Sentences with phrase «for years the problems»

For years our problem has been, that we don't have the whole team organized and defending.

Not exact matches

The Obama administration for years has been wrestling with the problem of widespread Medicaid and Medicare fraud, which drains the government coffers of billions of dollars annually.

About 69 million employees in the U.S. say they miss work because of health problems every year, which reduces economic output by $ 260 billion per year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Many market players believe that a 3 percent level on the 10 - year U.S. paper is a massive problem for equities, but above all, for the global economy.

A few years ago my mother considered filing for a patent on a health product to solve a problem she often saw with her elderly patients.

The problem for Nintendo is the NX's launch is at least a year away — likely more, as the company reportedly just started talking about it with third party partners at this year's E3.

The investigation is the latest problem for a six - year - old company, known until last year as Trump University, that already faces a string of consumer complaints, reprimands from state regulators and a lawsuit from dissatisfied former students.

Having observed and written about many of these problems for years, I knew I had to get in on the action.

When I spoke with Levchin for Inc.'s «Audacious Company» story earlier this year, I asked him how he defines a company that's tackling important problems.

Sony's problems were many: brutal competition for its once - dominant television group; being bested by Apple's (aapl) iPod, a humiliation for the Walkman pioneer; high - cost manufacturing in Japan; a failure to seize the music - streaming initiative despite years of trying.

CEO Jack Dorsey said Friday that Twitter was trying the tactic to «diminish abuse,» which has plagued Twitter's users for years despite the company's repeated promises to clean up the problem.

The Pratt & Whitney unit, which has faced a series of setbacks with its geared turbofan engine, halted deliveries for the Airbus A320neo for almost a month earlier this year after discovering a new problem.

The lack of data surrounding Canada's housing market has been a problem for years, and it's only grown more pressing as real estate markets in B.C. and Ontario have turned red hot.

Last year, Hawking opened a research center at Cambridge University, meant to nurture ideas for using A.I. to solve world problems — and for regulating its use.

For years, Esperanza Community Housing has been fighting to permanently close the nearby AllenCo Energy drilling site, which community members say has contributed to various health problems.

Problems with one of the 2013 models led BRP, in February of this year, to issue recall notices for 5,165 units due to excessive heat and a potential fire hazard when rolling at low speeds in high heat.

The move to preemptively brand «property scalpers» a problem, however, smacks of an effort to create a villain that the government can then vanquish — a useful tactic for a government headed by a leader with a record - low approval rating facing an election next year.

For years I've suffered from technology that doesn't work very well — printers that inexplicably go offline, software that freezes, database errors and network problems.

Last year Calgary's superstar mayor Naheed Nenshi suggested to Maclean's last year that municipal government is the most crucial level for most citizens, and it seems that with startups it's the absence of city engagement that causes problems.

Problems with the ignition switch were identified within the company as early as 2001 in a pre-production report for the model year 2003 Saturn Ion, according to documents provided last year to the House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.

But for all the big talk, Ivey has a lot of walk.MBA graduates, according to the school's owndata, can expect an average starting salaryof over $ 98,000 a year upon graduation.Every class evolves from students tacklingreal - world problems on their own, to doing so in groups, then as an entire class.Outside the classroom, the school offersscores of special projects, internationalinternships and one - of - a-kind programs, like the Ivey Consulting Project, the largestand longest - running Canadian programpairing MBA students with real - world businessesin need of help.

Each year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention determines how well the system is working by surveying Americans and asking a simple but powerful question: Did you have problems paying medical bills in the last 12 months?

Last year the sales numbers came in strong for the fourth quarter, but there was only one problem: as revenues rose, profits plummeted.

Kuroda has been beating that drum for years and his comments in confirmation hearings in the past two weeks suggest he plans to pump cash into the economy much more aggressively than outgoing Governor Masaaki Shirakawa, who was reluctant to be too bold for fear of sowing the seeds of future problems, such as an economic bubble.

A few years ago, when one of their own was running for president, a number of private equity executives seemed worried that the industry might have a Mitt Romney problem.

The problem for him: It takes six years to receive a payoff from having someone in the position.

In its early years Taobao also became a market for counterfeits of foreign brands — a problem that persists today, though Alibaba has taken steps to curb it.

Suddenly a problem that has harassed restaurant owners for years has found its way to the desks of hospital CEOs around the country.

Federal law entitles you to three free reports each year, one from each bureau, so you could request one every four months to regularly monitor for problems.

In true college - application style, Rosen asks for responses to things like «Tell me about a problem you've overcome this year» or «What have you done this year that makes you really proud?»

Speaking of the spread of submarines, their aggression, buildup, and capabilities, Admiral Mark Ferguson warned that the situation could pose serious problems for NATO in the coming years.

I know it sounds corny, but it's how you stay out of problems,» says Waugh, who last year was named an officer of the Order of Canada for helping to strengthen the banking industry.

If real GDP can jump 3 % or more this year and keep doing the same thing for three or four more years after that, and we can put in place some spending reductions, we would go a long way to solving our deficit problem.

We can solve problems that companies have struggled with literally for years in a month or two and change the way the business runs.

«And for 25 years, there wasn't a problem.»

Celis became involved with the work of Engineers without Borders Canada, a group of engineers, students and volunteers who use their creativity and problem - solving skills to help communities in Africa, and soon left her job at OPG for a year - long position in Ghana, working with the development systems of local governments.

And we're going to do great stuff for the next decade, not just the next year, and so what do I need to do to help so the person that's screwing up learns — versus how do I fix the problem.

If you have 33 percent turnover every year for three years in a row in that three - person department, it's far more likely that there's a problem.

The violence in Cancun reflects a broader problem for Mexico, which is on pace this year for the most murders since 1997.

The problem with this free thing is, if you're going to hook people on free for four years, and all of a sudden start charging for things, that doesn't work very well.»

In «It's not complicated,» an article published in the RMA Journal last March that will be turned into a full - length book due for release next year, Nason argues that the ongoing troubles in financial markets are in fact more akin to a complex problem.

The summer traveling season is upon us, and this year has brought a whole host of problems for the travel and tourism industry.

One of the common problems McFarland sees is the tendency for company CEOs to do a strategic planning session once a year, write up a report, and then, essentially, forget about it.

For instance, some short - term plans ask if someone weighs more than a certain amount, has ever been pregnant, or experienced symptoms related to a slew of health problems over the five previous years.

The problem is, Buffett, who drinks at least five Cokes a day and likes ice cream for breakfast, may be underestimating six - year - olds today.

During an hourlong interview, Winkler repeatedly declined to describe his temper as a problem, noting that many employees have remained happily at Bloomberg News for years.

A further 25 percent will fail within two years for problems related to the downtime, according to the U.S. Economic Development Administration.

Getting lots of money from Spotify may be great for music labels and owners, but it's not doing much for Spotify: The company lost $ 200 million last year, and the massive payments it makes to record companies (which amount to more than 85 % of its revenues) are a big part of the problem.

The high - tech home monitoring device company, which was acquired this year by Google Inc. for $ 3.2 billion, halted all new sales of the alarms in April after recognizing the problem.

In Pittsburgh, for example, the city council just assembled a housing task force this year to investigate the housing problem and issued a slate of recommendations in May, one that includes many of the strategies listed in the Furman Center report.