Sentences with phrase «as the decades for»

Given the rapid turnover in technology, however, I doubt that will be very long — certainly not as long as the decades for which my bound books have endured.

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For a couple of decades, a big part of Canada's sales pitch to international investors has been that the North American Free Trade Agreement works as a backdoor to the world's most voracious consumers.

Those are the new skills and talents the business world is looking for, putting an end to job descriptions as we've known them for decades.

For decades, the Matlack clan grew wheat, corn, barley, and oats, as well as alfalfa to feed the livestock.

After the Times wrote a story suggesting that Trump may have avoided paying taxes for close to two decades as a result of a large tax loss on his real estate investments, the candidate threatened to sue the newspaper.

While progressive farmers like Willemse have been dabbling in «precision ag» (also known as agri - tech) for nearly a decade, the past few years have seen scores of companies, old and new, blitz the sector.

While most international peers have seen their BERD rise for much of the past decade, Canada's BERD has been steadily dropping — both in absolute terms and as a share of GDP.

«We're also so grateful for the love and support of our friends and family, as well as our wonderful medical teams for everything they've done to help us in our decades - long journey to complete our family,» Duckworth said.

Imagine if «sandwich artist» became a synonym for deceitfulness, just as once honorable professions like snake oil salesman and ambulance chaser did in previous decades.

Chinese spending abroad for Belt and Road is expected to reach $ 100 billion annually over the next decade, and China has earmarked as much as $ 3 trillion for it.

Can Canada's manufacturing sector once again generate major growth for the economy as it did in the decades before oil and other commodity prices surged to record highs?

At various points in the Clinton, Bush, Obama, and Trump administrations, new stock market records and historically low unemployment rates were used as a synonym for a booming economy, or after the financial crisis, to signal that the economy was recovering — even though many workers and households experienced stagnating or steadily declining incomes for years or even decades.

Most notably, that brand went under a major overhaul as it added new body types, skin colors and hair styles to deviate from the slender doll that was the standard for decades.

For decades, the dominant model of marketing has been brands «talking to» consumers, as they did in the golden age of soap operas.

«We've been in a trade war for decades,» new U.S. commerce secretary Wilbur Ross told Bloomberg News recently, as he clarified why the U.S. is launching a radical series of trade negotiations that will include a head - on collision with China and ripping up NAFTA.

On March 15, one of the contenders to become China's president for the next decade, Bo Xilai, was sacked as the Communist Party boss for Chongqing, an inland megalopolis with a population roughly equal to Canada's.

«I can at most venture a personal judgment, based on some examination of the historical evidence, that the initial effects [on employment] of a higher and unanticipated rate of inflation last for something like two to five years; that this initial effect then begins to be reversed; and that a full adjustment to the new rate of inflation takes about as long for employment as for interest rates, say, a couple of decades.»

Schwartz has been in the TV business for three decades, most recently as president of FremantleMedia Kids & Family Entertainment.

«The energy market is changing more rapidly than we could have imagined, and it's changing because the costs of competitive fuels are coming down,» says Simon Flowers, chief analyst at Wood Mackenzie, who predicts global demand for gasoline and diesel fuel will peak as early as a decade from now and «certainly» by 2030.

Jim Koch has had the same title for the last three decades, but he's as excited as ever to go to work each day.

The recent Lassa fever death in Guinea — the first in more than two decades, as the Washington Post notes — is worrisome for a number of reasons, but one of those is where the Guinean victim died: next door in Liberia.

Steve has attended high levels international events for CNBC for over a decade including key G7, G8 and G20 meetings, as well as the St Petersburg International Economic Forum in Russia and the World Economic Forum in Davos, where he also routinely moderates key panels on a host of subjects.

Before founding Social Change Nation, Schukman spent a decade working with companies to develop cause - driven brands such as AmeriCorps, Habitat for Humanity and World Relief.

A big Shell energy project can require investing $ 10 billion on the front end — with the understanding that profits, assuming they materialize as planned, probably won't come for a decade or more.

All was good for decades, as the tradition of buying diamond engagement and wedding rings took off just after the Second World War, when newly employed GIs were told «A Diamond Is Forever» in a clever marketing campaign by South African miner De Beers.

As a result of a decade - long succession planning process, the 17 - member family established a retirement fund for the founder, and then undertook a gap analysis to determine which skills were lacking among the members of the next generation.

My background in the marketing - heavy sport of NASCAR for over a decade was somehow overlooked during my pitch, but as someone who has seen the gam - met of the best and the worst of marketing, I wanted to share several principles to help steer my fellow entrepreneurs, Shark Tank or not, along a successful path in marketing their brands.

In some respects, it's always been that way, with Mac fans for decades championing their company as the underdog against the evil Microsoft empire.

As Exxon's CEO for a decade he built a reputation in the business world as a blunt talker who sticks to his gunAs Exxon's CEO for a decade he built a reputation in the business world as a blunt talker who sticks to his gunas a blunt talker who sticks to his guns.

An academic who served for a decade as President of McGill University, she is currently a Director of Royal Bank of Canada and CGI Group and previously served on the boards of Four Seasons Hotels, Alcan, Yellow Media Inc., and Ontario's Hydro One among others.

Internal studies by a group of analysts within Shell known as the «scenarios» team had concluded that global demand for oil might peak in as little as a decade — essentially tomorrow in an industry that plans in quarter - century increments.

She has covered business and personal finance for more than a decade for such publications as Barron's, Money, The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal.

She is following a succession of fiscally impaired, torn - mainsail governments (Stelmach, Redford, Prentice) under a PC party that had become nearly as fossilized as the resource that kept it in power for over four decades.

«There's only so many people who want to Twitter about Gossip Girl or whatever,» says Shelley Smit, Universal McCann Canada's managing director who also served as Labatt's director of media and sponsorships for a decade.

And in many, many cases — such as with ocean temperatures, rising sea levels, or ice shelf traveling speeds — scientists have recorded the data for decades, systematically, consistently, and with precision.

He points to the ratio of probable workers (ages 25 - 64) to probable retirees (ages 65 and over), which currently stands at four to one, as it has for the past three decades.

France, for example, is expected to exit this year the European procedure for «excessive deficit» for the first time in a decade as its public finances come within the rules.

His wallet, for example, has seen him through two decades; his briefcase (burgundy - colored, of course) has «as many scratches as I have miles.»

Layton was, for most of the last decade, the tireless leader of the New Democratic Party (traditionally Canada's «third» party), and eventually led it during its historical first turn as the Official Opposition in the House of Commons.

Prices for gold bullion and other precious metals have climbed over the past decade to new heights as investors sought protection against the erosion of incomes and wealth by inflation.

After having worked for more than a decade as an entrepreneur (and CEO), I have found the foundation of productivity is focus, and the key to focus is meditation.

A decade ago, Reebok acquired the original Canada Cycle & Motor Company (CCM), as well as hockey brands JOFA and Koho, for US$ 329 million.

The unconventionally underwritten video debuted just as OK Go left EMI, their label for almost a decade.

The predominant concept known as «interval training» used by top athletes and Olympic medalists for decades can now help busy entrepreneurs and ordinary folk do a lot more in less time.

It's hard for a company that is already decades old to grow as fast as a fresh upstart, but this engineering firm with 14 offices across the country can keep pace.

«That these look more like railroads, as Charlie Munger said, and you have to believe that the historical skepticism that has been pounded into most financial analysts for decades is too negative.»

The book argues that most of us are not as creative as we have the potential to be and, thankfully for the time starved business owner, living up to our full creative potential doesn't necessarily mean locking yourself in a practice room for around a decade.

As the first decade of the 21st century ended, VW was enjoying accolades and healthy sales for its green diesels.

As a professional speaker and presentation coach for the past two decades, I agree with this public speaking wisdom, and I would add one more tip:

When Tom Davidson served as a state legislator for a small district in southern Maine two decades ago, he became intimately familiar with the byzantine, bureaucratic, and often, frankly, subpar sausage - making that goes into bankrolling education at a local level.