Sentences with phrase «becomes more mean»

But then it becomes more mean - spirited as the film goes along.

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Yet China is struggling to become a first - world economy, which means opening itself up more to outside influence.

Firstly, because it means higher interest rates — so when companies try to borrow money, that money will become more expensive and as a result they will have less room to give returns to investors.

That means employees who are currently exempt from overtime pay who earn less than this threshold will become nonexempt — employers will suddenly be required to pay overtime to over four million more employees within the first year of implementing the new rules.

«In this era of disruption,» she continued, «these skills — from artificial intelligence to data visualization and more — are constantly changing and becoming increasingly specialized, which means businesses can't just rely on periodic training and traditional work experience to keep employees up to speed.»

These venues and networks are gradually becoming more inclusive, but while women are now venturing into the rooms where alliances are struck and money is promised, that doesn't mean they stand on equal ground.

There are even more abstruse explanations, for example, that computer equipment accounts for a growing portion of capital investment but has become less expensive over time, meaning fewer dollars spent.

When she first started talking about how the school needed to become more diverse, she says, «I was surprised to find out the meme around Harvey Mudd was that we are a merit - based institution and bringing in more women or people of color would mean lowering our standards.»

Though centralized services frequently mean scripted responses, Cappelli maintains those responses are more accurate and lead to better overall service — especially in America, where professional services like payroll, benefits and compliance — once the domain of in - house staff — are becoming massive industries in and of themselves.

Just because you have been given a senior role with a higher pay grade and more responsibility doesn't mean that you have suddenly become an expert on every aspect of the organization you're running.

«When we're upset, our body gets into a fight - or - flight mode, which means that we become more reactive,» Weiss says.

Early bird promotions and preorders are becoming an increasingly effective means for e-commerce players to drive more traffic to their sites and lock in purchases, with over 90 percent of Nielsen's respondents intending to place items in their online carts before November 11th as to avoid products selling out.

Lower GDP and especially recessions tend to mean higher spending as more people become eligible for unemployment benefits, food stamps, and other social programs.

When an article becomes popular on a social - news site, it can mean more than 50,000 visitors to your site.

Becoming a data literate culture means integrating data platforms into our work so we can become more familiar with it.

Instead, it means simply becoming a lifelong learner, and not paying more than you have to for your education.

They caution that more children being diagnosed doesn't necessarily mean that autism is becoming more common.

And in the U.S., at least, the»90s brought legislation allowing people to carry concealed weapons in most states, meaning that smaller guns became more in demand for both men and women.

Reaching customers became easier during the recession as the cost of advertising time dropped, meaning companies could buy more ads.

For entrepreneurs, this means tools like Facebook's targeted advertisements are going to become smarter and more powerful.

For prospective homeowners, that means financing a mortgage could become more expensive over time.

The agency's moves on Friday may mean that «zero rating» becomes more common.

What it also means: More years to pay for all that, more years for the mind and body to break down, more years to worry about becoming a financial burden on your famMore years to pay for all that, more years for the mind and body to break down, more years to worry about becoming a financial burden on your fammore years for the mind and body to break down, more years to worry about becoming a financial burden on your fammore years to worry about becoming a financial burden on your family.

It may sound a little like something out of an episode of the «The Jetsons,» but the reality is the Federal Aviation Administration is required to implement regulations to integrate commercial drones into the national airspace by 2015, meaning flying robots are going to become a lot more common in the U.S.

«It means they can become a one - stop shop for any target an advertiser might have, which helps them capture more share,» says Pivotal Research Group analyst Brian Wieser.

And, according to one study published in the journal Information Society, the more means of communication managers use, the more overwhelmed and fatigued do they — and their employees — become.

Mobile technology is finding its way into pockets everywhere, and people are becoming more comfortable with it as a means of searching.

Although focusing on organizational culture as a differentiator has become a more common practice in the business world, there are still many misconceptions about what culture really means and how to make it successful.

The testimonial will lose meaning because the individual who provided the testimonial becomes more of a spokesperson rather than another satisfied customer in the eyes of prospects.

While the 20th century saw massive corporations build vast factories to churn out the products of an elite class of industrial geniuses like Edison and Ford and Jobs, the 21st century is more likely to see what we might loosely call the democratization of design, production and, ultimately, innovation, as the means of technologically sophisticated design and manufacturing become widely available.

Google is continuously improving their customer experience, and their technology has them approaching the thought patterns of actual users, however, this means that our jobs as brand managers and promoters will continue to become more complicated as time passes.

The job search has become almost entirely digital, which means your online presence is more important than ever.

As the number of initial fundings balloons, and as nontraditional money creates a powerful updraft for companies that make it through the initial cull, the imperative to cross the valley by any means necessary becomes ever more urgent.

In contrast, «no, but» bosses consistently shoot down ideas that aren't their own, resist change (even if it means becoming more efficient) and hold staff to impossible, vague standards.

This meant it was far more likely a prospect would become a paying customer.

Selling prices are expected to continue to decline, which could mean that in the near future, credit will slowly become more available to aspiring buyers.

«The availability of jobs across industries underscores the need for companies to evaluate where their talent deficits are and become more strategic about how they fill these needs, whether that means reskilling their current workers, offering higher salaries to attract workers, or using data analytics to target talent with the right skills,» Ferguson comments.

Since they can't be distributed by traditional means, it becomes even more imperative that your release be inherently shareable, tweetable and likeable on social channels.

Mainland China is expected to have more than 200 million cars by 2020, the government say, meaning that finding space to park could become increasingly difficult.

And that means, should you want to do this, you have an opportunity to become more than just a company that sells a product or service.

My days have more meaning, my mind seems sharper and everything has become easier to understand, in a new perspective.

We business people travel more than most, meaning you're susceptible to your values becoming corrupted.

The facts are not right here, energy is cheap that means the cost of manufacturing and transporting of goods is low, food and consumers staples already more affordable, so what if a few American oil companies going out of business.the cost of producing oil in middle east is less than $ 10 / bl and we were paying more than $ 140 / bl for it, with that huge profit margin the big oil companies and oil producing nations became richer and the rest of us left behind, with the oil price this low the oil giants don't want to reduce the price at pump even a penny, because they are so greedy.worst case scenario is some CEOs bonuses might drop from $ 20 million to $ 15 millions I am sure they will survive.in terms of the stock market it always bounces back, after all it's just a casino like game.

Not everyone will benefit: now that Republicans have swept the US government for the first time since 1928, it means Obamacare is over - just a matter of time - and Affordable Care Act - vulnerable stocks such as Universal Health Services, AmSurg and Mednax will likely plunge; on the other hand pure pharma stocks like MCK and ABC will benefit as rhetoric on drug pricing will diminish significantly, leading to more stable earnings if / when changes in drug pricing become more stable.

As Thompson explains, tulips in fact were becoming more popular, particularly in Germany, and, as the first phase of the 30 Years War wound down, it looked like Germany would be victorious, which would mean a better market for tulips.

Ironically, the trend of companies raising less capital actually enhances the importance of the initial round buy - in (both because that initial buy - in becomes less diluted meaning the first round price was that much more important and because even if an angel wants to buy up more in later rounds they'll have less of a chance to do so; I also believe that along with the trend of companies raising less capital we're also seeing earlier and somewhat smaller average exits — also enhancing the value of initial round buy - ins as fewer investors are truly swinging for the proverbial fence).

The idea is that deposit flight from Greek banks means that Greek citizens move their money abroad, where it is safe from Grexit, while Greek banks become more and more funded by the other eurozone central banks, leaving those banks to be the losers if Greece leaves the euro.

These rising rates mean borrowing money will become more expensive in 2018.

That would mean using more unconventional monetary policies, and the issue becomes how effective are these policies, and would you want them to become, in effect, conventional policies.

With unemployment at such low levels, the real chances of recession are becoming less likely, which also means that rate hikes are becoming more likely.