Sentences with phrase «public good like»

Can we invest for the long haul to improve the safety and reliability of a basic public good like railways?

Not exact matches

According to Holly deGraaf, Interim General Manager and Director, Retail Operations and Public Relations at Ten Thousand Villages Canada, «The highest [impact is made] when what [bloggers] share and write doesn't look like --[or better yet, isn't]-- a paid endorsement.

He expressed admiration for platforms like Google Hangouts and Twitter direct messaging that allow for both public, forum - style conversations as well as private ones.

Crisis like the one in Flint, Mich.,, demonstrate that public water sources are not always the best option.

«Those pushing for net neutrality think the world would work better if the Internet was somehow magically transformed into a public utility, like a water or electricity company, with the FCC and state regulators setting rates, overseeing investment, and micromanaging relationships between providers and customers,» Downes says, adding the result would be devastating to the smooth functioning of ISP networks.

But there are certain characteristics — like affordable healthcare, public spaces for physical activity, and accessible public transit — that can make cities better places for adults to live and age.

Thanks to some new data from Silicon Valley law firm Fenwick & West, we're starting to get a better idea of what the 2016 market for initial public offerings might look like.

In public, Trump praises his chief of staff, telling Marines in California last month that Kelly probably «likes what you do better than what he does, but he's doing a great job.»

Few of us will ever face a public grilling the likes of which Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is dealing with on Capitol Hill, but how he prepared for the big event offers a lesson for anyone who wants to perform their best when the stakes are high.

Following successful models like the X-Prize, private - and public - sector leaders should work together to set up a high - profile Canada Prize that offers incentives for entrepreneurs and researchers to solve critical problems with commercial and public benefits, like cheap desalination units or better distribution of electricity to villages.

For example, if an interviewer asks about your greatest weakness, Welch says you can respond by saying something like, «I've always wanted to be a better public speaker.

«The best way for me to make sense of that response is that these kinds of pranks are like an improv scene where the public is our scene partner.

In terms of revenue and network size, Snap looks a good amount like Twitter when it went public.

Cook's «We fell short» letter is a good instruction manual for how company CEOs can respond to a public failure like a botched product launch, but we think it could be better.

Everyone is focused on the public scorecards that show how well they are doing building connections with customers: Facebook likes, Twitter followers, and Google +1's are all trumpeted as statistics that reflect a business's reach and popularity.

It is good for the investing public to know that the company is making decisions about things like dividends with the best interests of shareholders in mind, rather than the best interests of the CEO.

Second, when someone does something well, reward them with public recognition, whether it's a company - wide email, a shout - out in a meeting, a party, or something more substantial like an enhanced job title (for instance, «Senior» or «Lead» in front of their current role).

But when you ask what to do about it, that consensus quickly devolves into finger - pointing — at recycling companies like Waste Management for failing to innovate, at the American public for their lazy recycling habits, at producers for creating plastic packaging that is increasingly difficult to recycle, and even at the federal government for not passing strong legislation that encourages better practices.

Though See's doesn't officially give public tours of its plants, well - known fans like Cher — who worked at See's before she achieved fame — have come by, and Buffett once brought Bill Gates for a tour.

He has been a well - liked person and he clearly mishandled this from a public relations point of view, and clearly he's got to work out his personal issues.

«The best defense to speech that you don't like about yourself as a public figure is to develop a thick skin.

For watching video in loud public places like planes, all three will do the trick, but Bose's offering seems the best of the bunch if you're the type who frets over audio quality.

So the discussion in Addis Ababa revolved around things like how to finance infrastructure, how the public sector and the private sector can partner for best results, and how to change the tax systems that apply to multinational corporations so that they are more beneficial to developing countries.

It usually starts like this (at least this is how it started for me when I earned my scar tissue): you own or work for a startup that sells a product or service and are looking to contract out some work instead of hiring inside staff because, well, you're strapped for cash — things such as fulfillment, public relations and web design are all common applicants.

But anyone in a position like his — at the head of a media empire — ought to have the good judgment not to do things that require such public apology in the first place.

And they can claim to be saving the public money for better purposes — like buying F - 35 fighter jets and building jails!

The company, whose low - cost smartphones have won a loyal following not just in China but in other emerging markets like India as well, said it would raise an unspecified amount from the public in order to fund the development of new smartphones and other devices like household gadgets.

Megan Randall, a researcher at the Urban Institute who studies economic development policy, said companies cared most about a talented work force, which requires good schools and colleges, and amenities like affordable housing, parks and public transit that make a place desirable.

Snap has come quite close to recovering from the significant crash it had through its first year as a public company, something Spiegel said — like many fresh CEOs often say — has made them a better company.

So here's a way for the Dreamers to be protected, President Trump to be responsive to public opinion and for the Department of Justice to devote its resources to better causes (like keeping AR - 15s out of the hands of crazy people)-- end the appeals and allow the court rulings to stand.

Like Equifax and D&B, they also collect information available within the public record, information reported by both lenders and suppliers, as well as information from credit card companies, collection agencies, and other databases.

In this, Google is like Facebook and lots of other recently public companies that have chosen to avoid good - governance pressure (return capital!

This concept might work quite well for companies like Groupon, but B2B companies or companies that need to convey complex ideas will find little success scrambling after the next shiny object that has captured the public's attention.

If you haven't already done so, when you're in your 60s is a good time to pull together a team of financial advisors, like a financial planner, a tax specialist and a certified public accountant.»

Take Starbucks for example; they may not produce the best coffee in the entire world, but they're doing a remarkable job making the public feel like they are.

But with the crude oil export ban lifted and liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports on the rise, landowners like Rosinski are starting to question whether or not giving up their land to serve these private aims qualifies as «public good.»

And as usual, advisory firms like Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) are joining with the public pension funds to demand governance reforms that perform better in theory than in practice.

An ICO combines elements from traditional fundraising methods — public and private — as well as newer methods like crowdfunding.

If you have federal student loans and a) have too many different payments to keep track off or b) would like to qualify for different repayment plans like income - driven repayment or Public Service Loan Forgiveness, consolidation might be a good idea!

It would be good to know who stands to gain with this Canada Post decision, a quick glance tells me that the Canada Post Digital Delivery Network, Direct Marketing industry with location data analytics gain, and that would include companies like Pitney and Bowes, while the Physical Delivery Network which is the one that serves the public, loses.

Still, they have important implications for public policy as it pertains to underfunded old - age entitlement programs like Social Security and Medicare, as well as the tax treatment of retirement plans and savings accounts.

What looks like a bubble at first glance can be viewed as a long - term strategy for funding drug development, one that involves private funds, pharmaceutical companies and the public markets, along with a good deal of risk — and, sometimes, high reward.

These credit - reporting agencies also offer a wider array of business credit services [3], like public records of critical business information such as liens and judgments, as well as corporate profiles for high - risk credit decisions.

I have worked for some of the biggest and best known companies in the world and the level of waste and incompetence is really not that different than government especially in countries like ours where the public services are pretty good.

The primary goal is to understand what good family firm governance looks like: what are the questions that family firm boards should be asking, and what questions should the CCBE, investors and the public be asking them?

Farnworth's legislation, titled the Public Health Protection Act, amends existing provincial statute to restrict who can own and operate equipment like pill and tablet presses as well as tablet machines.

In cases where the likelihood of an acquisition or Initial Public Offering aren't likely, we will not make equity investments and will instead explore debt financing as well as quasi-equity structures like royalty financing, revenue - share agreements, and when appropriate, factoring.

«Talk Like TED not only makes you a better public speaker, its wisdom will make you a better communicator.

I know she meant well, and like she said before that her email weren't meant for public consumption.

I'm also sure that religion has nothing to do with this but something that he's using to make him self look good for the public like all Christians!