Sentences with phrase «local basis with»

Manjoo notes the inconvenient fact that, in some of the most visible cases, the soaring costs of delivering these small - scale, bespoke services on a hyper - local basis with quickly growing volume has in fact already brought about price increases, not savings, for the end users.

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«The corporation will influence and trickle all the way down to the local coffee shop and local government,» suggested Jeff Holdman, general manager at the New York - based real estate investment firm Intoo, in a phone call with Inc. last week.

Ha Lam, co-founder of Vietnam - based Triip.me, talks about how the travel - platform connects travelers with local tour guides.

It works with about 150,000 restaurants today, and counts more than 6,000 employees globally, as it competes with local players such as Takeaway.com, based in the Netherlands, as well as giants like Amazon and Uber.

Even if Korean lawmakers push forward with an exchange ban, local investors are likely to find ways to keep buying cryptocurrencies, said Mike Kayamori, head of Tokyo - based exchange Quoine, which counts Koreans among its customers.

They thought the tourist aspect would make the store worth it, but they found, on a day - to - day basis, people wanted to buy the more inexpensive candy bar with a local label to give as vacation gifts.

Everyone in the program completes afour - month internship with an area business — important local experience for thethree - quarters of the student body thatcome from abroad — and most complete anapplied business project, a group businessanalysis assignment based on the real - worldexperience gleaned through the internship.Those with an interest in finance can forgothe independent project and instead bolton an optional fifth semester that givesadditional weight to securities, derivativesand investing, covering topics like the mutualfund industry and real estate investing.

Katsenelson also argues that since local officials are tasked with meeting specified growth targets on a per capita basis, there's an incentive to downplay the size of the local population.

Feldstein scoured Facebook looking for local Fort McMurray cleaning crews — mainly South Asians and Filipinos long based in the city — and hired them with the promise of plentiful work and daily payment.

«To be successful, we knew we had to work with artisans in each city and build an online farmers market filled with local products,» explains Lior Lavy, co-founder and COO of Dallas - based Artizone.

With the update, Nearby now helps people find local businesses based on feedback from their Facebook friends.

QNX, which made more than 60 % of the core software inside the world's car infotainment systems in 2011, has partnered with The Weather Network to send location - based weather data to drivers, and the intelligent dashboard system in many of Nissan's 2013 models, for instance, will feed drivers real - time local fuel prices, flight - status information, and points of interest supplied by Google.

Local company Prairie Mining has raised $ 15 million from UK - based CD Capital for the development of its Lublin coal project, with the potential for the private equity fund to invest a further $ 68 million.

Vanadium and uranium explorer Yellow Rock Resources has formed a new subsidiary with an unnamed local solar system installer to sell vanadium - based batteries in Australia.

East Africa Resources has become the 36th Perth - based company to announce a backdoor listing deal in the past 18 months, with plans to exit uranium exploration and acquire local security services business Threat Protect Australia.

Using algorithms to provide quick quotes for removals based on house size, Movinga puts customers in touch with local removal companies.

Local tech company iWebGate has signed a $ US8.6 million ($ A11.4 million) funding deal with an entity managed by US - based Lind Partners to help grow its business.

So she came up with a solution and started Floom, a London - based online marketplace dedicated to connecting customers from all over the U.K. who want unique and seasonal arrangements with local, independent florists who can provide both a bespoke work of art and same - day delivery.

Local and regional magazines and newspapers, as well as specialist B2B publications, dedicate a certain number of column inches to locally based businesses so get in touch with the right press contacts and exploit this for free publicity.

Local engineering services company Clough is boosting its North American presence with the acquisition of Canada - based Enercore Projects for $ C10 million ($ A10.5 million).

Crowdshipping, for instance, is a web - based method of delivery that connects packages needing transport with local lay and professional couriers locally, regionally, and even nationally.

Canada was given its own local edition of Vice News along with a Toronto - based newsroom — an early sign that the company was once again interested in the country in which it was founded.

According to an impact survey completed in April 2010, businesses in the Peach State that worked with a local SBDC increased their sales by an average of 3.5 percent, even as the average business based in Georgia experienced a 1.5 percent decline in sales.

Students benefit from team — based projects with corporate partners such as Crayola, BMO Nesbitt Burns and the Local Health Integrated Network.

Intellifusion, a Shenzhen - based AI firm that provides technology to the city's police to display the faces of jaywalkers on large LED screens at intersections, is now talking with local mobile phone carriers and social media platforms such as WeChat and Sina Weibo to develop a system where offenders will receive personal text messages as soon as they violate the rules, according to Wang Jun, the company's director of marketing solutions.

Using data from Washington, D.C. - based think tank the Brookings Institution, NerdWallet compared 357 metro areas based on the demand in each city for employees with a STEM bachelor's degree, the average salary of STEM graduates and the health of the local economy.

If you start out with 100 or 1,000 local investors, it might be a nice base of customer support and people invested in your success.

The movie was based on the true story of a wealthy Mississippi family that took in a local football player with a troubled past.

Whitman told local media that HPE plans to work with the Singapore Economic Development Board, local universities, and venture capital firms to identify Singapore - based startups that specialize in areas in which HPE is also investing.

New York City - based Yext syncs data from local businesses with services like Instagram, Yelp, and Apple Maps to boost awareness and increase sales.

«US - based Mexican [transnational criminal organization] members generally coordinate the transportation and distribution of bulk wholesale quantities of illicit drugs to US markets,» the DEA report states, «while retail - level distribution is mainly handled by smaller local groups and street gangs not directly affiliated with Mexican TCOs.»

CityScan, a Chicago - based software company, uses government and 3 - D visual data to help organizations manage assets, keep up with local regulations and help with safety concerns.

«We've also partnered with local TV stations, so you'll also get sports and local news based on where you live.»

The most effective way to do that, he adds, is by working with other firms based on the ground; Kinova leverages a network of distributors around the world to better convey its brand message, conducts business according to local customs and — crucially — does it all in local languages.

The bill, passed on March 23, prevents local governments from passing any laws to protect LGBT citizens from discrimination, precluding a Charlotte ordinance that would have allowed people to use public bathrooms based on the gender they identify with rather than the one on their birth certificate.

But Taylor says that craft beer — local, higher quality, more meaningful — is in line with where their fan base is generationally.

«Starting with transport, Grab is establishing a clear leadership in Southeast Asia's internet economy based on its market position, superior technology, and truly local insight,» Didi CEO Cheng Wei said in a statement.

Local rivals like Didi Kuaidi — itself valued at $ 16.5 billion with backing from Chinese behemoths like Tencent and Alibaba (baba)-- have kept pace with Uber's investment in the country (Uber's China business is valued at around $ 8 billion based on its latest funding round in January).

And if you're based in a city with a local team that's on a winning streak?

FOR Perth - based white board manufacturer Hans Fruh, a decision to visit the Middle East and try his hand with cold calls to office and school equipment suppliers listed in the local «yellow pages» has paid off handsomely.

The start - up, which is based in San Francisco, on Wednesday introduced a lengthy treatise pledging a renewed spirit of cooperation with local governments.

Board members have access to all of our employees outside of Board meetings, and the Board has a program that encourages each director to visit different Intel sites and events worldwide on a regular basis and meet with local management at those sites and events.

Starbucks will also work with Teamwork Englewood, a non-profit that brings community services together, to provide a multi-week job skills training program for local youth — based on Starbucks own world - class customer service training curriculum for new hires — in a specially - designed classroom space located within the store.

Touch base with your local studio to see if they have any instructor openings.

Malachi Salcido, a longtime local businessman in Chelan County and owner of bitcoin mining company Salcido Connection, believes that the rate increase is based, at least in part, on the PUD's lack of familiarity with Bitcoin:

Similarly, many ventures are based around business methods and concepts that have been successful in developed countries, but with adaptations made to reflect local conditions, such as «Careem,» the Uber of Pakistan.

Any Employee regularly employed on a full - time or part - time (20 hours or more per week on a regular schedule) basis, or on any other basis as determined by the Corporation (if required under applicable local law) for purposes of the Non-423 Plan or any separate offering under the Code Section 423 Plan, by the Corporation or by any Designated Affiliate on an Entry Date shall be eligible to participate in the Plan with respect to the Offering Period commencing on such Entry Date, provided that the Committee may establish administrative rules requiring that employment commence some minimum period (e.g., one pay period) prior to an Entry Date to be eligible to participate with respect to the Offering Period beginning on that Entry Date.

In 2016, for example, Kyrgyzstan canceled a project with several Russian companies to build five hydropower plants, citing the Russian entities» inability to secure financing.28 In Tajikistan, the Russian military has periodically been unable to pay its local Tajik staff at its base there, even though the base purportedly serves as a key bulwark in Russia's defense against regional instability.29 That same year, Moscow pledged over $ 1 billion in security assistance to Dushanbe and promised to increase its troop presence in the country by 2,000 soldiers.30 Yet neither appears to have materialized, which raises questions about Russia's true capacity and willingness to respond to a security crisis in the region and to project influence there.

Local nonprofits partnered with tech professionals to create skill - based volunteering opportunities where they are needed most.

These reports were based on interviews with funeral home directors, doctors, and local officials.