Sentences with phrase «economy services with»

As the years have progressed, familiarity has significantly increased across all sharing economy services with Airbnb showing 51 percent (up 32 percent from 2015) familiarity among Americans and Lyft (56 percent; up 41 points from 2015) having seen the largest increase in familiarity.

Not exact matches

While veteran entrepreneurs contribute $ 1.2 trillion to the economy annually, the transition from military service to civilian life can be fraught with challenges.

A number of U.S. policymakers have sought to justify stoking a trade war with China in recent weeks, saying it is «unfair» for the world's biggest economy to have a current account deficit — which measures the flow of goods, services and investments into and out of the country — with Beijing.

With the sharing economy expanding and on - demand services booming, there are more rating and review systems being established to help people decide whom to do business with, said Karissa Sparks, the vice president of marketing at the reputation management firm Reputation.With the sharing economy expanding and on - demand services booming, there are more rating and review systems being established to help people decide whom to do business with, said Karissa Sparks, the vice president of marketing at the reputation management firm Reputation.with, said Karissa Sparks, the vice president of marketing at the reputation management firm Reputation.com.

-- The Young Global Leaders Award for Circular Economy SME, which recognizes small - to medium - sized enterprises with $ 10 million to $ 100 million in turnover, was awarded to Apto Solutions, a provider of IT asset disposition services.

Take that funding away and the market settles back into something more closely aligned with the underlying reality — the one of high unemployment / underemployment, high oil prices, stagnant middle - and lower - class incomes, unprecedented wealth concentration in the upper class, demolished savers, under - investment in capital, and an ongoing transition to a low - wage service economy hard - pressed to service debt.

«But with all the issues that are tied up here — taxes and the structure of our economy, healthcare, social services, our democracy, whether it's transparent, whether it responds to people or just money — nobody needs convincing,» he said.

Even with resurgent exports of automobile parts, financial services and the like, Canada's economy only will grow 1.4 % this year, according to the Bank of Canada's latest forecast.

On Thursday, professional services firm Deloitte teamed up with the Council on Competitiveness to release its 2016 Global Manufacturing Competitiveness Index, showing that the United States is the second most competitive manufacturing economy after China.

«He also worked very effectively with others — he had to work with government, with the financial service industry and with international agencies and coordinate across economies to deal with the waves that were going through in 2008 - 2009.

It's about your determination to provide your customers with the products and services that will make a meaningful difference in their business and personal lives — regardless of the economy.

Writer Tom Foster, in «Reprogramming Retail,» depicts what is being called a «post-Amazon world,» in which scrappy, inventive retailers use quality, high - touch service and an appeal to customers» hearts to compete with the online giant's massive economies of scale.

While the number of Americans with college degrees has continued to rise, in our service - driven economy, there are still lots of low - skilled jobs available.

Already the economy is well diversified across mining, agriculture, services, and manufacturing, and like other MAVINS it can feed into global growth with its commodities advantage while developing its own domestic markets.

A significant share of the corporate debt in stressed economies is now owed by companies with weak debt servicing capacity and this could negatively affect bank balance sheets and cut into profits, it added.

Mobile is contributing to economic and social development across the globe, delivering financial inclusion to unbanked populations with 270 live services in 90 countries as of December 2015 according to GSMA Mobile Economy Report.

Burger King Worldwide Inc. and other fast - food chains are fighting to attract diners constrained by the economy and a storm - filled winter, along with tough competition from higher - priced quick - service restaurants like Chipotle.

But based on appointments of ideological hardliners such as Tom Price (a staunch foe of Obamacare nominated to be the Secretary of Health and Human Services), Michael Flynn (Trump's national security adviser with a dim view of Islam) and Mike Pompeo (the incoming CIA Director who has fiercely opposed the Iran nuclear agreement) and many of his campaign pledges, the chances are high that Trump could squander his limited political capital on divisive ideological issues and neglect his most important priority — getting the American economy out of its low - growth rut.

The company's chief executive has spent two years developing the idea, which could grow to eventually allow individuals to sell all sorts of services and ultimately even put it in competition with other sharing economy services, such as Uber or Lyft.

The results of Uber's legal battle could reshape the sharing economy, which is built around Internet companies that serve as marketplaces matching people who provide a service with others looking to pay for it.

«The strength of the economy in both Quebec and Ontario, combined with low food inflation, currently favour the full - service supermarket, and we are pleased with the performance of the Metro banner in both provinces,» CEO Eric La Fleche said Tuesday during a conference call about its second - quarter results.

The service is all about highlighting small businesses in a mobile environment, helping connect skilled workers with their demand and driving the local economy.

The health care sector, with some promising green shoots, is emblematic of China's economy as a whole as it slogs toward one based on consumption and services.

In the long run this trend will actually push toward the re-localization and re-humanization of the economy, with the 19th - and 20th - century economies of scale exploited where they make sense (cheap, identical, disposable goods), and human - oriented techniques (both older and newer) increasingly accounting for goods and services that are valuable, customized, or long - lasting.»

The ratings agency Moody's maintained the US's top - notch «Aaa» credit rating Thursday, saying, «The diversity, dynamism, and competitiveness of the US economy, along with the US dollar's status as the preeminent international reserve currency and very large size and depth of the US Treasury market, offset rising fiscal pressures stemming from aging - related entitlement spending, higher debt - service payments, and recent policy actions that will likely reduce future revenues and increase expenditures.»

There are a range of factors that affect the flows of goods and services across international borders, but the sustained outflow of funds from some emerging economies witnessed in recent years may have as much to do with the limited intermediation capacity of the local financial systems as with the scarcity of profitable domestic investment opportunities.

It's contribution to the national economy in this regard is unmatched, and its efficiency at providing those services is largely unrewarded — high - volumes with very low labour costs i.e. few BC jobs and wages.

So Europeans and Asians see U.S. companies pumping more and more dollars into their economies, not only to buy their exports in excess of providing them with goods and services in return, and not only to buy their companies and commanding heights of privatized public enterprises without giving them reciprocal rights to buy important U.S. companies (remember the U.S. turn - down of Chinas attempt to buy into the U.S. oil distribution business), and not only to buy foreign stocks, bonds and real estate.

But the city now has a more diverse economy, with jobs available in industries ranging from aerospace and bioscience to financial services and broadcast and telecommunications.

This asset - price inflation goes hand in hand with debt deflation of the «real» goods - and - service producing economy.

«Damage from a major dike failure could be in the tens of billions of dollars, with very serious effects to the economy of this region, British Columbia and all of Canada due to the impact on the transportation of goods and services,» said Pitcairn.

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.

They can only be made consistent if Washington also unleashes an infrastructure building program, a policy initiative consistent with either of the other two, on a truly heroic scale — which, as an aside, I suspect would be a smart strategy under any circumstances as American infrastructure needs are so great that the consequent productivity increases would fully service the associated debt long before they stopped adding value to the economy.

She's been writing about coworking and the sharing economy since 2009 and now works with space operators and service providers to amplify their stories and brand.

Any foreign professional or technician in the areas of science and technology or with proven experience in innovation, whether located in Chile or overseas, can apply for this visa when hired by a technology services company that holds a letter of invitation and / or a certificate of sponsorship from InvestChile (in the case of companies with overseas capital), from Start - Up Chile (if the company is associated with this program) or the Undersecretariat of Economy (in the case of local companies).

WASHINGTON (Reuters)- Below are highlights from the question and answer session of a House Financial Services Committee hearing with Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testifying on monetary policy and the U.S. economy.

«With China still focusing on transitioning its economy towards consumption and services, we think construction and commodity demand will remain weak in 2016.»

Stan Miroshnik, CEO and managing director, Element Group: «The bitcoin economy is supported by all the goods and services you can buy with bitcoin, as well as the infrastructure investments made by thousands of people to support the distributed bitcoin network.

With the rising interest rate and Treasuries» yields, the question of servicing the mounting debt could become a problem for the US economy, the analyst warns.

In the non-farm economy, output growth has generally been strongest in those industries with relatively more exposure to domestic demand, including construction and wholesale and retail trade, as well as various business service industries (Graph 37).

Sharetribe is a group of passionate people with a shared vision: using technology to lead us to a collaborative economy — an economy where goods and services are bought directly from one another, co-using and reusing existing assets.

With the service sector accounting for 78.6 % of UK output but production just 14.9 % (in 2012), the UK economy is overwhelmingly a service economy.

With this configuration, there would be no separation between economy and premium economy flyers, but premium economy customers would still receive superior service.

The Twin Cities boast a very diversified economy and are home to the headquarters of 17 Fortune 500 companies, with industries ranging from insurance and finance to rail and trucking services.

Data from the Institute for Supply Management, along with other statistics, suggest the US economy continues to be driven by the services sector, whereas growth in manufacturing (outside the buoyant auto sector) showed signs of slowing in August, possibly due to dollar strength and weakening economic prospects outside the United States.

Supply - side economies of scale exist when there are reductions in the average cost per unit associated with increasing the scale of production for a product or service.

London - based Fintech firm Humaniq, which provides next generation financial services to the unbanked and underprivileged in emerging economies using its blockchain - based mobile application, has achieved a technological milestone with its working hybrid blockchain on the 2.0 version of its app, to retain the benefits of the Ethereum main - net while expanding...

VICTORIA — The B.C. Liberal government has ignored the pleas of thousands of British Columbians and announced it will go ahead with reckless ferry service cuts that will hurt the province's economy and seriously impact coastal communities.

Oft - cited giant of the sharing economy, Uber, has taken their ride - sharing service a step further with «UberRUSH», using GPS enabled apps to connect drivers to ecommerce customers in real time for fast, last - mile delivery.

Manufactured goods represent only 30 percent of Canada's economy, but this is not the end of Canadian manufacturing because services and products are deeply integrated with each other.