Sentences with phrase «only big economy»

In 2005 Britain was the only big economy to open its doors completely to the eight new countries who joined the EU.

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IBM needs to prove that it's not only interested in big corporate accounts where it already resides, but also in the individual developers that fuel the startup economy.

While the economy has rebounded from the Great Recession, Biz2Credit found big banks still only approve about a quarter of the small - business - loan applications.

This is an important question to ask not only because housing tends to be the biggest asset for most Canadians but the sector is also a major driver of booms and busts in the Canadian economy.

Maybe only a small number of companies get funded, but the big picture is the enthusiasm created that will spur entrepreneurs on, reigniting the economy.

Strategists who spoke to CNBC said it will only take another disappointing report from China — or a significant drop in the yuan — for global investors to once again put the world's second - biggest economy at the top of their worry list.

Slack in the euro zone economy may be bigger than previously estimated and this could slow the rise of inflation but only temporarily and prices will eventually climb, European Central Bank President Mario Draghi said on Monday.

In other words, for the most part, the big five tech companies exist at their current size and scale only because they serve a larger underlying economy of profitable companies.

When Canada's export economy gets savaged, as it will in the next year, the only fall back position is the domestic economy — potentially one of the biggest in the world.

Bluford Putnam, managing director and chief economist at CME Group, the world's biggest futures market operator, agreed that the Fed's near - zero interest rates and bond purchases helped stabilize financial markets and bolstered the economy — but only for a while.

While the economy has rebounded from the Great Recession, Biz2Credit found big banks still only approve about a quarter of the small business loan applications.

While the economy has rebounded from the Great Recession, Biz2Credit found big banks still only approve

In a national TV broadcast, Russian president Vladimir Putin described it as «a good big deal which is important not only for Russia's energy sector but for the entire Russian economy.»

But the small city is taking a big bet to try to fix its lagging economy with a strategy that many of the tech elite have been largely only pontificating about: universal basic income...

How is Europe going to achieve a 1.5 % of GDP stimulus package when of the big EU economies only Gordon Brown's Labour and the Socialists under Zapatero in Spain are investing more than 1 % of GDP in growth?

While most businesses want to pay their fair share to support the economies where they do business, paying tax twice makes a big difference — especially if you are trying to pump your profits back into your business so that it can grow, and your domestic competitors are only paying tax once.

The grandiose transformational change we all desire in all spheres of our lives and the national economy, and is only mere talk by the contesting candidates, is already happening big - time under John Mahama and the governing party, the National Democratic Congress (NDC), unfolding right before our eyes like a theatrical drama.

On who will run the economy better, the Conservative lead has dropped from 17 points a month ago to only 4 points now, but their own percentage has dropped by only 3 points; the big shift was Labour gaining at the expense of «neither».

Its also low because big corps aren't a major part of the economy if you only look at the balance sheet.

During that period, our rulers gave us an economy dependent on colossal public and private debt, with big disparities not only in wealth and income but in opportunity and expectations.

If we don't address this issue now it will not only be a big cost to those who can't move, but to the economy.

Niagara County Majority Leader Randy R. Bradt, R - North Tonawanda, who helped author the resolution that was introduced on the floor of the Legislature, noted that Nik Wallenda's 2012 walk not only captured the imagination of a billion people around the world, but offered a big boost to the local economy.

Not all will have fully appreciated, however, the economies of scale and bigger «clout» that comes with being a part of a local authority purchaser compared with those of only one school on its own.

Given that the percentage of low - income suburban fourth - grade young men struggling with literacy is only seven percentage points lower than that for big - city counterparts (and only six points lower for suburban fourth - grade young women peers than for big - city counterparts), suburban districts are doing as poorly as big - city counterparts in providing the poorest kids with high - quality education needed for success in an increasingly knowledge - based economy.

What's more, due in part to European CO2 and U.S. Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards, Mercedes and BMW, especially, aren't limiting their top - equipment offerings to models equipped only with the biggest, most powerful engines.

The only thing that will make a big difference on an economy car motor (ie, more than a placebo effect) in terms of acceleration is forced induction.

MH: Loser I like the XV Crosstrek and think the gas - only version should do well for Subaru, but the hybrid's estimated gas mileage — only 3 mpg better in combined city / highway driving — is a problem in an era when hybrids must produce big fuel - economy gains to warrant their extra cost.

Cadillac makes a big promise in touting a more than twofold increase in fuel economy, but right now that's a hazy claim: Fuel economy estimates aren't yet available for the conventional CT6, and the eventual rating for the plug - in variant will be in MPGe, a testing method which takes maximum advantage of electric - only driving range before switching over to petrol power.

Not only does it deliver a big power boost, it can also serve up superior fuel economy, as its plug - in hybrid drive system can go for about 30 miles on electricity alone.

The Limited trim Sedona I drove took a big fuel economy hit due to increased weight, coming in at 17 mpg city and only 22 mpg highway.

Drive battery capacity may be of greater interest to most clued - up PHEV buyers, of course, since that's the biggest telltale of electric - only range and real - world fuel economy.

I'm very disappointed that this, just like the Accord Hybrid and the Highlander Hybrid is just another attempt by the diehard big iron fanatics to use the hybrid drivetrain to squeeze a little more fuel economy out of the only thing they believe should really propel a reasonably performing car — a big V engine.

Although a small car, the big engine means fuel economy of only 17 mpg city and 24 mpg highway, according to EPA tests.

I guess selling big pickups and monster SUV's makes them «full line,» and selling only about 3 Titans and Armadas a year helps their average fuel economy.

The big news is that these redesigned models will not only receive exterior and interior updates, but new lightweight platforms and new gasoline and diesel powertrains that boost power and fuel economy.

Big - selling plug - in SUV gets a light refresh in the face of new challengers to offer decent economy but only average driving dynamics

In my small unique book «The small stock trader» I also had more detailed overview of tens of stock trading mistakes (http://thesmallstocktrader.wordpress.com/2012/06/25/stock-day-trading-mistakessinceserrors-that-cause-90-of-stock-traders-lose-money/): • EGO (thinking you are a walking think tank, not accepting and learning from you mistakes, etc.) • Lack of passion and entering into stock trading with unrealistic expectations about the learning time and performance, without realizing that it often takes 4 - 5 years to learn how it works and that even +50 % annual performance in the long run is very good • Poor self - esteem / self - knowledge • Lack of focus • Not working ward enough and treating your stock trading as a hobby instead of a small business • Lack of knowledge and experience • Trying to imitate others instead of developing your unique stock trading philosophy that suits best to your personality • Listening to others instead of doing your own research • Lack of recordkeeping • Overanalyzing and overcomplicating things (Zen - like simplicity is the key) • Lack of flexibility to adapt to the always / quick - changing stock market • Lack of patience to learn stock trading properly, wait to enter into the positions and let the winners run (inpatience results in overtrading, which in turn results in high transaction costs) • Lack of stock trading plan that defines your goals, entry / exit points, etc. • Lack of risk management rules on stop losses, position sizing, leverage, diversification, etc. • Lack of discipline to stick to your stock trading plan and risk management rules • Getting emotional (fear, greed, hope, revenge, regret, bragging, getting overconfident after big wins, sheep - like crowd - following behavior, etc.) • Not knowing and understanding the competition • Not knowing the catalysts that trigger stock price changes • Averaging down (adding to losers instead of adding to winners) • Putting your stock trading capital in 1 - 2 or more than 6 - 7 stocks instead of diversifying into about 5 stocks • Bottom / top fishing • Not understanding the specifics of short selling • Missing this market / industry / stock connection, the big picture, and only focusing on the specific stocks • Trying to predict the market / economy instead of just listening to it and going against the trend instead of following it

The biggest reason is that the UK is only a small part of the global economy, and the economic effects on non-EU trade and finance are smaller still.

I think this is a very important macro-econ measure, but there is a big problem in that it only captures publicly traded mkt cap, and over long periods, the public / private structure of the economy changes.

Nearly 40 percent of respondents identified «finding / retaining good employees» as the biggest challenge they face — this was surpassed only by «the economy,» which was cited by 44 percent of those surveyed as the greatest challenge.

Delta's announcement leaves United as the only one of the U.S. Big Three international carriers that has not yet issued any plans to add premium economy seating to its long - haul fleet.

Although some Big Sur residents catered to adventurous travelers in the early twentieth century, [14]: 10 the modern tourist economy began when Highway 1 opened the region to automobiles in 1937, but only took off after World War II - era gasoline rationing and a ban on pleasure driving ended in August 1945.

Anyone who reads the detailed scientific explanation of Mr. Gary Novak (/ / nov55.com/ntyg.html), can easily grasp that human use and abuse of fossil fuels do not have a significant impact on Earth climate; and that implementing the Kyoto Protocol would only harm the health of the economy — not only the profits of big corporations, but also the pockets of all consumers — even the poorest.

Most of these businesses share Mr. Bush's view that the Kyoto agreement could hurt the United States economy and that it unfairly requires emissions reductions only of big industrial nations.

Not only will much of their reserves be unusable, but big oil and gas companies face the threat of waning demand as the international community moves toward a more sustainable economy.

Job training programs intended for the clean economy have also failed to generate big numbers... $ 59 million in state, federal and private money dedicated to green jobs training and apprenticeship has led to only 719 job placements — the equivalent of an $ 82,000 subsidy for each one.»

The scale of that economic devastation is hard to comprehend, but you can start by imagining what the world would look like today with an economy half as big, which would produce only half as much value, generating only half as much to offer the workers of the world.

Regardless of the causes of the transition, we can only do it fairly and justly if we make a profound change, beginning right now, from a global economy dominated by big polluting billionaires and corporate executives who defy any consideration of the public good, towards a more sustainable economic future based upon fairer, more equitable, healthier societies.

Going Further by Adding Batteries and Electric Motors Then once the ICE itself has been made as efficient as possible, you can further improve overall fuel economy by coupling it with hybrid technology, from the mildest form that only provides anti-idling, to almost - fully - electric plug - in hybrids that have a battery big enough to allow driving in fully electric mode for a while (but there's still a gas engine to serve as backup).

Indeed, ironically, given your fixation over «cartelization», the current regulatory regime gives the big four accounting firms an advantage in that respect, since only they have the economies of scale sufficient to implement the complicated structures neccesary to comply with the existing regulatory regime while still providing their clients integrated services (the same might be said of the multinational law firms such as Dentons and Norton Rose, providing integrated multi-national legal services).