Sentences with phrase «u.s. consumer company»

At one U.S. consumer company, the CEO, a family member, told us, «We very consciously develop family talent with two to six interns every year.

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This moment has been a long time coming for the company, which is now the first and only one in the U.S. that can provide such health reports to consumers without a prescription.

Instead, they'll raise prices for U.S. companies that purchase imported steel used in aerospace and medical equipment, petroleum refining gear, heavy machinery, construction materials, and consumer products from soup cans to baby carriages.

American consumers retreated and in order to survive, U.S. companies got serious about international markets.

Mexican companies are simply intermediaries who would collect money from U.S. consumers, and send the funds to the Treasury.

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.

Canada, the U.S. and Europe are some of the company's top markets, and the company has faced challenges in many Western markets as demand for the overall beer industry has softened as more consumers turn to wine and spirits.

With UChic, a social commerce company I recently launched to help young women in the U.S. live their dreams, we talked to our consumers.

In the U.S., The Journal says, the so - called wealth engine is also centered on consumer web companies.

Investors» fears of an all - out trade war between the United States and China is prompting U.S. stock fund managers to hunt for companies that can easily pass on higher costs to their consumers.

So sedans and other cars are expected to still form more than a quarter of all consumer vehicle sales in the U.S., but the overall trend appears to be that American companies especially are giving up trying to sell cars to Americans.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 19 - A venture capital firm aiming to bring more U.S. startups to Russia has raised a $ 200 million fund, hoping to use the fresh pool of money to help Silicon Valley companies deliver their services to Russia's biggest corporations and its millions of internet - connected consumers.

In May, Microsoft announced it was testing a new pricing model where, rather than selling the Xbox 360 outright for $ 250 or more, consumers could opt to buy it at a company - owned store in the U.S. for $ 99.

The first thing that's changed is that Consumer Internet and Genomics are Driving Innovation at scale In the 1950's and» 60's U.S. Defense and Intelligence organizations drove the pace of innovation in Silicon Valley by providing research and development dollars to universities, and defense companies built weapons systems that used the Valley's first microwave devices and semiconductor components.

With the deal, Compass Group is replacing one of the top - five global consumer - packaged goods companies in the world with Hampton Creek's dressing, as well as a top - five supplier of bakery products in the U.S. with mixes made by the startup.

The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau alleged that the company had encouraged struggling borrowers to take on forbearance agreements rather than income - driven repayment plans, effectively putting its own interests ahead of its customers.

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.

U.S. companies from Walmart to Amazon have warned that sweeping sanctions against China could raise consumer prices and hit the stock market.

The largest U.S. student loan servicer, Navient (navi), cheated borrowers out of billions of dollars, often by deceiving them about repayment options and their legal rights, the U.S. consumer financial watchdog said on Wednesday as it announced a lawsuit against the company.

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said Wednesday that the company will recall 440,000 of its Nest Protect Smoke + CO alarms, which have a feature that allows users to temporarily silence some alerts by waving their arm near the unit.

That's because, while the Canadian economy is very sensitive to whatever happens to U.S. consumers and private companies, we're not quite so closely linked to America's public sector.

The new U.S. administration has threatened an import tax while President Donald Trump has attacked some of the world's biggest companies for manufacturing abroad for U.S. consumers, stoking much alarm and triggering a rash of promises to invest more in the United States.

A U.S. consumer watchdog on Thursday proposed new rules to block credit card companies, banks, and other companies from forcing customers to waive their rights to join class action lawsuits and only settle disputes through arbitration.

U.S. banks and credit card companies could be prevented from blocking customers from banding together to sue them under a rule released by the country's consumer finance agency on Monday.

He has focused on trade relationships where other countries run large surpluses with the U.S., meaning they sell more to U.S. consumers than they buy from American companies.

These could make it more expensive for U.S. manufacturers that source parts from the country, including, say, airplane wings or electronics, with some suggesting that companies ultimately will pass the costs down to the consumer.

PARIS, Feb 8 - L'Oreal, the world's biggest beauty products company, said demand for its luxury labels like Lancome helped lift sales growth in the fourth quarter, while strong appetite from Asian consumers offset a trickier U.S. market.

They sat down with managers and researchers at a number manufacturing companies in the U.S. and China that produce lithium - ion cells for consumer electronics, asking about cost structures.

Ironically, while the enforcement actions might trip up U.S. tech companies, they are unlikely to do much to help European consumers.

Indeed, the Google decision seems harsh to American lawyers in part because, unlike U.S. antitrust law, European competition policy focuses on harm to companies as well as to consumers.

And it's a sign, however troubling to nutritionists, that U.S. companies can still prosper by pitching new, innovative products to the perpetually pinched American consumer.

Then there's the company that sells something in Canadian dollars to U.S. consumers.

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.

While a weaker yuan can hurt U.S. multinational companies» exports, growth in China has been largely infrastructure driven, which draws in commodities but not consumer goods, said McCaughan, whose firm manages nearly $ 343 billion in assets.

Still, most consumers in the U.S. seem to prefer spending time in mobile apps, especially those from just a few companies, Google included.

And the corresponding increases in cost will simply fall on U.S. companies and consumers.

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.

Although apparently intended to help U.S. steel and aluminum makers, the tariffs could lower profits for companies making everything from pickup trucks to canned soup, as well as increasing prices for consumers.

May 2 The poorest U.S. consumers would lose most from the proposed tie - up of wireless carriers T - Mobile US Inc and Sprint Corp, according to consumer advocates who warned the combined company would raise fees for pre-paid and other low - cost mobile phone plans.

May 2 The poorest U.S. consumers would lose most from the proposed tie - up of wireless carriers T - Mobile US Inc and Sprint Corp, according to consumer advocates who warned the combined company would hike fees for pre-paid and other low - cost mobile phone plans.

Facebook Chairman and Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg testified before the U.S. Congress on April 10 and 11 about how the company uses consumer data.

The poorest U.S. consumers would lose most from the proposed tie - up of wireless carriers T - Mobile US Inc and Sprint Corp, according to consumer advocates who warned the combined company would raise fees for pre-paid and other low - cost mobile phone plans.

The addition of Tmall.com, China's leading B2C shopping website, to the ranks of overseas online marketplaces supported by U.S. - based ChannelAdvisor is part of a stepped - up effort by the Chinese e-commerce company to encourage American retailers and consumer - goods manufacturers to sell directly to the PRC's increasingly acquisitive masses.

The company currently has its sights set on the U.S. market, where it hopes to become the first Chinese carmaker to sell to American consumers.

«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.

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 company's shares failed to get a boost in the U.S. as some investors stayed focused on the health of the Chinese economy and the strength of the country's consumers, who remain Alibaba's lifeblood.