Sentences with phrase «economy businesses such»

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«To prevent such catastrophes from happening, business needs to play a more active, engaged role in creating the kind of thriving, vibrant economies that inoculate societies from self - implosion — because those implosions take businesses down with them, too.

There's something very prideful about wanting to build our own world - beating businesses and not wanting to be a simple branch - plant economy, but in a globalized era there are many roadblocks — such as access to the big bucks needed for expansion — to doing so.

Should entrepreneurs focus solely on growing their business or also be concerned about social causes such as sustainability, women's empowerment, equality or the local economy?

In any case, she suggests, the SBA's role in the American economy is statistically insignificant — less than 1 percent of all businesses receive SBA loans each year — yet constitutes unfair competition to businesses that don't need such help and a potentially huge liability to taxpayers should the economy tank.

Mills compared the need to invest in infrastructure such as highways, roads, and bridges to investment in high - speed broadband in the past two decades, which has enabled a lively app economy, which in turn has spawned nearly a million jobs, as well as an entirely new cloud computing industry worth $ 45 billion that touches some 6 million small businesses.

When we conduct post-mortems on why a business went Chapter 11, or someone was unable to achieve their goals, we are tempted to look at macro reasons such as the state of the economy, or the level of competition or even the labor markets.

Others, like Kessler, say the economy could grow beyond its recent sluggish pace if domestic policies encouraged investment in large infrastructure projects, such as upgrading aging transportation and power networks, which in turn would put more businesses to work.

In the October report, there were five: stronger - than - expected U.S. growth; higher - than - expected oil prices; the possibility that weak business investment had altered the economy's potential; slower growth in less advanced economies such as China; and a tilt to saving from spending by Canada's heavily indebted households.

Finally, if your venture helps local economy and employment you should also consider public business innovation centers for easier access to governmental subsidies such as rent and tax breaks.

Just as baby boomers took over business, politics, and the consumer economy during the 1980s and»90s, millennials currently in their mid-20s will make up the majority of jobs and big - ticket purchases such as houses and cars, Slok wrote in a recent brief, which was first reported by Axios.

For international students, getting an MBA from a Chinese business school provides unique opportunities — entry into a 1.3 billion - person economy, for example — and poses considerable challenges — such as trying to say «forecasting the aggregate directly» in Mandarin.

Yura: I was interested in hearing what the president had to say about the fiscal cliff and more importantly, his stance on small business and how we are going to continue to grow small business as it is such a huge part of our economy.

Meanwhile those that could create the jobs elsewhere — such as the millions of small and medium - sized businesses that are the backbone of European economies — often struggle to access credit or are caught up in red tape and regulation.

Maintaining such low rates has a stimulative effect on the economy, because it helps businesses and consumers borrow money cheaply, which in turn encourages them to buy things.

Given the shift in the economy from asset - based businesses to service - based businesses, the majority of small business transactions now originate from such goodwill financing.

Finding clients was easy: The slumped economy fostered creation of the smallest businesses, such as individuals selling items on eBay and Etsy, who needed to keep track of myriad small payments with slight margins.

While the UK economy has already shown signs of slowing and would probably feel the greater effect as businesses accelerate their contingency measures for such an outcome, the possible impact on the EU may be significant and remains somewhat underappreciated, in our view.

Not only are you supplying capital to the economy — capital that can grow real businesses that provide real goods and services to consumers — but you get to enjoy the dream of repeating the experience early investors in firms such as Wal - Mart, Home Depot, Walt Disney, Dell, Tiffany & Company, Microsoft, Nike, Coca - Cola, Target, or Starbucks.

In my view, our role as business leaders in uncertain times such as these is to remain positive, focus on what we do well, closely monitor global trends, investigate new opportunities for growth, diversify our economy, and learn from the experts — which is exactly where The Vancouver Board of Trade comes in.

There is also an opportunity to connect Canadian businesses with new and like - minded partners in APEC economies such as Vietnam, where Canadian companies will find opportunities in sectors such as agri - food, education and training, information and communication technologies (ICT), clean tech and financial technology, as well as other services.

As more small - business borrowers joined the formal economy, they began using other banking services such as checking and savings accounts, mortgages and other financial products.

Twenty - one years on, Modi will address the world's financial and business elite as Prime Minister of one of the world's fastest growing economies — and as head of a government that has taken far - reaching steps such as demonetisation and the introduction of the Goods and Services Tax (GST).

These «New Economy» beliefs led to excessive risk - taking in business and investments as Dot - com companies went public (such as the infamous Pets.com and Webvan) even though they had negative earnings or astronomically high business valuations.

With such trade diversification efforts, Singapore deserves more attention from B.C. businesses because a) it has a well - structured, business - friendly economy, and b) there is demand in information and communications technology (ICT) and clean technology, two areas the province is forging expertise.

At the same time, businesses are unwilling to engage in the Bitcoin economy, while governments treat it as a fringe movement that is the purview of black - market operators and drug dealers, such as Silk Road.

Public spending has also boosted the economy, and sectors such as construction and business process outsourcing saw the fastest growth.

A subsection of the Bitcoin economy including prominent businesses such as Coinbase, Xapo, and BitPay have signed an agreement to adopt and implement a contentious hard fork of Bitcoin sometime in November.

As such, the report pointed to a rebalancing of the British economy and also continued success for a number of British industries — notably professional services, TMT (technology, media and telecoms) and consumer business.

Such a protest by employees of a chaebol, the family - controlled big businesses that dominate the South Korean economy, is rare.

Businesses in the on - demand economy should not get a free pass on making contributions to existing social insurance programs, such as Social Security, Medicare, workers» compensation, and unemployment insurance, on their workers» behalf.

It was told that time would come as small signs of the promised date that the wealthier would compete with building fancy sky sc - ra - pers & l Buildings... all serving pleasures and entertainments of certain High Ranks... Such fancy projects has dried up cash flow from financial markets which priorities was to help and encourage small business owners in the fields of services or as industrialists or agriculturalists from finding supportive finance to develop economy and reduce employment...

The liberalization of the economy under Congress's leadership in 1991through such measures as eliminating tariffs and restrictions on private business - created a new constituency for the traditionally pro-business BJP: the rising middle class in urban centers.

The benefits of such a program are numerous: the food is fresher and less likely to be processed; children can actually meet or learn about «their» farmers and / or visit the farms where their food is grown; and more money stays in the local economy to support farms and related businesses.

It's thousands of small businesses like these which can make such a difference to Nigeria's economy and help to provide a secure platform for its future prosperity.

In Japan, a system of lifetime employment in many big businesses, a tradition of employer provided benefits such as housing in many cases, and a wage system in those kinds of businesses where workers receive a substantial share of their annual income in the form of an annual bonus whose size can be used to buffer good and bad years for a company sharing risks and rewards with workers instead of limiting the risks and rewards to an investor class, have contributed to low levels of income inequality in the Japanese economy relative to comparably developed countries with comparable levels of government spending on welfare state type programs in other countries.

Economists distinguish a number of types of unemployment, however: cyclical unemployment is brought about by the vagaries of the business cycle; structural unemployment is brought about by changes in the economy or the labour market, when the jobs available do not fit the workforce's skills; frictional unemployment is the phenomenon of people being «between jobs»; and seasonal unemployment is linked to certain types of seasonal jobs, such as farm work and construction.

The Labour leader used an interview with the Sunday Telegraph to express his fears about the impact such a move could have on Britain's economy, ahead of his address to business leaders at the CBI annual conference tomorrow.

«Such trial by the media can inflict serious reputational injury and cause devastating harm to their businesses that could ultimately have adverse effects on the Ghanaian economy.

As an alternative the government is considering measures which will effectively give financial services companies an indirect role in policing the hidden economy, by making access to business services such as insurance and bank accounts conditional on proving that you are registered for tax.

Such an unwholesome practice will only serve to detract from the important business of managing the Cocoa sector which is the lifeblood of the Ghanaian economy.

The fact that such a wide range of cabinet ministers are involved suggests the Government recognises that mental health affects every aspect of society — from our families and communities, to the health system, schools, business and the economy.

Astorino has knocked Cuomo's handling of the economy, as well as the administration's use of grants and tax credits for businesses such as the film industry.

«One of the reasons — not the major reason — but one of the reasons the upstate economy is in such dire straits is because the businesses have not been able to compete freely not just in the sale of cigarettes but also in the sale of gasoline.»

Calls for evidence, like the one launched last week on «rent a room relief», and early stage consultations, such as that on corporate tax and the digital economy, launched on Budget day, are hopeful early signs that the government will be doing more early consultation, getting input from business, tax professionals and others to inform the process before a proposal has been drawn up.

The statement also described the accusation by Joseph Boahen Aidoo, as falling into «a regrettable pattern of false and inaccurate information», adding «such an unwholesome practice will only serve to detract from the important business of managing the Cocoa sector which is the lifeblood of the Ghanaian economy.»

Such an expansion is not only bad for the overall health of New York State's already sluggish economy, it would force many private construction companies out of business.

«We've got so used to the economy flatlining that, for many people, and not just in the media but business, too, the return to any growth is such a relief,» he says.

So as part of my determination to get the economy moving I have set the Treasury to work on ways to inject money directly into parts of the economy that need it such as small businesses.

Rockland Democratic Assemblyman Ken Zebrowski said, «Today Governor Cuomo announced a plan which is a great start to moving the economy forward by proposing a tax cut for the middle class, a plan to reduce the job - killing MTA payroll tax for small businesses and an infrastructure plan that will create jobs and repair our crumbling roads, buildings and bridges such as the Tappan Zee Bridge.»

Such an event would have a significant impact on the economy, home values, consumer spending and small businesses.