Sentences with phrase «become less competitive»

This is competitive with other frequent flyer programs... but when you add onward connections to the UK and Europe, prices become less competitive.

They look at one side of the issue and conclude that the US has become less competitive.

When interest rates fall, fixed income investments become less competitive because of their lower yields, and therefore, stocks become more attractive as a result.

The logic behind this is based on the idea that bonds and other fixed income instruments become less competitive with stocks when rates are lower and more competitive when rates are higher.

Since its previous redesign in 2009, it has become less competitive with each passing year, and Toyota has risked harming the Corolla's reputation.

Families are denied educational opportunity, local economies become less competitive because the potential of thousands of students is never realized, and citizens» faith in government sinks even lower.

Fraga surrounded himself with a younger team and focused his speeches on the risks of socialism, such as the creation of dependent societies, which, through their support of welfare and subsidies, weakened values such as work, responsibility and merit; in turn, societies would become less competitive and free.

In the last year, while other Western financial centres have become less competitive, London has actually strengthened its position as number one in the global index.

This will cause them to become less competitive outside California.

Shame on you naive fans that still confused that the cowardly board are having any impact on what's happening on the pitch, that's ok, but I happen to think there's a direct correlation between those people and the fact that despite more money and greater resources we have become less competitive.

Manufacturers that normally rely on foreign steel and aluminum may see their production costs increase, while manufacturers targeted by retaliatory tariffs may see their products become less competitive abroad.

In addition, the country's low - end manufacturing has become less competitive because of increased protectionism around the world and weakening global demand.

As sterling has weakened, exports to Britain have become less competitive, and imports from Britain cheaper.

The alums fingered a complicated tax code, an inefficient political system, a struggling K - 12 education system, and persistent pressure from abroad as reasons why the U.S. will become less competitive over the next three years — something 71 percent think will happen.

If our firms become less competitive, they will hire fewer workers or layoff existing workers, or both, and the costs of goods for American consumers will go up as well.

Germany is also attractive because it's becoming less competitive.

Liberal policies are the reason why we are becoming less competitive in the world.

From 2000 to 2012, teacher wages in every state became less competitive.

R became less competitive in the series.

Australian coal is becoming less competitive, given its high cost operations in a highly competitive market.

«The reason they are becoming less competitive is that they cost more to build and operate.»

While utilities in Ohio, New York and elsewhere have sought «around market» charges after affiliated coal and nuclear plants became less competitive, Germany's large utilities are charting new paths forward as that country curbs its reliance on fossil fuels.

As you go further out into Delaware, Montgomery, Chester and Bucks Counties, the Mainline area and into towns like Media, it becomes less competitive, but it is still challenging to compete in common practice areas like personal injury, criminal and family law.

«Both the U.S. and European officials concluded that the deal would not result in the device market becoming less competitive,» Ross Buntrock, a partner with Arent Fox, told the E-Commerce Times.

Not exact matches

Markets are competitive and customers couldn't care less about your self - serving motives for becoming an entrepreneur.

With technology and social media ruling our lives, we are becoming less opportunistic in developing our listening skills, and less socially aware of its effect on business as a competitive advantage.

«The longer you can extend your time horizon the less competitive the game becomes, because most of the world is engaged over a very short time frame» William Browne

For example, can recruitment for ministry become more cooperative and less competitive?

So even in the short term guys like ME are going to pay more for what we've got, because the marketplace has suddenly become a lot less competitive.

I wish that Logos would become competitive here and sell their digital books for significantly less than the paperback books, and maybe even do some sort of price matching with Amazon Kindle eBooks.

I think the new TV deal is fantastic, the lesser clubs have a better chance of holding onto their best players, and in doing so, they become stronger, and help create a more competitive league.

I think the pressures to get points and win trophies in an immensely competitive environment where winning trophies is increasingly shaped by the massive investment in squads in Manchester, Chelsea and even Liverpool - left Wenger and his philosophy in its wake — he tried but with less than half the investment of United and City and hundreds of millions less than Chelsea and Liverpool, it became increasingly difficult for him to play Wengerball.

For supporters of Football League clubs without recent appearances in the Premiership, the playing field has just become less even, and the prospect of less competitive divisions more likely.

In competitive authoritarian states there is a risk that when co-option becomes less tenable coercion can increase.

I've worked with the FSA, the European Commission, the Co-op and Lloyds to facilitate this deal and it is one of a series of actions we have taken to open up a banking market that became less and less competitive whilst Labour were in office.

Combination of economic trends and policies Still, for now an array of Obama administration actions and economic trends are conspiring to cut emissions, according to EIA: Americans are using less oil because of high gasoline prices; carmakers are complying with federal fuel economy standards; electricity companies are becoming more efficient; state renewable energy rules are ushering wind and solar energy onto the power grids; gas prices are competitive with coal; and federal air quality regulations are closing the dirtiest power plants.

Increasing requirement for farmers to adopt higher standards for food safety and biosecurity, become less reliant on the use of antimicrobials and hormones, and provide assurances regarding animal welfare, in order to remain compliant with regulations and competitive

Alfers, the company's Vice President for Defense and Intelligence, testified as a user of space launch services and stressed the need for the U.S. launch services business to avoid becoming even less competitive than it is today.

It's insidious in that when people come to consider teaching, they see that teacher salaries are becoming less and less competitive and we know you can't raise standards without attracting the best people into teaching.»

Of course the genesis for all these solutions is the argument that the US public school system, the entire system of over 13,000 school districts and approximately 50 million students, is failing and causing students to become less globally competitive.

Since the X5's introduction the SUV / CUV market has become much more competitive, and BMW's own smaller X3 snuck up behind it with similar character and more cargo room for a lot less money.

Later models become more expensive as Toyota added more and more standard features and the Tacoma's powertrain become more competitive but today it is still one of the more affordable trucks within its class, their standard models often five thousand less than the base model truck from other makers.

Here the midsized hybrid sedan class is the most competitive in that it is the most populated with closely matched models of various brands — although with the shift in American tastes toward crossovers and SUVs, it is becoming less popular.

It becomes a major inconvenience — to the point where it may be wiser and less tedious to find a bank that can keep rates competitive rather than to jump from bank to bank for the best rates.

If approved, these are excellent loans with highly competitive interest rates that allow both active and retired service members, as well as their immediate families, a way to become homeowners faster and for less of an up - front cost.

Conversely, when interest rates rise, fixed income investments become more competitive because of their higher yields, and therefore, stocks become less attractive as a result.

He had no desire to stick with antiquated strategies that other investors had caught on to and become too competitive, rendering them less effective.

Another, less visible modification of the breed since the 19th century was the selective intensification of genetically programmed fighting styles (such as front - end specialists, stifle specialists, etc.), as performance breeding became more sophisticated under competitive pressures.

Unfortunately, after the devaluation a couple of years ago, Air Canada miles have become much less competitive, and the current Air Canada award chart doesn't offer any great deal compared to United redemption rates.

What will happen is an ongoing softening of demand for oil, as gasmobiles become less and less competitive on cost.