Sentences with phrase «as firms increase»

Moreover, as firms increase in size, the proportion of disabled people working for them falls.

Now with the entire 60th floor and part of the 59th floor too, it has the room to carry out a planned expansion, as the firm increases its focus on Toronto.

Hogan Lovells» UK newly - qualified (NQ) lawyers pay has risen 5 %, as the firm increases junior associates» salaries.

Not exact matches

While there's an argument to be made that AI is over-hyped as a technology, there's data to back up Sanwal's tongue - in - cheek advice: Mergers and acquisitions of AI startups increased by a factor of seven between 2011 and 2015, from five to more than 35 deals, according to the research firm.

IFRS allows agricultural firms to use the estimated increase in the value of their biological assets, such as plants, to offset costs when calculating gross margins.

Not so at RFRK, which has increased both its employee retention (in the high - turnover food - service industry, no less) and its rep as an employer of choice (the firm recently got 350 applications for an admin position) by making its people feel something very powerful: that their work matters.

Professional services firm Deloitte has posted a 15 per cent increase in revenue for the 12 months to May, as strong performance in its east coast operations offset challenging conditions in Western Australia.

Once that task is completed, the worm turns and each participating firm (with KH's help) can start to impose new submission criteria and formats on its vendors as well as some process and increased discipline both internally and externally so that all future reports go quickly, clearly and very efficiently into the retrieval system.

Two of the oldest names in Perth's advertising industry have disappeared as increasing competition from national firms puts pressure on local players.

As we've written before, the competition is forcing PE firms to get creative in their dealmaking, with more add - on deals, carve - outs, and an increased interest in new sectors like technology.

Oil's price also has been firming as Houthi rebels in Yemen have increased a campaign of firing missiles into Saudi Arabia, both at oil facilities and civilian areas, but those efforts have so far failed.

Eligible firms that saw their EI payments rise in 1997 (either through hiring or increasing the wages of their workers) had any increase in EI payments returned back to them (minus $ 250) as a rebate, up to $ 10,000.

It has made the traditional paths even more attractive because as the field of competition has increased, the traditional firms have put even greater emphasis on early exposure, responsibility, ownership and mentorship.

But Andrew Crocker, a staff attorney with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, said that the number of government requests to technology companies has been increasing since 2014, when data first started to become available as part of a settlement between technology firms and the government.

As foot traffic flattens, delivery sales have increased by 20 % over the last five years, according to industry research firm NPD Group.

DETROIT, March 2 - If U.S. «Domestic producers of steel would make more money, while domestic consumers of steel would make less money,» said Steve DuBuc, a director at consulting firm AlixPartners» automotive and industrial practice, noting that U.S. steel makers will «have increased pricing power» as steel imports become more expensive.

Through his former firm Scion, founded in 2000, Burry bought securities that would increase in value as subprime mortgage loans plummetted.

Private - equity acquisitions of retailers have become increasingly rare, as the investment firms worry about increasing headwinds facing the industry and their portfolio companies struggle with the debt burden left behind from leveraged buyouts.

As Liz Ryan, founder and CEO of consulting firm The Human Workplace, writes in a post on LinkedIn, «How are you ever going to increase your earnings if every time you change jobs, you get a tiny raise over what they paid you at the last place?»

Revenues in the fine - arts schools category, which as unlikely as it may sound includes such training, are projected to increase by nearly 3 percent this year to $ 4.73 billion, says industry research firm IBISWorld.

As long as foreign investors aren't provided with a clear process, and as long as they are unable to take controlling interests in Canadian firms, these muddled rules will likely continue to increase the cost of attracting capital for Canadian resource companieAs long as foreign investors aren't provided with a clear process, and as long as they are unable to take controlling interests in Canadian firms, these muddled rules will likely continue to increase the cost of attracting capital for Canadian resource companieas foreign investors aren't provided with a clear process, and as long as they are unable to take controlling interests in Canadian firms, these muddled rules will likely continue to increase the cost of attracting capital for Canadian resource companieas long as they are unable to take controlling interests in Canadian firms, these muddled rules will likely continue to increase the cost of attracting capital for Canadian resource companieas they are unable to take controlling interests in Canadian firms, these muddled rules will likely continue to increase the cost of attracting capital for Canadian resource companies.

The firm has warned for months that increasing debt loads at companies could stir up trouble as interest rates move higher, making it more difficult for them to refinance.

This is partly down to the corporate cultures created by hot firms such as Google and Facebook, but a lot of it comes down to profits: according to McKinsey, organizations whose employees are connected see a 20 - 25 % increase in productivity - an incredible advantage in today's competitive atmosphere.

This is interesting as more and more private equity firms have increased their scrutiny of public & private companies they invest in or might invest in to decrease their exposure to areas that could bring controversy.

As a result, you may see a small increase in refining margins for those refiners with firm shipping capacity on Energy East, along with a decrease in refining margins for in - land refineries in Alberta.

«Meanwhile, any inflationary impulse from higher tariffs depends on whether firms view the increase as permanent and if the current state of the business cycle would contribute to a high pass - through rate from tariffs to final goods.»

For those uninitiated, Startup America is a White House partnership with AOL co-founder Steve Case and the Kauffman and the Case Foundations, with the aim to increase «the number of new, high - growth firms that are creating economic growth, innovation, and quality jobs; celebrate and honor entrepreneurship as a core American value and source of competitive advantage; and inspire and empower an ever - greater diversity of communities and individuals to build great American companies.»

The capital - raising is the latest in a series by China's homegrown private equity firms and comes as they have increased their dealmaking over the past two years.

For 2017 as a whole, App Store revenue increased 35 percent over 2016, to a total of roughly $ 38.5 billion, according to information from the data insights firm Sensor Tower.

The Firm delivered progress across many of our key initiatives, increasing client penetration in equity derivatives and interest rate products as well as achieving a significant milestone in the integration of MSSB with the initial roll out of our new technology platform.

As a result, production levels increased at an accelerated pace and manufacturing firms continued to boost their payroll numbers, according to the RBC Canadian Manufacturing Purchasing Managers» Index ™ (RBC PMI ™).

Also, bills have typically traded below other money market rates during tightening cycles, as they do now; periods where bills trade at or above other rates have been the exception and not the rule.36 Thus, the smaller increase in bill yields than in rates on other term instruments is not surprising, and I do not read it as undermining the general conclusion that the policy rate increase was effective in firming money market conditions.37

Others expect that gradually firming demand will allow them to pass on some cost increases, such as higher commodity prices, to their customers.

During a recent livestream Dorsey expressed a desire to allow more Twitter users to achieve the blue checkmark giving to verified profile, as part of a goal to increase openness through the firm's health metrics proposal.

The increase in revenue from the digital media and entertainment business was attributed to acquisitions of video streaming firm Youku Tudou and Singapore e-commerce firm Lazada as well as an increase in revenue from mobile value - added services provided by UCWeb.

As a result, increasing numbers of public relations firms are making efforts to incorporate SEO into their offerings.

As prices for commodities increased, mining firms were keen to increase production to profit from the higher prices.

According to the minutes of the last meeting, there «s a chance that those increases could come at a slightly steeper pace since the central bank views the economy as strengthening and inflation as firming.

The so - called robo - advisors had an estimated $ 8 billion in assets under management as of July, a 34 percent increase from last year, according to financial research firm CB Insights.

And among the approximately 1,000 firms that buy back shares and report R&D spending, the proportion of net income spent on innovation has averaged less than 50 percent since 2009, increasing to 56 percent only in the most recent year as net income fell.

As regulatory activity increases, more and more advisors are going the independent route, partly to reduce the cost obligations of compliance as a broker - dealer firAs regulatory activity increases, more and more advisors are going the independent route, partly to reduce the cost obligations of compliance as a broker - dealer firas a broker - dealer firm.

Each year, I do think we make progress, but as increased attention is placed on ensuring the effective implementation of local (or host country) rules and regulations, we need to ensure we don't lose sight of the need to continue to work effectively across jurisdictions in supervising the largest firms.

Numerous journalists are jumping the newsroom ship to «brand storytelling» as content marketers and an increasing number of public relations firms are evolving as integrated marketing communications agencies.

Employee owners may face less total risk than other employees because employee ownership increases employment stability and firm survival, as reviewed above.

In 2012, Wayfair raised $ 36 million in venture capital from such firms as Battery Ventures and Spark Capital as part of its effort to increase visibility and and grow its headcount.

The firm attempted to spin the move as a «restructuring» that would increase innovation and allow U.S. workers easier access to management and leadership positions.

This dilution is an issue in publicly traded stock market firms, but it has been historically addressed by keeping the size of the ESOP modest compared to the rest of shareholders (most ESOPs in stock market companies are under 20 %) and by establishing a corporate culture where employee stock ownership is likely to increase the performance of the firm so as to offset the modest dilution of profits per share of non-employee shareholders.

Closing the gender gap can result in increased market opportunities for financial services firms, as well as greater financial inclusion and empowerment for women.

Banks will experience an increase in corporate loan demand, as firms boost capital expenditures.

As increasing amounts of personal, business, and other forms of information are collected, firms are using computers to harness this data, and are creating machine - learning predictive software for various purposes, including helping consumers make better buying decisions.