the horizon.

«The power has shifted,» Denton said, pointing out that the subjects publications write about are now often worth more than media owners.

One of those brought in, Bethany Grams, traveled 300 miles from Waco, Texas, to work 12 - hour shifts.

Apple may have put this system in place to cope with early demand, but if my experience is any indication, the company would do well to shift to in - store availability as soon as possible.

As Nike Brand president Trevor Edwards put it, «undifferentiated, mediocre retail won't survive,» adding ominously: «We will be shifting away from this over the next five years.»

As companies increasingly automate these human resources functions in order to shift their focus to the strategic and motivational components of human resources management, the opportunities for outsourcing will only continue to grow.

With the shift toward more durable materials — and the Galaxy S6 Edge is hardy, having survived several accidental drops — Samsung has eliminated the removable battery and SD card slot.

It's an insight that, through a kaleidoscope of different achievements and life experiences, resurfaces many times in this year's list — our fifth annual roster of imagination - embracing game changers, paradigm shifters, and unsung champions across multiple fields of endeavor.

Still, a shift all the same.

The shift is reflected in Canada, where the total number of employees in the industry in 2012 rose 5 % to 16,500 over a year earlier, according to the Entertainment Software Association of Canada.

Dell is shifting away from public cloud model — a strategy favored by tech companies like Google, and Amazon.

The shift heading into 2018, then, is that so much of the past's sexual misconduct has been brought out into the open.

With tastes in many beer - drinking countries shifting away from mass - produced brands and toward craft brews, such products may find themselves in a perfectly timed window of opportunity.

Still, the strong dollar is poised to overwhelm that shift.

Winners and losers often change places quickly in the entertainment industry, but even so, it's staggering how quickly Viacom chairman and CEO Philippe Dauman's fortunes have shifted in what amounts to the blink of an eye.

It's also shifted its business model somewhat.

«It allows us to shift to a make - what - you - sell model,» Sights says.

The big shift from industrial age mentality to that of the information age has been in autonomy.

The assumption now is for three increases next year; a «very tiny» shift, said Fed chair Janet Yellen.

This has caused a shift in employee experiences for everyone.

Her album «1989» was the top - selling album in 2014 with 3.66 million digitally downloaded copies and physical editions shifted, followed closely by Disney's «Frozen» soundtrack, with 3.53 million copies bought, according to Nielsen.

The entry of Gen Z into the workforce could also shift the paradigm of the employer / employee relationship.

The US has long been trying to shift its focus from the Middle East, starting with the Obama administrations «Pivot to Asia,» which has been criticized by both American and international observers.

The total amount of money doesn't go down — it gets shifted around, in this case more equitably.

While Trump has broad authority on the size, scope and duration of duties, the dispute may shift to a different venue.

These technologies may one day fundamentally shift the way that health care is delivered and consumed.

Then her service provider sent her an email, describing the upcoming shift to EMV.

The shift in focus from managing your money to growing your prosperity is what makes the difference between financial well being and struggle.

While banking and private equity «feel» the shifts of unemployment rates, interest rates, and fiscal uncertainty, the best investors and entrepreneurs, he says, are «immune» to these factors.

While Musk's stated reason for the policy shift is to promote «the advancement of electric vehicle technology,» business analysts suggested that it was an economically necessary maneuver for the company.

Chat live with visitors to your website, shift the conversation to email or delegate it to underlings.

But Katie Koch, global head of client portfolio management and business strategy for fundamental equity at Goldman Sachs Asset Management, also highlights a paradigm shift in the way investors should think about picking stocks and about diversification itself.