Sentences with phrase «by any business standard»

«My suspicion is that in a few months» time all these anxieties will prove to have been overblown,» he wrote in a commentary published August 13 by the Business Standard.
That's a good margin by any business standard.
Tata - owned British carmaker, Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), will showcase its Range Rover Evoque Convertible premium compact SUV at the upcoming 2016 Delhi Auto Expo as reported by Business Standard.
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They are from the 55,000 pictures taken for Standard Oil Co. (N.J.) by some of the ablest photographers in the business.
As we start 2016, it will be key for Canadian companies to look for new opportunities to grow their international business — and Canada's living standards by extension.
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.
Miro Advisors has been selected by oil and gas explorer New Standard Energy to manage the farm - out of its Western Australian exploration acreage, continuing four years of rapid growth for the Perth advisory firm, as detailed in this week's edition of Business News.
The other CEOs in the group saw how Steve could partner with a large digital technology company that generated printable content like Adobe or Microsoft, in a way that would make his business the standard by which people turned their online digital information into hard copy.
Thursday's decision by the National Labor Relations Board involving the Teamsters Union and Browning - Ferris Industries reverses decades of standard practice around the concept of joint ownership in business.
Its primary business is specialty insurance, such as insuring automobiles for drivers that do not meet the criteria for coverage by standard automobile insurers.
In short, several sources believe Amazon will save little money — by the company's standardsby shutting down the business.
«Canada's move to international standards is driven by the reality of businesses operating in a globalized economy where investors and analysts compare financial information across borders and capital markets, making a common standard critical,» says CGA - Canada.
It's just that many banks are not able to properly scale their resources to include all deserving borrowers, even if small - business owners do meet the stringent standards set by lenders,» says James Walter, founder and CEO of BBC Easy, a provider of automated loan management software for financial institutions.
While I credit books like E-Myth by Michael Gerber as true turning points for me, the book doesn't always have to be on a standard business topic.
This burst of candor may strike the reader as disarming or annoying, but either way, by the standards of the countless books that offer business or self - help advice, it's startling: The whole premise of such titles is that you know very little, and whatever you think you know is dead wrong.
Canadian business leaders, in a poll conducted by COMPAS Inc., are divided on whether Apple is likely to suffer damage to its reputation, and whether North American companies should insist on better standards when outsourcing.
This quality standard was first introduced in 1987 by the International Organization for Standards (ISO) in hopes of establishing an international definition of the essential characteristics and language of a quality system for all businesses, irrespective of industry or geographic location.
The page - rank section allows business to see how they stack up against similar brands and by industry standards.
Babcock realized that by teaming up a standard business card with a transportable DVD, she could engage a potential client almost immediately as her information was readily available.
And we extend the same standard to our business by investing substantially alongside our investors.
The idea of parity, that «we're no worse than the next guy» is being blown up by new entrants with new business models that aren't held to the same old standards and aren't doing business in the same old way.
Established in 1995, the mission of the Partnership Committee is to steward the firm's culture as defined by our Business Principles and standards, preserve the spirit of partnership, promote and enhance the benefits of partnership, and advance the long - term success of Goldman Sachs through the cultivation of its current and future leaders.
CP / M, the operating system devised by Digital Research Inc. of Pacific Grove, Calif., has become a de facto standard for personal business computers since Xerox decided to base its new Model 820 computer on the system.
By being an empathetic leader, Mark set the precedent in his business for his standard of customer service.
According to standards set by the Small Business Association (SBA), a small business start - up is generally one that projects it will make seven million dollars or less pBusiness Association (SBA), a small business start - up is generally one that projects it will make seven million dollars or less pbusiness start - up is generally one that projects it will make seven million dollars or less per year.
Second, corporate profits are still high by historical standards, so businesses still have a lot of room to absorb wage increases before they would have to raise prices.
Simplifying taxes and creating new breaks, by creating a standard deduction for small business owners much like the one that individuals can claim.
I was assisted at the showroom by Lewis Malivanek, who happens to be Knot Standard's Creative Director as well as infinitely knowledgeable about menswear and the ins and outs of the custom suit making business.
Earlier this month, Business Standard reported that Ola was accused of commercial espionage by a local Sri Lankan cab - hailing firm PickMe, which runs the largest cab service in the island nation.
Some German business groups have begun calling for Europe to use the dispute with the United States to reopen negotiations about a broad trade agreement that would largely eliminate tariffs and reduce regulatory impediments, for example by agreeing on common safety standards for cars.
This has once again led to B.C. being the only province with an AAA - credit rating by both Moody's and Standard & Poor's, which sends a clear message to the international community that B.C. is a safe haven in which to invest and do business.
This initiative creates a nationally recognized gold standard in certification for veteran - owned businesses of all sizes and enables corporate America to proactively source and confidently utilize businesses that are at least 51 % owned, operated and controlled by U.S. military veterans.
Even by the standards of the commodity business (and the commodity trading business in particular) Glencore is known for its appetite for political and legal risk, and its willingness to deal with sketchy counterparties.
High standards The annual letter, which Bezos has published every year since 1997, is widely considered a must - read by business professionals for its rich detail around the Amazon CEO's management principle and long - term thinking.
Darin Kingston of d.light, whose profitable solar - powered LED lanterns simultaneously address poverty, education, air pollution / toxic fumes / health risks, energy savings, carbon footprint, and more Janine Benyus, biomimicry pioneer who finds models in the natural world for everything from extracting water from fog (as a desert beetle does) to construction materials (spider silk) to designing flood - resistant buildings by studying anthills in India's monsoon climate, and shows what's possible when you invite the planet to join your design thinking team Dean Cycon, whose coffee company has not only exclusively sold organic fairly traded gourmet coffee and cocoa beans since its founding in 1993, but has funded dozens of village - led community development projects in the lands where he sources his beans John Kremer, whose concept of exponential growth through «biological marketing,» just as a single kernel of corn grows into a plant bearing thousands of new kernels, could completely change your business strategy Amory Lovins of the Rocky Mountain Institute, who built a near - net - zero - energy luxury home back in 1983, and has developed a scientific, economically viable plan to get the entire economy off oil, coal, and nuclear and onto renewables — while keeping and even improving our high standard of living
In fact, to support virtual currency businesses, Coin Center strongly advocates for a federal licensing system for money transmitters rather than the state - by - state licensing that is currently standard.
Many factors could cause BlackBerry's actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward - looking statements, including, without limitation: BlackBerry's ability to enhance its current products and services, or develop new products and services in a timely manner or at competitive prices, including risks related to new product introductions; risks related to BlackBerry's ability to mitigate the impact of the anticipated decline in BlackBerry's infrastructure access fees on its consolidated revenue by developing an integrated services and software offering; intense competition, rapid change and significant strategic alliances within BlackBerry's industry; BlackBerry's reliance on carrier partners and distributors; risks associated with BlackBerry's foreign operations, including risks related to recent political and economic developments in Venezuela and the impact of foreign currency restrictions; risks relating to network disruptions and other business interruptions, including costs, potential liabilities, lost revenues and reputational damage associated with service interruptions; risks related to BlackBerry's ability to implement and to realize the anticipated benefits of its CORE program; BlackBerry's ability to maintain or increase its cash balance; security risks; BlackBerry's ability to attract and retain key personnel; risks related to intellectual property rights; BlackBerry's ability to expand and manage BlackBerry ® World ™; risks related to the collection, storage, transmission, use and disclosure of confidential and personal information; BlackBerry's ability to manage inventory and asset risk; BlackBerry's reliance on suppliers of functional components for its products and risks relating to its supply chain; BlackBerry's ability to obtain rights to use software or components supplied by third parties; BlackBerry's ability to successfully maintain and enhance its brand; risks related to government regulations, including regulations relating to encryption technology; BlackBerry's ability to continue to adapt to recent board and management changes and headcount reductions; reliance on strategic alliances with third - party network infrastructure developers, software platform vendors and service platform vendors; BlackBerry's reliance on third - party manufacturers; potential defects and vulnerabilities in BlackBerry's products; risks related to litigation, including litigation claims arising from BlackBerry's practice of providing forward - looking guidance; potential charges relating to the impairment of intangible assets recorded on BlackBerry's balance sheet; risks as a result of actions of activist shareholders; government regulation of wireless spectrum and radio frequencies; risks related to economic and geopolitical conditions; risks associated with acquisitions; foreign exchange risks; and difficulties in forecasting BlackBerry's financial results given the rapid technological changes, evolving industry standards, intense competition and short product life cycles that characterize the wireless communications industry.
This will be accomplished through a combination of ongoing incremental cost reduction efforts driven by running the business closer to current standards and transformative cost reduction efforts that fundamentally change how we support our restaurants and operate the business going forward.
These risks and uncertainties include food safety and food - borne illness concerns; litigation; unfavorable publicity; federal, state and local regulation of our business including health care reform, labor and insurance costs; technology failures; failure to execute a business continuity plan following a disaster; health concerns including virus outbreaks; the intensely competitive nature of the restaurant industry; factors impacting our ability to drive sales growth; the impact of indebtedness we incurred in the RARE acquisition; our plans to expand our newer brands like Bahama Breeze and Seasons 52; our ability to successfully integrate Eddie V's restaurant operations; a lack of suitable new restaurant locations; higher - than - anticipated costs to open, close or remodel restaurants; increased advertising and marketing costs; a failure to develop and recruit effective leaders; the price and availability of key food products and utilities; shortages or interruptions in the delivery of food and other products; volatility in the market value of derivatives; general macroeconomic factors, including unemployment and interest rates; disruptions in the financial markets; risk of doing business with franchisees and vendors in foreign markets; failure to protect our service marks or other intellectual property; a possible impairment in the carrying value of our goodwill or other intangible assets; a failure of our internal controls over financial reporting or changes in accounting standards; and other factors and uncertainties discussed from time to time in reports filed by Darden with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Business confidence is high, and balance sheets appear to be sound, with corporate gearing at a low level by historical standards.
One bank has introduced a small business loan secured by commercial property, reducing the interest rate at which such a loan would previously have been available from this bank, while another introduced a «basic» residentially secured term loan for small business at 6.35 per cent, 40 basis points lower than that bank's standard residentially secured term loan.
For small business owners contemplating adding alternative payment solutions to their menu of legal tender, consider these tips: Don't be intimidated Just because the payment solution you're offering is not the tried - and - true standard exemplified by cash or credit, that doesn't mean its implementation will be difficult.
Specific policies include encouraging job creation and innovation in the new energy economy; improving the fairness of employment standards (including re-establishing the National Minimum Wage; reversing «tax giveaways» to corporations; introducing and maintaining balanced budgets; protecting Canadians from «price gouging» by businesses; implementing income stabilization programs for farmers; promoting long - term economic and environmental sustainability of marine and forestry resources; and re-investing in education, skills training and apprenticeships to help Canadians succeed in the economy.
Again, we can see the limited free cash flow generated by the business which is standard for an MLP.
As a result of the turmoil the average rate on a standard variable rate mortgage has increased by 40 basis points more than might otherwise have been the case, while the standard business borrowing rate has increased by between 30 and 60 basis points.
As the business gets picked up by lenders that don't have the same level of oversight, it's raised concern that underwriting standards could slip further.
Dear Minister Morneau, For decades, successive federal governments have recognized the need to ensure that Canada's business tax burden is competitive by international standards,...
According to a recent national survey commissioned by the Business Council of Canada and conducted by Ipsos, Canadians themselves are nearly unanimous in wanting to see this country's companies held to the highest ethical standards, both at home and abroad (93 per cent agree).
A company is assigned GIC classification codes at the sub-industry levels by Standard & Poor's and MSCI according to their definition of the company's principal business.
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