The eurozone's manufacturing PMI for February rose to its best level since 2011, and a leading measure of German
business confidence for the same month climbed back up to the four - year high seen at the end of 2016.
Not exact matches
There is reason to doubt that lower interest rates will close the
confidence gap needed
for Canadian companies to invest in growth, however, as Canadian
Business columnist Kevin Carmichael wrote this morning:
Plenty of thinkers have argued that time abroad increases important skills
for business success like comfort with ambiguity,
confidence when confronted with the unfamiliar, and accelerated learning, but the team of social scientists out of Rice University, Columbia, and the University of North Carolina behind this study wanted to test the effects of extended travel abroad on self knowledge specifically.
«On the downside, women still have challenges accessing capital and there remains a skills
confidence gap
for women contemplating
business startups.
The Getting to Yes report prepared
for the CLLN and ABC under the joint Advancing Workplace Learning Project, found that employers who offered WLES training and integrated WLES into their
businesses reported improved employee
confidence, better communication and teamwork, new or improved skills, greater interest in further learning, improved morale and employees who can take on other jobs.
This is good news
for Western Australian companies such as Clickstream and ineedhits.com, which are reaping the benefits of renewed
business confidence in the Internet as an effective publicity medium.
If you takes projects step - by - step, you start to build self -
confidence and momentum
for the
business, because the projects seem more doable.
Millennial small
business owners have more
confidence in their retirement savings than baby boomers, according to our survey, possibly because millennial owners started their
business at a younger age on average (26 vs. 43 years old), allowing more time
for them to grow their
businesses» profit margins and create comfortable retirement plans.
«A bigger move, say outside of a 20 percent band, might destroy
confidence and make it harder
for small
business to raise money, or even to sell to larger companies who might be more worried about their viability, or ability to deliver on orders placed.»
He said Trump can take credit
for improved
business confidence and the stock market.
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.
«The
confidence number suggests that
businesses are continuing to see their margins get squeezed, and their costs are going up faster than top - line revenue,» says Mark Vitner, managing director and senior economist
for Wells Fargo Securities.
Empowering teams to represent the
business is also crucial
for self -
confidence and professional development.
You'll gain
confidence and self - assurance, and the skills you gain will serve you well
for the rest of your
business — and personal — life.
For people who have always dreamed of setting their own rules and starting a
business of their own,
confidence — or lack of
confidence — can be a serious issue.
Philip Hochstein of the Independent Contractors and
Businesses Association of B.C.,
for one, is reminding anyone who will listen that NDP governments raise taxes, enlarge government and generally cause investors to lose
confidence.
«The decline in
confidence was fueled by a somewhat less optimistic outlook
for business and job prospects in the coming months,» Lynn Franco, Director of Economic Indicators at The Conference Board, said in a statement.
Mexico's Ambassador in Washington Geronimo Gutierrez has said a termination clause would erode
business confidence in the region, while his Canadian counterpart has said the Trump administration probably wouldn't find much domestic support
for the proposal.
For the first time since CNBC and SurveyMonkey began tracking small -
business confidence a year ago, a majority of small -
business owners say conditions look good.
«
Confidence was a big piece of it
for me,» says Dillon, who set her sights on a graduate
business degree during a Capital One earnings call where she did not understand all the financial details.
One more thing a good
business plan does
for a startup, it helps to increase
confidence of the other stakeholders — whether that be conventional banks or private capital, or even key executives you want to early bring on board.
For me, bodybuilding serves my
business: I'm a competitor so I eat very clean and I'm very strong and that gives me a sense of
confidence and self - discipline that translates to any project.
Under certain circumstances tremendous pressure is put on salesmen to close
business and our
confidence can deteriorate
for many reasons.
(The Oracle of Omaha traded his 52 million P&G shares
for the battery
business, a seeming vote of no
confidence in P&G's overall prospects.)
Susan St. Germain, a senior
business recruiter
for the state of Washington, says her office got a call from a Tesla executive who explained that the company had a «major» project to discuss in
confidence.
«The rise in domestic
business - travel spending is a positive sign of increasing
business confidence and bodes well
for future employment growth,» says Michael W. McCormick, executive director and chief operating officer of GBTA.
While extreme cases of the Hannibal Lecter variety exist, Dutton says that degrees of psychopathy are scattered across the general population — and may account
for the intense charisma, persuasiveness and
confidence shown by some of our most talented politicians, surgeons and
business leaders.
These are all reasons why just about every survey of small -
business owners taken during the past 30 days have expressed optimism,
confidence and plans
for future growth and hiring.
The Halifax Index, produced annually
for Nova Scotia's capital, benchmarks the city against five peer cities on a number of important measurements: population growth, education levels, the
confidence of the
business sector, and more.
PwC's Agile Project Delivery
Confidence report found that success rates improved by 28 percent
for businesses taking an Agile approach to team projects.
The deals have been spurred by quickening global growth and robust
business confidence, as well as tax cuts passed in the US last year that have added to the firepower
for marquee acquisitions.»
Perhaps like most entrepreneurs (or perhaps this is the complete opposite), I thought the failure rate would actually decrease
for new
business in a recession, the main reason behind such being a stronger
confidence despite existing circumstances.
Borrowing a phrase from the former chancellor, he said he would «send signals of
confidence» to
businesses and markets that «Britain is open
for business.
Kim has proven that tenacity and unflappable
confidence are recipes
for achieving the American Dream and building a multi-million dollar
business.
«We will do whatever we need to do to restore that
confidence and to keep Britain as an attractive destination
for businesses to invest and create jobs.»
The Nikkei Flash Japan Manufacturing PMI
for April revealed stronger growth in output, new orders, and employment, along with improved
business confidence.
In addition, the Glassdoor Employment
Confidence Survey monitors four key indicators of employee confidence each quarter for the past six years: job market optimism / re-hire probability, job security sentiment, salary expectations and business outlook
Confidence Survey monitors four key indicators of employee
confidence each quarter for the past six years: job market optimism / re-hire probability, job security sentiment, salary expectations and business outlook
confidence each quarter
for the past six years: job market optimism / re-hire probability, job security sentiment, salary expectations and
business outlook optimism.
Contractors have high
confidence in the market's ability to provide new
business for the next 12 months, up one point from the level reported in Q4.
Although volatility can go both ways, «market volatility» is usually code
for «market declines,» which can erode consumer and
business confidence and cause a weakening in economic fundamentals.
In the winter of 2000, at the height of the dot - com boom,
business leaders posed
for the covers of Time, BusinessWeek, and the Economist with the aplomb and
confidence of rock stars.
The chargeback process is designed to increase consumer
confidence — it's very easy
for credit card users to dispute charges, while
businesses and banks have to do all of the legwork to figure out whether or not a transaction is legitimate.
«The elephant in the room they can't discuss is [the election], and if the elephant could stop the Fed,
for no political reasons, but because the election increases volatility in the market and hurts
business confidence,» said Harris.
We wish
for our members and attendees to have the skills and
confidence to challenge inequality in the
business and corporate world.
While we believe these
businesses still have potential
for growth and profitability, this decision reflected our
confidence in the growth potential of the NIKE Brand and the remaining brands in our portfolio, as well as our commitment to focus our resources on the greatest opportunities
for creating shareholder value.
So, we need to look at how
confidence interacts with
business — planned
business investment, because it means a lot
for both the economy and obviously the markets.
The transaction was heralded by some as a game - changer
for Canada's cannabis industry, with an established, out - of - market player giving a vote of
confidence in the country's marijuana
business.
Those negative forces include a drop in demand
for eurozone exports from emerging countries like China, unstable financial markets, and a decline in
confidence among consumers and
business managers.
You will be up and running in no time with the
confidence that all of your data and customers are secure and ready
for business.
Though Clothes Mentor was a new
business, Hoon says, «I had
confidence in [Olson's] past abilities to pave a path
for that same kind of concept.»
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