Sentences with phrase «high tech boom»

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During the dotcom boom of the late»90s, many securities - law firms traded legal fees for equity to take high - flying tech companies public.

Why it's hot: The Pew Research Center estimates about 74 million Baby Boomers will require some level of elderly care soon, and companies are trying new — and in many cases high - tech — ways to provide it.

Born in Denmark, he spent time at Unilever and Novartis — not two companies associated with the high - tech boom — before founding SuccessFactors in 2001 and taking it public in 2007.

The company's new permanent headquarters will be in South Boston's booming Seaport District, where a lack of good mass transit and a cluster of high - tech offices are already causing traffic nightmares.

Microsoft and Intel also reported strong earnings, driving stock prices higher in after - hours trading, and dispelling notions that the tech boom is over.

During the boom, people bought tech stocks at high prices, believing they could sell them at a higher price until confidence was lost and a large market correction, or crash, occurred.

During the boom of the 1990s, neoliberal economists and the financial press promoted the the high tech revolution for its ability to reduce production costs.

An Interview with Michael Hudson for Counterpunch By STANDARD SCHAEFER During the boom of the 1990s, neoliberal economists and the financial press promoted the the high tech revolution for its ability to reduce production costs.

Although the unemployment rate is slightly higher in Detroit than the national average, the city has seen a recent boom in tech jobs, with the tech market growing 40 percent between 2011 and 2016, according to a CBRE study.

In fact, the University of Michigan's Consumer Sentiment Survey recently found that the percentage of households saying it's a good time to buy stocks is at its highest level since the tech boom.

Yet few would forget the 50 % decline that followed the Tech Boom, and the more than 90 % drop in the highest of flyers.

Unionized manufacturing work gave way to low - wage, benefits - poor service jobs, and the current economic boom is lining the pockets only of those fortunate enough to be in high - tech information industries.

In a back to the future moment reminiscent of the 1990s tech boom, Chinese coal miner Yankuang Group is establishing an e-commerce platform focused entirely on selling high - end Australian products into fast - growing markets on the mainland.

In 1978, California voters passed Proposition 13, which resulted in reduced funding for public schools, which accelerated the growth and popularity of private schools, especially in affluent areas such as the Peninsula and South Bay, which enjoyed the fruits of the Silicon Valley high - tech boom.

He says under his leadership New York has shed its high - tax image and is now seen as «open for business,» with a booming New York City and growing high - tech development.

These high - tech brain builders are made to appeal to active, health - conscious baby boomers who want their minds to stay as fit as their bodies.

The show's tech themes include more hybrid vehicles, 500 - hp supercars with microprocessor driver engine management that allow for 20 mpg driving when you're not hot - rodding, and high - end downsized cars for baby boomers who don't want to give up their luxuries just yet.

BMW offers a taller vehicle with higher levels of fit - and - finish, and more leather, more tech, and a premium price for downsizing baby boomers, who still want upscale vehicles, or for new families wanting something worthy of hauling baby Emma and her $ 900 Bugaboo stroller.

That was particularly so when high - tech stocks were booming about a decade ago.

As the new millennium dawned, the ebullience of the dot com boom turned into a sharp market sell - off, highlighted by the collapse of many previously high - flying tech stocks.

I grew up during the tech boom of the late 90s, and listening to the commentary as stocks reached new highs and fortunes were made piqued my 6 year old interest.

Marseille is however, also an important business area enjoying a recent boom through a change from light manufacturing to a new high tech economy across biotechnology, multimedia and innovation.

He is the lead or coauthor of several Breakthrough publications, including Coal Killer: How Natural Gas Fuels the Clean Energy Revolution, Beyond Boom and Bust: Putting Clean Tech on a Path to Subsidy Independence and Our High - Energy Planet He is also co-director of Breakthrough Generation, the Breakthrough Institute's annual summer policy fellowship, which brings together some of the brightest young thinkers in the world to work together researching policy, politics, and technology.

General Motors has a plant here, and high - tech research is booming.

According to a recent census, Tallahassee is growing at a prodigious 12.4 % rate, due to a boom in high - tech and manufacturing businesses.

Many of the architects of the tech boom would not be hired by their own companies today because they did not go to college, did poorly in high school and would have arrived with zero references.

Tech jobs are booming these days, and few positions are higher valued than those involved in computer security.

Data centers, the large buildings that house more machines than people, are typically located close to high - tech hubs to provide companies with close - by storage support, such as in booming (and expensive) office markets including San Francisco...

Kirk Kuester, executive managing director of Colliers International in Vancouver, says that with its diverse economy, prime location, booming high - tech industry and projected growth, Kelowna is one of British Columbia's investment and economic hubs, which was the driving force behind Colliers» expanded reach in the area.

Echo boomers, on the other hand, are likely to want contemporary spaces with high - tech amenities.

Millennials Say They Don't Want a Home Like Their Parents» Millennials Embrace Unique, High - Tech Spaces Should Boomers Worry About Millennials» Housing Shift?

The essays range from the practical («How Boomers, Churches, and Entrepreneurs Can Transform Society») to the inspirational («High - Tech Inner City Community Development,» about a for - profit venture that rose from the ashes of the 1967 Detroit riots).

Despite having the high - tech orientation to conduct their search online, the vast majority of boomers plan to rely on a real estate practitioner for help.

A combination of a high average wage across the industry ($ 91,861), steady industry employment levels (3.8 / 1000 jobs in the tech sector) and a booming housing market which has seen house prices rocket in the past 5 years (+41.29 percent over 5 years), helped Denver beat off stiff competition from across the country.