Sentences with phrase «bad business at»

Bad business at a luxury animal hotel by JFK Airport has left the hotel's developer barking mad.

Would Jackson Martinez (Top player who could give us 3 - 5 top seasons) be bad business at 10mil?

For a potentially third - choice striker, that's not bad business at all, especially as he cost only # 10.5 m last summer.

Not exact matches

That business suffered badly last year and in early 2015 because of labor strife at West Coast ports from Seattle to San Diego.

«The business community, by and large, has consistently communicated to lawmakers at every level that such laws are bad for our employees and bad for business.»

The first part of the suggestion comprises of obliging the financial sector to write off a certain (not huge) amount of their bad debt, while also driving down the costs of doing business a little more at the same time.

Saying «no» means being the bad cop at times, but it also means understanding that running a business is not about being liked.

At worse, travel is a necessary evil to keep your business growing.

«The bubble has become worse,» says George Athanassakos, a finance professor at the Richard Ivey School of Business.

These gestures often vary in scale and cost, but one thing I have found consistent in my years of running businesses is the astonishing amount of wastefulness due to completely irrelevant or useless gifts that end up at the bottom of a wastebasket or, worse, in a white elephant gift exchange.

Whether the employee simply has a knack for always saying the worst possible thing or the behavior puts your business at risk for a sexual harassment claim, it's important to do something about the employee as soon as possible.

So, don't look at this business «virginity» or your naivety as a bad thing and instead, use it to explore, learn and create your own path.

This year, we at Canadian Business decided to calculate our annual Worst Jobs list a little differently — by income decline.

«In start - up companies, it's all about «who do I trust» and sometimes nepotism will come in,» Fraedrich says, and family - run businesses have to be especially vigilant against an ethical lapse that could lead at best to employee dissatisfaction and at worst to a discrimination suit.

«For better or for worse, I think many companies take a very legalistic view of termination to protect themselves liability-wise,» says Adam M. Kleinbaum, an assistant professor at Dartmouth's Tuck School of Business.

But as large companies shore up their security systems in response to high - profile data breaches, that means «the bad guys are moving down the food chain, where folks are not as prepared,» says Brian Casazza, CIO at Vistage, a training organization for small - and mid-sized businesses.

When you're a 26 - year - old engineer or manager you may do worse than being reactive and not being emphatic, and that acting out is at a very high cost to the business.»

Customers don't trust reviews if they don't see at least some bad ones — businesses with 10 to 30 percent negative reviews actually receive more than 10 times more leads than businesses with nearly all five - star reviews.

«The only way you can make matters worse,» says Ballentine, «is by keeping the business loan and your home mortgage at the same bank, which might impose a «cross-default» mechanism on you — so that both loans automatically go into default if you run into problems with either one of them.»

As basic as this sounds, many business sites use irrelevant graphics such as butterflies and family photos, or worse, no graphics at all.

«It's not bad at all, no chaos,» said Mariah Sablan, who works for Golden Dragon Travel Inc. «It's just like a regular business day.»

«The worst place is actually the step above rock bottom, because you're still trying to hold onto something,» says Dean Shepherd, business prof at the University of Notre Dame.

«At almost any given age, most of us are getting better at some things and worse at others,» Joshua Hartshorne, an MIT cognitive science researcher and the lead author of a study looking at how intelligence changes as we age, told Business InsideAt almost any given age, most of us are getting better at some things and worse at others,» Joshua Hartshorne, an MIT cognitive science researcher and the lead author of a study looking at how intelligence changes as we age, told Business Insideat some things and worse at others,» Joshua Hartshorne, an MIT cognitive science researcher and the lead author of a study looking at how intelligence changes as we age, told Business Insideat others,» Joshua Hartshorne, an MIT cognitive science researcher and the lead author of a study looking at how intelligence changes as we age, told Business Insideat how intelligence changes as we age, told Business Insider.

The scandal comes at a bad time for Japanese business as a whole, as prime minister Shinzo Abe is trying to drum up global investor confidence by touting improved corporate governance standards.

At its best, it's a cash - grab by big ISPs while at its worst it's a concerted effort to stifle online services that compete with other parts of their business, like all that unmetered television we watcAt its best, it's a cash - grab by big ISPs while at its worst it's a concerted effort to stifle online services that compete with other parts of their business, like all that unmetered television we watcat its worst it's a concerted effort to stifle online services that compete with other parts of their business, like all that unmetered television we watch.

A new report suggests we're bad at starting online businesses and deriving value from e-commerce.

It's bad for the workers, but its arguably even worse for the companies that employ them, says Ron Burke, a professor at the Schulich School of Business.

It may be a pain to spend Saturday night at Bingo, or every Tuesday and Thursday at some boring bar with expensive drinks and bad music, but in the long run your business will thank you for it.

Mark Hurd, who was HP chief executive at the time, wanted badly to compete with IBM's (IBM) big IT services business.

It's not just millennials who are bad at saving for retirement — small - business owners are also failing to build up a retirement fund.

«The HB2 law is bad for business,» Sorenson said, at a press conference before the hotel's ribbon cutting on Tuesday morning.

At our Entrepreneur Magazine Roundtable, investor Timothy Keating pinpoints the worst mistake business owners can make with investors: not showing how they'll make money.

Because so much of communication is derived from nonverbal cues such as body language, an effectively - written email is particularly important: without those nonverbal cues, emails can so easily get misinterpreted, at best leading to minor misunderstandings, and at worst, derailing important business projects.

Nearly a decade removed from its acquisition of Guidant — which Fortune labeled the second - worst ever at the time — Boston Scientific is finally pivoting from the pacemaker and heart - stint driven business it had been pursuing.

Nobody wants to talk about the worst - case scenario, especially when spirits are high at the beginning of a new business venture.

Why, then, do so many business websites (perhaps even yours) still read like books, brochures, or reports — and often badly written ones at that?

Andrew Policano, dean of The Paul Merage School of Business at the University of California, Irvine, shares his thoughts on news — good and bad — in the economy.

Last year, Chanos voiced questions about the profitability of Tesla's business, and called the deal between the electric automaker and solar solutions firm SolarCity a «shameful example of corporate governance at its worst.»

From deaths to firings to unpopular decisions, the most influential young people in business share their worst moments at work (and what they learned from them).

«Our studies have shown that companies will switch brands 78 percent of the time if they have a bad customer experience,» says Marie Rosecrans, SVP of small business marketing at Salesforce.

Meanwhile, researchers have also cast doubt on the long - term efficacy of «forced fun» at work, finding that required levity can lead to an array of bad outcomes such as burnout among employees, and that these cheerful work cultures often serve to distract workers from excessive control or poor conditions elsewhere in the business.

Having the incorrect business structure during term - sheet negotiation is at best a distraction and at worst a potential deal - breaker, especially when a dozen or more other startups are competing for an angel investor or VC's attention.

But the majority of the words on the list are business - speak at its worst.

«It always struck me that the business model in financial services was flawed at best, and maybe even broken at worst.

CNBC, America's Business Channel, looks at the best states for business — and the worst — in our exclusivBusiness Channel, looks at the best states for business — and the worst — in our exclusivbusiness — and the worst — in our exclusive study.

Imagine the worst - case scenario: your partner is bored with the business or wants to expand in a direction completely at odds with your own.

It could be said that Ford decided to get into the off - road truck business at the worst possible time.

«I don't mind looking foolish but it's just that I'm so bad at singing,» Schwarzenegger told Business Insider.

Don't be your own worst enemy when it comes to succeeding at starting and running your own business.

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