Sentences with phrase «u.s. consumer business»

Barclays U.S. consumer business, headquartered in Wilmington, Del., is one of the fastest - growing top - 10 credit card issuers and online banks in the country.

Barclays» U.S. consumer business, headquartered in Wilmington, Del., is one of the fastest - growing top 10 credit card issuers and online banks in the country.

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How the U.S. economy got here reflects the consumer - versus - business disparity.

May 2 - U.S. health insurer Humana Inc reported higher - than - estimated medical costs in its core direct - to - consumer Medicare Advantage business for seniors and the disabled, sending shares down 2.1 percent.

Huawei's Changzhu Li, vice president of the consumer business group's handsets strategy, said the U.S. had effectively «locked the door» to the tech giant.

At the company's annual analyst summit in Shenzhen, Changzhu Li, vice president of the consumer business group's handsets strategy, said the U.S. had effectively «locked the door» to the tech giant.

The consumer giant's Gillette shaving business continues to be squeezed by U.S. retailers on price.

«We saw good client activity in our balanced portfolio of businesses... The U.S. economy continues to show consumer and business optimism, and our results reflect that,» Chief Executive Brian Moynihan said in a statement.

Seth Kaufman is PepsiCo North America Beverages CMO, where he leads the holistic business, brand and consumer agenda across PepsiCo's vast beverage portfolio of carbonated soft drinks, waters, teas, energy and ready - to - drink coffee drinks in the U.S..

In a filing in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware, Gibson said the overseas consumer electronics business will be wound down, allowing it to re-focus on its core guitar - making and audio businesses.

As CMO, Hispanic Enterprises & Content NBCUniversal, Jacqueline Hernandez has leveraged her multi-platform brand building / business acumen to engage a new generation of consumers, growing the U.S. Hispanic audience and securing double - digit increases in mainstream multicultural audiences.

WASHINGTON, April 18 - «Robust» business borrowing, rising consumer spending, and tight labor markets indicate the U.S. economy remains on track for continued growth, the Federal Reserve reported on Wednesday, with the risks of a global trade war the one big outlier.

LONDON, March 23 - GlaxoSmithKline has withdrawn from the race to buy Pfizer's consumer healthcare business, the British company said on Friday, endangering an auction the U.S. drugmaker hoped would bring in as much as $ 20 billion.

LONDON, March 23 - GlaxoSmithKline has quit the race to buy Pfizer's consumer healthcare business, endangering an auction the U.S. drugmaker hoped would bring in as much as $ 20 billion.

Bern Lefson, a certified mentor at SCORE, the nonprofit dedicated to helping small businesses that is supported by the U.S. Small Business Administration, says there is a consistent trend of consumers carrying less cash and making more transactions with credit cards.

Immigrant entrepreneurs are also uniquely qualified to create innovative business models that tap into the «hidden» needs of immigrant consumers in the U.S. Anurag Jain, a native of India and the co-founder of Prepay Nation in Berwyn, Pennsylvania, is a case in point.

At the end of the day, though, the biggest threat to Canada might likely come not from financial markets, but from what a debt ceiling breach would do to U.S. consumer and business confidence and thus the pace of growth south of the border.

The Chinese e-commerce giant's executive chairman Jack Ma met Trump on Jan. 10 and laid out a plan to bring one million small U.S. businesses onto its platform to sell to Chinese consumers over the next five years.

According to the survey, the top concerns of small business owners over the next year are the effectiveness of government leaders, commodities prices, healthcare costs, recovery of consumer spending and the strength of the U.S. dollar.

U.S. consumers surveyed about the event reported spending an estimated $ 5.5 billion at small businesses on Saturday Nov. 24, according to the Small Business Saturday Consumer Insights Survey from National Federation of Independent Business and American Express.

If you're still sketched out about doing business in Bitcoin — or you got cold feet on the heels of the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's recent advisory warning on the topic — White recommends you reconsider.

But in the last two years, the amount of money U.S. consumers spent at small businesses has dropped, while the number of shoppers has increased.

«Businesses must evolve their existing mobile - first strategy to now include the wearable revolution and deliver perceived value to the consumer in an experiential manner,» says Deborah Bothun, PwC's U.S. entertainment, media and communications leader.

Thanks to a burgeoning scene of business incubators in countries around the world — as well as a growing awareness that consumers outside the U.S. make up a potentially huge market — international startups are increasingly attracting millions of investor dollars from the Bay Area and beyond.

The GBTA attributes the uptick in business - travel spending to improvements in the U.S. economy, job market and consumer confidence.

The move is a vote of confidence in the U.S. economy — a signal that consumers and businesses don't need quite as much help via monetary policy now that the unemployment rate has fallen to 4.6 percent, close to what economists call full employment.

Best Buy Co Inc, the No. 1 U.S. consumer electronics retailer, on Wednesday said it will shut 250 small mobile phone stores in malls as it looks for ways to operate profitably and turn around its business amid intense competition.

If pork, wine, and other products lose sales to China, they could ultimately go out of business or be forced to charge higher prices when selling to businesses and consumers back here in the U.S.

Here's where it gets really interesting: Winthrop guarantees that no matter how big the company gets, its apparel will always be made in the U.S. and will be sold at competitive prices, thanks to the direct - to - consumer business model, which circumvents retail markups.

Here's a look at some companies that are revolutionizing a key sector of the U.S. apparel business, from refining domestic manufacturing processes to enhancing the shopping experience for consumers.

«The global economy continues to do well, and we remain optimistic about the positive impact of tax reform in the U.S. as business sentiment remains upbeat, and consumers benefit from job and wage growth,» Dimon said.

Mr. Nahuz joined Heinz in July 2013 as CFO of Heinz Europe and most recently served as Managing Director of Heinz's U.S. Consumer Products business.

The combined company will have lower costs, greater economies of scale, and the resources to provide U.S. consumers and businesses with lower prices, better quality, unmatched value, and greater competition.

Newell Brands on Jan. 25 said it would explore strategic options for its industrial and commercial - product subsidiaries as well as smaller consumer businesses such as Rawlings athletic goods and U.S. Playing Cards.

Reports that the tariff list may also include consumer goods such as clothing and footwear drew strong protests from U.S. business groups, which argued that it would raise prices for U.S. consumers.

NEW YORK / BEIJING (Reuters)- Alibaba Executive Chairman Jack Ma met U.S. President - elect Donald Trump on Monday and laid out the Chinese e-commerce giant's new plan to bring one million small U.S. businesses onto its platform to sell to Chinese consumers over the next five years, an Alibaba spokesman said.

Construction and architecture firms: «These tariffs will translate into higher costs for consumers and U.S. businesses that use these products, including home builders,» Randy Noel, chairman of the National Association of Home Builders, said in a statement.

«Business Roundtable strongly disagrees with today's announcement because it will hurt the U.S. economy and American companies, workers and consumers by raising prices and resulting in foreign retaliation against U.S. exporters,» Joshua Bolten, president of the influential Business Roundtable, said in a statement.

Factors that could cause actual results to differ include general business and economic conditions and the state of the solar industry; governmental support for the deployment of solar power; future available supplies of high - purity silicon; demand for end - use products by consumers and inventory levels of such products in the supply chain; changes in demand from significant customers; changes in demand from major markets such as Japan, the U.S., India and China; changes in customer order patterns; changes in product mix; capacity utilization; level of competition; pricing pressure and declines in average selling prices; delays in new product introduction; delays in utility - scale project approval process; delays in utility - scale project construction; delays in the completion of project sales; continued success in technological innovations and delivery of products with the features customers demand; shortage in supply of materials or capacity requirements; availability of financing; exchange rate fluctuations; litigation and other risks as described in the Company's SEC filings, including its annual report on Form 20 - F filed on April 27, 2017.

Factors that could cause actual results to differ include general business and economic conditions and the state of the solar industry; governmental support for the deployment of solar power; future available supplies of high - purity silicon; demand for end - use products by consumers and inventory levels of such products in the supply chain; changes in demand from significant customers; changes in demand from major markets such as Japan, the U.S., India and China; changes in customer order patterns; changes in product mix; capacity utilization; level of competition; pricing pressure and declines in average selling prices; delays in new product introduction; delays in utility - scale project approval process; delays in utility - scale project construction; continued success in technological innovations and delivery of products with the features customers demand; shortage in supply of materials or capacity requirements; availability of financing; exchange rate fluctuations; litigation and other risks as described in the Company's SEC filings, including its annual report on Form 20 - F filed on April 20, 2016.

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch)-- The U.S. economy grew 1.7 % in the second quarter, aided by stable consumer spending and a ramp - up in business investment, the government said Wednesday.

If the market fluctuations continue, they could dampen business and consumer confidence and ultimately slow U.S. economic growth.

Factors that could cause actual results to differ include general business and economic conditions and the state of the solar industry; governmental support for the deployment of solar power; future available supplies of high - purity silicon; demand for end - use products by consumers and inventory levels of such products in the supply chain; changes in demand from significant customers; changes in demand from major markets such as Japan, the U.S., India and China; changes in customer order patterns; changes in product mix; capacity utilization; level of competition; pricing pressure and declines in average selling prices; delays in new product introduction; delays in utility - scale project approval process; delays in utility - scale project construction; cancelation of utility - scale feed - in - tariff contracts in Japan; continued success in technological innovations and delivery of products with the features customers demand; shortage in supply of materials or capacity requirements; availability of financing; exchange rate fluctuations; litigation and other risks as described in the Company's SEC filings, including its annual report on Form 20 - F filed on April 27, 2017.

The sale of its consumer health business to Bayer, and the negative effects of a stronger U.S. dollar, have also weighed on results.

«The imposition of sweeping tariffs would trigger a chain reaction of negative consequences for the U.S. economy, provoking retaliation; stifling U.S. agriculture, goods, and services exports; and raising costs for businesses and consumers,» said the letter.

Amid global fears of an escalating trade dispute between the U.S. and China, President Donald Trump suggested that Beijing will ease trade barriers «because it is the right thing to do» and that the economic superpowers can settle the conflict that has rattled financial markets, consumers and businesses.

The event focused on the business and R&D opportunities available from the world \'s largest consumer and developer of power and energy solutions, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD)-- and showcased to the DoD the innovative energy solutions available in this region.

This has been far from a typical recovery: Healing the post-crisis economic wounds has meant U.S. businesses and consumers took longer to regain confidence and animal spirits.

Under Armour has joined other top U.S. footwear brands in criticizing President Donald Trump's plans to slap punishing tariffs on Chinese imports by Thursday, saying the move would hurt consumers, jobs and business.

Already the world's largest car market, China is projected to become the top market for luxury vehicles by 2020, according to L2, a U.S. business intelligence firm that tracks the digital performance of consumer brands.