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It was also a huge pull factor for Hugo Barra, then Google Android's vice president for product management who's now leading Xiaomi's international expansion plans as its global vice president.

Despite the extended transition period to 2020, short - term uncertainty is stifling small business growth, with more than a third (35 %) cancelling or postponing expansion plans as a direct result of the 2016 vote to leave the EU.

«NTPC is an emerging role model for electricity generation companies, in India and across the wider ASEAN region, by progressively reducing its thermal power expansion plans as renewable energy becomes more cost - competitive,» said Tim Buckley, IEEFA Director of Energy Finance Studies Australasia.

And the Guggenheim Bilbao really has offered others a tempting model — for such museum expansion plans as Tate Britain, for emerging architects, and for a new public for architecture.

The forecast would come as good news to businesses that have consistently battled costly credit which has proved detrimental to businesses» expansion plans as well as led to the collapse of some.

«This is a wonderful honor, and it underscores our strong expansion plans as we select the right franchise candidates to take UFood Grill to new locations,» said Sal Rincione, CEO of UFood Grill.

Not exact matches

As Dunkin' Brands unveils plans for expansion, Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz said he isn't worried about competition from other big brands edging into coffee service.

A poorly managed expansion plan had resulted in five consecutive years of declining revenues, even as the larger market grew.

In an interview with Cramer, Doyle told CNBC that the first part of the company's growth plan will stem from three sources: international expansion, domestic expansion and its patients, as more and more shift to using Novocure's therapy as their primary treatment.

Plans for an $ 800,000 expansion (one - third subsidized by the tourist board) include the addition of 21 guest rooms and new conference facilities; that should help sell the lodge as a corporate retreat.

Abrams: We had expansion plans, but wanted to stay true to our roots as the corner bakery.

The founders of fashion label Morrison are in negotiations to open a new store on Melbourne's Chapel Street as part of a five - year expansion plan.

But, as Bouchard explains, the rapid expansion didn't happen of its own accord; it represents a decade of careful strategic planning and a highly focused approach to growth.

The Environmental Protection Authority has recommended approval of global miner Cliffs Natural Resources» plans to extend its Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, as Mineral Resources continues to seek approval for its own expansion plans in the same region.

Lino Saputo Jr., who serves as CEO of Canada's largest dairy producer, made the offer this fall as part of an international expansion plan.

Some of those millions will be used for expansion — it opened a U.K. - based arm in September, and has plans to expand to Canada and one other region this year — as well as to develop new products.

Keith Barr, CEO of InterContinental Hotels, talks about why his company will launch two new brands in China and other Asia - Pacific markets as part of its expansion plans.

At first glance, the planned $ 600 million expansion of Perth's Karrinyup Shopping Centre seems to run counter to the relentless march of internet retailing, especially as a fresh report predicts that 50 per cent of all retail sales will be made over the internet in less than 10 years.

I've already mentioned some of the things that you need to plan for, such as global expansion and what systems you need to integrate with, but you should also think about whether you will be supporting multiple brands and products over time and whether your customer support solution can scale as you grow.

In June, Smith announced a bold expansion plan that will see Vice launch new TV, mobile and digital services in 50 countries, including markets in Africa, the Middle East, India and Southeast Asia, many of which will be run as joint ventures with established media players.

«This will place us in a position us to accelerate our expansion plans by twelve to eighteen months and as a result will elevate Online Advantage to the major league as a partner of one of the top three or four market leaders in business to business e-commerce space,» Mr Jones said.

Dollar General plans to speed up its expansion of storefronts across the U.S. as it looks to gird itself from its newly beefed - up competitor.

Financial institutions such as Nomura Securities Co, SBI Securities Co, the Bank of Tokyo - Mitsubishi UFJ, and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp now offer private pension plans and could benefit from a significant expansion in this market.

But she has met resistance from the Republican Party, which, as part of the House's tax overhaul plan unveiled on Thursday morning, proposed a much more modest expansion of the credit than that Ivanka has been pushing for.

Lee's own expansion plans are creating too many jobs, and his government leans heavily on Singaporeans to limit the size of their families through an array of financial disincentives such as progressively higher hospital fees for each successive baby.

As part of its expansion plan, the company says it will also be adding 2,000 new private label products to shelves this year to offer customers more options and value to brand - name products.

AdRoll plans to use some of the proceeds from the new round to bulk up this cross-device infrastructure, as well as for geographic expansion.

And it said it planned on lowering the prices of more items to about $ 1 as it also answers the expansion by Canadian dollar store operator Dollarama Inc. (TSX: DOL).

Economists Michael Gapen and Pooja Sriram noted that the tariffs come as the U.S. economy is otherwise in expansion mode, with aggressive fiscal policy — tax cuts and planned spending increases, specifically — to «provide sufficient support to keep the economy in a recovery phase.»

AS PART of its rapid expansion worldwide, e-business solution provider Xpedior has announced its plans to recruit locally and employ and train globally.

If you're just joining us, the Conservatives are now, as of this Tuesday, formally in favour of a voluntary expansion of the Canada Pension Plan, having earlier been opposed.

If finalized, the new rules could hamper Uber's plan of expansion in a market considered as its next most important market outside the U.S.

Current Responsibilities Brett has overall responsibility for the leadership of all business lines as well as the strategic planning and implementation of the firm's expansion within the Canadian marketplace.

Businesses had responded very quickly to a fall in demand by cutting production and costs, as well as shelving their plans for expansion.

Around the same time, payments gateway solutions provider Razorpay said it plans to venture into online lending, as part of its expansion and product diversification strategy.

When it was announced in January, the expansion drew criticism almost immediately, especially coming as it did only three days after the press conference at which Trump unveiled his half - hearted plan to resolve his conflicts of interest.

In the wake of these events, Birchbox underwent multiple rounds of layoffs in 2016, and put its store - expansion plans on pause as it embarked on a mad dash toward profitability.

Amazon unveiled plans on Tuesday for a major expansion in Boston's Seaport District, promising 2,000 new technology jobs even as the city remains in contention for the company's coveted second headquarters.

As part of the expansion, Quovo announced plans to partner with Canadian fintechs and incumbent financial services companies.

Businesses may want to revisit pre-TPP competitive calculations and take another look at plans for expansion into TPP markets in and of themselves or as a jumping off point for wider Asian expansion.

Further, we are in the process of implementing an international structure that aligns with our financial and operational objectives as evaluated based on our international markets, expansion plans, and operational needs for headcount and physical infrastructure outside the United States.

Yanai said he plans to stay on in the role of Fast Retailing president as the company is in the middle of international expansion.

Free cash worsened throughout 2015, as the company ramped up not only content spending, but international expansion plans, adding markets such as Japan and others.

Canada's Global Markets Action Plan identifies about 20 countries as target markets, including China and India (these two markets are Canada's second - and 14th - largest trading exchange, respectively excluding services and direct investments), and specifically targets the expansion of SME sales to emerging markets.

Airbnb, which operates in more than 65,000 cities, has enjoyed tremendous growth as it pushes ahead with its plans of global expansion.

«The reason we appointed them is obviously because they have a tier 1 brand but also because they were involved in SQM's expansion plans in same region of Chile as us,» Holland said.

During his visit to India in December 2015, CEO Sundar Pichai announced the plan to equip 400 rail stations with high - speed Internet as part of the company's expansion efforts.

«The key challenges faced by Cathay Pacific are stiff competition from well - funded, state - owned Chinese carriers, as well as Hong Kong Airlines and HK Express, which have aggressive fleet - expansion plans in the next two years,» said Corrine Png, the founder of Crucial Perspective, an Asian aviation industry consultant.

Salesforce.com Inc. plans to hire more than 800 people Downtown by 2021 and invest $ 40 million over 10 years as part of its expansion, the company announced Friday.

How else could he argue, as he did recently in a Maclean's opinion piece, that blocking the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion — and along with it, increased GHG emissions from Alberta's oil sands — would jeopardize Canada's climate change plan and make it impossible to meet our emissions reduction target under the UN Paris Agreement?