Sentences with phrase «from resource companies»

Canada's stock market has been among the worst performing in the world this year, with many global fund managers selling Canadian equities and foreign short - sellers targeting everything from resource companies to the country's banks.

Surely ranchers paying 1 / 10th the going rate for grazing land know they don't own it and have no business subleasing or re-selling it at private rates or accepting entry fees from resource companies and not passing the benefits back to the land owner (us).

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But, in recent years, chatbots, or «bots» for short, have morphed into exceptionally intelligent computer programs able to assist companies with essential tasks ranging from marketing and human resources functions to sales efforts.

Shareholders in gold producer Regis Resources are set to begin reaping rewards from the company's progress with it announcing intentions to pay a maiden dividend next year.

In May, the company laid off an unspecified number of employees, and has since moved some resources from hardware to the software division.

• Mikey's, a Scottsdale, Ariz. - based baked goods company, raised $ 5 million in two tranches from Factory., and will commit its full complement of resources and relationships to help Mikey's achieve its strategic goals.

Resources - focused TSG Consulting has embarked on a diversification and expansion plan in response to a growing demand from companies trying to unlock the secrets of big data.

An HR outsourcing company can manage a whole range of human resources functions that you might otherwise outsource to multiple providers - these functions include everything from payroll processing and benefit plan management and administration to recruiting, training and more.

IT and communications consultants in Western Australia appear to be thriving — a trend which Perth - based company Conducive claims is in response to strong demand from the resources industry.

When you run a small company with limited time and resources, the last thing you want to do is divert your attention from the core business that's your bread and butter.

It's an important resource for entrepreneurs and a quick way for us to share what we're learning every day at 1871 from the hundreds of companies and thousands of people who are going through the very same (and sometimes scary) process of starting and building businesses.

Dig Deeper: Yvon Chouinard, Founder of Patagonia, on Corporate Culture Resources: * The Ethical Leadership Group and consulting firms like it serve companies who have gone astray from their philosophies and are looking to get back on track ethically.

IN 10 years, CJ King and Co Pty Ltd has grown from a small annex behind a North Beach home to what it claims is the biggest full colour printer in the Southern Hemisphere — a $ 1,500 investment that is now turning over $ 10 million a year.With the assistance of Austrade and the WA Department of Industry and Resources (DoIR), the company is taking on the UK market, already with some success.One of the remarkable things about this success story is that it has been achieved through a consummate belief in a philosophy to use standardised, leading - edge technology and to supply just the print trade and other on - sellers.

The company is redirecting resources away from traditional support methods to accommodate the growing number of customers who are initiating contact through social media channels.

The company raised $ 25.7 million in venture funding from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, BlueScape Resources, NGEN Partners, and angel investors.

Additionally, many businesses are foregoing buying data center hardware entirely as they increasingly rent their computing resources on demand from big tech companies like Amazon (amzn) and Microsoft (msft).

When it came time to reward top executives last year, more leading companies handed out performance - based awards instead of time - vesting stock options, according to a new study from human resources consulting firm Mercer.

TechCrunch's Michael Arrington is reporting that an investor group consisting of venture capital and private equity firms are combining resources to make a bid to acquire the Internet phone company from eBay.

Uber employees will have a hand in saying which groups the company partners with, according to a blog post from its chief human resources officer, Liane Hornsey.

The idea of renting computing power from another company was almost unheard of, but Jassy had a key backer in Dalzell, who recalls arguing that «we're going to invest in this anyway,» since Amazon would always need data - center resources for itself.

Rob Basso deals with holiday issues from two perspectives — his company, Advantage Payroll Services, provides human resources consulting along with paycheck processing.

At nearly 60 percent of the 100 biggest U.S. companies by revenue, the chief human resources officer is a woman, according to new data from Russell Reynolds Associates.

Executives from Nuinsco Resources, a Toronto - based mineral exploration company, recently checked in to the Corinthia Hotel in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum.

Bar contractors from company resources.

By collecting and analyzing the data consistently, they're an excellent resource to help protect advertisers and publishers — generally the person or company that owns the website — from the negative repercussions of unsavory traffic.

«The value is that employees can understand what is expected of them and what they can expect from the company,» adds Paul Rowson, managing director at World at Work, a global human resources association that focuses on compensation, benefits, work - life, and integrated total rewards.

Shares in Perth - based Kibaran Resources surged on news it had received an offer from an unnamed institution to co-finance the company's Epanko graphite project in Africa, with a loan of up to $ 28 million.

Shares in local explorer Manas Resources have doubled in value on news the company has entered into an agreement to acquire the Victoria gold project in Tanzania from a private Italian group for $ US4 million ($ A5.4 million) in cash and shares.

Many, many companies and people derive a living from the natural resources we inherited.

Perth - based Radar Iron is planning an exit from the resources industry through a reverse takeover of Israeli technology company Weebit - Nano.

The government of the Republic of Cameroon is planning to seek funding from China for the rail and port infrastructure at Sundance Resources» Mbalam - Nabeba iron ore project, allowing the Perth company to focus just on the mine development.

Manzi was focusing his attention and resources away from the company's first success and looking for its next up - and - comer.

Poseidon Nickel has landed an agreement for Kidman Resources to use its mothballed Lake Johnston infrastructure to process lithium ore from the Melbourne - based company's Mt Holland mine, in a deal potentially worth at least $ 18.5 million.

Bibra Lake - based ZBB Energy Corporation will receive $ 3.1 million over two years in project funding from the Department of the Environment and Water Resources Advanced Electricity Storage Technologies program, the company has announced.

Perth gold company Resolute Mining is set to become the owner of the Bibiani gold project in Ghana from Noble Mineral Resources.

From consultants to books to articles, there's no shortage of resources for companies that want to better use social media to raise awareness of their brands.

Perth - based explorer Image Resources has entered into an agreement for the purchase of a wet concentration plant, and an offtake deal for product from its Boonanarring mineral sands project near Gingin, with a Chinese zircon company to emerge as a major shareholder.

As the number of reported data breaches continues to blitz U.S. companies — over 6 million records exposed already this year, according to the Identity Theft Resource Center — IT budgets are ballooning to combat what corporations see as their greatest threat: faceless, sophisticated hackers from an outside entity.

Lyft, in the meantime, benefits from a major company with easy access to cash as well as a global footprint — the very resources the startup needs if it hopes to compete with rival service Uber.

More businesses are buying computing resources on demand from tech giants like Amazon (amzn) and Microsoft (msft), which has hurt big data center hardware companies like Cisco and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (hpe).

U.S. authorities have repeatedly targeted companies and individuals from the Chinese city of Dandong, which borders North Korea, in a bid to cut off Pyongyang's major export revenue from selling natural resources, such as coal.

These companies typically sell computing resources from their data centers on - demand to customers so companies don't have to buy their own data center hardware.

So yes, it's encouraging to see an array of new companies from the consumer and tech sectors come to market — but the TSX is going to continue to be dominated by struggling resource stocks for some time to come.

This year's study surveyed more than 240 human resource professionals from large employers (3,000 + employees) at the close of 2016 to identify the most notable trends companies are employing to improve the health and well - being of their employees.

The Redmond, Wash. - based software company announced Microsoft Ventures, an umbrella organization for its various entrepreneurship resources, according to a statement from Rahul Sood, the general manager of Microsoft Startups, on the official Microsoft blog.

The program provides companies and entrepreneurs — at all stages of growth and from all sectors — with tools and resources to help them reach their full business potential.

Large companies benefit from resources entrepreneurs don't have — marketing and advertising budgets far beyond your annual revenue.

Human Resources mentor Robert Hoffman responds to the following question from an inc.com user: After an employee resigns, and you're clearing out the e-mail on his computer, you find that he has bad - mouthed you and the company to other people.

Every executive making the leap from a resource - rich company to a startup den should know these five things.

Long - time mining industry player Tony Gates» new mining company, Great Australian Resources (GAU), raised local investor's eyebrows last week when it released encouraging drilling results from two separate gold and nickel projects.