Sentences with phrase «booming business of»

McKenzie Funk, an Open Society fellow, is a founding member of the journalism cooperative Deca and the author of «Windfall: The Booming Business of Global Warming.»

In his book «Windfall: The Booming Business of Global Warming,» author and freelance journalist McKenzie Funk moves the conversation on climate change beyond whether or not it is happening to focus on people around the world who are finding ways to profit from it.

We wouldn't be surprised if you didn't know about the Dragon Age anime Dawn of the Seeker; although, we would be if you didn't see this one coming, given the booming business of today's cross-media entertainment.

The Booming Business of Pets People are spending a record amount of money on pets and associated costs.

At the time, Microsoft dominated the booming business of multimedia publishing, and the group I was working in, nicknamed «MMPUB,» was producing a dazzling variety of CD - ROM games and reference guides.

This series takes an all - angles look at the booming business of skin, from snake - charmer pimps to hardy working girls like Maggie Gyllenhaal's streetwalker with moviemaking ambitions.

The Big Booming Business of Wellness The topic of wellness is everywhere we look and turn.

Windfall: The Booming Business of Global Warming by journalist McKenzie Funk tells the story of the people and corporations trying to profit from climate change.

Also, our Jenna Flanagan heads down the Innovation Trail to take a look at the booming business of 3 - D printing (19:25) and Glenn Blain of The Daily News and Yancey Roy of Newsday examine the beginning of budget negotiations at the Reporters Roundtable (5:52).

With over half of the team's season tickets sold by brokers the team stands to make a large profit off of the booming business of resale., signalling the beginning of a new era of Canadian baseball business.

But the «luxury lie» is probably a more apt term for the booming business of selling pricey, mass - produced products to consumers who probably can't afford them.

FedEx has pick - up and drop - off locations in supermarkets, drugstores and other locations to better capitalize on the booming business of returns.

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A lower Canadian dollar has been something of a mixed bag for many industries, but the used - car export business is experiencing a real boom at the moment.

The boom might be over but mining remains an important sector that will continue to employ thousands of people and provide many investment opportunities for business.

The booming ecommerce method is one of our Business Trends for 2014.

With 22 percent of boomers having less than $ 100,000 of retirement savings, many will opening their own business for financial security and a purposeful later stage of life.

Some younger entrepreneurs are attempting to cash out early, before the predicted fire sale of boomer - owned businesses has a chance to depress prices.

He did not believe that a steady rate of growth in the money supply would eliminate business cycle booms and busts.

Steve took every kid's fantasy of secret passageways and turned it into a booming blue - collar business.

As the baby boomers — the oldest of whom will turn 70 this year — begin to retire, they often sell their businesses to a younger generation that is more diverse than ever before.

With the sharing economy expanding and on - demand services booming, there are more rating and review systems being established to help people decide whom to do business with, said Karissa Sparks, the vice president of marketing at the reputation management firm Reputation.com.

Considering boomers make up about a quarter of the population, there's a wealth of business opportunity in serving this aging demographic, particularly when it comes to health care.

We're a nation of insomniacs, and sleep is a booming business.

Business — crawling at the pace of one order every 36 days — wasn't exactly booming.

Nicklaus added that for the business of developing marquee golf courses, Asia shows the most promise and China is «absolutely booming.»

Lions Gate is behind a number of critically acclaimed movies, such as Crash in 2005, and also operates a booming television business that produces Mad Men and Weeds.

She worked on a range of projects including CNBC's Emmy - nominated Special Report about the financial crisis, Boom, Bust, Blame: The Inside Story of America's Economic Crisis; CNBC's Marijuana & Money Special Report; and America's Top States for Business.

Wealth management firm Yellow Brick Road Holdings said its business is booming in Western Australia, with six additional branches emerging since the opening of its first Perth office three years ago.

Crane hire company Boom Logistics has flagged an $ 18 million impairment in its half - year profit, with a portion of the write - down relating to costs associated with the shutdown of its transport business in the Pilbara.

Offering your own freebies either in person or online can be an excellent and budget - friendly way of drumming up business and building the customer loyalty you need to get repeat orders and keep business booming.

The boom in employment could keep on going, too, if the Bank of Canada's business outlook survey is any indication.

Add that to the risks of business ownership and the inevitable health risks tied to aging, and even the most careful financial planning may not be able to save these boomers from financial disaster.

Marijuana became legal for recreational purchase and use in Colorado on the first of this year, and adult - use facilities are doing a booming business.

The University of Regina School of Business is designed for busy professionals who wish to study part — time, and there's no shortage of busy professionals in the currently booming province of Saskatchewan.

Business leaders and shareholders are still scarred by the memory of project over-runs, spiralling costs and frenzied drilling during the last boom, and the painful adjustments during the subsequent slump.

The automotive business is booming and Meineke's recession resistant model offers franchisees top notch: training and support, advertising programs, state of the art point of sale systems (POS) and territory protection.

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Just as baby boomers took over business, politics, and the consumer economy during the 1980s and»90s, millennials currently in their mid-20s will make up the majority of jobs and big - ticket purchases such as houses and cars, Slok wrote in a recent brief, which was first reported by Axios.

Business Insider's Tanza Loudenback reported that «agrihoods could become the 21st - century version of those tony golf communities baby boomers flocked to in the 1990s.»

With new deans at Harvard, Kellogg, Chicago, and INSEAD, a boom in MBA admissions consulting, and the first revamping of Wharton's MBA curriculum in almost 20 years, it's been a big year for business schools...

Today's Boomer Consumer Businesses need to understand today's boomers from three perspectives: 1) where they are in their heads in terms of what drives their behavior; 2) where they are in their lives in terms of lifestyle and life stage; and 3) how their shared generational experiences coming of age in the late»50s to early»70s shape their perceptions.

The apparent end of the amazing 1990s boom was taking its toll on small business as early as last November.

One expert said the majority of initial coin offerings, or ICOs, are scams — but it's still a booming business.

Several factors have combined to ensure WA businesses are in better shape than may have been expected, considering the speed and depth of the boom's collapse.

Content marketing is experiencing a boom, with 86 percent of business - to - business marketers adopting it to promote businesses.

Thousands of business - owning baby boomers likely will find themselves in the same spot over the next decade or so.

The online takeaway business has been booming in recent years, prompting listings of firms such as Britain's Just Eat and the Netherlands» Takeaway.com, as well as the more recent entry of Amazon and Uber.

Small business owners and entrepreneurs still suffer under - funding as the markets strain under the past indulgences of the easy money boom.

It states that in sharp contrast to how Boomers made tech - buying decisions, «Millennials prioritize ease of doing business first and industry expertise last.»

The index fund business sure ain't chopped liver, but the ETF business has been booming of late.