Sentences with phrase «business by forcing»

Both argue that the proposed settlement would hurt their business by forcing the publishers to give up the agency pricing model for a period of several years.

Estate taxes, which currently can reach 55 % or higher in some states, can kill even the most promising of fast - growing businesses by forcing heirs to sell prematurely to meet tax liabilities.

AUSVEG is stepping up its pressure on food manufacturers who have dubiously suggested that changing Australia's Country of Origin Labelling system would place an unreasonable cost burden on businesses by forcing them to alter labels to reflect ingredient changes.

Darroch foresees a slow - but - sure chipping away at parts of the banking business by the forces of disruption.

Mike Vercher describes his greatest legal victories as winning jury trials for two different Alabama companies that were put out of business by forces beyond their control.

Not exact matches

And — if you can stand the short term pain and the forced smiles (until you take your money and leave to start your next business), you should think about taking a bunch of their money to build your own war chest before they wake up and smell the coffee and are replaced by the next savior CEO.

That does not mean that Intel expects its work force to exactly reflect the demographic makeup of the countries in which it does business by 2020.

INDIGENOUS business experts say rapid growth in the sector is forcing a significant culture shift but it is still being restrained by traditional biases.

Of the respondents who are already business owners and live in highly - developed economies, 78 percent said they choose to launch their ventures because they saw opportunities, not because they were forced to by economic necessity.

The announcement comes the day after Lending Club's founder and chief executive Renaud LaPlanche was forced to step down by his own board, following alleged improprieties around some of his company's marketplace loans to businesses and individuals.

Those owners are now being forced to market by health concerns or a lack of successors within their businesses.

In Personal Insurance, net written premiums grew 8 %, benefiting from renewal premium change of 10 % in agency auto and continued momentum in our leading homeowners business where we grew policies in force by 5 %.

To hear Herbalife tell it, the FTC settlement was one of the best things to ever happen to the company, pushing it to make what new CEO Richard Goudis called «the most significant advancement of our business,» by forcing it to develop the ability to better track distributors and sales.

But a small business with a work force of half a dozen people will be hurt far more by such an employee than will a company with a work force that numbers in the hundreds (or thousands).

«Time and time again,» Slywotzky writes, «it had stalled and fallen back to earth, grounded by the powerful gravitational force that causes more than 80 % of new businesses and new product launches to sputter and fail.»

A wearable technology company founded by Perth entrepreneur Justin Miller and an Israeli medical cannabis company are the latest businesses planning to join the rush of backdoor listings on the ASX, though the news is not all positive with Voyager Global Group becoming the seventh company forced to cancel an announced deal in the past 18 months.

Volvo was owned by Ford until the financial crisis hit, forcing the American carmaker to sell the brand to shore up its core business.

In addition to the potential losses faced by Google if users are forced to switch to other email platforms, the blockages also make it increasingly difficult for companies with corporate Gmail accounts to conduct business in China, according to Reuters.

Today, businesses are threatened by competition, technological disruption and other forces that require a more adaptable and fearless mindset.

Business schools can expose you to a curriculum you might not seek out on your own, and force you to learn the basics of fields like accounting that can be hard to learn by yourself.

UnitedHealth Group remains the largest insurer by membership, yet through acquisitions it has built a data analytics and pharmacy benefits business under its Optum division that is the driving force of its growth.

Even if your business has strong sales and a great vision, you can force it into bankruptcy by not forecasting and maintaining adequate cash reserves.

By contrast, the five account executives, who take over the accounts from the sales force, are compensated for maintaining existing business.

He is the author of the book C - Scape: Conquer the Forces Changing Business Today (Harper Collins) and runs a blog by the same name.

Government figures cited by the Associated Press indicate that just 1.7 million people — out of a total non-farm labor force of some 136 million workers — earned the minimum wage or less in 2006; still the increase was a big political victory for the Democrats, one that came at the expense of lobbyists from the National Federation of Independent Businesses and the Chamber of Commerce, among others.

By avoiding hitting Russian forces in Syria, experts told Business Insider the US runs a much lower risk of a conflict escalating.

By then it was clear that most media - driven businesses were relentlessly being pushed willy - nilly onto the Web, and it seemed to Ford that fashion would inevitably be forced to follow — and that perhaps there was an opportunity to lead the charge.

«History shows that by far the most influential force in shaking up the energy business is government intervention,» Canadian energy economist Peter Tertzakian wrote recently in his blog, The End of Energy Obesity.

Some UK shell companies under offshore control may be skirting new rules which were designed to clamp down on corruption and tax evasion by forcing businesses to reveal their true owners, a Reuters analysis of corporate filings shows.

Vukanovich figures removing mandatory insurance or altering other aspects of the business could cause the real estate market to suffer by forcing some Canadians to pay more for a house.

It also defended the proposal as a way to «assure that sexual predators, like those who exploit the internet, will not be able to freely enter women's restrooms, locker rooms or showers, and that businesses are not forced by local ordinances to allow men in women's restrooms and locker rooms».

Perhaps traditional grocery stores will be forced to confront the challenge posed by big box stores and delivery companies like FreshDirect by playing up the community aspect of the shopping experience — just as some of the most successful bookstores have become more like coffee shops and community centers in order to stay in business.

But in the end, in an ironic twist, he was forced to pay the tax because the judge concluded the stock transfer was «essentially motivated by the kinship that he had with his father and his children» — a gift, not a business transaction.

To business owners who recoil at the thought of endless detail cluttering their monthly bills, Mays responds, «Companies that take control of their legal relationship by requiring more of this kind of information force law firms to be more accountable.»

Ranked second in the world by the Women's Tennis Association after Serena Williams, Sharapova said she first conceived the idea for a candy business when she was forced to take a break from tennis due to a serious shoulder injury, and did not know whether she would be able to play tennis again.

Like many midsize - business owners, they'd been forced to fund expenditures — even the 20 small acquisitions they had made — by using cash flow, mortgaging their building, and tapping into their personal savings.

Train traffic has been disrupted by explosions on the rail network, and on most major roads throughout the region, checkpoints have been set up by rebels and Ukrainian forces, making goods transport a risky business.

Atlassian has about $ 250 million in annual revenue, a devoted customer base of 40,000 businesses, but it has never had a sales force, and it claims to sell its software more cheaply than competitors by allowing customers to pick and choose their own products via the Web.

Armed with an exclusive distribution arrangement with Telus, CI was able to market its product nationally by piggybacking on that telecom company's extensive business services sales force.

Jessica is a tenacious and independent spirit; she built her business by sheer force of will.

Echelon is now focusing its growth on «smart» commercial & municipal LED lighting (although its fab-less chip business has apparently now stabilized after a long decline), and if the lighting business accelerates (and it could, due to recent sales force hires and new products), I think there's a chance it can hit a break - even annualized revenue run - rate of $ 40 million by Q4 - 2019 (pushed back from my earlier hoped - for timeline) at which point — assuming $ 14 million of remaining net cash (vs. an estimated $ 18 million at the end of Q2 2018) and 4.7 million shares outstanding (vs 4.52 million today), an enterprise value of 1x revenue on this 53 % gross margin company would put the stock in the mid - $ 11s per share.

TORONTO — Canada's controversial anti-spam law has already forced businesses to change how they communicate with consumers by email.

«Market forces will dictate higher wages as businesses seek to recruit the best available talent for available jobs,» said a franchise association spokeswoman by email.

Conservatives should be supportive of such innovations — consumer - supplied information can reduce reliance on regulation and enforcement by encouraging market forces that reward better business practices.

Franchise partners with similar objectives and business goals within CMIT Solutions join forces by connecting in «Mastermind» groups.

Kevin Werbach, a business professor who has written extensively on the subject, said that while gamification could be a force for good in the gig economy — for example, by creating bonds among workers who do not share a physical space — there was a danger of abuse.

Smaller business owners are forced to sink or swim by their own efforts or take risks employing SEO agencies who themselves often don't have skilled content marketers able to produce the right level of content.

We are also directly or indirectly dependent upon companies with unionized work forces, such as parts suppliers and trucking and freight companies, and work stoppages or strikes organized by such unions could have a material adverse impact on our business, financial condition or operating results.

By including seller financing as part of the deal you are forcing their hand, because if the business can't sustain the percent you are asking them to finance they won't want to include it.

Many fine businesses — were hobbled by ETERNAL FORCES — to with, the gaggle of LBO - thieves placing a huge debt monkey on their back.