Sentences with phrase «changes are in the offing»

Following losses the same issues re-emerge, sometimes to extreme levels if the loss was exceptionally bad, like at Liverpool, but invariably this has a tendency to subside over time due to a variety of factors like a general sense of apathy, a return to the win column or the misplaced belief that those in charge have finally learned their lesson and big changes are in the offing.

He strongly suggests that big changes are in the offing for America's teachers unions.

Perhaps necessary change is in the offing.

After all the spreading of uncertainty, obstructionism, ideological idiocy, willful blindness, hysterical deafness, elective mutism and infidelity to science that we have seen from many too many economic powerbrokers, their bought - and - paid - for politicians, the absurdly enriched «talking heads» in the mass media, and those sheepish minions of «benefactors» who will say and do anything to promote their selfish interests, it is truly refreshing to anticipate that change is in the offing; that cooperation with the respected nations of the world is on the horizon; that a new day is finally dawning.

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Some industry observers predict that retail will change more in the next five years than it has over the past century, and that the extinction of brick - and - mortar stores isn't far off.

Change is extremely difficult and can put your life in a flux, but doing so will make you better off.

«They are paying early termination fees in order to get customers to switch, and everyone followed, so if you look at the major changes that have occurred in the industry, from payment plans (to) turning off termination fees, no contracts, getting rid of roaming (charges), it's a longer list of things that are precipitated by them doing it first,» he told CNBC by phone.

The result is a shift in overall leadership styles, where executives now want to see hard numbers before they'll sign off on changes.

In handbags, the button is a closure or physical feature, but for Switch Embassy, it is also the main interface for changing the colors and turning on and off the bag.

«Changing this perception requires much more time — instead of just firing off an email, for example — but the improvements in quality and commitment are well worth a few extra hours a week.»

I have been in an office when the men in black arrived and started removing all of the computers and files and changing the locks while the owner of the business sat sobbing and refusing to let go of his desk until the police came and threw him off the property.

A change at the center of a team's offense will always come with a few hiccups, and pulling it off mid-season is no easy task, especially with a quarterback who has played a regular - season game in nearly two years.

It's to shake off this erroneous notion that life is there and you're just gonna live in it, versus embrace it, change it, improve it, make your mark upon it.

If doing a project is going to stretch me too thin to take care of other obligations, then I'm either going to spend money paying someone else to take something off my plate, or I'm going to short - change someone in my business or personal life.

Under Boggs» leadership, it has started doing deeper, more rigorous due diligence — a change that can be traced through a trail of lawsuits involving McKesson customers who suddenly had their controlled substances cut off in 2013 and 2014.

Each person's night off was set well in advance and was not supposed to change, even if suddenly there was a client deliverable the next day.

ChangEd is a new app that says it can take six years off your repayment term and save you $ 14,000 in interest costs — all with a bit of spare change.

If we are living in a time of with massive economic change or a big shift in society's preferences, someone who invests like Buffett will get caught off guard.

With one eye on my life outside the business and the other on my changing role in it, I came up with the long - term goal of eventually being able to take off four months every year.

You know, unfortunately, it takes someone who's totally off the wall to come in and change it.

The current oil crisis will see regime changes in strategic places, and a currency crisis is in the offing.

Something is off in our society when we spend more time worrying about the color of a dress as opposed to climate change.»

Your areas of impact could be, but are not limited to, your wish - list of changes you would like to see in your life, going on a trip of a lifetime to your dream destinations, positive changes in any of your relationships, and problems or neglected opportunities that you see in the world around that you can no longer put off addressing.

Start changing the stigma around time off as «slacking off» - in reality, it's the opposite: good for your health and career, and beneficial for your employees and your company.

In business, trade - offs exist all around and can be the downfall of an attempt to realize a critical change in an organizatioIn business, trade - offs exist all around and can be the downfall of an attempt to realize a critical change in an organizatioin an organization.

Luckily, there are plenty of small changes you can make — from adjusting your sleep temperature, to turning off your phone at night, to dumping out the clutter in your desk — that add up to save you buckets, and buckets of the stuff.

Companies as diverse as Square, Snapchat and Apple are trying to disrupt financial services in their own way, and the banks, accustomed to enjoying an oligopoly in Canada, can't risk getting caught off guard by technological change.

The all - night internet broadcast was the result of a partnership with Twitter, a bold move to cap off a year of formidable change at BuzzFeed, which was founded in 2006 by Jonah Peretti.

In those situations, when employees suggested changes to a product, the response from colleagues was that Mr. Fadell had already signed off and they didn't want to have to go through the approval process again.

On the downside, hitting the shift key doesn't change the letters at all — they're in a permanently capped state, which frequently threw me off.

Part of this sexual drop off, then, can attributed to changing demographics: Fewer Americans are living with a significant other (in 2014, 59 % of the population was living with a partner versus 66 % in 1986).

The rule change affects around 600,000 employees directly, granting them paid leave when before they had none, but as President Obama explained in an email interview with Slate, the aims of the new rule are broader — the administration is hoping to set an example and convince employers more generally that paid time off isn't just humane, but also good business.

In what Facebook promises will be «many changes» in the coming months, the platform started by cutting off API access to Events, Groups, Pages, and Instagram for new developerIn what Facebook promises will be «many changes» in the coming months, the platform started by cutting off API access to Events, Groups, Pages, and Instagram for new developerin the coming months, the platform started by cutting off API access to Events, Groups, Pages, and Instagram for new developers.

It's widely diversified across almost every conceivable industry, is largely immune to the sorts of technological changes that could still wipe Google off the map due to fact profits come from selling stuff like ketchup, jewelry, insurance, furniture, railroad freight services, and more (though management is smart enough to realize this so the technology giant has been making investments in everything from medical to energy companies).

So Paramount, in the wake of a disappointing 2017 that saw big budget films like Transformers: The Last Knight and Ghost in the Shell underperform while the studio's would - be Oscar hopefuls Suburbicon and Downsizing were DOA at awards season, is looking to make some changes in 2018 and selling God Particle off to Netflix may be a cushy deal.

«It's so important for families to know that they will not be thrown off the program if they have a change in their work hours or have to change jobs,» she says, «and it's important for the child to be in a stable child care setting even if their parent's work situation changes.»

The 90 - Mt saving «is like taking every car off the road in Canada or closing 20 to 23 coal plants in a year,» said Environment and Climate Change Minister Catherine McKenna.

In the first two months, I lost 2 inches off my waist, and those aren't the only changes I have enjoyed.

Yussuff and one of the other task force members, Alberta Federation of Labour President Gil McGowan, were at the centre of the effort to secure McKenna's commitment to set up the task force and ensure financial support for laid - off coal miners, after the minister led the formation of the Powering Past Coal Alliance during last year's UN climate change conference in Bonn.

The «one - off» buyback program shouldn't be seen as a change of position in the company's capital allocation plans, Thompson said.

Allergan Plc's chief executive on Monday said he was opposed to fundamental changes to the drug company's business strategy, even as its board considers drastic moves like splitting the company, selling off assets or doing deals to turn around a steep drop in its share price.

Very different than my double edge razors, probably closest in function to my TTO, where the head and handle of the razor remain attached in order to change the blade (the handle does twist off if needed), however it seems as though changing this blade would be a bit more cumbersome than with a TTO.

You might have a change in some of your circumstances one year, or an unplanned financial issue and before you know it your friend, neighbor or lawyer is advising you, «No worries, just write it off your taxes.»

«It is not as if Citi's shareholders are in any way worse off as a result of the change in terms of cash earnings.

As in any traditional industry, it is not simple for high - tech ventures to penetrate and change endeavors that have been operating for decades and they are perceived as cut - off from reality and arrogant.

First off, yes: There's consensus that the science of climate change predicts that in a warming world, hurricanes will become more intense, carry more rain, and cause worse coastal flooding linked in part to sea level rise.

The Canadian dollar had already been coming off the boil in the wake of the April BoC policy meeting, as the statement indicated that the central bank would maintain its cautious stance on future policy changes, which remain data dependent.

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

Long Blockchain, the New - York company that back in December changed its name from Long Island Iced Tea to avoid being kicked off Nasdaq's stock exchange, is backpedaling on its previous plans to purchase 1,000 bitcoin mining machines.

If you'd made changes in your portfolio to be more defensive, you would have lost out when the markets shook off the referendum results and marched higher.