Sentences with phrase «general business concerns»

Arlene also advises her clients — particularly startup and emerging growth companies — on their general business concerns, including merger and acquisition transactions.

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Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward - Looking Statements This document contains certain forward - looking statements about Oracle and Vocado, including statements that involve risks and uncertainties concerning Oracle's acquisition of Vocado, anticipated customer benefits and general business outlook.

Patents: On top of the general marketing, packaging and mailing that go along with any business, crafters should also focus on legal concerns such as obtaining patents and a seller's license.

Bowman & Partners discussed its options with Business Insurance Now, an online agent that had previously sold the company a general liability policy offering protection against injury claims, property damage and other physical - world concerns.

The auditor general has found major flaws in the state government's Buy Local policy, with concerns regarding data collection leaving agencies unsure if the policy is benefitting local businesses.

Jews have practically blanketed the tobacco - buying business, where Jew and buyer are synonymous words, and control three of the four leading cigar - manufacturing concerns including Fred Hirschhorn's General Cigar, which makes every seventh cigar smoked in America.

We also note with concern that the new small business payroll tax comes on top of previously announced minimum wage increase (of 34 % over four years), an increase in the general corporate tax rate of 9.1 %, a 14 % increase to the personal income tax rate of most «skilled professionals», and a previously scheduled increase in the BC carbon tax of 16 %, moving up a further $ 5 to $ 35 per tonne of GHGs emitted.

These risks and uncertainties include food safety and food - borne illness concerns; litigation; unfavorable publicity; federal, state and local regulation of our business including health care reform, labor and insurance costs; technology failures; failure to execute a business continuity plan following a disaster; health concerns including virus outbreaks; the intensely competitive nature of the restaurant industry; factors impacting our ability to drive sales growth; the impact of indebtedness we incurred in the RARE acquisition; our plans to expand our newer brands like Bahama Breeze and Seasons 52; our ability to successfully integrate Eddie V's restaurant operations; a lack of suitable new restaurant locations; higher - than - anticipated costs to open, close or remodel restaurants; increased advertising and marketing costs; a failure to develop and recruit effective leaders; the price and availability of key food products and utilities; shortages or interruptions in the delivery of food and other products; volatility in the market value of derivatives; general macroeconomic factors, including unemployment and interest rates; disruptions in the financial markets; risk of doing business with franchisees and vendors in foreign markets; failure to protect our service marks or other intellectual property; a possible impairment in the carrying value of our goodwill or other intangible assets; a failure of our internal controls over financial reporting or changes in accounting standards; and other factors and uncertainties discussed from time to time in reports filed by Darden with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Although professional people have a vision of the general ideal, their primary concern is with their particular profession or business to which the general ideal is applied.

Many in the general business community have expressed concerns about the erosion of trust, and indeed the topic is the subject of scientific inquiry, because of the connection of trust to competitiveness.

In a brief filed in General Sessions court (necessary to obtain a search warrant) Hogan said he believed Hymie keeps some interesting non-fur business records which will show that «crimes of conspiracy, violation of laws concerning licensing of managers and bribery of sports participants have been committed in this county by Frank Carbo and other persons.»

Fuel was added to the fire by Sir Vince Cable, the former business secretary, who revealed over the weekend that Theresa May had a «general prejudice» against the Chinese which she raised in cabinet meetings, citing «national security concerns».

Attempted reassurances in the letter that the DExEU has «travelled up and down the country to listen to the hopes and concerns of businesses, civil society and of course the general public», won't wash.

The owners of the Malverne Cinema say a planned expansion by a nearby theater could put them out of business, and last week they took their concerns to the state attorney general's office.

Democratic leaders were talking with rank - and - file lawmakers about how to revise the budget plan in the wake of the statements by officials of General Electric, Aetna and Travelers concerning the $ 700 million in proposed business tax increases.

In other changes, another former NEC chair and former general secretary of the Fabian Society, Baroness Hayter, joins the Cabinet Office team and, with Lord Tunnicliffe, the team covering business, innovation and skills, where Labour said it would focus work on its concerns about jobs and growth in the economy.

Having previously campaigned in the seat at the general election and as the owner of a small business, I have got a real understanding of the issues and concerns of Rotherham's residents and local businesses.

His work is used and cited often in the business field, though it applies to many of the general assumptions we have concerning motivation in multiple fields.

Furthermore, Google is already burdened with many other risks, for instance: (1) increased competition from general purpose search engines and information services (page 7); (2) dependency on remaining competitive and providing value to advertisers (page 7); (3) being subject to increased regulatory scrutiny which may negatively impact business (page 8); (4) being «regularly subject to claims, suits, government investigations, and other proceedings that may result in adverse outcomes» (page 8); (5) «Privacy concerns relating to our technology could damage our reputation and deter current and potential users from using our products and services» (page 12); (6) «Web spam and content farms could decrease our search quality, which could damage our reputation and deter our current and potential users from using our products and services» (page 13); (7) «Internet access providers may be able to restrict, block, degrade, or charge for access to certain of our products and services, which could lead to additional expenses and the loss of users and advertisers» (page 16); (8) «New technologies could block online ads, which would harm our business» (page 16).

Iginio Alessio, then general manager of Alfa Romeo, was concerned for the viability of the independent Italian Coachbuilding industry — the advent of the unibody chassis design was threatening to put the carrozzerie out of business.

In addition to its role of providing and delivering financial and insurance products — and investment returns — to its customers and its shareholders — Legal & General, as a business, has helped to ensure that they relate to the day to day lives and concerns of their customers and also helped to guide any companies that they invest in to do the proper thing.

I was just mulling over a similar concern about Markel's buyback program which seems to be constant and targeted at offsetting dilution from their compensation plan and how un» business - like» that decision and pattern of behavior is and how that should shape my understanding of their capital allocation and general acumen.

He provided «some general thoughts about the development of a sales function within a law firm, which include some concerns [he has] considered and confronted over the years in [his] role as the head of marketing and business development for a large, globally integrated law firm.»

Of course, one would expect it to be in the interests of all parties concerned for the European Council to swiftly agree the general guidelines and thus move to the extremely complicated business of negotiating the withdrawal agreement itself as quickly as possible.

In his prior role as general counsel, Mr. Black's leadership included overseeing a full spectrum of global business operations, including building a corporate legal department; handling compliance matters arising from investigations by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and Department of Justice; and day - to - day corporate operational concerns.

As a general rule, all information concerning the business and affairs of a person or organization acquired by Torkin Manes shall be held in strict confidence and not revealed to anyone unless expressly or implicitly authorized by the person or organization concerned.

A global study from Veritas Technologies, the leader in information management, has revealed that 86 % of organizations worldwide are concerned that a failure to adhere to the upcoming General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) could have a major negative impact on their business.

This latest enforcement action points to two things: first, the general and continuing Americanisation of corporate criminal enforcement in the UK and, second, a concerning level of inconsistency in the message to businesses operating in the UK.

Much like Information Governance, preparation for the General Data Protection Regulation is a cross-departmental concern that requires input from many different groups within an organization, including privacy, compliance, legal, line of business, IT and information security.

Finally, some people became concerned enough about this that they made changes to how tailors in general operated their businesses.

Data protection and product liability are the biggest risks facing general counsel in central and eastern Europe (CEE), according to a new report on the key concerns for in - house lawyers doing business in the region.

DAC Beachcroft's Banking & Finance Disputes Update focuses on events occurring within the banking, financial, city business and general regulatory sectors that give rise to or concern contentious matters, civil or regulatory.

Concerned over increasing losses in fire insurance business, the Finance Ministry has asked four PSU general insurers to desist from charging «ridiculously» low premium from corporates and undercutting one another.

Interestingly enough, Gerber Products and Gerber Life are financially separate subsidiaries of the Nestlé Corporation, whose basic purpose of operation has been unchanged since 1867, and whose business practices reflect the basic ideas of fairness, honesty and a general concern for people.

If you already have a business insurance policy, but you're concerned your general liability coverage is too low, you can supplement it with an umbrella policy.

These are some general concerns most Abilene business owners discuss with a member agent:

Service businesses might be most concerned with obtaining general liability insurance in case a customer claims that the company's actions (or inaction) were harmful.

The European Commission anchors its new proposal to tax digital business activities; the forthcoming implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)(ensuring data privacy and protection rules applicable to all companies processing data of EU nationals, whether located in the EU or elsewhere); as well as the recently opened investigation of the massive data leak from Facebook and Cambridge Analytica, ultimately on the Commission's many concerns about EU Members» regional, national, and economic security.

According to a recent CNBC article, most British banks have abstained from doing business with cryptocurrency - related businesses, in general, due to concerns of illicit activities.

Evaluated general financial concerns of small businesses saving one small business $ 75,000 due to the IRS through auditing and substantiation of expenditures

• Conduct research activities in area of concern and provide valuable feedback to the management • Write and edit management documentation and assist managers in tracking projects • Assist in the creation and implementation of strategic management plans • Participate in iteration planning and requirements gathering activities • Act as a coordinator between different projects • Make sure that all projects are implemented according to set requirements and guidelines • Keep team members of each project up to date with project status and issues • Provide support to general office duties such as budget reconciliation, correspondence and database management • Assist senior management to set organizational goals and objectives • Use technology to perform mathematical calculations and research activities • Provide internal meetings facilitation with various project teams • Suggest ways to improve internal operations effective and productive • Make sure that all concurrent projects are launched on published schedules • Create and maintain databases for management tracking purposes • Perform data entry services to handle project information • Assist in resolving project design and resource issues to minimize delays • Assemble and analyze statistical data and provide meaningful interpretations • Establish and maintain effective communication with customers to ensure recurring business opportunities • Develop and deliver instructional materials for each individual project • Provide administrative backup support for various positions within the management on a need basis

Part of the letter explained that carried interest «is the way to reward the general partner in a real estate business venture for taking on the countless risks and liabilities associated with long term real estate projects, such as potential environmental concerns, operational shortfalls, construction delays and loan guarantees.

This article offers general comments on legal issues and developments of concern to business organizations and individuals and is not intended to provide legal opinions.

Among other things, many commenters from across the real estate and mortgage lending industries were concerned that a general requirement to disclose the «actual terms» of the transaction to the consumer three business days before consummation would prove impracticable because many costs are not known by that time.

Commenters opposed to the proposal were concerned that a general three - business - day timing requirement would lead to closing delays.

Many commenters concerned about the general three - business - day requirement cited the likelihood of coordination problems between creditors, settlement service providers, and other third - parties.