Sentences with phrase «of fuels the business»

p Importantly, as a bulk fuel purchaser it would have deeper understanding of the fuel business and, depending on its scale, it could be a more powerful advocate of motorists» rights by bargaining for cheaper petrol for them.

The retailer will learn next week whether the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission gives the green light to the $ 1.8 billion sale of its fuels business to BP.

Woolworths can fund its ambitious store renewal program without $ 1.8 billion in cash from the sale of its fuel business, says CEO Brad Banducci.

Woolworths Group chief executive Brad Banducci says the supermarket chain can fund its ambitious store renewal program without $ 1.8 billion in cash from the sale of its fuel business, which has been blocked by the competition regulator.

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Elizabeth Gore is the entrepreneur in residence at Dell, where she drives initiatives that support Dell's goals around helping small and medium businesses scale and prosper, fueling the expansion of global entrepreneurship, thereby creating jobs that will drive the world economy.

Fuel prices remain relatively low, the jobs report continues to show that we are near full employment, and small business lending has rebounded from the depths of the credit crunch to record levels by some measures.

If you intend to claim your car use, you must keep a clear log of mileage and fuel costs and you may only file for trips that are on «business time.»

Understanding how his process works and what you need to do in order to establish good business credit could open up new doors to fuel the growth of your business.

Those trends fueled a rise so impressive that even the mighty Amazon became an Alibaba partner, and the company's IPO was one of the business highlights of 2014.

The billionaire tweets about what fuels his business endeavors, charitable causes, tech innovators and, of course, all things Square.

With the goal of increasing female - owned business survival rates and further fueling the growth of female entrepreneurship on the whole, hundreds of women such as Gore are gathering at today's inaugural Circle Board summit.

On the one hand, social platforms fuel their businesses: Paul is CEO of RebelMouse, a social content distribution platform, and Milena is CEO of PowertoFly, an online community that connects women to tech jobs.

Behind this fact lies an unlikely story of disruption that pairs blue - collar craftsmanship with a VC - fueled business model.

The knowledge and skills they have represent the fuel that drives the engine of business, and you can leverage that knowledge.

One is to regard capital as the fuel that is keeping our company alive for a finite period of time, during which one of two things will happen: 1) We prove our company to be a worthy proposition, which will bring it more investment or increased revenue and allow us to stay in business, or 2) we fail to create a worthy proposition, and it's time to move on.

If you're on track to be more than a mom - and - pop shop, it's essential to have a high - quality, accountable financial platform to effectively monitor the health of an organization, fuel business decisions and open your company up to growth capital.

To drive growth now, LendingTree is aiming to attract far more business both from the online lenders that have fueled its recent expansion and the traditional holdouts — big banks such as J.P. Morgan Chase (jpm), Bank of America (bac), Wells Fargo (wfc), and Capital One.

The outspoken Societe Generale global strategist was watching the National Federation of Independent Businesses» small - business survey, whose results Tuesday further fueled his already bearish market view.

The hybrid electric jet will seat up to 12 people, fly up to 700 miles and have operating costs of 8 cents per seat mile, below the operating costs of small turboprops and business jets powered by jet fuel.

A tightening of the company's focus on home services like cleaning and handyman work and a somewhat more aggressive use of paid channels for user acquisition, with advertising now bringing in 35 percent of new business, helped fuel the growth.

What fuels most people to start their own business is the thrill of creating a new product or service, the sky's - the - limit financial aspirations, the satisfaction of running one's own show.

It also has another line of business that makes buildings more fuel - efficient.

Small businesses are the powerhouse of the economy, the mitochondrial DNA of our economic body, converting effort into the energy that fuels the country.

New management software is contributing to revenue, as well: Because managers can better keep track of routes and employees, businesses can decide on fuel - efficient routes and cheaper delivery times.

But, fueled by these contradictions, he is pioneering a model for the next wave of American manufacturing — and maybe a new way of thinking about business.

For businesses, the flexiprise is a new source of fuel — namely, virtual talent.

«Given that a Boeing 747 can use 1.5 tonnes of fuel taxiing before take - off, this makes it a pretty green form of travel,» the airline told Business Insider.

But while the majority of small business owners are basking in the glow of lower fuel and energy costs, today's prices are not a boon for all businesses.

Social media is fuelling a fundamental shift in labour relations and corporate communications, and is showing it can do more than just complicate negotiations — it can affect control of major business announcements like divestments, layoffs, mergers and acquisitions.

«The decline in confidence was fueled by a somewhat less optimistic outlook for business and job prospects in the coming months,» Lynn Franco, Director of Economic Indicators at The Conference Board, said in a statement.

The purpose of Tesla, SpaceX (Musk's space - exploration company), and SolarCity, the solar - panel firm that recently merged with Tesla, as a group of businesses is to accelerate humanity's departure from the fossil - fuel era.

One phenomenon that might be fueling this shift is the rise of the stay - at - home mom cum business enterprise.

Along with those logistical considerations, Cox says the company knows it needs to move beyond the social media - fuelled word - of - mouth momentum that generated the initial tranches of business.

«Rankings are undoubtedly an important signaling tool, and hence, they fuel the brand of the school with prestige,» says Erik Schlie, the associate dean of MBA programs at IE Business School in Spain.

The serial entrepreneur and investor, who serves on the faculty at the University of Texas at Austin's McCombs School of Business, spent several years as a kid living in Tokyo and fueled a lifelong zest for travel, which his international consulting practice provides plenty of today.

Both of those deals gave Disney a massive library of existing movie, TV, and other content, which it has been using to fuel not just its movie business but its theme parks and merchandising businesses.

In the season where Formula 1 gets to grip with its own «fuel crisis», we look at two of the biggest global oil companies involved with the business of F1.

Of course, rock - bottom rates and a strong Canadian dollar, he added, are the opposite of what the Canadian economy needs right now in order to kick its current addiction to household debt and condos and switch to a more sustainable growth model fuelled by exports and business investmenOf course, rock - bottom rates and a strong Canadian dollar, he added, are the opposite of what the Canadian economy needs right now in order to kick its current addiction to household debt and condos and switch to a more sustainable growth model fuelled by exports and business investmenof what the Canadian economy needs right now in order to kick its current addiction to household debt and condos and switch to a more sustainable growth model fuelled by exports and business investment.

«Praising good performance and growth is far better business «jet fuel» than verbal floggings — again, regardless of gender.»

LONDON, Oct 24 - The euro fell to a one - week low against the dollar on Wednesday after worse - than - expected German business activity and sentiment data fuelled concerns of weakness in the euro zone's largest economy.

By viewing everything through the distorting prism of «engagement,» Facebook has undermined the economics of the news business and degraded the quality of information available to users in a way that directly fuels our «post-fact politics.»

Interestingly, says AmEx Business Insights senior vice-president Ed Jay, that growth in the luxury market is being fuelled by the entry of new, non-traditional consumers.

We believe the Statoil acquisition strengthens the company's business risk profile by adding an established, profitable c - store and fuel retailer with a strong market share of more than 30 % in the mature markets of Sweden, Norway, and Denmark with good growth prospects in riskier, more fragmented Eastern Europe.

From the testosterone - fueled culture of the Harvard Business School case study process to the bigger than life personalities of Donald Trump, Jack Welch, Richard Branson, Russell Simmons et.

Executives of the airline say that business could begin to expand now that jet fuel prices have dropped and the airline has lowered its fares.

What Marissa showed me and what their team showed us was an opportunity for Yahoo to help us fuel in a huge way the development of that network and the development of our ad business.»

While they have higher costs than Spirit because they target business travelers and must maintain multiple types of planes, lower fuel prices in the past year have let them profitably chop their fares.

The vast majority of the members of the cluster, however, are small businesses in the fuel - cell industry, including suppliers that make pieces of a final product.

She said workers often fail to fully tabulate their employment expenses, including car payments, gas, insurance, fuel, repairs, utilities and property taxes based on the percentage of the car or home that is used for the business.

The majority of the fuel - cell industry is rooted in the Northeast, but fuel - cell businesses there have only been cooperating for the past decade or so, says Joel M. Rinebold, director of energy initiatives at the Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology, the East Hartford, Conn. - based organization that oversees the cluster.