Sentences with phrase «business than its population»

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The report also points out that Dreamers start businesses at more than twice the rate of the general population, in large part because they are used to making ends meet without help from the government.

For example, if you are a business located only in the UK, you are limiting yourself to less than 1 % of the world's population, which isn't really an ambitious plan for growth.

Between 2008 and 2010, the number of visitors to Lower Manhattan grew to nine million from seven million, according to the Downtown Alliance, the local business improvement district, while the residential population has more than doubled since 2000, to 56,000 from 22,904.

«Things that affect large portions of the [employee] population really affect small - and medium - sized businesses more than large businesses,» says Al Berman, executive director of DRII, The Institute for Continuity Management, a New York City - based organization that certifies businesses in contingency planning.

People wanting something better, something that's just out of reach, are second only to population growth among reasons anyone has a right to forecast business will be better next year than last.

In the United States, according to the most recent data, some 11.3 % of the working - age population are either running a young business — less than three years old — or are actively trying to start one.

Despite accounting for only about 13 percent of the population, immigrants now start more than a quarter of new businesses in this country.

But there are between 20 million and 30 million small businesses in America, and they employ more than half of the country's working population.

People of color are increasingly launching businesses at a faster rate than that of the general population.

African American (21 %) and Hispanic (18 %) business owners were more likely than their counterparts in the general population (10 %) to be in the startup phase.

Overall, the national study revealed there are more similarities than differences between small business owners in all diverse segments and those in the general population.

On the topic of business education, the Gallup study showed that African American, Asian, and Hispanic business owners were more likely than business owners in the general population to be extremely or very interested in learning how to build a strong business credit application, choose a credit product, and develop a business plan.

At the same time, nearly one in four African American, Hispanic, and Asian business owners plans to apply for credit in the next 12 months, higher than the general small business owner population planning to pursue credit (15 %).

It has a population of more than 620,000 residents, making it the 27th largest city in the U.S. Prior to World War II, it had an economy driven largely by major stock yards that attracted people and businesses from Omaha and Chicago.

Overall, small business owners are more optimistic about the economic recovery than the general population, which may be a leading indicator of the future direction of overall consumer sentiment.

This breakdown skews much younger than the overall population of small - business owners in the United States.

An eight - page document spells out basic requirements: a metro area with more than 1 million people, a diverse population, high quality of life, abundant technical talent, strong university system, a business - friendly environment and access to mass transit.

For both of these populations, search engines were dramatically more dominant than speciality websites like Yelp (which came in around 16 %) or any type of social media website (which came in at only 3 % for restaurants, and just 1 % for other businesses).

That said, B.C.'s strong economic growth over the past three years, combined with a) the announced small business tax relief, b) the new training and youth employment programs (also announced today), and c) a lower - than - average percentage of our working population who actually make minimum wage (about 5 %, compared to 7.1 % nationally), leaves us in a position to cautiously view the announced increases as «reasonable.»

Since economists, especially by those that specialize in international business economics, know that an economy that is not growing faster than its population or labor force is not growing, it's very important to that into account even though for «political» reasons the CB, and NBER do not report that consideration, and thus the financial media do not either.

As the U.S. nears the point where minorities comprise greater than 50 percent of the population, the need for strong minority - owned businesses in national and global supply chains will be vital to the health of our growing economy.»

Here's a fact: In the US, close to 60 million households (~ 90 million people) in the US are either under underserved / banked and traditional banks can't serve them profitably — In fact, a 2010 FDIC survey found that while 73 % of banks were aware of the unbanked and under - banked populations in their market, less than 18 % identified expanding services to these consumers as a priority in their business strategy.

SMEs are the backbone of the British economy, making up 99 % of the business population and accounting for more than half of all private sector employment.

The disparity is also reflected in the nation's prison population: According to the International Business Times, black Americans are more than five more times likely to be imprisoned than whites, and in 11 states, blacks represent more than half of the prison population, in spite of the fact that more than three - quarters of the nation is made up of white Americans.

Or one can be so concerned with his own comfort and prosperity and the demands of his business, family, or other immediate circle that he can be quite obtuse to the fact that in half of the world's population, there are chronic hunger and malnutrition, high infant mortality, and a much shorter life span than in opulent America.

With more than 50 percent of all U.S. seafood harvested from the Bering Sea, sustainability is a major concern of scientists, the government and fishing industry so that both the fish population and businesses can thrive.

«I think the packaging industry has got a chance to reach out not just to the general population, but to councils and also to businesses and give them good information and give them good leads because there is a serious danger of people looking abroad for a solution rather than looking within and the solutions are within Scotland.

Rather than viewing the measures from a compliance mind - set, which can supress effective implementation, the rules encourage businesses to be more ethical, responsible, and accountable by internalising the real costs of their activities upon the health of the wider population.

Of course, it is true that population growth of any kind puts pressure on infrastructure, but in reality falling investment in public services represents a political choice by the current Conservative government, which has opted to spend the tax revenues generated by immigrants and refugees on tax cuts for businesses and reducing the deficit rather than expanding healthcare and education provision.

«Today, we are a state that is transformed and once again the progressive capital of the world,» Cuomo continued, failing to mention the convictions on corruption charges of the former leaders of the «progressive» capital's Legislature, the state's bottom - of - the - barrel rating as a place to do business, and the state's massive population losses — more than 500,000 people since he took office.

In the years to follow, sociologist Julie Logan of Cass Business School in London showed that there is a higher incidence of dyslexia among entrepreneurs than in the general population.

Attempting to determine dosage amounts of a drug according to the generic recommendation that «this will work for everybody» from a company or business that is interested more in making a sale than in the health of the population is counterproductive to the initial impetus behind taking the medication in the first place.

«Ghetto Schooling» offers a penetrating historical analysis of more than a century of government and business policies that have drained the economic, political and human resources of urban populations.

Speaking to an audience of more than 300 business, political, educational, and nonprofit leaders, Martinez illustrated with graphs and charts the education gaps that exist due to San Antonio ISD's historically poor population.

It has a population of more than 620,000 residents, making it the 27th largest city in the U.S. Prior to World War II, it had an economy driven largely by major stock yards that attracted people and businesses from Omaha and Chicago.

A cosmopolitan business center, Dallas is bigger than Austin in population and square mileage.

This, in turn, drew significant business for moneylenders and resulted in a large percentage of the population borrowing a lot more than they could afford.

If you think the answer is «yes», then (a) you are using a different definition of «cause» than the rest of the population, and (b) I have a business proposition for you!

In Seattle, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C., streets with a mix of old and new buildings have greater population density and more businesses per commercial square foot than streets with large, new buildings.

If we can hew to the United Nations» low variant demographic projection, by 2100 global population would be back down to 6.7 billion — more than 4 billion fewer than can be expected in the business - as - usual, medium variant projection of the human population trajectory.

For example, the Census Bureau's «Quick Facts» site is easier than ever to compare demographic factors like racial — ethnic population proportions, housing unit information, income, and business metrics among dif - ferent geographic areas.

With the desire to own the latest technology more than half of the UK population now own a mobile phone, and as mobile phones become increasingly technologically advanced more people depend on them for their business as well as personal lives.

It has a population of more than 620,000 residents, making it the 27th largest city in the U.S. Prior to World War II, it had an economy driven largely by major stock yards that attracted people and businesses from Omaha and Chicago.

Even if it turns out no laws were broken by either company, using weaponized AI against humans and systemically manipulating the populations of several countries is more than just bad business.

The Combined Statistical Area (CSA) population of 2,659,937 is the largest in both the Ohio Valley and Appalachia, the second - largest in Pennsylvania after Philadelphia and the 20th - largest in the U.S. Located at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers, which form the Ohio River, Pittsburgh is known as both «the Steel City» for its more than 300 steel - related businesses, and as the «City of Bridges» for its 446 bridges.

The Wildland - Urban Interface (aka, the WUI), which contains 46 million single family homes, several hundred thousands of businesses and a population of more than 120 million and growing, is at a higher risk from wildfires.

He favors markets in landlord - friendly, business - friendly states, with strong population growth, strong job growth, and a lower than average cost of living.

AAPI are projected to more than double their population by 2050, and China and India have replaced Mexico as the largest source of immigrants to the U.S. Because of this, many AAPI advocacy groups feel it's time to begin disaggregating AAPI data so policymakers, business leaders and academics have the information needed to understand the issues affecting this dynamic community.

More than half of the American working population is employed by small businesses.

Having a very a stable and diversified economy, Tri-Cities is one of the country's least expensive places to start a business, has one of the lowest cost of living indexes in the nation, and has proven itself to have steady growth in both population and high - tech jobs for more than twenty years.