In March, Euromoney decided to take a detailed look
at the environment for the M&A, financing and markets businesses at the big banks.
However, when those reports appeared to be irreproducible, the team looked
at the environment for toluene - producing cultures — specifically to municipal sewage and anoxic lake sediment.
Not exact matches
For instance, I didn't realize I'd long enjoyed a flexible work
environment until I later found myself
at a bureaucracy that put a premium on face - time.
For companies committed to fostering both creativity and productivity in their office
environment, leaders and office managers are faced with a challenge: How do you design an office where employees feel just as — if not more — productive as they do
at home?
With any expenditure aimed
at bettering employees, the
environment, and community instead of maximizing profits
for shareholders, there arises the conflict between shareholders and corporate social responsibility.
«Because of its family - friendly policies and a favourable political
environment for startups and investment in women, Canada is an emerging hot spot
for female entrepreneurs,» Aidis commented when the survey results were released
at the recent Dell Women's Entrepreneur Network Summit in Berlin.
At the Inside ETFs Conference, Vanguard CEO Tim Buckley speaks to CNBC's Bob Pisani about the state of ETF investing, the
environment for active versus passive investing as well as what he thinks about bitcoin.
Spending Too Much Time
at Home: Loneliness is the number one complaint from people who work
at home, says Anne Alexander, a small - business coach in Brevard, N.C. «Many people are not prepared
for the isolated working
environment.»
Many people prefer the option of their child being cared
for in a home
environment while they are
at work, opposed to a more institutional - like setting.
Aidis looked
at data in five key categories: general business
environment, accessibility of resources, women's rights and the prevalence of women in leadership roles, potential
for high - growth female - owned businesses, and the entrepreneurship pipeline — the category Canada scored lowest in.
The low - interest - rate
environment has allowed it to borrow to fund operations
at levels that are about half the 10 percent interest rate the company paid
for its financing more than a decade ago, says Clark Balderson, the company's chairman and chief financial officer.
The party would set a $ 15 minimum wage
for federally regulated industries, and establish a Youth Community and
Environment Service Corps, which would support jobs
for 160,000 young people over four years
at the new minimum wage.
The current cohort
at the University of Alberta's MBA in natural resources, energy and
environment is 10 % larger than the previous one, while the school's Fort McMurray MBA
for oilsands workers is up nearly 35 %.
Of course, I said that we had a startup
at 1871 (mRelief.com) that was already working with the city of Chicago and state of Illinois on «an app
for that,» one that allows just about anyone to quickly and easily figure out exactly which government and / or community - based programs exist that might have benefits immediately available to them - especially in the current
environment.
«We're seeing the mature technology companies trying to energize their work
environments, getting rid of cube farms and investing in facilities to compete
for talent,» said Kevin Schaeffer, a principal
at architecture and design firm Gensler in San Jose.
But she also stresses creating the
environment for long - term economic growth, which is why a significant increase to the capital - gains tax
for investments less than six years in duration is
at the center of her plan.
Last, Bombardier's product lines are sensitive to macroeconomic and political
environments, so recessions and terrorist attacks,
for example, will
at times take a toll.
Goldman Sachs President and COO David Solomon speaks to CNBC's David Faber
at the Milken Conference about what he sees
for the dealmaking
environment and the overall markets.
At the time of the discovery, Marshall was ridiculed
for his idea because «everyone» knew that bacteria couldn't survive in the acidic
environment of the stomach.
Finally, if one of your staff members has an outside source of violence directed
at them, such as domestic abuse, the employer itself can get a restraining order to make the work
environment safer
for that person.
For now, the company is in «rarefied air, given the current retail
environment,» Scot Ciccarelli, an analyst
at RBC Capital Markets LLC, said in a note.
Private equity firms have recognized
for a while now that they can't just expect management teams to conduct business as usual
at the current price
environments to deliver the types of returns that people expect.
If you're intrigued by the idea of working on applications that millions of people could potentially use, then you'll want to take a look
at the growing group of software engineers who are researching, designing, evaluating, integrating and maintaining software applications, technical
environments, operating systems (you can thank these guys
for all those Apple iOS updates), embedded software, information warehouses and telecommunications software in both the private and public sectors.
«Reclassification, even if successful, would resolve no existing problem and would almost certainly end the massive private investment in Internet infrastructure that has gone on since 1996, when Congress created a light - touch regulatory
environment for Internet access and related services,» Larry Downes, an Internet industry analyst and a director
at Georgetown's Center
for Business and Public Policy, says.
Fortune's ranking of 150 Best Small and Medium - Sized Companies to Work
For, based on some 52,000 surveys compiled and graded by our partner Great Place to Work, offers insights into what makes for a meaningful work environment, along with a potential target list of desirable employers (though only some, obviously, will be hiring at any given momen
For, based on some 52,000 surveys compiled and graded by our partner Great Place to Work, offers insights into what makes
for a meaningful work environment, along with a potential target list of desirable employers (though only some, obviously, will be hiring at any given momen
for a meaningful work
environment, along with a potential target list of desirable employers (though only some, obviously, will be hiring
at any given moment).
Though the decorating of your dorm room might not be as crucial as choosing a major or registering
for classes, that small space will be your home
for at least the next year, so you want to create an
environment that is comfortable, welcoming, and cheerful.
The State Department issued a statement about the call, saying «the secretary made clear the United States and its partners hold Russia responsible
for this situation, including the use of incendiary and bunker buster bombs in an urban
environment, a drastic escalation that puts civilians
at great risk.»
At this point, the only thing anyone knows
for certain is that the low - volatility
environment is over, and dynamic price swings look here to stay.
For example, a 35 - year - old looking to generate $ 48,000 per year in retirement income beginning
at age 65 would need to invest $ 178,000 today in a 5 % interest rate
environment.
President Donald Trump landed in Switzerland this morning, and will spend the next two days among the global elite
at the World Economic Forum in Davos, where he is expected to advocate
for an «America First» agenda in an
environment that is antithetical to those principles.
Leaders must place team members in an organized, dynamic
environment where they can become infected with enthusiasm
for carrying out the goals
at hand.
At first, you can be happy
for a little while because you will meet with new people and it is a new
environment.
That gives people the opportunity to race
at the highest level of the sport, and we don't want to lose that, but when you add new top teams... making sure that you have an equally attractive
environment for pro-am independent teams is a challenge we're up to — but it's easier said than done.
«That great strength can be a weakness if you're not adapting to the
environment that you're in,» says Jonathan Wellum, who worked side by side with Lee - Chin
at AIC
for almost 20 years.
Students explore techniques
for energy efficiency in the built
environment (looking
at better wall structures, improving building envelopes, and reducing energy consumption without compromising services).
Those
environment - loving folks
at Coca - Cola, meanwhile, are suing Australia's Northern Territory government over its plan to implement a cash refund system
for returning used cans and bottles.
Alasdair Warren, co-head of CIB
for EMEA
at Deutsche Bank, speaks about the current deal
environment.
At that time, IMG released a statement saying that it had already been «actively looking
for a new home
for NYFW that gives our designers and partners the best possible
environment to share their creative visions.»
While Musk is clearly smart enough to have considered all this already (or
at least to pay someone else to consider it), Maynard ends with a word of caution
for the SpaceX team: «If enough people feel SpaceX is threatening what they value (such as the
environment — here or there), or disadvantaging them in some way (
for example, by allowing rich people to move to another planet and abandoning the rest of us here), they'll make life difficult
for the company.»
«We're always looking
at what's going on in the competitive
environment,» said Duncan Mac Naughton, executive vice president, chief merchandising and marketing officer
for Walmart U.S.
These motion - tracking sensors will give a person «a stronger sense of being transported» to a virtual
environment because they will presumably make it easier
for people to move around and look
at things in digital worlds like they do in real life.
They maybe they need to look
at — maybe they need to invest in the United States now because it's a better
environment for business.
Take a look
at the list below to see what companies are creating the best
environments for working mothers:
It was really before there was a general awareness of sexual harassment, so it was a bit of an unkind
environment for a young woman
at the time.»
A 2015 report from researchers
at Kent State University and the University of Texas
at Tyler found that the «prevalence of male norms in the male - dominated
environment may result in a more hostile workplace
for women who are perceived by men as violators of the gender norms.»
Alexander agrees that we'll remain in a low - interest - rate
environment for at least two or three years, though he can see the Bank of Canada increasing rates by,
at most, 1 % between now and 2015.
They look
at the regulatory
environment as well to see if there's an opening
for us to get in.
That renovation, once completed, will have performed a neat trick: converting a space that once sold junk into one that,
at a cost, will hold it
for you in a humidity - controlled
environment.
For instance, if you apply for a Customer Service Manager position for a manufacturer, you may want to highlight the skill and experience you have dealing with difficult customer situations in a retail sales environment at one of your previous jobs, which the hiring manager may not be able to relate to or connect to their own situati
For instance, if you apply
for a Customer Service Manager position for a manufacturer, you may want to highlight the skill and experience you have dealing with difficult customer situations in a retail sales environment at one of your previous jobs, which the hiring manager may not be able to relate to or connect to their own situati
for a Customer Service Manager position
for a manufacturer, you may want to highlight the skill and experience you have dealing with difficult customer situations in a retail sales environment at one of your previous jobs, which the hiring manager may not be able to relate to or connect to their own situati
for a manufacturer, you may want to highlight the skill and experience you have dealing with difficult customer situations in a retail sales
environment at one of your previous jobs, which the hiring manager may not be able to relate to or connect to their own situation.
Adds Denis Horrigan, a partner
at financial advisory Connecticut Wealth Management, in Farmington, Connecticut: «Business owners may want to consider locking in to the current low - rate
environment with any financing needs they have
for equipment purchases or construction.»