Sentences with phrase «of the few companies left»

Amazon is one of the few companies left standing after the collapse of the e-book subscription model in 2015.

We love hearing comments like this: Comedy Guys Defensive Driving is one of the few companies left that has an actual office that is open every weekday and is staffed with trained employees who take good care of our customers.

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And while we don't yet have a lot of specifics on what the Amazon venture with JPM and Berkshire will entail — the companies smartly left the details vague — «we can make up a few things,» says Wolf.

Namie agrees that turnover — a disproportionate number of people leaving your office or unit, and few people wanting to come in from elsewhere in the company — is another sure sign that something's amiss.

He said he left with a different impression after seeing many new companies and many of the same companies he saw just a few years ago.

The fact that few have left to form their own ventures is, in a way, a sign of the strength of the company.

Veteran entrepreneur Celeste Hilling, CEO and founder of 10 - year - old lifestyle company Skin Authority, stumped me with this question a few weeks ago, but she definitely left me with something to think about.

Many of the mothers said they would have stayed with their jobs, but their companies didn't offer maternity leaves (companies with fewer than 50 employees aren't covered by the Family and Medical Leave Act), and they had to quit to have kids.

Even with the best intentions and a healthy budget, companies frequently mess up a few basic principles of office design, leaving them with less than optimal offices.

The facts are not right here, energy is cheap that means the cost of manufacturing and transporting of goods is low, food and consumers staples already more affordable, so what if a few American oil companies going out of business.the cost of producing oil in middle east is less than $ 10 / bl and we were paying more than $ 140 / bl for it, with that huge profit margin the big oil companies and oil producing nations became richer and the rest of us left behind, with the oil price this low the oil giants don't want to reduce the price at pump even a penny, because they are so greedy.worst case scenario is some CEOs bonuses might drop from $ 20 million to $ 15 millions I am sure they will survive.in terms of the stock market it always bounces back, after all it's just a casino like game.

Such big winners stopped showing up a few years ago, leaving the large drug companies watching the calendar for the day when earnings would be hurt by the loss of key patent protections.

A few weeks later, Caterpillar Inc., the parent company of Electro - Motive, announced that it would be closing the London plant, leaving 460 workers unemployed.

The motion for the injunction comes a few weeks after Waymo filed a lawsuit against Uber and the head of its self - driving division, Anthony Levandowski, alleging the theft of a key part of Waymo's self - driving system before Levandowski left parent company Alphabet.

A few months later, Raffi Krikorian — the former vice president of engineering at Twitter who was hired by Uber in 2015 to lead its self - driving division — also left the company.

The sharp drop in direct investment is a concern, although the decline is magnified by the decisions of a few big international oil companies to leave northern Alberta.

But today, Marc Faber sees mining companies as one of the only few asset class left with very big upside potential.

The worst cluster * (& ^ #'s I have experienced are when the company is burning significant amounts of cash, insiders are tapped out and there are only a few months of cash left.

«We're one of just a few remaining yellow bird companies left in the United States,» he says, explaining that the chicken is popular in Mexico.

Just a few days ago we heard from Klaus Allofs, the sporting director of Draxler's current club Wolfsburg, suggested that there was a good chance that the Bundesliga outfit could be parting company with the exciting young attacking player but now The Mirror is reporting that Allofs has performed a speedy u-turn and declared that there is no chance whatsoever of Draxler leaving.

But if you ask me I can never leave my poshy job with a big corner office at the best company in the world to go to a small company that will pay me less for the sake of proving a few people.

American women are offered 12 weeks of unpaid leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act, which exempts companies with fewer than 50 paid employees, but in 2011, only 11 percent of private sector workers and 17 percent of public workers reported that they had access to paid maternity leave through their emplleave under the Family and Medical Leave Act, which exempts companies with fewer than 50 paid employees, but in 2011, only 11 percent of private sector workers and 17 percent of public workers reported that they had access to paid maternity leave through their emplLeave Act, which exempts companies with fewer than 50 paid employees, but in 2011, only 11 percent of private sector workers and 17 percent of public workers reported that they had access to paid maternity leave through their emplleave through their employer.

Just a few people outside the event can draw the attention of participants to the conflicts of interest in accepting formula - company sponsorship and offer them leaflets (left, outside the prestigious Grand Connaught Rooms, London, on 15 July 2014).

In the United States, if you are a woman who works for a company with fewer than 50 employees, it is completely up to your employer whether or not you get paid during maternity leave, and they don't even have to guarantee that your job is safe when you want to return — because pushing a human out of your body and then keeping said newborn human alive for three months with your body is not stressful enough.

A few years ago, polling company YouGov asked a question that gets to the heart of the left / right economic divide.

«Companies leave cities all over the world every day for many reasons but Buffalo is working very hard to develop our ecosystem for helping our companies build networks, raise money, and attract a talented workforce to name a few,» said Pamm Lent, a spokesperson for Empire State Development, one of the state agencies that fundsCompanies leave cities all over the world every day for many reasons but Buffalo is working very hard to develop our ecosystem for helping our companies build networks, raise money, and attract a talented workforce to name a few,» said Pamm Lent, a spokesperson for Empire State Development, one of the state agencies that fundscompanies build networks, raise money, and attract a talented workforce to name a few,» said Pamm Lent, a spokesperson for Empire State Development, one of the state agencies that funds 43North.

This leaves The Bronx as the only borough without an Apple Store, and the letter states that opening one in The Bronx would complete the company's footprint in New York City and bring it up to speed with the massive wave of development that has taken place in the borough over the past few years.

Instead, the state will market the building as open work space - analogous to a convention center - where out - of - town film companies can swoop in for a few weeks, make a film and then leave.

This constitutes a major cause of long - term sick leave and forced early retirement, placing a great financial burden on both individuals and healthcare systems.Despite extensive research programmes by biopharmaceutical companies and academia, there remains a need for treatments that are more effective and with fewer side - effects.

Dr. Neil Clarke Warren left eHarmony a few years back, only to take control of the company he founded once again in 2012 to implement a turnaround strategy for its drastically sinking subscriber base.

Heidi leaves, disappointed and depressed with only a few of her personal possessions for company.

The film presents that journey as a series of false starts (An episode with three very talkative and very, very dense trolls is a highlight and offers the first instance of a few dei ex machina within the story; Tolkien, obviously aware of his proclivity for using the device, invented a new word — eucatastrophe — as a substitute), and it's not until the company leaves Rivendell that the narrative finds its footing and emotional center.

An old schoolmate of Khan from Louisiana and MIT — another child of South Asian immigrants — was persuaded to leave McKinsey & Company to head the rapidly growing enterprise, which now includes, as one can see on the Internet, a few dozen young enthusiasts who seem a cross section of Silicon Valley.

As high unemployment rates and company downsizing have left many Americans discouraged and unsure of the future, community colleges across the country have experienced a tremendous surge in enrollment over the past few years, with a diverse range of students, from high school graduates to older, displaced workers, all seeking marketable skills to survive in a competitive economy.

The split was highlighted by the lawsuit, but has its roots in the souring economy in the county, a one - time manufacturing hub that saw several big companies pack up and leave during the last few years of the Great Recession.

At the Detroit auto show, we learned about the upcoming Bullitt version and, more recently, that the Mustang will stand as one of the few Ford cars left as the company pivots to EVs and crossovers.

For the past few years, however, Frankfurt has opened its doors to the public towards the end of the event itself, which is typically a time when business meetings are concluded and executives have headed back home, leaving their exhibits staffed by company representatives or hired exhibitors, per Fair regulations.

The lack of Archos Media Club wasn't a shock — the company discontinued the service a few months ago — but this leaves users to fend for themselves when searching for new content.

HP announced its last week where around 8 percent of the company will leave, and Yahoo's 2,000 job losses came only a few weeks after now - disgraced former chief executive Scott Thompson took control of the ship.

Ricardo is one of the co-founders and the marketing director of Reedsy, a marketplace that has been capturing all the brilliant editorial, design, and marketing talent that has been leaving the traditional publishing companies in the past few years.

As Graham gained disciples, both known and unknown, they chipped away at the companies that were so priced, until by the late»60s there were few opportunities of that sort left.

During this time, Discover continued to issue private student loans and the company quickly became one of the few large collegiate debt lenders left in the industry.

While there may not be many mega-mergers left in the spirits industry (few companies are big enough to buy fellow blue chips outright), we're now seeing a rash of merger mania in the smaller, craft distilleries, which is where Brown - Forman has traditionally looked for its acquisition growth.

Focus too heavily on dividend stocks, on the other hand, and you may end up with shares of companies concentrated in just a few industries, leaving you vulnerable if those sectors falter.

In the end, the company was left with very few loyal customers, though it did manage to quickly become the brunt of late - night TV jokes, far and wide.

Jim Rossignol over at Offworld recently had the opportunity to sit down with writer / designer / spokesman Chet Faliszek to discuss his changing role within Valve, the company's culture, its fans and a few interesting things about the worlds of Left 4 Dead and Half - Life.

Reviews come with just a few quick words from the site or magazine that are vague at best and rarely ever help you ascertain why your latest game flopped, leaving you in the dark as to what you might need to think about fixing for your next release, and that can be frustrating, especially if your company is on the verge of going bust and you really need to make your next game sell but have no idea where to start — does it need to be a fraction more story - based, or perhaps you need to adjust the balance of graphics and sound.

Just as we thought that the ship had be steadied, with reports from only a few days back indicating that Steve Perlman would be continuing in the role of CEO for newco OnLive, comes the news that Perlman has left the company.

We're probably nearing the end of this generation, with rumours of the PS5 already starting to swirl and whilst we may still have a few years left until we get to the new generation of consoles, there's no denying both companies are working on the next step.

The event only offered a handful of companies, with a few notable experiences, like a new LEGO videogame and VR experiences, but I was still left missing what I really wanted out of E3.

We assume that it's been shelved in the wake of series creator Keiji Inafune's shock departure from the company after several months of discontent - and left without its auteur, Mega Man Universe has probably been floundering for the past few months.