Sentences with phrase «n't little companies»

«This aggressive fund that my broker is offering puts me into companies like Quest, Oracle, Cisco — these aren't little companies with no revenues — they're blue chips.

Not exact matches

And the parent company's 2017 forecast suggested little relief was coming for a brand that not long ago could do no wrong.

On the one hand, there's probably very little training required, and if a delivery person isn't wearing a company's T - shirt, it's probably not that big a deal as long as the package arrives on time.

«Digital profits in Europe exist but are taxed very little or not at all,» said the European commissioner for taxation, Pierre Moscovici, who blamed traditional rules designed for companies with a physical presence in the countries where they offer their services.

The new workforce is hip to the fact that if a company's values are not aligned with their own, there is little chance they will thrive in the long haul.

While retirees shouldn't abandon dividend stocks, many investment experts are now looking for companies that provide a little growth with that income, rather than just a high yield.

But seriously, how can you go to Shakespeare and Company and not at least have a little browse?

Image courtesy Sean MacEntee There's a lot that small businesses can learn from the way big businesses approach Facebook, but the separation between your little company and international corporations isn't as vast as it may -LSB-...]

Other times, the terms set out by a traditional lender might not be agreeable, or a company could require a little more guidance than a bank would provide.

I have worked with several companies whose owners had a supportive friends and family network that required very little equity and didn't stress about the financial outlay.

That suggests that, for people who do own Sony, don't dump it yet — the few dollar gains S&P Capital IQ is predicting could give your portfolio a little boost in this still volatile market environment — but new buyers may want to seek out a better performing tech company.

It's really important for a company to be able to stay current, and sometimes the cost of technology, of innovating, could be a bit prohibitive if they don't get a little help.

From celebrating the big things to enjoying the little things, building a strong company culture that inspires both teamwork and friendly competition isn't rocket science and needn't deplete revenues.

Not only are the figures for women - owned companies very low, relative to the female fraction of the labor force, but also the growth of women's business ownership seems to be greatest among non-employer businesses, which have little economic impact.

«If you do a little research ahead of time on what companies are going to be there and then you go in with specific questions, it shows them that you're not just the average conference attendee.

The team behind the announcement is not the first to attempt something of this nature, and previous efforts by other companies have been criticized for having too little research behind them or focusing too much on detection rather than treatment.

By adding sponsorships, the company felt «we wouldn't have to cave to that pressure to just dial it up a little more.»

«The tech companies will have little say and the government say explicitly they have the power to bring legal action against them if they do not comply.»

«You're going off so little data, and these companies are so early that you can't feel utterly confident in the bets you make.

Diaspora aside, Canada's governments and business community haven't historically engaged with India, and Indian companies know little of our potential.

But strip Zappos down to the bare bones of its business structure, and the company had been little more than an online retailer employing hundreds of call - center employees (not the most compelling or exciting company story line).

But then again, there's notoriously little any company can do to guarantee that its subcontractors won't break the law, whether it operates on the other side of the planet or just down the street.

Still, JPMorgan has been encouraged by Facebook's willingness to present in front of a judicial committee, and remains confident the company's stock can recover from its recent beating — just not for a little while.

«No matter the size of the company you're talking to, you're ultimately connecting with a single person, who, like most people, probably likes things such as proof of success, kindness, a little sense of humor and not working with jerks.

«We're currently letting phone companies cash a government check every month with little more than the honor system to hold them accountable, and that simply can't continue.»

So if you worry that your little company is doomed by poverty, don't.

When you're between news moments, there are ways for you and your business to earn a little coverage that don't rely on hard news or that elusive glowing company feature.

A custom interactive disk is as competitively priced as a comparable printed brochure, says Micro Interactive's Steve Baum, whose company claims to be able to create one for as little as $ 2,500, not including the cost of disk manufacture.

Trump doesn't care; he built a nice little landing pad for his friend Roger Ailes, the disgraced chairman of Fox News who left the company because of his habitual mistreatment of female employees and landed on his feet in the Trump campaign.

Not bad for a boring little software company from the Beehive State.

«Setting the targets is a little hard to do in a young company, because there is no long - term historical trend you can refer to,» says Jeffrey Wojcik, who was part of the team that designed the goals and who may not receive a bonus this year.

«I think everyone had their own little personal story of trying to order something online and not being able to find it on a Canadian site,» says Scott LeBlanc, the company's former director of product experience, and one its first employees.

If a company boss can't play with a government official, there's little point in him spending his money,» said the owner of a golf equipment store in Shanghai who only gave his surname as Huang.

Initially, P2P was a valuable onboarding tool for companies, and when it was still a small segment, taking it on at little value or a loss didn't have major implications.

And one oddly secretive company wasn't pleased to see its bills detailing the fact that 90 % of its calls went to Iran and Nicaragua, two countries that had little in common other than that they were of great interest to the American intelligence community.

Looking back, McManus says he was haunted by this thought: «What a shame to leave the company with so little to show for it because you didn't set up the management.»

And little Jeff Bezos didn't hope to run an e-commerce company one day.

In the corporate world, «there might be a little bit of a glass ceiling for introverts in non-tech companies, but it's not insurmountable,» he says.

Jane's Medium post, in which she said she ate little more than rice at her apartment 30 miles from work, didn't make surprising new claims about wage distribution by tech companies.

The SEC, the top securities regulator in the United States, has little authority over privately held companies, which unlike publicly traded companies do not have to register or file financial information with the agency regularly.

The deal could be as little as $ 15 million, according to TechCrunch — although The Wall Street Journal reports that the number could be closer to $ 25 million — and would not include Hem, a Finland - based furniture design company Fab recently acquired, both outlets report.

In trying to fix what wasn't really broken, the company again flopped and was forced to introduce updates that made the new Windows a little more like the old Windows.

That doesn't mean that every time customers call or send E-mail, they should get a «little five - point questionnaire,» adds Seybold, who recommends that companies start slowly by polling a percentage of their customers each week.

The suppliers have little bargaining power to begin with; there is not much profit left to squeeze out of them by being an even larger athletic shoe company.

Blackwell advises that not - so - glam companies study Elton John's transformation from a «dowdy, poorly dressed guy with little personality to an international superstar.»

But I also want an industry that's a little antiquated — that is, one in which companies haven't kept up with technology.

In a blog post, co-founder Evan Sharp noted that most big tech companies — including Pinterest — have made little progress on hiring more women and minorities, a failure that he attributes largely to the fact «that companies haven't stated specific goals.»

Most traditional company policies are designed to impose constraints on employees under the theory that workers are untrustworthy cogs who will do as little as possible if not carefully managed.

Not only did he mostly get his way, but he faced little public criticism, even during his ultimately ill - fated defence of his company's right to sell cigarettes.

Nest is rejoining Google after spending a little over two years as a separate company under its parent company's umbrella.