Sentences with phrase «as a boon as»

For an industry that spends more than a billion dollars on training (Source: Merck Capital Ventures), online training comes as a boon as it helps impart training at considerably lower cost.

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Meanwhile, these new services have also proved a boon for a small antenna company that styles itself as an important piece of the cord - cutting puzzle.

He added that the extra revenue would wind up as a boon to filmmakers, with studios investing more money in film budgets and making more movies overall.

A sharp increase in air freight demand has been a boon to passenger airlines as well.

As the details emerged, several CEOs put out statements saying they believed the agreement would be a boon for renewable energy and that business would play a big role in the energy transition.

The decision, announced on Apple's blog, is certainly a boon for owners of older phones — Macworld describes it as «like getting a new iPhone for $ 30.»

Bitcoin does not present a threat to economic activity by disrupting traditional channels of commerce; rather, it could serve as a boon....

Trump accused the Fed of keeping interest rates low for «political reasons» and as a boon to President Obama, according to Reuters.

The treatment, named Kymriah, was hailed by doctors and the life sciences community as a major advance in medicine and a boon to children and young adults with a certain form of leukemia (the group for whom the gene therapy is approved).

If you ask, your carrier may have some flexibility around pick - up times, which can be a boon during high - volume periods such as the holidays, he says.

We chose the Apple Pencil as an Editors» Choice for tablet stylii because of its reliability and accuracy; being able to use it on the much less expensive standard iPad is a boon to any aspiring artist.

He suggested that the media would be disappointed with a Democratic victory, as Trump's presidency has been a boon for television ratings.

A bit of caution proved a boon to Canada in other areas as well.

Since it takes several rounds of discussions to understand something as complicated as drug development, this was a boon to fledgling biopharma companies, and VC funding in the space was booming by 2013.

The sale will be a boon to the two affiliated companies, which are looking for cash as they embark on a complex merger.

With President Trump deliberating U.S. involvement in Syria, markets see the rising tensions as a boon to oil.

Michael McGeary, political director at Engine, a tech advocacy group, says the JOBS Act «could be a real boon for young companies,» particularly those located outside VC - dense areas such as New York and Silicon Valley.

Meanwhile, tax reforms, which are expected to be a boon for tech companies, have hit speed bumps in Washington D.C., as the focus turns toward to President Donald Trump and his interactions with former FBI Director James Comey.

Just as President Obama's Affordable Care Act was seen as a boon to hospital and other health care stocks, President Trump's desire to roll back his predecessor's health reform law has threatened those same companies» share prices since he won the election.

And Congressional Republicans are touting their new finalized tax bill as a wage - boosting, job - creating boon to the middle class, as well as a means of simplifying the tax system.

It became a boon to sales as well as a gesture that customers raved about to prospects.

With the advent of the smartphone came a boon for the gaming industry, and new niches within the indie - gaming scene have created a whole new lens through which games can be viewed; we are more aware than ever that games can teach us or exist as experiential art in addition to the entertainment they provide.

Those savings would be such a boon to Teva, it would be as if the company had launched another blockbuster drug, «with exclusivity extending into perpetuity,» analysts at investment back Cowen wrote in a research note.

Porter's chosen place of business continues to be as much a hindrance to its business plan as it is a boon — for now, its passengers will still have to take a boat before they can fly Toronto's semi-friendly skies.

In the last few years, diversity has become somewhat of a buzzword, and having a diverse group of people working together is seen as a boon.

His government has touted the pipeline as a means of ensuring North American energy security and a boon to the Canadian economy.

Even if it winds up being little more than a marketing stunt, the move may prove to be a boon for PepsiCo, as soda sales in the U.S. have been flagging recently — carbonated soft drinks have seen their sales plummet 14 % in the past nine years.

While the Bush tax cuts were advertised as a boon for everybody, Neal argued the top brackets «did very, very well» and middle - and lower - income Americans only saw «minuscule results.»

He was a magnetic star who attracted legions of fans who had never played golf as the television boon exploded across the land.

Opportunity: An era of fiscal austerity in the public sector can be a boon for economics employment there, as federal and provincial departments such as Finance, Industry, Foreign Affairs and the Bank of Canada seek analysts who can work the data.

To have a partner who believes in you, no matter what, is a boon we as a couple are blessed with.

Unfortunately, what could have been a boon for RideAustin and Fasten, the two local ridesharing companies, was anything but, since, as Recode reported, both struggled with outages.

That's actually been a boon to female runners, as the women's side of that sport has long proven to have a strong customer base.

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The purchase had been rumored since October and could impact hospitals or health systems that operate urgent clinics, as gaining Aetna's 22 million members would be a significant boon to CVS» MinuteClinics.

In fact, because it includes a wide - range of occupations, a growing care economy should be a boon for men as well as for women.

The monumental new tax law signed late in 2017 — the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA)-- has been hailed as a boon for big business.

While equity crowdfunding has been targeted as a boon for startups and small companies in need of early stage funding, a growing number of businesses are comprehending that offering shares, in a transparent manner, to consumers familiar with the brand or company can be very effective.

Crapo touts the bill as one that aims to help consumers gain easier access to credit and as a boon to regional banks by freeing them from burdensome regulations.

According to Dr. Tomas Chamorro - Premuzic, a Professor of Business Psychology at University College London and Columbia University and whose work serves as the basis for the WINGFINDER assessment, this transparency is a boon for potential employers: «Social media provides a wealth of information for hiring managers.

There's a strong business case for Trans Mountain to get built, and it would be an economic boon not just to Alberta but the country as a whole.

A rise in positive media coverage would be a big boon for the cryptocurrency, particularly if more major retailers can be convinced to take it as payment.

That said, a new leaf seems to have been turned this year with hedge funds returning to positive flows in the first quarter of 2017.1 Renewed interest has been spurred by the election of Donald Trump as president of the United States, which some industry experts are predicting should bring meaningful tax reform, deregulation and infrastructure spending that we think could prove a boon to hedge strategies.

The program has been a boon to these Chinese businesses as well as the online shopping marketplaces where they hawk their wares, like Wish, eBay and, to a lesser extent, Amazon.

Going against the grain of popular belief, Mr Buffett sees volatility and «old world» stocks as boons and frowns upon an over-diversified portfolio and excessive trading.

He spent the following weekend on the Sunday morning talk show circuit, championing the move as a boon for American workers.

Though this is a boon as it allows you to generate profitable signals with your own analysis and preferred set of parameters, it has its own disadvantage as many of you who are new to the binary options trading would find it difficult to select from several choices.

-- Having the Blue Jays in the race for the World Series at the same time as the federal election has been a bit of a boon for the Conservatives, given that they share the same colours.

This is a tremendous boon for the unbanked as it allows them a safe egress into the digital world of cryptocurrency and all of the opportunities it offers.

Perhaps it is now time to recognize that the third world - changing scientific achievement of the last century is not the unmitigated good that much of Western culture claims it is — and that treating the sexual revolution as a unambiguous, indeed undeniable, boon to humanity can lead to a lot of personal unhappiness, homicidal ghouls like Kermit Gosnell, and the deployment of coercive state power in ways that threaten civil society and democracy.