Sentences with phrase «power over business»

By effectively giving every partner veto power over business decisions, law firms make that situation a lot worse.

The astounding fact is that Charlie now has just as much power over the business as Alice and Bob.

Speaking to the BBC's Andrew Marr programme, she argued for devolution of powers over business taxes, employment, the minimum wage and welfare.

Not exact matches

Pricing power — meaning how consumer demand would be affected if your company shifted its prices — is one detail that often gets excluded from business plans, but which can help put you over the edge.

Generally, an entrepreneur can not own 50 percent or more of the business that his or her IRA is invested in, unless the company has a minority shareholder with complete veto power over all transactions — but in some cases, even that won't be allowed.

Jassy envisioned that Amazon could share its know - how and infrastructure with other businesses over the web, managing computing power for them so they could keep costs down — a concept now known as a «public cloud» model.

Horizon Power will trial a new method of charging residents and businesses in Port Hedland for electricity, with the aim of giving customers more control over their power uPower will trial a new method of charging residents and businesses in Port Hedland for electricity, with the aim of giving customers more control over their power upower usage.

Power generator Pacific Energy has reported a 1 per cent fall in profit over the last financial year despite record earnings from its Kalgoorlie Power Systems and hydro - electric businesses.

Projected job growth over the next 10 years is below the national average, so lack of spending power would make it hard for the city to support another small business.

Actual results, including with respect to our targets and prospects, could differ materially due to a number of factors, including the risk that we may not obtain sufficient orders to achieve our targeted revenues; price competition in key markets; the risk that we or our channel partners are not able to develop and expand customer bases and accurately anticipate demand from end customers, which can result in increased inventory and reduced orders as we experience wide fluctuations in supply and demand; the risk that our commercial Lighting Products results will continue to suffer if new issues arise regarding issues related to product quality for this business; the risk that we may experience production difficulties that preclude us from shipping sufficient quantities to meet customer orders or that result in higher production costs and lower margins; our ability to lower costs; the risk that our results will suffer if we are unable to balance fluctuations in customer demand and capacity, including bringing on additional capacity on a timely basis to meet customer demand; the risk that longer manufacturing lead times may cause customers to fulfill their orders with a competitor's products instead; the risk that the economic and political uncertainty caused by the proposed tariffs by the United States on Chinese goods, and any corresponding Chinese tariffs in response, may negatively impact demand for our products; product mix; risks associated with the ramp - up of production of our new products, and our entry into new business channels different from those in which we have historically operated; the risk that customers do not maintain their favorable perception of our brand and products, resulting in lower demand for our products; the risk that our products fail to perform or fail to meet customer requirements or expectations, resulting in significant additional costs, including costs associated with warranty returns or the potential recall of our products; ongoing uncertainty in global economic conditions, infrastructure development or customer demand that could negatively affect product demand, collectability of receivables and other related matters as consumers and businesses may defer purchases or payments, or default on payments; risks resulting from the concentration of our business among few customers, including the risk that customers may reduce or cancel orders or fail to honor purchase commitments; the risk that we are not able to enter into acceptable contractual arrangements with the significant customers of the acquired Infineon RF Power business or otherwise not fully realize anticipated benefits of the transaction; the risk that retail customers may alter promotional pricing, increase promotion of a competitor's products over our products or reduce their inventory levels, all of which could negatively affect product demand; the risk that our investments may experience periods of significant stock price volatility causing us to recognize fair value losses on our investment; the risk posed by managing an increasingly complex supply chain that has the ability to supply a sufficient quantity of raw materials, subsystems and finished products with the required specifications and quality; the risk we may be required to record a significant charge to earnings if our goodwill or amortizable assets become impaired; risks relating to confidential information theft or misuse, including through cyber-attacks or cyber intrusion; our ability to complete development and commercialization of products under development, such as our pipeline of Wolfspeed products, improved LED chips, LED components, and LED lighting products risks related to our multi-year warranty periods for LED lighting products; risks associated with acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures or investments generally; the rapid development of new technology and competing products that may impair demand or render our products obsolete; the potential lack of customer acceptance for our products; risks associated with ongoing litigation; and other factors discussed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including our report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended June 25, 2017, and subsequent reports filed with the SEC.

Although there are already over 300 undersea cables worldwide that are owned by various companies, they can't provide the networking power that Google requires — especially to grow its cloud business overseas, Google's principal engineer of networking architecture Vijay Vusirikala explained.

Over 300 attendees from 33 countries convened to learn from designers from Wallpaper *'s Design Power 200 list as well as business leaders from Fortune 500 companies on how design thinking can be implemented into 21st century business strategy.

So the recent presidential term limit abolishment could be viewed as just another way to give the central authorities greater power and control over the economy, business and markets.

This highlights one issue with Spotify's business model — artists have quite a bit of power over the streaming service if they can yank their albums at any time.

Cheap natural gas has been an important source of fuel for the oilsands, but most of Canada already had abundant hydro - electrical endowments to power homes and businesses at relatively low cost, so shale hasn't been much of a revolution over here (pdf).

A large body of law and custom in the United States holds that because employers have far more power over their employees than businesses do over their customers, they must provide them with far greater protections — not least, a minimum wage and overtime pay.

The eNetwork is a private, multilingual, online platform connecting corporate buyers, representing over $ 700 billion in annual purchasing power, and certified and self - registered women - owned businesses globally.

It also helps power e-commerce businesses for all major professional sports leagues, sports media brands, and over 150 collegiate and professional team properties.

Disney might have to divest a cable channel or two (the company's power over distributors would be even stronger; basically the opposite of the some of the concerns that halted the Comcast acquisition of Time Warner), and potentially be limited in its ability to make operational decisions about Hulu (Disney would have a controlling stake after the merger; Comcast was similarly restricted after acquiring NBC Universal, but there the concern was more about Comcast's conflict of interest with regards to its cable TV business competing with Hulu).

Shopify currently powers over 500,000 businesses in approximately 175 countries and is trusted by brands such as Red Bull, Nestle, GE, Kylie Cosmetics, and many more.

«Our strategy is to own high quality, modestly valued business over many years, to take advantage of the power of compounding as earnings grow.

The B.C. Liberals abdicated their responsibility and ignored the voices of B.C. communities, First Nations and businesses by handing over decision - making power for the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline project to the federal government.

But over and above, the location you chose to open your gutter cleaning services company is key to the success of the business, hence entrepreneurs are willing to rent or lease a facility in a visible location; a location where the demography consists of people with the required purchasing power.

Over the last three years, we have developed a proprietary business model that has enabled us to lock - up substantial low - cost clean power capacity and a stable supply of computing chips from the leading manufacturers.

Over 10,000 customers across 50 countries rely on Nimble to power their businesses.

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There there bottom line is to gain money and power over others on the backs of working men and women often the working poor who do all the actual work regardless whether their business is religion, commerce, or politics.

«the baptism of John was a call to Jews to return to true and proper Judaism, where people were generous with their money, honest in their business dealings, and gracious in their use of power over others (Luke 3:10 - 14).»

What do you think — Might Christian baptism, in a similar fashion to the baptism of John, be a call to be generous with our money, honest in our business dealings and gracious in our use of power over others?

Too many people want to be parented and therefore allow other people to have power over them in church, relationships and business.

The Bible is not about conveying divine principles for starting and managing a Christian business — but is instead about Christ on the cross triumphing over all principalities and powers and so radically transforming everything we consider to be our business... Scripture then ceases to about teaching about biblical manhood and womanhood or biblical motherhood and fatherhood — and becomes instead the story of how a covenant - making and promise - keeping God took on full human personhood in Jesus Christ in order to reconcile this alienated and wrecked world to the eternally gracious Father.»

Meanwhile, the power of the Asia - Pacific region and the role of Hong Kong as a major business hub is highlighted by projected regional growth over the next five years from $ 29 billion in 2016 to $ 40.8 billion by 2021.

In a speech to the COSBOA National Small Business Summit in Melbourne yesterday, ACCC Chairman, Rod Sims, reiterated that the ACCC was «looking at concerns raised about the way in which the major supermarket chains deal with their suppliers» and noted that they related to the potential for unconscionable conduct and «concerns over the misuse of market power, particularly in relation to private label products.»

See also, for example, Fluer Anderson, «Producers in Power Push» (The Australian Financial Review, 20 October 2014, page 5), Fluer Anderson and Katie Walsh, «Cold shoulder for carve - ups» (The Australian Financial Review, 22 October 2014, p 11), Editorial, «Open economy is good for the farm» (Australian Financial Review, 21 October 2014, p 58), Lexi Metherell, «Agriculture green paper to spark debate over water, competition» (ABC Radio, The World Today, 20 October 2014) and Joe Kelly, «Green paper canvasses court orders to break up businesses» (Dynamic Business, 20 October 2014).

In other news, our team seems to be rounding nicely into form, with a productive off - season and several new additions already settling in, there seems to be a renewed sense of confidence in the air... our well - oiled machine has conducted business again early this year, so we can just sit back, kick our feet up and watch all those other suckers scramble to make panic moves in the 11th hour... of course, we need to tie up a few loose ends but our team of savvy negotiators, under the tutelage of our faithful leader, will perform their usual magic with ample time to spare... I have to laugh when I look around the soccer world and see all those teams look upon us with envy and scorn as they struggle to mimic our seemingly infallible business model... thank goodness the powers that be had the foresight and fortitude to resist the temptations of the modern football era... instead of listening to all the experts and simply taking the easy way out by making the necessary improvements on the field and in the front office, we chose the path never traveled... we are truly pioneers in our field... sometimes you just have to have faith in the people that have always conducted themselves in a respectful and honest fashion... most fans aren't so fortunate, they will never know what it's like to follow a team that treats everyone in and around the club as if they were an extended member of the family... all for one I say... so when you wake up this morning, please try not to gloat when you see rival fans pacing back and forth waiting for their respective teams to pull the usual panic buys, just say nothing and be thankful that it isn't you... like I've always said, this is why you stay the course... this is when the real benefits of having someone in charge for over 2 decades really pays off... have a great day fellow Gunners

I can only hope that this attempt is taken more seriously than the largely muted and clearly unsuccessful protests of late last season... although the plane writing escapade brought some much - needed attention to the matter, it failed to resonate with fence - sitters and those who had just recently fell off the Wenger truck... without a big enough showing of support the whole endeavor appeared relatively weak and poorly organized, especially to the major media outlets, whose involvement could have significantly changed what was to follow... but I get it, few wanted to turn on their club, let alone make a public display of their discord... problem is, they are preying on that vulnerability, in fact, their counting on you to keep your thoughts to yourself... who are you to tell these fat cats how to steal your money... they have worked long and hard to pull the wool over your eyes... they even went so far as to pay enormous sums of cash to your once beloved professor to be their corporate spokesmodel so that the whole thing would be more palatable... eventually the club made it appear as if this was simply a relatively small fringe group of highly radicalized supporters, which allowed the pro-Wenger element inside the club hierarchy to claim victory following the FA Cup win... unfortunately what has happened to this club can't be solved by FA Cups or a few players coming in, the very culture of this club needs to be changed and that starts at the top... in order to change the unhealthy and dysfunctional narrative that has absorbed this club we need to remove everyone who presently occupies a position of power... only then can we get back to the business of playing championship caliber football, which should always be the number one priority of this organization... on an important side note, one of the most devastating mistakes made in the final days of this hectic and poorly planned transfer window didn't have to do with the big name players like Sanchez or Lemar, but the fact that they failed to secure Jadon Sancho, who might even start for Dortmund this season... I think they might seriously regret this oversight... instead of spending so much time, energy and manpower pretending that they were desperately trying to make big moves, they once again lost the plot due to their all too familiar tunnel vision

Addressing business leaders, he said: «I have a clear vision of Britain - where people have more opportunity and power over their lives.

«Over a decade ago, building new plants in New York City was easier because Con Edison was in the business of both generating and distributing power, and could build new plants whenever they were needed, said Ashok Gupta, director of energy policy at the Natural Resources Defense Council.»

The international intervention is a defeat for the Libyan revolution because the insurgents have had to seek protection... from those same international powers that up until yesterday had done business with Gaddafi over oil and stopping the movement of migrants.

The rules aim to prevent financial firms from gaining influence over officials who have the power to select which firms receive the lucrative bond business.

That's why for the first time in over a century, this Government has voluntarily given up its power to control all business in the Commons by establishing a Backbench Business Committee — a decision Labour consistently ducked and, astonishingly, still seem tobusiness in the Commons by establishing a Backbench Business Committee — a decision Labour consistently ducked and, astonishingly, still seem toBusiness Committee — a decision Labour consistently ducked and, astonishingly, still seem to oppose.

He said Percoco decided to «sell his power and influence» and «betray the people of New York» for over $ 300,000 in bribes to two different business entities.

The Liberal Democrats have long fought for a greater use of tidal power and for a programme of tidal lagoons, including at Cardiff, Colwyn Bay, and Newport, creating over 34,000 jobs in Wales alone and opportunities for hundreds of businesses in the supply chain.

The third description called her a «law professor and progressive,» who would «work to reverse the growing inequality of wealth and political power in New York» and «advocate against the power that big corporations have over our economy and politics and fight to give family businesses and working New Yorkers a fair shot.»

SPRING VALLEY — The three recent nor'easter s that hit the area caused over 500,000 New York homes and businesses to lose power.

To improve mobility and traffic patterns, the project will include: · Improved access to Woodbury Common Premium Outlets · Replacing the Route 32 bridge over Route 17, which will include standard Interstate height clearance over Route 17 · Reconstruction and expansion of Park and Ride facilities which will include a bus stop and solar - powered bus station to promote public transit · Reconfiguring the Route 17, Exit 131 eastbound ramp leading to the Thruway · A new interconnected and adaptive traffic signal system along Route 32 to minimize delays and enhance access to local businesses and schools · Intelligent Transportation Systems to adapt to changing traffic conditions and optimize signal responses

I find myself in the middle, disagreeing with both extremes; to wit: the blatant and sleazy pandering on the left, which Cuomo is scrambling to adopt, and the right's insistence that the real power perpetually reside with white males over 50 who have made a fortune, either through private business, career government politicians, or both.

Kirsty Williams, leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats, is calling on the Welsh Government to convene businesses in Wales to examine how the newly announced powers over stamp duty and borrowing could help increase the supply of affordable homes and upgrade Wales» infrastructure.

He is a so - called metro Mayor with additional powers devolved from central government over local transport and housing along with social care and business investment.

They will hold business and bureaucratic vetoes over any over departure from economic neoliberalism enforced by U.S. military power.