Sentences with phrase «business investment continues»

While consumer spending will likely lessen somewhat in 2018, business investment continues its significant turnaround.

Low oil prices have taken their toll on an already weak Canadian economy, where household debt levels are at record highs and business investment continues to lag.

However, business investment continues to be weighed down by cuts in resource - sector spending.

While headwinds from lower business investment continue to impact Alberta & B.C., survey measures of manufacturing performance remain significantly above the lows seen in late - 2015.»

(Oddly enough, growth would end up surprising to the upside of that lowered bar, though business investment continued to leave something to be desired.)

Business investment continued to contribute to growth after a strong first half, and public infrastructure spending is becoming more evident in the data.

Not exact matches

A noted decrease in job growth is less of a concern if it's accompanied by signs «that manufacturing activity is starting to rebound, that businesses are spending more on investment, and that consumers are continuing to spend,» he said.

The boom might be over but mining remains an important sector that will continue to employ thousands of people and provide many investment opportunities for business.

Sport Clips is a sports - themed haircutting franchise specializing in haircuts for men and boys, and offers a semi-absentee, recession resistant, lifestyle franchise (12 - 15 hours per week is typical) for entrepreneurs who want to continue to work at current job while building an investment in their business.

Most businesses spend a significant amount of money on a one - time security investment and fail to continue updating it.

If that trend continues, investors with a longer - term perspective might be better off keeping their investments in family businesses.

While everyone tells us that we need a website, regardless of the type of business we may be in, no one ever tells the site owner with any precision whether the website is working and whether it's worth continued investment.

It said global growth continued to be solid and broad - based, the economy was running close to its potential and stronger business investment suggested economic capacity could grow even further without lifting the inflation rate.

Business investment in Scotland could fall by up to 10.2 %, compared with continued membership of the EU, in the event of no Brexit deal, the devolved Scottish government said in an economic impact assessment published on Monday.

«We continue to organically invest in all three of our major businesses in the U.S... And it makes that investment more attractive now, with the lower tax rate,» Bolger said in an interview.

Despite expensive cuts in corporate tax rates, private business investment never really recovered after the 2008 - 09 recession — and some key components (like machinery and R&D spending) continued to fall.

«The return on investment for the best full - time programs is very high and I predict that trend continuing for the foreseeable future,» says Paul Danos, dean of Dartmouth College's Tuck School of Business.

Actual results, including with respect to our targets and prospects, could differ materially due to a number of factors, including the risk that we may not obtain sufficient orders to achieve our targeted revenues; price competition in key markets; the risk that we or our channel partners are not able to develop and expand customer bases and accurately anticipate demand from end customers, which can result in increased inventory and reduced orders as we experience wide fluctuations in supply and demand; the risk that our commercial Lighting Products results will continue to suffer if new issues arise regarding issues related to product quality for this business; the risk that we may experience production difficulties that preclude us from shipping sufficient quantities to meet customer orders or that result in higher production costs and lower margins; our ability to lower costs; the risk that our results will suffer if we are unable to balance fluctuations in customer demand and capacity, including bringing on additional capacity on a timely basis to meet customer demand; the risk that longer manufacturing lead times may cause customers to fulfill their orders with a competitor's products instead; the risk that the economic and political uncertainty caused by the proposed tariffs by the United States on Chinese goods, and any corresponding Chinese tariffs in response, may negatively impact demand for our products; product mix; risks associated with the ramp - up of production of our new products, and our entry into new business channels different from those in which we have historically operated; the risk that customers do not maintain their favorable perception of our brand and products, resulting in lower demand for our products; the risk that our products fail to perform or fail to meet customer requirements or expectations, resulting in significant additional costs, including costs associated with warranty returns or the potential recall of our products; ongoing uncertainty in global economic conditions, infrastructure development or customer demand that could negatively affect product demand, collectability of receivables and other related matters as consumers and businesses may defer purchases or payments, or default on payments; risks resulting from the concentration of our business among few customers, including the risk that customers may reduce or cancel orders or fail to honor purchase commitments; the risk that we are not able to enter into acceptable contractual arrangements with the significant customers of the acquired Infineon RF Power business or otherwise not fully realize anticipated benefits of the transaction; the risk that retail customers may alter promotional pricing, increase promotion of a competitor's products over our products or reduce their inventory levels, all of which could negatively affect product demand; the risk that our investments may experience periods of significant stock price volatility causing us to recognize fair value losses on our investment; the risk posed by managing an increasingly complex supply chain that has the ability to supply a sufficient quantity of raw materials, subsystems and finished products with the required specifications and quality; the risk we may be required to record a significant charge to earnings if our goodwill or amortizable assets become impaired; risks relating to confidential information theft or misuse, including through cyber-attacks or cyber intrusion; our ability to complete development and commercialization of products under development, such as our pipeline of Wolfspeed products, improved LED chips, LED components, and LED lighting products risks related to our multi-year warranty periods for LED lighting products; risks associated with acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures or investments generally; the rapid development of new technology and competing products that may impair demand or render our products obsolete; the potential lack of customer acceptance for our products; risks associated with ongoing litigation; and other factors discussed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including our report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended June 25, 2017, and subsequent reports filed with the SEC.

«However, investment and business development will continue to be dampened until the federal government definitively changes its position on the legality of medical marijuana,» the report notes.

Rich will continue to do the work he started at People, Entertainment Weekly and Sports Illustrated to transition our brands to become true multimedia, multi-platform businesses and to introduce an entrepreneurial spirit and investment culture into the organization.

He named a number of factors, including improving capital investment from business and retail spending from consumers, that he said suggested the economy is continuing to expand — and not, after eight years of recovering from the financial crisis, starting to slip toward another recession.

The growth was mainly driven by our continuing investments in advertising and marketing to support our business units and by the growth of personnel costs due to new hires.

Positive trends signal to them their investment is safer, your business is robust, and there is a higher potential for the business to continue its positive course in the future.

... including consideration of the case, post-Brexit, for a new national investment fund to channel long - term capital via private - sector managed funds, into high growth, innovative businesses, to continue and extend the work that the European Investment Fund investment fund to channel long - term capital via private - sector managed funds, into high growth, innovative businesses, to continue and extend the work that the European Investment Fund Investment Fund has begun.

If in 60 days I decided I didn't want to continue the side business, I could get my money back on my initial investment with no penalty.

Looking forward, we expect growth to pick up to about 2 1/4 percent in 2014, with the continued recovery in the U.S. boosting Canada's exports and business investment.

Henry, like Buffett and Bezos, believes that improving the newspaper business will take investment, not continued cuts.

«Business property taxes and land transfer taxes represent about two - thirds of the total tax burden on corporate investment in Canada, a large share for governments to continue ignoring.»

Our areas of investment focus will continue to be in consumer and enterprise software and software - enabled services businesses in the following sub-sectors: Marketplaces, Mobile Commerce, Vertical and SMB SaaS, Information Services, Edtech, Fintech, Sports Tech, Travel Tech, Developer Tools and APIs, Marketing and Ad Tech, Imaging and Sensor Networks, and Health IT.

As the ecosystem around blockchain continues to expand and develop, Ripple will look to support new use cases of the technology including more investments in business use cases developed by entrepreneurial teams and funds.

Meanwhile, business investment and non-energy goods exports continue to disappoint.

[2] Now, though, a gentle upswing in business investment does seem to be taking place and the forward indicators suggest that this will continue.

In contrast, dwelling construction continues to pick up, the period of business - sector deleveraging looks like it has come to an end, and investment in the resources sector is at very high levels.

Larger, more established companies will continue to utilize Regulation A + to raise $ 5 - $ 50 million through small investments from lots of people, but today the door opens for earlier - stage startups and small businesses.

Beginning Stage: Normally starts with some personal savings, or borrowed or investment money from friends and family, or as a side business — the founder continues to work a day job as well as start the business on the side.

«Advertisers will not continue to do business with us, or they will reduce the prices they are willing to pay to advertise with us, if we do not deliver ads in an effective manner, or if they do not believe that their investment in advertising with us will generate a competitive return relative to alternatives, including online, mobile.»

Tencent's overseas investment splurge continues after the company confirmed a deal with Spotify that will see the duo make investments in each other's music businesses.

DALLAS --(BUSINESS WIRE)-- NexPoint Credit Strategies Fund (NYSE: NHF) announced today that its Board of Trustees has approved the separation of its business into two separate and independent publicly traded companies: NexPoint Credit Strategies Fund («NHF»), which will continue to operate as a non-diversified, closed - end investment company; and NexPoint Residential Trust, Inc. («NXRT»), which will acquire, own, operate and selectively develop multifamily properties.

DALLAS --(BUSINESS WIRE)-- NexPoint Credit Strategies Fund (NYSE: NHF) announced today a plan to separate its business into two separate and independent publicly traded companies: NexPoint Credit Strategies Fund («NHF»), which will continue to operate as a non-diversified, closed - end investment company; and NexPoint Residential Trust, Inc. («NXRT»), which will acquire, own, operate and selectively develop multifamily real property.

If the Fed were to continue hiking rates based on the current low rate of productivity growth for fear that inflation would accelerate, that would tend to keep productivity growth permanently depressed by preventing wage pressures from pushing businesses to investment in productivity boosting technologies.

Strong economies and societies around the world help fuel the growth of our business, while integrity, trust and responsibility are essential to our continued success as a premier global investment management organization.

Lack of fresh investments from VCs and the continued slowdown in real estate market has forced such startups to relook at their business strategy with some merging to survive and others like IndiaHomes shutting down.

In a context of continued weak investment at the global level, any additional uncertainty has the potential to keep businesses on the sidelines longer.

The Department of Commerce is committed to creating the conditions for continued business and job growth by supporting advanced manufacturing, fostering innovation, increasing trade and investment, and equipping our workers with the skills and training needed to succeed in a competitive global economy.»

That is because investment data have continued to disappoint and some businesses are telling us that they remain cautious.

2016.03.11 Canadian Economy Faces Challenges and Opportunities in 2016: RBC Economics 2015 marked a difficult year for the Canadian economy and the challenges are expected to continue in 2016, as energy companies retrench and business investment...

The current elevated level of geopolitical uncertainty, and the related prevailing uncertainties around the economic outlook, are likely contributing importantly to this continued underperformance in business investment.

If they were to continue to strengthen, this would improve Canada's terms of trade, wealth, and hence household spending and business investment.

Recent data suggest that growth of household spending moderated from its strong fourth - quarter pace, while business fixed investment continued to grow strongly.

Finally, we believe that management's significant investments in new businesses, such as online - to - offline services (e.g., food delivery, ride sharing, etc.), are masking the strength of the core search business, which continues to grow at a healthy rate and generates significant profits.