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Developed customer service spare parts program to remain profitable in struggling economy with average profit margins above 90 %

In a struggling economy with a delicate housing market, these numbers speak huge volumes of encouragement to real estate professionals.

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TORONTO — The slowdown in the oilpatch is again showing its effects on the wider economy, this time with Telus Corp. citing the struggling Alberta economy along with a very competitive market as factors that took a big bite out of fourth - quarter profits.

Italy's economy is still struggling, but this has also meant that in recent years, startups have often met with failure.

The trend has already taken a sizeable bite out of Canada's resource - heavy economy, possibly tipping it into recession during the first half of this year, and comes as Europe is still struggling with the fallout of the last crisis in Greece.

Provincial outlooks becoming more balanced in 2017 RBC expects the economies of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Newfoundland and Labrador to contract further this year as the oil - producing provinces continue to struggle with low revenues and private sector restraint.

Though an improving economy later this year could lead to a pickup in loan demand and raise earnings potential for banks, it's true that traditional banks are struggling with low rates and declining net interest margins.

Economic growth has been falling since 2010 and the economy has been operating below its potential since then; employment growth, particularly full time employment growth has struggled; in 2014 only 121,000 jobs were created; employment growth has not kept up with population growth; labor force participation has declined to its lowest level since 2000; long - term unemployment has increased; the unemployment rate remains stuck at just under 7 per cent, and youth unemployment is at 14 per cent; business investment has stagnated; and Canadians are losing confidence in their economic future.

With fewer workers in the economy going forward, the United States could struggle to match past growth rates.

With our local economy still struggling, Let's Play provides Dr Pepper Snapple employees another avenue to help the youth in the community, in addition to our annual United Way campaign.»

In addition to a weaker euro, which helps fuel its export - oriented economy, the cost of financing its sovereign debt relative to its existing debt continues to fall while the smaller countries struggle with rising financing costs.

The global economy is struggling to cope with a barrage of hard conditions such as uncontrolled money printing, trade wars, sanctions, increasing interest rates and a decline in retail trade.

Central banks are struggling to balance a desire to unwind unconventional policies and normalize interest rates with a continued need for stimulus measures in most economies.

Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's Analytics, said the officials with the biggest influence over the short - term fate of the economy are in Europe, struggling with a debt crisis and in China, struggling with a slowdown.

«With the struggles in the economy, more people have traded into our restaurants from other higher - priced alternatives,» he adds.

This kind of thinking, along with superb food, has enabled Centeno's first effort as restaurateur to turn a profit in less than two months — this while opening in an edgy area of the city, in a struggling economy, in an industry with a 27 percent failure rate.

However, with the signing of Neymar it puts PSG's budget at around $ 700 million.As the club doesn't generate revenue to reach such high expenditure, this will unbalance a football economy that was already struggling in the first place.»

«With so many struggling with the economy, we have the combined power and influence to make a difference in these women's lives and give their families a wonderful holiWith so many struggling with the economy, we have the combined power and influence to make a difference in these women's lives and give their families a wonderful holiwith the economy, we have the combined power and influence to make a difference in these women's lives and give their families a wonderful holiday.

And in terms of the behavior modification, it's often a really good way to reduce power struggles, when your child feels like he is working for something, and working for something doesn't have to be a toy, doesn't have to be something really expensive, it can be positive praise, it could be that they are working special time with you, special activity, we can do a token economy system which is usually the most well known behavior modification intervention, where your child can earn tickets or stickers or poker chips, and sometimes you may want to attach a reward menu to that, so they know that, «Oh, if I can save ten chips I can get this, if I can save 20 chips I can get this».

«We've got to become a party which people feel is in touch with the issues they are concerned about in Scotland - health, education, transport, the economy - and we are still struggling to do that.»

But with an economy still struggling to recover, rent control laws due to expire in New York City and a tax cap wanted by a large portion of the public, Senate Democrats may be trying to swim against the tide on the issue.

Although employment has remained strong, productivity remains a concern in the UK, as our economy has struggled to keep pace with other nations.

The vote ends a contentious budget season in which Mayor Michael Bloomberg had said that severe cutbacks in city and state funding along with a struggling economy made it necessary for the nation's largest city to dial back core services and lay off more than 4,000 teachers.

Maintaining access to public libraries is particularly needed by residents facing the challenges of coping with a struggling local and national economy who have increasingly turned to their public libraries for assistance, resulting in large increases in projected 2010 library use: visits rising 12 %, circulation rising 12 %, and public access computer use rising 92 % across the System vs. 2007 pre-recessionary levels.

A one - nation Conservative prime minister struggling with a failing economy and awkward Liberal colleagues in government.

A partner at the firm Robert Meakin commented: «With the economy already struggling with the uncertainty of Brexit, the last thing we need is further confusion and delay in the Government's investment strategy.&raWith the economy already struggling with the uncertainty of Brexit, the last thing we need is further confusion and delay in the Government's investment strategy.&rawith the uncertainty of Brexit, the last thing we need is further confusion and delay in the Government's investment strategy.»

He says with the phenomenal success of Greek yogurt, the struggling upstate economy has been presented with one of the best entrepreneurial opportunities in «30 or 40 years».

«In adding to your anti-corruption struggle, there is a need for you to also look into low productivity that has bastardized our economy because as it is now, our country is totally uncompetitive in all ramifications with other parts of the worlIn adding to your anti-corruption struggle, there is a need for you to also look into low productivity that has bastardized our economy because as it is now, our country is totally uncompetitive in all ramifications with other parts of the worlin all ramifications with other parts of the world.

One of the clearest signs of health risks in a warming world has emerged in one of the world's most advanced economies, as Canada belatedly struggles to cope with Lyme disease's migration in North America

Falls in birth rate may affect Brazil's economy, especially because the country is already experiencing a pension crisis, with the government struggling to accrue enough funds to pay an ageing population.

The accidental discovery of a novel aluminium alloy that reacts with water in a highly unusual way may be the first step to reviving the struggling hydrogen economy.

In this crazy time of ours, living with a shifting economy, global conflicts, high unemployment and many of our friends, family and neighbors struggling to make it all come together, I am finding that often times misfortunes and hardships, though seemingly insurmountable, can actually be transforming — you become a stronger, wiser person, able to truly tap your fullest potential.

Russia, Ukraine are among the world's worst economies along with a score of struggling African states in the emerging countries sector.

The pressure off, they're free to make out like teenagers and fall in love, a happy interlude the film covers with smart economy, so as to spend more time on getting to know this «hot grandma» (she's struggling to keep her middle daughter pregnancy - free through high school), as well as the couple's first big fight, occasioned when she wonders why he still doesn't want to sleep with her after nearly 20 dates.

The film plays out quietly as the long days of summer stretch to weeks and even months, until eventually unexpected events prod out of her slump and force her to face the difficult search for a job and a career in a country struggling with two decades of a flatlining economy.

Bob and the Trees (Director: Diego Ongaro, Screenwriters: Diego Ongaro, Courtney Maum, Sasha Statman - Weil)-- Bob, a 50 - year - old logger in rural Massachusetts with a soft spot for golf and gangsta rap, is struggling to make ends meet in a changed economy.

With the economy in crisis, prices have soared and many Egyptians are struggling to buy even basic goods.

In a voiceover narration, Gomes explains that, considering the dire straits of Portugal's economy, he couldn't imagine not beginning this film in solidarity with the struggles of the 600 workers who have been laid ofIn a voiceover narration, Gomes explains that, considering the dire straits of Portugal's economy, he couldn't imagine not beginning this film in solidarity with the struggles of the 600 workers who have been laid ofin solidarity with the struggles of the 600 workers who have been laid off.

It started in 2009 with the realization that cash - strapped states were desperate for money in the midst of a struggling economy.

In some cases, the lack of preparing for another country's culture can result in difficulty recruiting students and faculty, or even a struggle to stay open when the offerings don't align with what is valued by the local economIn some cases, the lack of preparing for another country's culture can result in difficulty recruiting students and faculty, or even a struggle to stay open when the offerings don't align with what is valued by the local economin difficulty recruiting students and faculty, or even a struggle to stay open when the offerings don't align with what is valued by the local economy.

Superintendents struggling with the loss of scale resulting from enrollment declines would strongly disagree with Levin's contention that there are few economies of scale in education.

Improving schools is critical to the economy in Rhode Island, a state with nearly 13 percent unemployment, since students who drop out will struggle and be a cost to society, Gist said in an address to the General Assembly.

With a faltering economy compounding the woes of struggling families and students (and the schools that serve them), Governor Patrick's newfound faith in charter schools is deeply troubling («Test scores drove charter decision,» July 17.

Given that the percentage of low - income suburban fourth - grade young men struggling with literacy is only seven percentage points lower than that for big - city counterparts (and only six points lower for suburban fourth - grade young women peers than for big - city counterparts), suburban districts are doing as poorly as big - city counterparts in providing the poorest kids with high - quality education needed for success in an increasingly knowledge - based economy.

Given there are quite a few other cars out there that surpass the Jeep in terms of practicality, fuel economy and on - road manners, we struggle to come up with a conclusive argument in favour of choosing the Cherokee over everything else this segment has to offer.

As with all fuel economy figures, you'll struggle to achieve those quoted stats, but the 60hp engine will be harder than the others in real driving conditions unless you have an extremely light right foot.

Their policies, combined with an unfavorable international economy led to a major decline in the Jamaican economy with high levels of unemployment, inflation and debt, and a significant escalation of violence as supporters of the JLP and PNP engaged in bloody struggles.

A few years after graduating from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism, she established Midnight Publishing in 2009 to provide authors and businesses with reliable and professional editorial services in the struggling economy.

With the current state of the economy, even some of the biggest publishers and services are struggling to survive in the market.

Laura Pepper Wu presents 5 Places to Find an Intern to Help With Your Book Marketing Activities this Summer posted at 30 Day Books, saying, «In an economy such as this, when many university students struggle to find work during the summer holidays, hiring an intern is not only a great opportunity for you, it's a brilliant experience for them.