Sentences with phrase «face of declining»

In the face of declining interest and competition driven by oversupply, course owners have gone searching for ways out.

To prevent a re-occurrence, we did what any organization would do in the face of declining participation of the membership — we lowered our standards.

It also may be more common for older couples to begin re-evaluating their marital situations when major life changes happen such as when the children leave the house, reaching retirement age, a financial crisis, or in the face of declining health.

... top scientists conspired to falsify data in the face of declining global temperatures in order to prop up the premise that man - made factors are driving climate change.

If he's worried about ice ages, perhaps he should ponder the selfishness of squandering what could have been a useful geoengineering resource to future generations faced with an imminent glaciation; carefully burning fossil fuels to enhance the greenhouse effect just enough to maintain temperatures in the face of declining northern - hemisphere insolation due to the Milankovich cycles may well be the most cost - effective method for them to do so, if those resources are still around at the time.

USGS polar bear biologist Karyn Rode and colleagues (press release here) have tried to frame this issue as one about future survival of polar bears in the face of declining sea ice.

-- Argo's exercised admirable cost control in the face of declining AUM, but has this been the correct approach?

These are somewhat related, yet different concepts, but with gold being utilized as an «independent» currency by many central banks and fearful individuals in the face of a declining currency and inflation anticipated years down the road, gold may very well continue its streak.

Realtors point to low mortgage rates as the main reason why prices have held up in the face of declining overall housing activity.

Acura, on the other hand, suffered under a previous executive that gutted much of the brand's product development budget in the face of declining sales, canceling many vehicles and projects that would have elevated the brand's status among consumers.

The group is submitting a shareholder resolution [http://bit.ly/1S0cIuY] calling for Pearson to «urgently review its business strategy» in the face of declining revenue and stock prices that plunged 40 percent in seven months.

Plans that are limited to central - city school districts, regardless of whether they require or merely encourage student busing, have had difficulty maintaining previous integration gains in the face of declining white enrollments, the study said.

Having 3 kids is what Russian government tries to promote in the face of declining population, only a small percentage of women believes in it.

M&A history in luxury has shown that mergers don't obviously help in regaining brand traction and desirability, while cost efficiency in the face of declining brand momentum are often just a way to run in order to stand still.»

In the face of a declining bee population, this is such an important topic to understand.

In the face of declining populations, some nations are demanding the right to increase the size of their fishing fleets.

As the mother of an estimated 36 albatrosses, she is a symbol of success in the face of declining seabird numbers worldwide.

Daniel Jolley said: «This research is timely in the face of declining vaccination rates and recent outbreaks of vaccinated - against diseases in the UK, such as measles.

So why aren't British politicians using the web in the same way - even in the face of declining party membership, and with the parties coffers running low?

But the legal situation has been made more complex by the anarchic nature of social media, which is so diverse and anonymous that users feel able to flout injunctions without fear of repercussion, and an increasingly confident campaign by newspaper editors, who are fighting the injunctions tooth - and - nail in the face of declining sales.

The Bank of Canada's rate hike solidified the dollar's gains even in the face of declining oil prices.

Building products maker Brickworks has confirmed it will close its Malaga manufacturing facility and showroom in the face of the decline in residential building activity in Western Australia.

The report, released last week, talks about the problem that school districts all over the Hudson Valley are facing of declining enrollment rates.

In the face of the decline in North Sea oil and gas, the looming early likelihood of peak oil, and the UK's growing dependence on volatile African and Middle Easter state for its fuel, the government has no sure plan to prevent the lights going out at the end of this decade.

If your agent gives up in the face of a decline, get another independent agent.

Not exact matches

For now, market participants expect the rupiah to continue to face pressure though they don't anticipate the kinds of precipitous declines seen in past years.

«We faced a choice: manage the continued decline of print, or convert the digital foundation we've built into a sustainable, profitable future,» Lebedev said in an email to staff.

Bergh faced big business challenges: The brand had experienced a precipitous revenue decline and muddled through the aughts, and many speculated the venerable company, having lost its way in the age of designer denim, might never come back in style.

If you're planning to go the coupon route yourself, a primer on trends from Inmar's report: The clip - and - save renaissance forced companies to keep face values down — they declined by a penny to $ 1.44, a reversal of years of increase.

Yet with global growth declining, oil inventory at record levels, and momentum on the side of increasingly cost - competitive renewable energy technologies, there remains a high possibility the energy sector will face another existential crisis in the near future.

Other companies reporting quarterly results today include book retailer Barnes & Noble (BKS), which is expected to report a decline in its fourth - quarter sales — a drop that would represent the company's fourth - straight quarterly decline — as the retailer faces the increasing threat of online rivals as well as underwhelming demand for its Nook e-readers.

That resource decline is one of the key risks facing the company, he says.

But faced with a challenge of a declining supply chain, the brand must decide if it will relax that positioning to include «some» meat from animals treated with antibiotics (again, paraphrased).

The native Canadian faces a tough business climate as letter volumes continue to decline and her plans to boost revenue through package growth have been challenged by Amazon's launch of its own delivery network.

Your business will face a bunch of risks that it can't insure against, such as increased competition, declining margins, staff turnover, or the failure of a new product to make a splash in the market.

Cuba faces a host of challenges, including declining aid from socialist ally Venezuela.

But it obtained those results in part by arranging to close about 100 stores — 15 % of its total fleet — in the face of a long - term sales decline.

Although the company faces some risk that usage of its service may decline thanks to the negative sentiment surrounding it, its advertising business appears to be largely unaffected by the scandal, Sebastian said in a research note issued Friday.

Bounce Exchange CEO Ryan Urban declined to comment on the specifics of the case, but labelled it a «diversionary tactic [from Yieldify] when faced with a losing lawsuit.»

By this point, for the first time in its history Microsoft was facing the prospect of a decline in its core business.

The investor declined to be interviewed, but he was facing myriad pressures of his own.

«The cycle of growth, of decline and renewal, is so compressed today,» notes Jim Amos, CEO and president of franchisor Mail Boxes Etc., which has faced stiff competition.

In Italy, however, despite facing the same problem of a declining population — in 2014, only 509,000 live births were recorded, the lowest number since the unification of Italy in 1861, according to the country's statistics agency, ISTAT — the broader economic backdrop is the source of reluctance.

In the face of this, experts said revising the plan to a more achievable goal of maintaining ecological function would be more realistic, while accepting that the overall health of the reef would decline with time, Michael Slezak reports for The Guardian.

Detroit is currently facing a lot of challenges, including the loss of auto industry jobs and a population decline.

Apple's mounting woes have made some warn that the company could face a similar fog of irrelevance that is shrouding both Microsoft and Yahoo! — both companies that, once upon a time, enjoyed dominant market share before falling from grace into an extended period of decline.

The company, which reports its second quarter results Wednesday, has faced years of declining sales, as well as tough competition from discounters and online stores.

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In the Gallup survey, diverse - owned small businesses were more likely to respond that they have been declined for business credit — about one in five African American, Asian, and Hispanic business owners said they faced a credit decline in the past (14 % of general market respondents said they faced a decline).

Faced with a declining revenue stream, there are two choices for most businesses: sell more of your product, or charge more for it.