Sentences with phrase «business in a bad economy»

It is a common misconception that starting a business in a bad economy is a setup for failure; certain industries thrive in bad economic conditions, while others depend upon the strength of the economy for their success.

Not exact matches

Many learned to weather the worst of the economic storm, and have built strong businesses that they believe can succeed in the the new economy.

LONDON, Oct 24 - The euro fell to a one - week low against the dollar on Wednesday after worse - than - expected German business activity and sentiment data fuelled concerns of weakness in the euro zone's largest economy.

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.

«Often in the hands of entrepreneurs or families, small businesses with up to 99 employees are typically more flexible when economic shifts occur but can lack the deep pockets to survive a major decline in the economy,» notes the Index besides a graph showing a sharp decline in wages during the worst years of the economic crisis and a steep increase over the last three quarters of last year.

The bad economy is only underscoring what savvy business owners already know about IT, says Michael Kraner, CEO of Primary Support, a 10 - person IT consulting firm in New York City.

Connecticut, which comes in 46th, has the fourth - highest cost of doing business, the third - highest cost of living and the nation's second - worst economy; only Alaska's is worse.

In a prosperous economy credit is easier to obtain, so people with less capital, worse ideas, and often no idea what they are doing can start a business.

(On the flip side, this situation leads to a special type of investment operation that actually causes people to seek out ownership of bad businesses when they think the economy is likely to recover given that they experience bigger upswings as the operating leverage effect happens in reverse.)

For more than 20 years, PNC Business Credit has been a consistent, reliable lender to mid-sized companies through good and bad economies, in a variety of scenarios.

Some other challenges and threats that you are likely going to face is economic downturn; if the economy is in bad shape, history has it that office cleaning services businesses and any other businesses that offer cleaning services usually struggle to maintain their old customers or even welcome new customers.

• In addition, businesses are also more worried about the performance of the Australian economy over the next year with 47.8 % (down 3.2 ppts) now expecting «good times» for the Australian economy while 45.8 % (up 2.6 ppts) now expect «bad times»;

In Japan, a system of lifetime employment in many big businesses, a tradition of employer provided benefits such as housing in many cases, and a wage system in those kinds of businesses where workers receive a substantial share of their annual income in the form of an annual bonus whose size can be used to buffer good and bad years for a company sharing risks and rewards with workers instead of limiting the risks and rewards to an investor class, have contributed to low levels of income inequality in the Japanese economy relative to comparably developed countries with comparable levels of government spending on welfare state type programs in other countrieIn Japan, a system of lifetime employment in many big businesses, a tradition of employer provided benefits such as housing in many cases, and a wage system in those kinds of businesses where workers receive a substantial share of their annual income in the form of an annual bonus whose size can be used to buffer good and bad years for a company sharing risks and rewards with workers instead of limiting the risks and rewards to an investor class, have contributed to low levels of income inequality in the Japanese economy relative to comparably developed countries with comparable levels of government spending on welfare state type programs in other countriein many big businesses, a tradition of employer provided benefits such as housing in many cases, and a wage system in those kinds of businesses where workers receive a substantial share of their annual income in the form of an annual bonus whose size can be used to buffer good and bad years for a company sharing risks and rewards with workers instead of limiting the risks and rewards to an investor class, have contributed to low levels of income inequality in the Japanese economy relative to comparably developed countries with comparable levels of government spending on welfare state type programs in other countriein many cases, and a wage system in those kinds of businesses where workers receive a substantial share of their annual income in the form of an annual bonus whose size can be used to buffer good and bad years for a company sharing risks and rewards with workers instead of limiting the risks and rewards to an investor class, have contributed to low levels of income inequality in the Japanese economy relative to comparably developed countries with comparable levels of government spending on welfare state type programs in other countriein those kinds of businesses where workers receive a substantial share of their annual income in the form of an annual bonus whose size can be used to buffer good and bad years for a company sharing risks and rewards with workers instead of limiting the risks and rewards to an investor class, have contributed to low levels of income inequality in the Japanese economy relative to comparably developed countries with comparable levels of government spending on welfare state type programs in other countriein the form of an annual bonus whose size can be used to buffer good and bad years for a company sharing risks and rewards with workers instead of limiting the risks and rewards to an investor class, have contributed to low levels of income inequality in the Japanese economy relative to comparably developed countries with comparable levels of government spending on welfare state type programs in other countriein the Japanese economy relative to comparably developed countries with comparable levels of government spending on welfare state type programs in other countriein other countries.

«Taxing everything from health insurance to soft drinks to clothing will make life much harder on employers trying to retain and create jobs, and on working New Yorkers trying to make ends meet in this bad economy,» said Kenneth Adams, president and CEO of The Business Council.

Business Council President Health Briccetti says the proposed steep hike in the minimum wage would be bad for the state's economy, and the group will be heavily engaged in opposing it.

«The bill they're considering would raise the cost of labor 17 percent in a very bad economy, and then raise it automatically regardless of whether small businesses can afford it,» said Mike Durant, NFIB State Director, in a statement.

«Senator Foley has shown a startling disconnect with the reality of small business and our economy, which should probably be no surprise coming from the individual with the worst record on small business issues in the entire legislature.»

NFIB represents main street businesses, businesses that are struggling to survive in an economy made worse by the destructive votes Senator Foley has cast.

Business Cycle Expansion and contraction dates for the United States Economy I've spoken at length at this blog and in my books that certain times of the year are good for dating and meeting new women, and bad.

These may exhibit some level of negative correlation with the economy — companies dealing with distressed consumers & businesses can particularly thrive in a bad economy, or outright recession.

He has argued that failed banks should not be bailed out, Lehman's collapse was not a disaster, AIG should be declared bankrupt, that naked short selling is not a problem, that backdating isn't so bad, insider trading should be legal, many corporate CEOs are underpaid, global solutions are worse than local solutions, Warren Buffett is overrated, Michael Milken is a great American, the collapse of the hedge fund was not a scandal, hedge funds are over-regulated, education is overrated by the educated, bonuses at successful Wall Street's firms are deserved and possibly undersized, management buyouts are boons to the economy, Enron's management was victimized by an over-zealous prosecution, Sarbanes - Oxley should be repealed, corporate compliance culture is a disaster, shareholder democracy is overrated, hostile takeovers ought to be revived, the market is permanently moving away from public ownership of equity in corporations, private partnerships are on the rise, public ignorance is encouraged and manipulated by governments and corporations, experts overrate expertise, regulatory agencies are controlled by the businesses they supposedly regulate and Wall Street is much more fun than people give it credit for.

I invite all of our readers to learn more about Healthy Spot in the February issue of Pet Business, where we will take an in - depth look at how several different chains of various sizes have been able to not only survive but thrive in a bad economy.

According to Discover Card's Small Business Watch, «Economic confidence among small business owners saw its largest jump in nine months as fewer owners see the economy getting worse and more believe conditions are improving for their own operationsBusiness Watch, «Economic confidence among small business owners saw its largest jump in nine months as fewer owners see the economy getting worse and more believe conditions are improving for their own operationsbusiness owners saw its largest jump in nine months as fewer owners see the economy getting worse and more believe conditions are improving for their own operations.»

While I most definitely NOT agree with you that VX's Upper Class «probably the worst modern Business Class product I've experienced» — indeed I actually like it — I would say that while one doesn't necessarily need a Business Class seat on an East - to - West flight, it's up to you to think about work productivity in Economy versus Business.

It would be good news for some if the airline was to price Premium Economy closer to Economy Class than to Business Class (in terms of miles needed for an award) but it may be bad need for Business Class award availability if Emirates shrinks Business Class cabins to accommodate the new product.

I've got F booked using AA miles from US - HKG, but am currently on voluntary downgrade on HKG - DPS segment to Economy as AA can't find space — really hoping the business space will open or it will be worse than a cold shower when switching planes in HK.

- New York - Hong Kong If you wanted to fly BA's partner, Cathay Pacific, from New York to Hong Kong, that would require 70,000 Avios roundtrip in Economy, and 140,000 in Business, which is not a bad redemption level at all, even though it would take just 120,000 miles on American Airlines.

The Imperatives in this section aim to remove the worst known offending materials and practices and to drive business toward a truly responsible materials economy.

clean energy innovation improving consumer choice and affordability more efficient use of energy deeper penetration of renewable energy resources wider deployment of «distributed» energy resources micro grids roof - top solar on - site power supplies and storage promote markets advanced energy management enhance demand elasticity and efficiencies empower customers more choice 50 % of its electricity from renewable resources by 2030 business as usual bad public policy clean energy's economic and environmental potential the power industry was headed for trouble rising utility bills growing customer dissatisfaction socially unjust clean energy economy haves - and - have - nots change in culture business model for the whole system moves the electric industry away from a monopoly, top - down and incentive driven system governed by the market emphasizes distributed energy a distributed system platform market exchange microgrids solar energy efficiency distributed energy resources compete to serve the grid pro-consumer pro-innovation markets - based more affordable resilient capital efficiencies encouraging more distributed energy demand response energy efficiency

The challenge in Alberta particularly, he says, is that in good times they're waiting six to eight months to get one approved, a «significant blow to business,» and even with a bad economy, it's still taking four to five months.

Resume Writers - One Business That's Up in a Bad Economy, And You Thought Wall Street Was Unregulated...

The system may be introduced earlier, but there remains considerable opposition from the business community, many of whom believe that flexible leave places too high a burden on small businesses, and will in fact be bad for the economy.

Re your lead sentence: Many of us (I am a former Realtor) give more than a little thought re the state of the current economy, because we / they have to appeal to those consumers of which you claim to speak for, for their business in order to earn an income for services SUCCESSFULLY PROVIDED, unlike our overly - protected work - to - rule, or worse, union bretheren.