Sentences with phrase «of old economy»

And perhaps of more immediate concern, the dismantling of the old economy and the decline of the fossil fuel industry is being fiercely resisted by those who own it.

Again, this hardly seems a key factor for the Fund since Third Avenue has almost no investments in the common stocks of old economy, U.S. manufacturing companies.

«On the gravesite of the old economy, where Republic steel stood, now rises, literally, a beautiful monument to Buffalo's future,» the governor proudly proclaimed.

Not exact matches

The internet was poised to revolutionize the world, and some spoke of a «new economy» where the old rules didn't apply.

He led a neo-Maoist faction in the party that favours old - style patriotism and central control of the economy.

South Korean cities in the province have fared better than their neighbors north of the DMZ, but they have struggled to diversify their economy beyond old coal mines, farming and fisheries.

Lured by the prospect of a steal, would - be entrepreneurs have been joined in the bidding by companies interested in expanding through strategic acquisitions and private equity groups like SeaFort seeking solid «old economy» assets.

But Tradiv, an online marketplace where growers and retailers can buy and sell legal marijuana on an Amazon - like platform, is replacing the old street - dealer aspects of the marijuana economy.

«We're living in what I like to call the «Thank You Economy,» because only the companies that can figure out how to mind their manners in a very old - fashioned way — and do it authentically — are going to have a prayer of competing,» says social media expert and author of the book The Thank You Economy Gary Vaynerchuk in a recent Entrepreneur.com column.

Too many investors saw something else: a return to the bad old days of aggressive currency manipulation, evidence that the Chinese economy was much weaker than thought, or both.

Meanwhile, Richard Herman, a Cleveland immigration lawyer and the author of Immigrant, Inc.: Why Immigrant Entrepreneurs Are Driving the New Economy, claims nearly all of the net job creation in the past 20 years has come from companies less than five years old.

Facebook, on the other hand, is only about a decade old and represents the American economy's shift away from manufacturing goods to the creation of software and ideas.

General Electric, more than 120 years old, was founded by Thomas Edison himself and came to represent the industrial prowess of the American economy.

New Leaf Paper, which must cope with huge economies - of - scale issues in order to compete with the paper manufacturers that use virgin fiber, has formed alliances with various large stable companies like Old Navy Clothing, Nike, and Hewlett - Packard to ensure that its orders are of decent volume.

There's no new theme to it, just more riffs on the old one of a self - reinforcing spiral of slower growth in China crushing the economies of its raw material suppliers, while an appreciating dollar makes it ever harder for emerging market companies and governments to repay the debts they gleefully took on when the Federal Reserve was giving away dollars for free.

And while plenty of old - economy industries might object to any special treatment for the tech sector, it may be unavoidable if politicians actually want highly skilled workers and entrepreneurs to come to Canada.

Fatherly's list of the 20 Most Innovative Companies for kids and parents features both the sharing economy and new takes on old favorites.

In a random sampling of public opinion taken by the Forum Poll ™ among 1155 Canadians 18 years of age and older who had heard of Blackberry Ltd, fully three quarters agree the survival of Blackberry is important to the Canadian economy (75 %) and as many as one half agree strongly (50 %).

«I've heard stories of companies hedging their bets with some of the eurozone economies,» Langrish says, explaining that some have set up accounts to pay their employees in euros should their home country exit the eurozone and reintroduce its old currency.

The days of living in the transactional old school sales economy with only the right hook and message are gone.

The hard reality of our times is that the world's biggest economies have become old and slow.

The old notion of China as a tech copycat nation is being rapidly replaced by the emerging new reality of home grown innovation and mass implementation in fields that include artificial intelligence, social media, biotech, fintech, VR, automotive, the sharing economy, and mobile platforms.

Which is why so many old - guard health care companies, from hospitals and insurers to benefits managers and drug and device makers — which together account for one - fifth of the economy — are hastily recombining and reinventing themselves.

He wants to own «steady Eddy old - economy businesses that don't have a lot of obsolescence risk,» he says.

He expected to return to Canada after the internship but, as the Mandarin - speaking 32 - year - old spent more time overseas, he saw that the rapid - fire growth of the Chinese economy presented an opportunity to fast - track his career.

In 2013, small - business owners will once again face a weak economy that will have them longing for the good old days of 2006.

THE period from 1995 to 2005 is often described as the Decade of Transition — transition from the old economy to the new economy.

The home of Amazon and Costco, Boeing and Expedia, as well as rising stars like Adaptive Biotechnologies, online marketplace OfferUp and space company Blue Origin, Washington has the old and new economies covered — as well as pretty much everything in between.

In the long run this trend will actually push toward the re-localization and re-humanization of the economy, with the 19th - and 20th - century economies of scale exploited where they make sense (cheap, identical, disposable goods), and human - oriented techniques (both older and newer) increasingly accounting for goods and services that are valuable, customized, or long - lasting.»

The Greek bank association chief said an eight - day - old bank closure that has crippled the economy would continue on Tuesday and Wednesday and the daily cash machine withdrawal limit of 60 euros would be maintained.

The first one is simple: real GDP, just the good old value of the goods and services that comprise the U.S. economy, currently around $ 17 trillion in today's dollars.

It's really just the old adage that when the economy sniffles, less advantaged workers catch pneumonia, and — a key theme of my own work — less advantaged workers are disproportionately helped when the economy is strong.

Lloyd's of London, the world's oldest insurance exchange, will stop investing in coal «to help the world transition to a low - carbon economy,» CEO Inga...

These include financials, which should benefit from a steepening yield curve, but also segments of the consumer space and «old economy» companies in sectors such as industrials and energy.

We urgently need to increase housing supply and introduce new kinds of housing options if we hope to attract 25 - to 35 - year - olds to our region — a key demographic that will drive our economy in the near future.»

None of this is to suggest that China's old economy, characterized by raw materials production and low - cost manufacturing, is disappearing any time very soon.

A procession of foreign business luminaries visited Australia last year (curiously, those who came extolling the virtues of the virtual economy still found old - fashioned enjoyment in watching the Olympics in the flesh) to promote their companies, advising us to ignore our comparative advantage by following their example.

By 2011, the BRICS were old news, and a new crop of fast - growing economies showed promise, this time getting the catchy acronym MINT, for Mexico, Indonesia, Nigeria and Turkey.

I have never been even remotely an expert either on iron and steel production or on the Australian economy, but recent action in the iron ore markets and a vibrant debate within Australia has, in the past three weeks, set me up for several planned and unplanned meetings with Australians — some old friends, some fund managers and bankers, some government officials — who remembered some of the comments I made a few years ago about Australia and iron ore and who wanted to discuss future prospects.

New - economy fanatics argue that in this new world of rapid technological change, old methods of share valuation have become irrelevant.

On the eve of this week's NAFTA talks, the fifth of seven scheduled rounds, the uncompromising U.S. stance now risks scuppering a 23 - year - old treaty that helped knit together a colossal continental economy, business groups said.

Older people tend to have a lower demand for durable goods and a higher need for services in the labor - intensive, low - productivity segments of the economy like health care.

Japan's «Bubble Economy» era occurred at the end of its three - decade old «Economic Miracle» that began after World War II and saw the country's fortunes blossom as it became the world's automobile and electronics manufacturing powerhouse.

Beyond all this, the survey's central finding was the way that millennial wealth behaves differently to that of older generations and in particular the rise and rise of the experience economy, «where consumers increasingly prefer to live large rather than to own more.

Investing in pieces of companies through the stock market as well as wholly owned subsidiaries using value investment methods; Buying old economy industries; Purchasing with the intention to keep not trade; Focusing on durable competitive advantages; Centralizing capital and reallocating to highest and best use; Being paid (with float) to hold capital to invest

Without policy accommodation (and the Federal Reserve, People's Bank of China, the European Central Bank are steadily tightening policy), a bifurcated economy has a fraction of «old normal» risk tolerance and asset price resiliency.

Certainly, areas of the old industrial - based economy are in recession, but counterbalancing support is coming from domestic consumption.

As the economy reaches constraints, prices begin to rise and the Federal Reserve has to raise interest rates and, as I like to say: Every economic expansion does not die of old age; it dies because the Federal Reserve shoots it in the head,» said Minerd.

It is one of the oldest states in the country and has seen an uptick in its economy recently.

Could ending the decades - old ban on exports of U.S. - produced crude oil lift the economy?