Sentences with phrase «impact on commerce»

A dizzying variety of products flows through the skies worldwide (the impact on commerce from the eruption of one volcano in Iceland illustrated this).

The elected officials who gathered together Sunday made clear that the idea wouldn't find support in Queens, citing a negative impact on commerce, the prospect of ever - increasing tolls and the belief that outer - borough residents should have the option to travel free of charge between boroughs.

But the prospective shopkeeper couldn't shake the fear that Amazon, whose impact on commerce was only growing, would eventually put him out of business.

Not exact matches

This week at Shoptalk, I've been speaking with several commerce innovators about the impact of technology on every type of business.

The pace of advancement is blistering and the shift to digital will continue to have a significant growing impact on global commerce.

Trump's White House cited Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, a provision that gives the secretary of commerce the authority to investigate and determine the impacts of any import on the national security of the United States — and the president the power to adjust tariffs accordingly.

We believe this process of standardization will have a transformative impact on our world comparable to the way the shipping container standardized commerce in the 1950s and drove globalization, or how the standardization of web protocols in the 1980s gave us the digital information economy we know today.

«Widespread flooding has a major impact on the road and rail network, which in turn has a significant effect on UK industry and commerce.»

The effort is worthwhile, however, because the impact — on commerce and on people's lives — is substantial.

His practice has included starting and running ecological businesses, writing and teaching about the impact of commerce on living systems, and consulting with governments and corporations on economic development, industrial ecology, and environmental policy.

Paul Hawken is a renowned lecturer — since 1983, he has keynoted conferences and led workshops on the impact of commerce upon the environment, and consulted with governments and corporations throughout the world on economic development, industrial ecology, and environmental policy.

Stella Carakasi is a California - based designer who creates affordable luxury fashion while making a positive impact on local and global communities through her design, commerce, and sponsorship.

An empirical study of the financial impact of online communities on commerce, conducted by the University of Michigan, found that engaged consumers spend more money.

Q1: How does the Final Rule published on December 18, 2014, by the FMCSA that rescinded the requirement that commercial motor vehicle (CMV) drivers operating in the United States in interstate commerce, except drivers of passenger - carrying CMVs, submit, and motor carriers retain, the driver vehicle inspection reports (DVIR) when the driver has neither found nor been made aware of any vehicle defects or deficiencies (no - defect DVIR) impact U.S drivers operating in Canada?

How do you view the impact of this same digital commerce on brick - and - mortar stores, the vanishing of shelf - space — and, therefore, author discoverability?

Reflecting on mainstream media, commerce, and its cultural impact; Contraband is a project dealing with the influence «developed» countries have on the rest of the world.

Against this backdrop, the videos and eight minimalist sculptures in Martha Whittington's Exchange pose questions about the impact of assimilation and commerce on Native American cultures and the parallels to our present consumer society.

Warren Beech, a partner at Hogan Lovells, tells ALB: «Cape Town, with its emphasis and reliance on tourism and commerce has been severely impacted, from a revenue perspective.

Notable powers included: regulation of trade and commerce, military, banking, bankruptcy and insolvency, Indians and Lands reserved for Indians, marriage and divorce, and the criminal law.6 The majority of these powers seemed to be a reasonable compromise since they had widespread impact on almost every province in the Dominion.

Here are some highlights on the predictions offered by the panelists: 1) class actions are not going away; 2) the continued growth of mass commerce will continue to spawn class action litigation; 3) Justice Scalia's death will have a significant impact on class action jurisprudence going forward and the judiciary is likely to get less friendly to defendants in the short - term; 4) technology will make a big difference for the better in managing class action litigation; 5) defendants will continue to come up with creative, far - reaching ways of limiting class actions; 6) plaintiffs» attorneys will continue to bring class actions when a) they think they can make money and / or b) they think they will advance the public good; 7) there will be some good class actions and some horrible ones; 8) look out for states to pass new consumer protection laws similar to the New Jersey New Jersey Truth - in - Consumer Contract, Warranty and Notice Act (TCCWNA); 9) the TCPA and all - natural litigation booms will continue in the near future; 10) The CFPB will broadly define consumer finance services; 11) more class actions will go to trial; 12) what happens with the enforceability of arbitration clauses will have a big impact on the viability of many categories of class actions in the future; 13) look for more class actions in the federal courts in New York state.

As such, it has a huge impact on entertainment, commerce, politics, research, technology and even sports.

That assertion comes from Prof. John D. Kasarda of the University of North Carolina, who during a Nov. 9 session at the REALTORS ® Conference & Expo in New Orleans pointed to a host of data about the impact airports are having on global commerce as evidence that «location, location, location» has given way to a new axiom: «accessibility, accessibility, accessibility.»

The request follows one to the GAO by Oxley in November 2004 to study the impact of the Internet and electronic commerce on the real estate marketplace.

Imagine the impact on our social fabric if that was the accepted business practice in retail (or any other form of) commerce.