Sentences with phrase «by large corporations in»

Even when I was helping clients acquire $ 12M development properties owned by large corporations in a highly competitive bidding process, only 10 % earnest money was required.

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Those business owners have long complained that the disparity is unfair, especially in view of the fact that many multinationals pay much less than the 35 percent statutory corporate tax rate by exploiting abundant loopholes and tax breaks available to large, global corporations.

In 2015, revenue for the 500 largest global corporations dropped 11.5 % to $ 27.6 trillion, owing to falling oil prices and in part by the surge in value of the U.S. dollar, which has stalled economic growth worldwidIn 2015, revenue for the 500 largest global corporations dropped 11.5 % to $ 27.6 trillion, owing to falling oil prices and in part by the surge in value of the U.S. dollar, which has stalled economic growth worldwidin part by the surge in value of the U.S. dollar, which has stalled economic growth worldwidin value of the U.S. dollar, which has stalled economic growth worldwide.

How it will be interpreted in practice by accounting firms, large corporations, small businesses and individuals is another story altogether.

By 2012, Apple became the largest publicly traded corporation in the world.

Corporations should use their existing gear to the fullest capacity, a bulwark against startups that are able to more nimbly compete with large companies in this area by aggregating data sources.

The largest portion of the cash (20 %) should be placed in Canadian public corporations or indexes, followed by 16 % in real estate or rental housing, according to the respondents.

While such growth may be impressive for a company built on $ 75,000 in friends - and - family money, it's a drop in the bucket compared to the $ 1 billion - a-year market for 3 - D printers and scanners used by large corporations.

The products are typically purchased by governments and large corporations that brand them, and distribute them in Africa, mostly through NGOs.

The two products, which are typically purchased by governments and large corporations that brand and distribute them in Africa through NGOs, generated $ 6 million in revenue last year for Uncharted Play.

That would be bad news for the torrid earnings growth being enjoyed by US companies, since the large multinational corporations with heavy weighting in stock indexes have had exports boosted by a weak currency.

The nation's largest chain of drive - in restaurants saw system - wide same - stores sales rise 2.2 percent during the first quarter, powered by a 2.3 percent increase at franchise drive - ins, the corporation reported Monday.

In recent years, Fitbit — co-founded by James Park, the company's chief executive, and chief technology officer Eric Friedman in 2007 — has also landed large corporate partnerships with health insurance companies and wellness programs at major corporations to make its product the go - to device for such offeringIn recent years, Fitbit — co-founded by James Park, the company's chief executive, and chief technology officer Eric Friedman in 2007 — has also landed large corporate partnerships with health insurance companies and wellness programs at major corporations to make its product the go - to device for such offeringin 2007 — has also landed large corporate partnerships with health insurance companies and wellness programs at major corporations to make its product the go - to device for such offerings.

A 1993 survey in Wyatt Comparison by benefits consultancy the Wyatt Co. in Washington, D.C., notes that large corporations start flex plans mainly to control costs, but smaller companies do so mainly to offer choices to their workers.

It's been embraced by a host of large corporations like IBM, Cisco, and Oracle, which use the technology in their own blockchain products.

Her account appeared in the daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, the stern upholder of German financial orthodoxy and not a publication usually given to accounts of workplace abuse by large and powerful corporations.

... the share of exports by large multinational corporations dropped from 84 percent in 1977 to 50 percent in 2013.

As a market leader, he has been called upon by both Metro Vancouver and large global corporations with their development of strategies, implementation of strategies and ultimately relocations, dispositions and renewals, maximizing value in each transaction.

The largest cut by far in the new tax law — which will not expire — benefits corporations.

The basic idea is that while most economists believe corporate taxes are primarily paid by owners of capital (that is, people who own stock in corporations) in the form of lower profits, a sizable minority, including White House chief economist Kevin Hassett, think that a large share of the tax is paid by workers in the form of lower wages.

Indeed, the average corporation in its annual proxy statement devotes about ten thousand words to justify those large payments to their CEOs, often rationalizing those large payments by calling them «performance» based and market rate (citing as peers only overpaid CEOs).

In contrast to banks and other financial corporations, the non-financial sector's foreign currency liabilities have risen since 2009, consistent with an increase in borrowings in foreign debt markets by larger corporations (particularly in the mining sectorIn contrast to banks and other financial corporations, the non-financial sector's foreign currency liabilities have risen since 2009, consistent with an increase in borrowings in foreign debt markets by larger corporations (particularly in the mining sectorin borrowings in foreign debt markets by larger corporations (particularly in the mining sectorin foreign debt markets by larger corporations (particularly in the mining sectorin the mining sector).

As a historical matter, the original purpose of the corporation — reflected in debates about limited liability and general incorporation statutes — was to facilitate economic growth by enabling projects that required large - scale, long - term investment.

Why DanoneWave took the steps to become the largest public benefit corporation in the U.S. with a public commitment to become a Certified B Corp by 2020

With growing interest and support from public markets (including through the incorporation of DanoneWave as the largest public benefit corporation in the U.S. and their public commitment to become a Certified B Corp by 2020 as well as Laureate Education's IPO in early 2017), multi-billion dollar companies are following suit and choosing to operate their businesses with purpose and accountability.

Kent Mason, a partner with Davis & Harman in Washington, a law firm serving banks and large corporations, says that while the administration's goal «is to require advisors to act in the best interest of their customers, the industry has no concerns with such a requirement, as evidenced by the industry's longstanding support» for an SEC best - interest standard.

In 2011, the 20 largest U.S. - based companies by revenue were Walmart, ExxonMobil, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, Fannie Mae, General Electric, Berkshire Hathaway, General Motors, Ford Motor Company, Hewlett - Packard, AT&T, Cargill, McKesson Corporation, Bank of America, Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, Apple Inc., Verizon, JPMorgan Chase, and Cardinal Health.

In 2013, eight of the world's ten largest companies by market capitalization were American: Apple Inc., ExxonMobil, Berkshire Hathaway, Walmart, General Electric, Microsoft, IBM, and Chevron Corporation.

As someone who's spent many years trying to drive innovation within a large corporation I'm very familiar with the issues discussed by Bob in your post.

The first one that comes to mind for most people is Exxon Mobil (XOM), a multi-national corporation that is number # 3 on the Fortune Global 500 list (as of 2011) and the largest company in the world (by revenue).

The two first female attorneys - general in BC history were appointed, Our 125,000 + civil service, finance ministry and largest Crown corporation were run by women, and more than a third of our government board appointees were women.

This global hub, also known as «Gateway of the Americas», has everything that EB - 5 investor might want besides a growing number of EB - 5 approved projects; largest concentration of foreign banks and multinational corporations, rated Number 2 in Business Friendliness and Number 3 in Foreign Direct Investment Strategy by FDI Intelligence (a division of Financial Times), and is undoubtedly one of fastest growing urban centers of the world in commerce, finance, culture, media, arts, entertainment and international trade.»

At the same time, big — time investors can also leverage on the high demand for cleaning services by larger corporations to set up their own well — organized office cleaning businesses in strategic locations within a business district in the United States of America.

At the same time, big — time investors can also leverage on the high demand for cleaning services by larger corporations to set up their own well — organized gutter cleaning businesses in strategic locations within a business district in the United States of America.

Equibit Development Corporation, creator of the Equibit Blockchain and Blockchain applications for the global securities industry, said it plans to raise as much as $ 7 million in an initial coin offering, one of the largest on record by a Canadian - based company.

But even that demonstrator — who brought out an effigy of Obama with texts declaring him a liar and murderer — was fundamentally critiquing large corporations and their control over politicians when he declared in a sign that «TTIP and CETA is social murder dictated by the US.»

Most of the drop in share prices is due to weaker outlooks on profit and missed revenue targets by large corporations.

This structure will result in new opportunities for small businesses to flourish in nices left untouched by large corporations, and lead to more cooperation between large and small companies - particularly in the areas of sales, marketing and innovation.

And in the same paragraph: «It is really very difficult for people — including large associations of people and huge corporations — to do anything very bad, for very long, when they are not buttressed by the threat of physical coercion.»

a set of values, beliefs, and structure in a person's life in order to give them direction and a sense of right and wrong is fine, but organized religions are no more than large corporations, and like any large corporation are only focused on their bottom line... trying to control the public and extract as much money as they can from them by any means necessary... promoting fear, uncertainty, hate and a sense that they alone can offer salvation... for a price (although they are very cleaver about getting to this hidden and unspoken cost... after all these hundreds of years they have perfected their craft well!)

The result was the rapid buying up of stations by large networks, which made possible the centralization of power in the hands of only a few multinational corporations who now own every part of the broadcasting system — radio, TV, cable, and satellite.

A few years ago, when the seventh largest corporation in America, Penn Central, was on the verge of forfeiting on hundreds of millions of dollars in short - term loans, the Federal Reserve saved hundreds of banks from bankruptcy — and the economy from catastrophe — by offering to cover all the loans required at that point to maintain stability.

But to have the computer lines and terminals, specialists in image analysis, specialists in food production, geology, land management, ocean ecology, investment specialists, and, finally, to own the worldwide satellite facilities to move the information instantly — such capability can be achieved only by very large, multinational corporations.

The nearest I ever came to engaging in a deliberate act of civil disobedience was about a decade ago when I read The Great Treasury Raid by Philip M. Stern.1 This book tells how the tax laws of this country have been manipulated by wealthy people and huge corporations for their own interests and to the disadvantage of the large majority of less privileged citizens.

While energy companies are the most frequent targets of climate activism, a new report by GRAIN shows that large food corporations — especially in the meat and dairy sector — are huge contributors to global climate change.

As an independent, family owned company in an industry dominated by large, national corporations, Kohl Wholesale stands out in the distribution world.

Syngenta was recently bought off by ChemChina, one of the largest chemical corporations in China.

Singapore - based Pardoo Beef Corporation, run by Bruce Cheung, purchased the 198,000 hectare Pardoo Station for $ 13.5 million earlier this month while other major operators such as Great Giant Livestock Co, the second - largest cattle feedlot in Indonesia, and Japfa, also known as Santori, spent a combined $ 50 million buying cattle stations in the far north.

I tend to think that any move in the right direction is a good one, which I believe is the outlook taken by RA when they are criticized for what appears to be aiding large corporations green their images.

A lot of organic milk is now produced by large corporations who may not really give their cows much time to feed on grass in a pasture, may buy and mix non-organic cows into their herds, and bypass other organic rules.