Burkina Faso There's been big change
in the small country of Burkina Faso.
We decided to squeeze in a few days
in the small country of Uruguay after returning from our amazing trip to Antarctica.
Another incredible waterfall, Kaieteur Falls is a lesser known attraction
in the small country of Guyana on the Guiana Shield of northeastern South America.
Not exact matches
And as a
small business owner, you're likely concerned about a looming Congressional impasse, which could knock the wind out
of the economy's momentum — shaving the
country's economic output and your sales figures
in the process.
The House and Senate
Small Business Committees should assign staffers to benchmark what has been done to reduce the regulatory burden
in other
countries, with the goal
of copying the best initiatives enacted elsewhere.
«Hundreds
of millions
of people may never set foot
in the United States, but thanks to you they've experienced a
small part
of what makes our
country special.
Canada might be a trading nation, but we are mediocre traders:
in its report on trade, the growth council said the majority
of the
country's
smaller enterprises don't trade at all.
Yet, a staggering 76 %
of UK
small businesses reported a cyber-breach
in 2012, and the trend is similar
in other
countries.
Alternative ways
of raising money are increasingly available, and crowd - funding has for instance raised more than # 1 billion for UK
small and medium - sized enterprises last year.
Of course, don't forget to inquire about the regulation
in place
in your
country, and get professional advice to mitigate risk.
com domains long gone, I can see
small businesses
in the U.S. utilizing their
country code, doing what their counterparts
in Europe, Asia and other parts
of the world have already done.»
National
Small Business Week launched
in style at Twitter's San Francisco headquarters yesterday, kicking off a week
of speeches, panels and workshops across the
country celebrating entrepreneurship.
Women - owned businesses account for a greater share
of this
country's employment and payrolls than they did
in 2007, but the numbers remain
small.
We might be one
of the
smallest subsidiaries, with 20 - some people at the head office and 60 - some people across the
country, versus something like 1,200
in the U.S.. We're not involved
in product development at all or
in the management
of licensing, so we don't work with third - party software developers or even license merchandise goods like T - shirts and stuff like that.
«We tend to be a
country of small firms, and those
small firms tend to not have
in - house R&D departments,» Annan observes.
Working from this nondescript campus and seven others around the
country, Alutiiq raked
in $ 533 million
in revenue
in 2006, virtually all
of it from the government, won under contracts set aside for
small disadvantaged businesses.
South Korea, one
of the world's most notable tech markets, has taken a
small first step
in developing policy around robot ethics, but there's much more that will need to be put
in place — by all
countries.
Small businesses across the
country support the Republican tax reform plan, with 55 percent saying they are
in favor
of seeing a tax bill passed.
Still, though China has managed not to rely on any single
country for more than a
small percentage
of its oil needs, its imports are still quite concentrated
in terms
of geographical region and
in unstable regions at that, namely the Middle East and Africa.
Inversion is a process whereby a bigger organization targets and acquires a
smaller firm that's located
in a more corporate tax - friendly
country, with the deal structured so that the
smaller company becomes the controlling partner
of the larger firm.
Although 400,000 migrants did travel through Hungary
in 2015, the number
of people applying for asylum
in the
country was
small, perhaps
in part because
of its less - than - welcoming attitude.
Meanwhile, «transportation
in the U.S. costs the equivalent
of less than one yuan ($) per kilometer, while road tolls [
in China] are higher,» he added, pointing out that some mid - and
small - sized Chinese enterprises have already started moving to Southeast Asian
countries like Vietnam and Cambodia for cheaper wages and materials.
«Now that a few
of the misdeeds against the Trump Movement have been partially revealed, I look forward to updating my pending legal action
in opposition to DOJ this weekend
in preparation for Monday's next
small step on the long, potholed road toward helping to restore law and order
in our great
country.»
AB InBev has made inroads
in China's
small but fast - growing craft beer market, which analysts say may account for as little as 0.1 %
of the
country's $ 80 billion a year
in beer sales, but which may also be growing at triple - digits
in the major cities
of Beijing, Shanghai, and Shenzhen.
Another,
smaller, tech hub is
in Pasadena (home one
of the
country's top technology schools: Cal Tech).
The SurePayroll analysis
of payroll data from 35,000
small businesses across the
country reported yesterday a slight drop
in hiring nationwide
in November.
«SBA loans have gone from being the lender
of last resort to the lender
of only resort for many
small businesses
in this
country,» says Beth Solomon, the president and CEO
of the National Association
of Development Companies, the trade association for organizations providing financing through the SBA's 504 loan program.
As the founder
of Watsi, a nonprofit that allows people to donate
small amounts
of money to crowdfund medical treatments for individuals
in 20 developing
countries, Adam, 29, is doing his part to remedy this imbalance.
The survey, released Tuesday, polled 500
small business owners from around the
country and found that half
of them are
in favor
of a policy that would allow employees to use earned sick time when they or an immediate family member falls ill or needs preventative medical care.
Australia is a
smaller country in population, but
in terms
of economics it's quite similar.
The bureaucracy
in Brussels is largely made up
of officials from the
smaller countries, who saw the EU as a method
of enabling themselves to exercise far greater influence than they could as leaders
in their own governments.
Since Europe is so
small, when a cellphone user from one
country enters another, rather than pay high roaming rates, they just slip
in a SIM card from the new
country and take advantage
of local rates.
This is no
small matter to a
country that already has spent literally trillions
of dollars - and suffered the loss
of nearly 7,000 military personnel
in Afghanistan and Iraq - since former Republican President George W. Bush launched the war on terrorism
in the wake
of 9/11.
While the experiences
of women entrepreneurs
in the developing world are as diverse as the
countries they inhabit, since the difficulties facing a
small woman - owned business
in Vietnam looks nothing like that
of a new venture
in, say, Turkey or India, there are some common challenges.
Padgett has been
in business for over 45 years and has over 300 offices across the
country supporting thousands
of small businesses with Accounting, Tax and Payroll services.
It's a simple notion, but a powerful one: if
small - scale food vendors
in developing
countries like Kenya had the purchasing clout
of Loblaws or Walmart, they could cut costs and pass on the savings to their customers.
To put that
in context, it's more than the annual GDP for some
small countries — more than The Bahamas for example — or as USA Today put it, «a big slice
of the $ 90 billion
in total market value created for all investors who own these shares»
Tens
of thousands across the
country peacefully chanted, picketed and protested Monday against President Donald Trump's immigration and labor policies on May Day, despite a
small pocket
of violent unrest
in the Pacific Northwest.
But Lesko's lists pertain mostly to
small business: you'll find information on agencies that give development assistance to expanding companies, economic reports that regional Federal Reserve banks will send you, government surplus - property auctions, whom to ask about overseas selling, how to find financial data on a company or franchisor, where to apply for research grants —
in sum, information on the offerings
of nearly every federal, state, and local bureaucracy
in the
country.
Several weeks ago — with an extensive press rollout, a full - page New York Times ad, and a $ 300,000 one - minute commercial during Game 7
of the World Series — he announced «Create Jobs for USA,» a grass - roots private fund that will make loans to
small businesses
in underserved markets across the
country.
Small and medium companies across the
country that have contracts with the prime (think
of a parts manufacturer for a car or airplane company) or with the government are eligible
in the vast majority
of cases.
Meanwhile, co-working spaces also were debuting across the
country — and not just
in the largest cities but
in smaller urban areas and university towns with thriving populations
of entrepreneurs and independent workers.
But, according to new data from Moody's Analytics which analyzed housing prices
in over 3,000 counties across the US, housing markets
in some rural areas
of the
country might see a
small boost.
Facebook may reach one - quarter
of the world's population and have the revenues
of a
small country, but it's still, after all, a private - sector enterprise, not constrained by the First Amendment
in any decisions it makes about speech limits.
(A Fortune magazine piece last year covered how GoDaddy worked to change the tone
of its racy, sometimes sexist, ads
in order to better appeal to women, who represent a large swath
of the
country's
small business owners.)
The post-Soviet generation
of engaged and wired Russians who are loudly finding their political voice remains
small in number for a
country of Russia's size.
The president sees how critically important
small business is for our county and the [importance
of] continuing to grow entrepreneurship
in our
country.
Justice now owns local switches
in several
countries and has even bought
small local phone companies
in Belgium and Argentina, allowing many
of their customers to dial straight through without callback.
None
of this puts us rapidly
in the same category as admittedly
countries with
smaller area and even more population
in the densest portions.
Lithuania only got to the games thanks to funding from
small time donors and one big contributor: THE Grateful Dead (pictured), who commissioned the t - shirts
in support
of the team /
country's recent independence from the Soviet Union.
While the rest
of the
country, and the corporate community, bicker about the lowest common denominator
in employee wellness, employers can take
small steps toward encouraging employee wellness that can pay big dividends.