Sentences with phrase «last year my business»

Last year the Business Council of Canada partnered with the Canada China Business Council to explore the potential benefits of a Canada - China FTA.

Last year his business holdings collapsed as Singh, deeply in debt, was accused of 13 federal charges, including bribing an Oyster Bay official to obtain millions of dollars of municipal loan guarantees.

Last year my business reported a loss and I'm sure I will do the same this year.

Last year a business analyst at The Motley Fool pointed out that people who join Amazon's Prime program ultimately use Amazon for the majority of their online shopping, and end up spending more than twice the amount spent by non-Prime members!»

«Last year our business invested in developing our technology offering and in innovation projects that will help evolve our customers» travel programs.

Not exact matches

That business suffered badly last year and in early 2015 because of labor strife at West Coast ports from Seattle to San Diego.

Fei Xiao and Anna Sergeeva graduated from the University of Southern California last year having earned not just a degree, but perhaps a more important credential: their own business.

Money for the original program — which helped to lend $ 22 billion to some 55,000 small businesses — was included in last year's economic stimulus bill.

The National Business Group on Health last year surveyed 133 large companies employing 15 million Americans about their benefit practices: An astounding 90 % said they expect to make at least some telemedicine services available to their workers this year.

Wynne also appointed a panel last month to examine those proposals, which included a jump in the HST, a five - cent - a-litre regional gas tax, a $ 350 - million - a-year business parking levy and $ 100 million a year in development charges.

Before you break into a sweat over the small business requirements in the health - care legislation signed into law last month, take a deep breath: Many of its provisions will take months if not years to go into effect.

Thomas Thurston, the founder of Growth Science in Portland, Ore., has spent the last seven years building databases and algorithms aimed at finding commonalities between businesses that thrive and fail.

«In order to meet the growing challenge of a tough market last year, I was forced to consider alternative options to keep my business viable,» said Dr. Alan Glazier, the company's founder and CEO.

«In the last few years, Meituan's business model shifted in a way that makes it unique.

According to the report, Facebook brought in $ 4 billion in advertising revenue last year and 79 percent of businesses market on Facebook.

Over the last few years, business owners have been tightening their belts and getting creative over cost - cutting.

Last year, nearly 800 universities banded together to offer more than 8,000 courses called «MOOCs» («massive open online courses») via Coursera to bump up your business skills.

The company finally entered mobile gaming last year by bringing its Super Mario Bros franchise to Apple's iPhones, but it still sees console gaming as central to its business.

-- Daniel Putterman, cofounder, co-CEO, and head of business for Kogniz, Inc. which recently released AICam, fully - autonomous surveillance cameras with artificial intelligence that identify people and threats in real - time, using video - based facial recognition and object detection; also having founded and run venture - backed technology companies over the last 20 years including MaxInfo, Inc. (acquired by NETM), EoExchange (S - 1), Mediabolic, Inc. (acquired by ROVI), and Cloud Engines, Inc..

He dismisses the unfortunate events of last year as the kind of short - term problems that any business undergoes during a transition.

These excellent results are supported by the success of our innovation drive in advanced materials, the benefits of increased production capacities in specialty molecular sieves in France and PVDF in China last year, the integration of XL Brands in adhesives and the confirmation of the very good performance of our intermediate chemical businesses.

The world's largest retailer, for years slow to respond to Amazon.com (amzn) in the digital wars, has been on a tear in recent quarters, helped by the $ 3 billion acquisition of jet.com and overhaul of its marketplace last year, and by better integration of its stores with its digital business.

To the average reader of a business magazine, these may seem like ridiculously simple questions, but Lusardi and Mitchell's research over the last few years shows that, in general, you can not count on even this base level of knowledge about how money works.

«Last year, we saw a 28 percent rise in sales volumes for our small business merchants versus the same day in 2009,» said Mary Ann Fitzmaurice Reilly, senior vice president, American Express OPEN.

There appears to have been a surprising shift in the music business last year, as sales of digital downloads fell, with fans turning instead to streaming services such as Spotify and vinyl.

Similar legislation failed last year, after it pitted environmental scientists against businesses and trade groups that benefit from the $ 2 billion market for sun care products in the U.S.

Last year they began their Small Business Saturday initiative that encourages holiday shoppers to spend their dollars in small businesses.

His company, which sells around 80 homes each year and solicits business for related services such as appraisers and home stagers, grossed around $ 200,000 in sales last year.

The company's chemicals business also slumped, with profits falling about 14 percent from last year.

Last year, he started Ryderz Van Service with his girlfriend's car; the business now has three cars, two full - time drivers (Buari and his girlfriend, Chi), and two freelance drivers.

I've been intimately involved with the management team and coauthoring the strategy for the company here over the last two years and operating in every part of the business.

It's rare for families to successfully navigate even one generational transition in the boardroom — a Canadian Business Insights study from last year found that just 17 % of family - run businesses have a firm succession plan in place.

Despite a lack of buy - in from B2B marketers, more businesses are employing content marketing (88 % — up 2 %) from last year, and 76 % of content marketers state that they plan to produce more content this year than last.

Financed primarily by large mutual and hedge funds, the exchange opened for business last year.

After eight years in business we looked at the performance of our company in the last three or four years, we had a lot of growth ahead of us, but still we had enough maturity to know that our concept is very resilient, very solid.

Based in Culver City, California, the business raked in $ 32.6 million last year, landing on the Inc. 5000at No. 276.

«Trump's current approach is basically ignoring an entire industry that has grown up over the last 10 years or so and is quite robust,» Liz Delaney, program director at EDF Climate Corps, told Business Insider.

Etihad Airways may have faced turbulence in the last financial year, but its chief executive said it was still business as usual.

Small business loans at Wells Fargo rose 18 percent last year, says Lisa Stevens, head of small business banking for the San Francisco - based bank.

That is correct if the business lasts forever and produces $ 100k for the investors year after year after year.

Not all powerful business families implode: When Paul Desmarais died last year, his sons, Paul Jr. and André, succeeded in dividing responsibilities over the vast financial services firm with little evidence of acrimony.

Their Wilmington, North Carolina, business brought in $ 3 million in revenue last year, via its social - networking app that sells tools and promotional items to beer purveyors, helping them connect to enthusiasts.

«Probiotics are probably the single most important new food category to emerge in the last 20 years,» Scott Bass, the head of the Global Life Sciences team at law firm Sidley Austin LLP and an adviser for the FDA on its first dietary supplement website, told Business Insider.

Since last year, Peninsula Shops has signed up about 80 businesses, many of which, facing competition from big - box retailers and feeling the effects of the recession, desperately needed a new tactic to get customers in the door.

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Dubbed the best business book of the year last year by The Financial Times and McKinsey, this one by a Pulitzer - Prize winning journalist looks at what happened to Janesville, Wisconsin when a General Motors factory that had been operating in the town for 85 years closed.

She has worked with more than 100 entrepreneurs over the last 10 years from start - ups to 30 - year - old businesses.

WellCare's net income rose more than $ 100 million in the third quarter of 2017 compared to the same time period last year thanks to stellar growth in its Medicare business and much lower - than - expected medical costs for its Medicaid plan holders relative to their premiums.

The business has tripled in the last three years, and we're profitable.

A 2014 survey conducted by Powersports Business magazine and RBC Capital Markets indicates retailers that sell BRP vehicles are outperforming their competitors: 32 % of BRP dealers reported an increase in motorcycle sales of at least 20 % in the fourth quarter of last year (compared with 13 % for dealers overall), and 42 % of BRP dealers expect another 20 % jump in sales for 2015.